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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Diary of Samuel Pepys, August/September 1664
+by Samuel Pepys
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+Title: Diary of Samuel Pepys, August/September 1664
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+Author: Samuel Pepys
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+Release Date: November 30, 2004 [EBook #4150]
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by David Widger
+
+
+
+
+
+                THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S.
+
+            CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY
+
+    TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SHORTHAND MANUSCRIPT IN THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARY
+ MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BY THE REV. MYNORS BRIGHT M.A. LATE FELLOW
+                      AND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
+
+                              (Unabridged)
+
+                      WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE'S NOTES
+
+                        EDITED WITH ADDITIONS BY
+
+                        HENRY B. WHEATLEY F.S.A.
+
+                          DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
+                           AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
+                                 1664
+
+August 1st.  Up, my mind very light from my last night's accounts, and so
+up and with Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and Sir W. Pen to St. James's,
+where among other things having prepared with some industry every man a
+part this morning and no sooner (for fear they should either consider of
+it or discourse of it one to another) Mr. Coventry did move the Duke and
+obtain it that one of the clerkes of the Clerke of the Acts should have an
+addition of L30 a year, as Mr. Turner hath, which I am glad of, that I may
+give T. Hater L20 and keep L10 towards a boy's keeping.  Thence Mr.
+Coventry and I to the Attorney's chamber at the Temple, but not being
+there we parted, and I home, and there with great joy told T. Hater what I
+had done, with which the poor wretch was very glad, though his modesty
+would not suffer him to say much.  So to the Coffee-house, and there all
+the house full of the victory Generall Soushe
+
+     [General Soushe was Louis Ratuit, Comte de Souches.  The battle was
+     fought at Lewenz (or Leva), in Hungary.--B.]
+
+(who is a Frenchman, a soldier of fortune, commanding part of the German
+army) hath had against the Turke; killing 4,000 men, and taking most
+extraordinary spoil.  Thence taking up Harman and his wife, carried them
+to Anthony Joyce's, where we had my venison in a pasty well done; but,
+Lord! to see how much they made of, it, as if they had never eat any
+before, and very merry we were, but Will most troublesomely so, and I find
+he and his wife have a most wretched life one with another, but we took no
+notice, but were very merry as I could be in such company.  But Mrs.
+Harman is a very pretty-humoured wretch, whom I could love with all my
+heart, being so good and innocent company.  Thence to Westminster to Mr.
+Blagrave's, and there, after singing a thing or two over, I spoke to him
+about a woman for my wife, and he offered me his kinswoman, which I was
+glad of, but she is not at present well, but however I hope to have her.
+Thence to my Lord Chancellor's, and thence with Mr. Coventry, who
+appointed to meet me there, and with him to the Attorney General, and
+there with Sir Ph. Warwicke consulted of a new commission to be had
+through the Broad Seale to enable us to make this contract for Tangier
+victualling.  So home, and there talked long with Will about the young
+woman of his family which he spoke of for to live with my wife, but though
+she hath very many good qualitys, yet being a neighbour's child and young
+and not very staid, I dare not venture of having her, because of her being
+able to spread any report of our family upon any discontent among the
+heart of our neighbours.  So that my dependance is upon Mr. Blagrave, and
+so home to supper and to bed.  Last night, at 12 o'clock, I was waked
+with knocking at Sir W. Pen's door; and what was it but people's running
+up and down to bring him word that his brother,
+
+     [George Penn, the elder brother of Sir W. Penn, was a wealthy
+     merchant at San Lucar, the port of Seville.  He was seized as a
+     heretic by the Holy Office, and cast into a dungeon eight feet
+     square and dark as the grave.  There he remained three years, every
+     month being scourged to make him confess his crimes.  At last, after
+     being twice put to the rack, he offered to confess whatever they
+     would suggest.  His property, L12,000, was then confiscated, his
+     wife, a Catholic, taken from him, and he was banished from Spain for
+     ever.--M. B.]
+
+who hath been a good while, it seems, sicke, is dead.
+
+2nd.  At the office all the morning.  At noon dined, and then to, the
+'Change, and there walked two hours or more with Sir W. Warren, who after
+much discourse in general of Sir W. Batten's dealings, he fell to talk how
+every body must live by their places, and that he was willing, if I
+desired it, that I should go shares with him in anything that he deals in.
+He told me again and again, too, that he confesses himself my debtor too
+for my service and friendship to him in his present great contract of
+masts, and that between this and Christmas he shall be in stocke and will
+pay it me.  This I like well, but do not desire to become a merchant, and,
+therefore, put it off, but desired time to think of it.  Thence to the
+King's play-house, and there saw "Bartholomew Fayre," which do still
+please me; and is, as it is acted, the best comedy in the world, I
+believe.  I chanced to sit by Tom Killigrew, who tells me that he is
+setting up a Nursery; that is, is going to build a house in Moorefields,
+wherein he will have common plays acted.  But four operas it shall have in
+the year, to act six weeks at a time; where we shall have the best scenes
+and machines, the best musique, and every thing as magnificent as is in
+Christendome; and to that end hath sent for voices and painters and other
+persons from Italy.  Thence homeward called upon my Lord Marlborough, and
+so home and to my office, and then to Sir W. Pen, and with him and our
+fellow officers and servants of the house and none else to Church to lay
+his brother in the ground, wherein nothing handsome at all, but that he
+lays him under the Communion table in the chancel, about nine at night?
+So home and to bed.
+
+3rd.  Up betimes and set some joyners on work to new lay my floor in our
+wardrobe, which I intend to make a room for musique.  Thence abroad to
+Westminster, among other things to Mr. Blagrave's, and there had his
+consent for his kinswoman to come to be with my wife for her woman, at
+which I am well pleased and hope she may do well.  Thence to White Hall to
+meet with Sir G. Carteret about hiring some ground to make our mast docke
+at Deptford, but being Council morning failed, but met with Mr. Coventry,
+and he and I discoursed of the likeliness of a Dutch warr, which I think
+is very likely now, for the Dutch do prepare a fleet to oppose us at
+Guinny, and he do think we shall, though neither of us have a mind to it,
+fall into it of a sudden, and yet the plague do increase among them, and
+is got into their fleet, and Opdam's own ship, which makes it strange they
+should be so high.  Thence to the 'Change, and thence home to dinner, and
+down by water to Woolwich to the rope yard, and there visited Mrs.
