Whether they were rich or poor does anyone doubt they were sick alot of the time because of what / how they ate?
Every third person who complains will be shot. Two people have complained already!
They were typical of their time, in which life spans were shorter than ours, but if one managed to survive childhood, the chances of living to middle age or old age were good.
It is striking that Vermeer's wife, Catharina, did not die in childbirth, even though she was pregnant at least eleven times and possibly as many as fifteen.