+Falconer, who tells me odd stories of how Sir W. Pen was rewarded by her
+husband with a gold watch (but seems not certain of what Sir W. Batten
+told me, of his daughter having a life given her in L80 per ann.) for his
+helping him to his place, and yet cost him L150 to Mr. Coventry besides.
+He did much advise it seems Mr. Falconer not to marry again, expressing
+that he would have him make his daughter his heire, or words to that
+purpose, and that that makes him, she thinks, so cold in giving her any
+satisfaction, and that W. Boddam hath publickly said, since he came down
+thither to be clerke of the ropeyard, that it hath this week cost him
+L100, and would be glad that it would cost him but half as much more for
+the place, and that he was better before than now, and that if he had been
+to have bought it, he would not have given so much for it.  Now I am sure
+that Mr. Coventry hath again and again said that he would take nothing,
+but would give all his part in it freely to him, that so the widow might
+have something.  What the meaning of this is I know not, but that Sir W.
+Pen do get something by it.  Thence to the Dockeyard, and there saw the
+new ship in great forwardness.  So home and to supper, and then to the
+office, where late, Mr. Bland and I talking about Tangier business, and so
+home to bed.
+
+4th.  Up betimes and to the office, fitting myself against a great dispute
+about the East India Company, which spent afterwards with us all the
+morning.  At noon dined with Sir W. Pen, a piece of beef only, and I
+counterfeited a friendship and mirth which I cannot have with him, yet out
+with him by his coach, and he did carry me to a play and pay for me at the
+King's house, which is "The Rivall Ladys," a very innocent and most pretty
+witty play.  I was much pleased with it, and it being given me, I look
+upon it as no breach to my oathe.  Here we hear that Clun, one of their
+best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he had acted
+the Alchymist, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts) to his
+country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an Irish
+fellow.  It seems most cruelly butchered and bound.  The house will have a
+great miss of him.  Thence visited my Lady Sandwich, who tells me my Lord
+FitzHarding is to be made a Marquis.  Thence home to my office late, and
+so to supper and to bed.
+
+5th.  Up very betimes and set my plaisterer to work about whiting and
+colouring my musique roome, which having with great pleasure seen done,
+about ten o'clock I dressed myself, and so mounted upon a very pretty
+mare, sent me by Sir W. Warren, according to his promise yesterday.  And
+so through the City, not a little proud, God knows, to be seen upon so
+pretty a beast, and to my cozen W. Joyce's, who presently mounted too, and
+he and I out of towne toward Highgate; in the way, at Kentish-towne,
+showing me the place and manner of Clun's being killed and laid in a
+ditch, and yet was not killed by any wounds, having only one in his arm,
+but bled to death through his struggling.  He told me, also, the manner of
+it, of his going home so late [from] drinking with his whore, and manner
+of having it found out.  Thence forward to Barnett, and there drank, and
+so by night to Stevenage, it raining a little, but not much, and there to
+my great trouble, find that my wife was not come, nor any Stamford coach
+gone down this week, so that she cannot come.  So vexed and weary, and not
+thoroughly out of pain neither in my old parts, I after supper to bed, and
+after a little sleep, W. Joyce comes in his shirt into my chamber, with a
+note and a messenger from my wife, that she was come by Yorke coach to
+Bigglesworth, and would be with us to-morrow morning.  So, mightily
+pleased at her discreete action in this business, I with peace to sleep
+again till next morning.  So up, and
+
+6th.  Here lay Deane Honiwood last night.  I met and talked with him this
+morning, and a simple priest he is, though a good, well-meaning man. W.
+Joyce and I to a game at bowles on the green there till eight o'clock, and
+then comes my wife in the coach, and a coach full of women, only one man
+riding by, gone down last night to meet a sister of his coming to town.
+So very joyful drank there, not 'lighting, and we mounted and away with
+them to Welling, and there 'light, and dined very well and merry and glad
+to see my poor-wife.  Here very merry as being weary I could be, and after
+dinner, out again, and to London.  In our way all the way the mightiest
+merry, at a couple of young gentlemen, come down to meet the same
+gentlewoman, that ever I was in my life, and so W. Joyce too, to see how
+one of them was horsed upon a hard-trotting sorrell horse, and both of
+them soundly weary and galled.  But it is not to be set down how merry we
+were all the way.  We 'light in Holborne, and by another coach my wife and
+mayde home, and I by horseback, and found all things well and most mighty
+neate and clean.  So, after welcoming my wife a little, to the office, and
+so home to supper, and then weary and not very well to bed.
+
+7th (Lord's day).  Lay long caressing my wife and talking, she telling me
+sad stories of the ill, improvident, disquiett, and sluttish manner that
+my father and mother and Pall live in the country, which troubles me
+mightily, and I must seek to remedy it.  So up and ready, and my wife
+also, and then down and I showed my wife, to her great admiration and joy,
+Mr. Gauden's present of plate, the two flaggons, which indeed are so noble
+that I hardly can think that they are yet mine.  So blessing God for it,
+we down to dinner mighty pleasant, and so up after dinner for a while, and
+I then to White Hall, walked thither, having at home met with a letter of
+Captain Cooke's, with which he had sent a boy for me to see, whom he did
+intend to recommend to me.  I therefore went and there met and spoke with
+him.  He gives me great hopes of the boy, which pleases me, and at
+Chappell I there met Mr. Blagrave, who gives a report of the boy, and he
+showed me him, and I spoke to him, and the boy seems a good willing boy to
+come to me, and I hope will do well.  I am to speak to Mr. Townsend to
+hasten his clothes for him, and then he is to come.  So I walked homeward
+and met with Mr. Spong, and he with me as far as the Old Exchange talking
+of many ingenuous things, musique, and at last of glasses, and I find him
+still the same ingenuous man that ever he was, and do among other fine
+things tell me that by his microscope of his owne making he do discover
+that the wings of a moth is made just as the feathers of the wing of a
+bird, and that most plainly and certainly. While we were talking came by
+several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a
+conventicle.  They go like lambs, without any resistance.  I would to God
+they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched!  Thence
+parted with him, mightily pleased with his company, and away homeward,
+calling at Dan Rawlinson, and supped there with my uncle Wight, and then
+home and eat again for form sake with her, and then to prayers and to bed.
+
+8th.  Up and abroad with Sir W. Batten, by coach to St. James's, where by
+the way he did tell me how Sir J. Minnes would many times arrogate to
+himself the doing of that that all the Board have equal share in, and more
+that to himself which he hath had nothing to do in, and particularly the
+late paper given in by him to the Duke, the translation of a Dutch print
+concerning the quarrel between us and them, which he did give as his own
+when it was Sir Richard Ford's wholly.  Also he told me how Sir W. Pen (it
+falling in our discourse touching Mrs. Falconer) was at first very great
+for Mr. Coventry to  bring him in guests, and that at high rates for
+places, and very open was he to me therein.  After business done with the
+Duke, I home to the Coffee-house, and so home to dinner, and after dinner
+to hang up my fine pictures in my dining  room, which makes it very
+pretty, and so my wife and I abroad to the King's play-house, she giving
+me her time of the last month, she having not seen any then; so my vowe is
+not broke at all, it costing me no more money than it would have done upon
+her, had she gone both her times that were due to her.  Here we saw
+"Flora's Figarys."  I never saw it before, and by the most ingenuous
+performance of the young jade Flora, it seemed as pretty a pleasant play
+as ever I saw in my life.  So home to supper, and then to my office late,
+Mr. Andrews and I to talk about our victualling commission, and then he
+being gone I to set down my four days past journalls and expenses, and so
+home to bed.
+
+9th.  Up, and to my office, and there we sat all the morning, at noon
+home, and there by appointment Mr. Blagrave came and dined with me, and
+brought a friend of his of the Chappell with him.  Very merry at dinner,
+and then up to my chamber and there we sung a Psalm or two of Lawes's,
+then he and I a little talke by ourselves of his kinswoman that is to come
+to live with my wife, who is to come about ten days hence, and I hope will
+do well.  They gone I to my office, and there my head being a little
+troubled with the little wine I drank, though mixed with beer, but it may
+be a little more than I used to do, and yet I cannot say so, I went home
+and spent the afternoon with my wife talking, and then in the evening a
+little to my office, and so home to supper and to bed.  This day comes the
+newes that the Emperour hath beat the Turke;
+
+     [This was the battle of St. Gothard, in which the Turks were
+     defeated with great slaughter by the imperial forces under
+     Montecuculli, assisted by the confederates from the Rhine, and by
+     forty troops of French cavalry under Coligni.  St. Gothard is in
+     Hungary, on the river Raab, near the frontier of Styria; it is about
+     one hundred and twenty miles south of Vienna, and thirty east of
+     Gratz.  The battle took place on the 9th Moharrem, A.H. 1075, or
+     23rd July, A.D. 1664 (old style), which is that used by Pepys.--B.]
+
+killed the Grand Vizier and several great Bassas, with an army of 80,000
+men killed and routed; with some considerable loss of his own side, having
+lost three generals, and the French forces all cut off almost. Which is
+thought as good a service to the Emperour as beating the Turke almost, for
+had they conquered they would have been as troublesome to him.
+
+     [The fact is, the Germans were beaten by the Turks, and the French
+     won the battle for them.--B.]
+
+10th.  Up, and, being ready, abroad to do several small businesses, among
+others to find out one to engrave my tables upon my new sliding rule with
+silver plates, it being so small that Browne that made it cannot get one
+to do it.  So I find out Cocker, the famous writing-master, and get him to
+do it, and I set an hour by him to see him design it all; and strange it
+is to see him with his natural eyes to cut so small at his first designing
+it, and read it all over, without any missing, when for my life I could
+not, with my best skill, read one word or letter of it; but it is use.
+But he says that the best light for his life to do a very small thing by
+(contrary to Chaucer's words to the Sun, "that he should lend his light to
+them that small seals grave"), it should be by an artificial light of a
+candle, set to advantage, as he could do it.  I find the fellow, by his
+discourse, very ingenuous; and among other things, a great admirer and
+well read in all our English poets, and undertakes to judge of them all,
+and that not impertinently.  Well pleased with his company and better with
+his judgement upon my Rule, I left him and home, whither Mr. Deane by
+agreement came to me and dined with me, and by chance Gunner Batters's
+wife.  After dinner Deane and I [had] great discourse again about my Lord
+Chancellor's timber, out of which I wish I may get well. Thence I to
+Cocker's again, and sat by him with good discourse again for an hour or
+two, and then left him, and by agreement with Captain Silas Taylor (my old
+acquaintance at the Exchequer) to the Post Officer to hear some instrument
+musique of Mr. Berchenshaw's before my Lord Brunkard and Sir Robert
+Murray.  I must confess, whether it be that I hear it but seldom, or that
+really voice is better, but so it is that I found no pleasure at all in
+it, and methought two voyces were worth twenty of it. So home to my office
+a while, and then to supper and to bed.
+
+11th.  Up, and through pain, to my great grief forced to wear my gowne to
+keep my legs warm.  At the office all the morning, and there a high
+dispute against Sir W. Batten and Sir W. Pen about the breadth of canvas
+again, they being for the making of it narrower, I and Mr. Coventry and
+Sir J. Minnes for the keeping it broader.  So home to dinner, and by and
+by comes Mr. Creed, lately come from the Downes, and dined with me. I show
+him a good countenance, but love him not for his base ingratitude to me.
+However, abroad, carried my wife to buy things at the New Exchange, and so
+to my Lady Sandwich's, and there merry, talking with her a great while,
+and so home, whither comes Cocker with my rule, which he hath engraved to
+admiration, for goodness and smallness of work: it cost me 14s. the doing,
+and mightily pleased I am with it.  By and by, he gone, comes Mr. Moore
+and staid talking with me a great while about my Lord's businesses, which
+I fear will be in a bad condition for his family if my Lord should
+miscarry at sea.  He gone, I late to my office, and cannot forbear
+admiring and consulting my new rule, and so home to supper and to bed.
+This day, for a wager before the King, my Lords of Castlehaven and Arran
+(a son of my Lord of Ormond's), they two alone did run down and kill a
+stoute bucke in St. James's parke.
+
+12th.  Up, and all the morning busy at the office with Sir W. Warren about
+a great contract for New England masts, where I was very hard with him,
+even to the making him angry, but I thought it fit to do it as well as
+just for my owne [and] the King's behalf.  At noon to the 'Change a
+little, and so to dinner and then out by coach, setting my wife and mayde
+down, going to Stevens the silversmith to change some old silver lace and
+to go buy new silke lace for a petticoat; I to White Hall and did much
+business at a Tangier Committee; where, among other things, speaking about
+propriety of the houses there, and how we ought to let the Portugeses I
+have right done them, as many of them as continue, or did sell the houses
+while they were in possession, and something further in their favour, the
+Duke in an anger I never observed in him before, did cry, says he, "All
+the world rides us, and I think we shall never ride anybody."  Thence
+home, and, though late, yet Pedro being there, he sang a song and parted.
+I did give him 5s., but find it burdensome and so will break up the
+meeting.  At night is brought home our poor Fancy, which to my great grief
+continues lame still, so that I wish she had not been brought ever home
+again, for it troubles me to see her.
+
+13th.  Up, and before I went to the office comes my Taylor with a coate I
+have made to wear within doors, purposely to come no lower than my knees,
+for by my wearing a gowne within doors comes all my tenderness about my
+legs.  There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope.
+
+     [An optical instrument used to enable objects to be seen in the
+     dark.  The name is derived from the Greek.]
+
+For the first I did give him L5 10s., a great price, but a most curious
+bauble it is, and he says, as good, nay, the best he knows in England, and
+he makes the best in the world.  The other he gives me, and is of value;
+and a curious curiosity it is to look objects in a darke room with.
+Mightly pleased with this I to the office, where all the morning. There
+offered by Sir W. Pen his coach to go to Epsum and carry my wife, I stept
+out and bade my wife make her ready, but being not very well and other
+things advising me to the contrary, I did forbear going, and so Mr. Creed
+dining with me I got him to give my wife and me a play this afternoon,
+lending him money to do it, which is a fallacy that I have found now once,
+to avoyde my vowe with, but never to be more practised I swear, and to the
+new play, at the Duke's house, of "Henry the Fifth;" a most noble play,
+writ by my Lord Orrery; wherein Betterton, Harris, and Ianthe's parts are
+most incomparably wrote and done, and the whole play the most full of
+height and raptures of wit and sense, that ever I heard; having but one
+incongruity, or what did, not please me in it, that is, that King Harry
+promises to plead for Tudor to their Mistresse, Princesse Katherine of
+France, more than when it comes to it he seems to do; and Tudor refused by
+her with some kind of indignity, not with a difficulty and honour that it
+ought to have been done in to him.  Thence home and to my office, wrote by
+the post, and then to read a little in Dr. Power's book of discovery by
+the Microscope to enable me a little how to use and what to expect from my
+glasse.  So to supper and to bed.
+
+14th (Lord's day).  After long lying discoursing with my wife, I up, and
+comes Mr. Holliard to see me, who concurs with me that my pain is nothing
+but cold in my legs breeding wind, and got only by my using to wear a
+gowne, and that I am not at all troubled with any ulcer, but my thickness
+of water comes from my overheat in my back.  He gone, comes Mr. Herbert,
+Mr. Honiwood's man, and dined with me, a very honest, plain, well-meaning
+man, I think him to be; and by his discourse and manner of life, the true
+embleme of an old ordinary serving-man.  After dinner up to my chamber and
+made an end of Dr. Power's booke of the Microscope, very fine and to my
+content, and then my wife and I with great pleasure, but with great
+difficulty before we could come to find the manner of seeing any thing by
+my microscope.  At last did with good content, though not so much as I
+expect when I come to understand it better.  By and by comes W. Joyce, in
+his silke suit, and cloake lined with velvett: staid talking with me, and
+I very merry at it.  He supped with me; but a cunning, crafty fellow he
+is, and dangerous to displease, for his tongue spares nobody.  After
+supper I up to read a little, and then to bed.
+
+15th.  Up, and with Sir J. Minnes by coach to St. James's, and there did
+our business with the Duke, who tells us more and more signs of a Dutch
+warr, and how we must presently set out a fleete for Guinny, for the Dutch
+are doing so, and there I believe the warr will begin.  Thence home with
+him again, in our way he talking of his cures abroad, while he was with
+the King as a doctor, and above all men the pox.  And among others, Sir J.
+Denham he told me he had cured, after it was come to an ulcer all over his
+face, to a miracle.  To the Coffee-house I, and so to the 'Change a
+little, and then home to dinner with Creed, whom I met at the
+Coffee-house, and after dinner by coach set him down at the Temple, and I
+and my wife to Mr. Blagrave's.  They being none of them at home; I to the
+Hall, leaving her there, and thence to the Trumpett, whither came Mrs.
+Lane, and there begins a sad story how her husband, as I feared, proves
+not worth a farthing, and that she is with child and undone, if I do not
+get him a place.  I had my pleasure here of her, and she, like an impudent
+jade, depends upon my kindness to her husband, but I will have no more to
+do with her, let her brew as she has baked, seeing she would not take my
+counsel about Hawly.  After drinking we parted, and I to Blagrave's, and
+there discoursed with Mrs. Blagrave about her kinswoman, who it seems is
+sickly even to frantiqueness sometimes, and among other things chiefly
+from love and melancholy upon the death of her servant,--[Servant =
+lover.]--insomuch that she telling us all most simply and innocently I
+fear she will not be able to come to us with any pleasure, which I am
+sorry for, for I think she would have pleased us very well. In comes he,
+and so to sing a song and his niece with us, but she sings very meanly.
+So through the Hall and thence by coach home, calling by the way at
+Charing Crosse, and there saw the great Dutchman that is come over, under
+whose arm I went with my hat on, and could not reach higher than his
+eye-browes with the tip of my fingers, reaching as high as I could.  He is
+a comely and well-made man, and his wife a very little, but pretty comely
+Dutch woman.  It is true, he wears pretty high-heeled shoes, but not very
+high, and do generally wear a turbant, which makes him show yet taller
+than really he is, though he is very tall, as I have said before.  Home to
+my office, and then to supper, and then to my office again late, and so
+home to bed, my wife and I troubled that we do not speed better in this
+business of her woman.
+
+16th.  Wakened about two o'clock this morning with the noise of thunder,
+which lasted for an houre, with such continued lightnings, not flashes,
+but flames, that all the sky and ayre was light; and that for a great
+while, not a minute's space between new flames all the time; such a thing
+as I never did see, nor could have believed had ever been in nature.  And
+being put into a great sweat with it, could not sleep till all was over.
+And that accompanied with such a storm of rain as I never heard in my
+life.  I expected to find my house in the morning overflowed with the rain
+breaking in, and that much hurt must needs have been done in the city with
+this lightning; but I find not one drop of rain in my house, nor any newes
+of hurt done.  But it seems it has been here and all up and down the
+countrie hereabouts the like tempest, Sir W. Batten saying much of the
+greatness thereof at Epsum.  Up and all the morning at the office. At noon
+busy at the 'Change about one business or other, and thence home to
+dinner, and so to my office all the afternoon very busy, and so to supper
+anon, and then to my office again a while, collecting observations out of
+Dr. Power's booke of Microscopes, and so home to bed, very stormy weather
+to-night for winde.  This day we had newes that my Lady Pen is landed and
+coming hither, so that I hope the family will be in better order and more
+neate than it hath been.
+
+17th.  Up, and going to Sir W. Batten to speak to him about business, he
+did give me three, bottles of his Epsum water, which I drank and it
+wrought well with me, and did give me many good stools, and I found myself
+mightily cooled with them and refreshed.  Thence I to Mr. Honiwood and my
+father's old house, but he was gone out, and there I staid talking with
+his man Herbert, who tells me how Langford and his wife are very
+foul-mouthed people, and will speak very ill of my father, calling him old
+rogue in reference to the hard penniworths he sold him of his goods when
+the rogue need not have bought any of them.  So that I am resolved he
+shall get no more money by me, but it vexes me to think that my father
+should be said to go away in debt himself, but that I will cause to be
+remedied whatever comes of it.  Thence to my Lord Crew, and there with him
+a little while.  Before dinner talked of the Dutch war, and find that he
+do much doubt that we shall fall into it without the money or consent of
+Parliament, that is expected or the reason of it that is fit to have for
+every warr.  Dined with him, and after dinner talked with Sir Thomas Crew,
+who told me how Mr. Edward Montagu is for ever blown up, and now quite out
+with his father again; to whom he pretended that his going down was, not
+that he was cast out of the Court, but that he had leave to be absent a
+month; but now he finds the truth.  Thence to my Lady Sandwich, where by
+agreement my wife dined, and after talking with her I carried my wife to
+Mr. Pierce's and left her there, and so to Captain Cooke's, but he was not
+at home, but I there spoke with my boy Tom Edwards, and directed him to go
+to Mr. Townsend (with whom I was in the morning) to have measure taken of
+his clothes to be made him there out of the Wardrobe, which will be so
+done, and then I think he will come to me. Thence to White Hall, and after
+long staying there was no Committee of the Fishery as was expected.  Here
+I walked long with Mr. Pierce, who tells me the King do still sup every
+night with my Lady Castlemayne, who he believes has lately slunk a great
+belly away, for from very big she is come to be down again.  Thence to
+Mrs. Pierce's, and with her and my wife to see Mrs. Clarke, where with him
+and her very merry discoursing of the late play of Henry the 5th, which
+they conclude the best that ever was made, but confess with me that
+Tudor's being dismissed in the manner he is is a great blemish to the
+play.  I am mightily pleased with the Doctor, for he is the only man I
+know that I could learn to pronounce by, which he do the best that ever I
+heard any man.  Thence home and to the office late, and so to supper and
+to bed.  My Lady Pen came hither first to-night to Sir W. Pen's lodgings.
+
+18th.  Lay too long in bed, till 8 o'clock, then up and Mr. Reeve came and
+brought an anchor and a very fair loadstone.  He would have had me bought
+it, and a good stone it is, but when he saw that I would not buy it he
+said he [would] leave it for me to sell for him.  By and by he comes to
+tell me that he had present occasion for L6 to make up a sum, and that he
+would pay me in a day or two, but I had the unusual wit to deny him, and
+so by and by we parted, and I to the office, where busy all the morning
+sitting.  Dined alone at home, my wife going to-day to dine with Mrs.
+Pierce, and thence with her and.  Mrs. Clerke to see a new play, "The
+Court Secret."  I busy all the afternoon, toward evening to Westminster,
+and there in the Hall a while, and then to my barber, willing to have any
+opportunity to speak to Jane, but wanted it.  So to Mrs. Pierces, who was
+come home, and she and Mrs. Clerke busy at cards, so my wife being gone
+home, I home, calling by the way at the Wardrobe and met Mr. Townsend, Mr.
+Moore and others at the Taverne thereby, and thither I to them and spoke
+with Mr. Townsend about my boy's clothes, which he says shall be soon
+done, and then I hope I shall be settled when I have one in the house that
+is musicall.  So home and to supper, and then a little to my office, and
+then home to bed.  My wife says the play she saw is the worst that ever
+she saw in her life.
+
+19th.  Up and to the office, where Mr. Coventry and Sir W. Pen and I sat
+all the morning hiring of ships to go to Guinny, where we believe the warr
+with Holland will first break out.  At noon dined at home, and after
+dinner my wife and I to Sir W. Pen's, to see his Lady, the first time, who
+is a well-looked, fat, short, old Dutchwoman, but one that hath been
+heretofore pretty handsome, and is now very discreet, and, I believe, hath
+more wit than her husband.  Here we staid talking a good while, and very
+well pleased I was with the old woman at first visit.  So away home, and I
+to my office, my wife to go see my aunt Wight, newly come to town. Creed
+came to me, and he and I out, among other things, to look out a man to
+make a case, for to keep my stone, that I was cut of, in, and he to buy
+Daniel's history,  which he did, but I missed of my end.  So parted upon
+Ludgate Hill, and I home and to the office, where busy till supper, and
+home to supper to a good dish of fritters, which I bespoke, and were done
+much to my mind.  Then to the office a while again, and so home to bed.
+The newes of the Emperour's victory over the Turkes is by some doubted,
+but by most confessed to be very small (though great) of what was talked,
+which was 80,000 men to be killed and taken of the Turke's side.
+
+20th.  Up and to the office a while, but this day the Parliament meeting
+only to be adjourned to November (which was done, accordingly), we did not
+meet, and so I forth to bespeak a case to be made to keep my stone in,
+which will cost me 25s.  Thence I walked to Cheapside, there to see the
+effect of a fire there this morning, since four o'clock; which I find in
+the house of Mr. Bois, that married Dr. Fuller's niece, who are both out
+of towne, leaving only a mayde and man in towne.  It begun in their house,
+and hath burned much and many houses backward, though none forward; and
+that in the great uniform pile of buildings in the middle of Cheapside.  I
+am very sorry for them, for the Doctor's sake.  Thence to the 'Change, and
+so home to dinner.  And thence to Sir W. Batten's, whither Sir Richard
+Ford came, the Sheriffe, who hath been at this fire all the while; and he
+tells me, upon my question, that he and the Mayor were there, as it is
+their dutys to be, not only to keep the peace, but they have power of
+commanding the pulling down of any house or houses, to defend the whole
+City.  By and by comes in the Common Cryer of the City to speak with him;
+and when he was gone, says he, "You may see by this man the constitution
+of the Magistracy of this City; that this fellow's place, I dare give him
+(if he will be true to me) L1000 for his profits every year, and expect to
+get L500 more to myself thereby.  When," says he, "I in myself am forced
+to spend many times as much."  By and by came Mr. Coventry, and so we met
+at the office, to hire ships for Guinny, and that done broke up.  I to Sir
+W. Batten's, there to discourse with Mrs. Falconer, who hath been with Sir
+W. Pen this evening, after Mr. Coventry had promised her half what W.
+Bodham had given him for his place, but Sir W. Pen, though he knows that,
+and that Mr. Bodham hath said that his place hath cost him L100 and would
+L100 more, yet is he so high against the poor woman that he will not hear
+to give her a farthing, but it seems do listen after a lease where he
+expects Mr. Falconer hath put in his daughter's life, and he is afraid
+that that is not done, and did tell Mrs. Falconer that he would see it and
+know what is done therein in spite of her, when, poor wretch, she neither
+do nor can hinder him the knowing it.  Mr. Coventry knows of this business
+of the lease, and I believe do think of it as well as I.  But the poor
+woman is gone home without any hope, but only Mr. Coventry's own
+nobleness.  So I to my office and wrote many letters, and so to supper and
+to bed.
+
+21st (Lord's day).  Waked about 4 o'clock with my wife, having a
+looseness, and peoples coming in the yard to the pump to draw water
+several times, so that fear of this day's fire made me fearful, and called
+Besse and sent her down to see, and it was Griffin's maid for water to
+wash her house.  So to sleep again, and then lay talking till 9 o'clock.
+So up and drunk three bottles of Epsum water, which wrought well with me.
+I all the morning and most of the afternoon after dinner putting papers to
+rights in my chamber, and the like in the evening till night at my office,
+and renewing and writing fair over my vowes.  So home to supper, prayers,
+and to bed.  Mr. Coventry told us the Duke was gone ill of a fit of an
+ague to bed; so we sent this morning to see how he do.
+
+     [Elizabeth Falkener, wife of John Falkener, announced to Pepys the
+     death of "her dear and loving husband" in a letter dated July 19th,
+     1664 "begs interest that she may be in something considered by the
+     person succeeding her husband in his employment, which has
+     occasioned great expenses." ("Calendar of State Papers," Domestic,
+     1663-64, p. 646)]
+
+22nd.  Up and abroad, doing very many errands to my great content which
+lay as burdens upon my mind and memory.  Home to dinner, and so to White
+Hall, setting down my wife at her father's, and I to the Tangier
+Committee, where several businesses I did to my mind, and with hopes
+thereby to get something.  So to Westminster Hall, where by appointment I
+had made I met with Dr. Tom Pepys, but avoided all discourse of difference
+with him, though much against my will, and he like a doating coxcomb as he
+is, said he could not but demand his money, and that he would have his
+right, and that let all anger be forgot, and such sorry stuff, nothing to
+my mind, but only I obtained this satisfaction, that he told me about
+Sturbridge last was 12 months or 2 years he was at Brampton, and there my
+father did tell him that what he had done for my brother in giving him his
+goods and setting him up as he had done was upon condition that he should
+give my brother John L20 per ann., which he charged upon my father, he
+tells me in answer, as a great deal of hard measure that he should expect
+that with him that had a brother so able as I am to do that for him.  This
+is all that he says he can say as to my father's acknowledging that he had
+given Tom his goods.  He says his brother Roger will take his oath that my
+father hath given him thanks for his counsel for his giving of Tom his
+goods and setting him up in the manner that he hath done, but the former
+part of this he did not speak fully so bad nor as certain what he could
+say.  So we walked together to my cozen Joyce's, where my wife staid for
+me, and then I home and her by coach, and so to my office, then to supper
+and to bed.
+
+23rd.  Lay long talking with my wife, and angry awhile about her desiring
+to have a French mayde all of a sudden, which I took to arise from
+yesterday's being with her mother.  But that went over and friends again,
+and so she be well qualitied, I care not much whether she be French or no,
+so a Protestant.  Thence to the office, and at noon to the 'Change, where
+very busy getting ships for Guinny and for Tangier.  So home to dinner,
+and then abroad all the afternoon doing several errands, to comply with my
+oath of ending many businesses before Bartholomew's day, which is two days
+hence.  Among others I went into New Bridewell, in my way to Mr. Cole, and
+there I saw the new model, and it is very handsome. Several at work, among
+others, one pretty whore brought in last night, which works very lazily.
+I did give them 6d. to drink, and so away.  To Graye's Inn, but missed Mr.
+Cole, and so homeward called at Harman's, and there bespoke some chairs
+for a room, and so home, and busy late, and then to supper and to bed.
+The Dutch East India Fleete are now come home safe, which we are sorry
+for.  Our Fleets on both sides are hastening out to Guinny.
+
+24th.  Up by six o'clock, and to my office with Tom Hater dispatching
+business in haste.  At nine o'clock to White Hall about Mr. Maes's
+business at the Council, which stands in an ill condition still.  Thence
+to Graye's Inn, but missed of Mr. Cole the lawyer, and so walked home,
+calling among the joyners in Wood Streete to buy a table and bade in many
+places, but did not buy it till I come home to see the place where it is
+to stand, to judge how big it must be.  So after 'Change home and a good
+dinner, and then to White Hall to a Committee of the Fishery, where my
+Lord Craven and Mr. Gray mightily against Mr. Creed's being joined in the
+warrant for Secretary with Mr. Duke.  However I did get it put off till
+the Duke of Yorke was there, and so broke up doing nothing.  So walked
+home, first to the Wardrobe, and there saw one suit of clothes made for my
+boy and linen set out, and I think to have him the latter end of this
+week, and so home, Mr. Creed walking the greatest part of the way with me
+advising what to do in his case about his being Secretary to us in
+conjunction with Duke, which I did give him the best I could, and so home
+and to my office, where very much business, and then home to supper and to
+bed.
+
+25th.  Up and to the office after I had spoke to my taylor, Langford (who
+came to me about some work), desiring to know whether he knew of any debts
+that my father did owe of his own in the City.  He tells me, "No, not
+any."  I did on purpose try him because of what words he and his wife have
+said of him (as Herbert told me the other day), and further did desire
+him, that if he knew of any or could hear of any that he should bid them
+come to me, and I would pay them, for I would not that because he do not
+pay my brother's debts that therefore he should be thought to deny the
+payment of his owne.  All the morning at the office busy.  At noon to the
+'Change, among other things busy to get a little by the hire of a ship for
+Tangier.  So home to dinner, and after dinner comes Mr. Cooke to see me;
+it is true he was kind to me at sea in carrying messages to and fro to my
+wife from sea, but I did do him kindnesses too, and therefore I matter not
+much to compliment or make any regard of his thinking me to slight him as
+I do for his folly about my brother Tom's mistress.  After dinner and some
+talk with him, I to my office; there busy, till by and by Jacke Noble came
+to me to tell me that he had Cave in prison, and that he would give me and
+my father good security that neither we nor any of our family should be
+troubled with the child; for he could prove that he was fully satisfied
+for him; and that if the worst came to the worst, the parish must keep it;
+that Cave did bring the child to his house, but they got it carried back
+again, and that thereupon he put him in prison.  When he saw that I would
+not pay him the money, nor made anything of being secured against the
+child, he then said that then he must go to law, not himself, but come in
+as a witness for Cave against us.  I could have told him that he could
+bear witness that Cave is satisfied, or else there is no money due to
+himself; but I let alone any such discourse, only getting as much out of
+him as I could.  I perceive he is a rogue, and hath inquired into
+everything and consulted with Dr. Pepys, and that he thinks as Dr. Pepys
+told him that my father if he could would not pay a farthing of the debts,
+and yet I made him confess that in all his lifetime he never knew my
+father to be asked for money twice, nay, not once, all the time he lived
+with him, and that for his own debts he believed he would do so still, but
+he meant only for those of Tom.  He said now that Randall and his wife and
+the midwife could prove from my brother's own mouth that the child was
+his, and that Tom had told them the circumstances of time, upon November
+5th at night, that he got it on her.  I offered him if he would secure my
+father against being forced to pay the money again I would pay him, which
+at first he would do, give his own security, and when I asked more than
+his own he told me yes he would, and those able men, subsidy men, but when
+we came by and by to discourse of it again he would not then do it, but
+said he would take his course, and joyne with Cave and release him, and so
+we parted.  However, this vexed me so as I could not be quiet, but took
+coach to go speak with Mr. Cole, but met him not within, so back, buying a
+table by the way, and at my office late, and then home to supper and to
+bed, my mind disordered about this roguish business--in every thing else,
+I thank God, well at ease.
+
+26th.  Up by 5 o'clock, which I have not been many a day, and down by
+water to Deptford, and there took in Mr. Pumpfield the rope-maker, and
+down with him to Woolwich to view Clothier's cordage, which I found bad
+and stopped the receipt of it.  Thence to the ropeyard, and there among
+other things discoursed with Mrs. Falconer, who tells me that she has
+found the writing, and Sir W. Pen's daughter is not put into the lease for
+her life as he expected, and I am glad of it.  Thence to the Dockyarde,
+and there saw the new ship in very great forwardness, and so by water to
+Deptford a little, and so home and shifting myself, to the 'Change, and
+there did business, and thence down by water to White Hall, by the way, at
+the Three Cranes, putting into an alehouse and eat a bit of bread and
+cheese.  There I could not get into the Parke, and so was fain to stay in
+the gallery over the gate to look to the passage into the Parke, into
+which the King hath forbid of late anybody's coming, to watch his coming
+that had appointed me to come, which he did by and by with his lady and
+went to Guardener's Lane, and there instead of meeting with one that was
+handsome and could play well, as they told me, she is the ugliest beast
+and plays so basely as I never heard anybody, so that I should loathe her
+being in my house.  However, she took us by and by and showed us indeed
+some pictures at one Hiseman's, a picture drawer, a Dutchman, which is
+said to exceed Lilly, and indeed there is both of the Queenes and Mayds of
+Honour (particularly Mrs. Stewart's in a buff doublet like a soldier) as
+good pictures, I think, as ever I saw.  The Queene is drawn in one like a
+shepherdess, in the other like St. Katharin, most like and most admirably.
+I was mightily pleased with this sight indeed, and so back again to their
+lodgings, where I left them, but before I went this mare that carried me,
+whose name I know not but that they call him Sir John, a pitiful fellow,
+whose face I have long known but upon what score I know not, but he could
+have the confidence to ask me to lay down money for him to renew the lease
+of his house, which I did give eare to there because I was there receiving
+a civility from him, but shall not part with my money.  There I left them,
+and I by water home, where at my office busy late, then home to supper,
+and so to bed.  This day my wife tells me Mr. Pen,
+
+     [William Penn, afterwards the famous Quaker.  P. Gibson, writing to
+     him in March, 1711-12, says: "I remember your honour very well,
+     when you newly came out of France and wore pantaloon breeches"]
+
+Sir William's son, is come back from France, and come to visit her.  A
+most modish person, grown, she says, a fine gentleman.
+
+27th.  Up and to the office, where all the morning.  At noon to the
+'Change, and there almost made my bargain about a ship for Tangier, which
+will bring me in a little profit with Captain Taylor.  Off the 'Change
+with Mr. Cutler and Sir W. Rider to Cutler's house, and there had a very
+good dinner, and two or three pretty young ladies of their relations
+there.  Thence to my case-maker for my stone case, and had it to my mind,
+and cost me 24s., which is a great deale of money, but it is well done and
+pleases me.  So doing some other small errands I home, and there find my
+boy, Tom Edwards, come, sent me by Captain Cooke, having been bred in the
+King's Chappell these four years.  I propose to make a clerke of him, and
+if he deserves well, to do well by him.  Spent much of the afternoon to
+set his chamber in order, and then to the office leaving him at home, and
+late at night after all business was done I called Will and told him my
+reason of taking a boy, and that it is of necessity, not out of any
+unkindness to him, nor should be to his injury, and then talked about his
+landlord's daughter to come to my wife, and I think it will be.  So home
+and find my boy a very schoole boy, that talks innocently and
+impertinently, but at present it is a sport to us, and in a little time he
+will leave it.  So sent him to bed, he saying that he used to go to bed at
+eight o'clock, and then all of us to bed, myself pretty well pleased with
+my choice of a boy.  All the newes this day is, that the Dutch are, with
+twenty-two sayle of ships of warr, crewsing up and down about Ostend; at
+which we are alarmed.  My Lord Sandwich is come back into the Downes with
+only eight sayle, which is or may be a prey to the Dutch, if they knew our
+weakness and inability to set out any more speedily.
+
+28th (Lord's day).  Up the first time I have had great while.  Home to
+dined, and with my boy alone to church anybody to attend me to church a
+dinner, and there met Creed, who, and we merry together, as his learning
+is such and judgment that I cannot but be pleased with it.  After dinner I
+took him to church, into our gallery, with me, but slept the best part of
+the sermon, which was a most silly one.  So he and I to walk to the
+'Change a while, talking from one pleasant discourse to another, and so
+home, and thither came my uncle Wight and aunt, and supped with us mighty
+merry.  And Creed lay with us all night, and so to bed, very merry to
+think how Mr. Holliard (who came in this evening to see me) makes nothing,
+but proving as a most clear thing that Rome is Antichrist.
+
+29th.  Up betimes, intending to do business at my office, by 5 o'clock,
+but going out met at my door Mr. Hughes come to speak with me about office
+business, and told me that as he came this morning from Deptford he left
+the King's yarde a-fire.  So I presently took a boat and down, and there
+found, by God's providence, the fire out; but if there had been any wind
+it must have burned all our stores, which is a most dreadfull
+consideration.  But leaving all things well I home, and out abroad doing
+many errands, Mr. Creed also out, and my wife to her mother's, and Creed
+and I met at my Lady Sandwich's and there dined; but my Lady is become as
+handsome, I think, as ever she was; and so good and discreet a woman I
+know not in the world.  After dinner I to Westminster to Jervas's a while,
+and so doing many errands by the way, and necessary ones, I home, and
+thither came the woman with her mother which our Will recommends to my
+wife.  I like her well, and I think will please us.  My wife and they
+agreed, and she is to come the next week.  At which I am very well
+contented, for then I hope we shall be settled, but I must remember that,
+never since I was housekeeper, I ever lived so quietly, without any noise
+or one angry word almost, as I have done since my present mayds Besse,
+Jane, and Susan came and were together.  Now I have taken a boy and am
+taking a woman, I pray God we may not be worse, but I will observe it.
+After being at my office a while, home to supper and to bed.
+
+30th.  Up and to the office, where sat long, and at noon to dinner at
+home; after dinner comes Mr. Pen to visit me, and staid an houre talking
+with me.  I perceive something of learning he hath got, but a great deale,
+if not too much, of the vanity of the French garbe and affected manner of
+speech and gait.  I fear all real profit he hath made of his travel will
+signify little.  So, he gone, I to my office and there very busy till late
+at night, and so home to supper and to bed.
+
+31st.  Up by five o'clock and to my office, where T. Hater and Will met
+me, and so we dispatched a great deal of my business as to the ordering my
+papers and books which were behindhand.  All the morning very busy at my
+office.  At noon home to dinner, and there my wife hath got me some pretty
+good oysters, which is very soon and the soonest, I think, I ever eat any.
+After dinner I up to hear my boy play upon a lute, which I have this day
+borrowed of Mr. Hunt; and indeed the boy would, with little practice, play
+very well upon the lute, which pleases me well.  So by coach to the
+Tangier Committee, and there have another small business by which I may
+get a little small matter of money.  Staid but little there, and so home
+and to my office, where late casting up my monthly accounts, and, blessed
+be God!  find myself worth L1020, which is still the most I ever was
+worth.  So home and to bed.  Prince Rupert I hear this day is to go to
+command this fleete going to Guinny against the Dutch.  I doubt few will
+be pleased with his going, being accounted an unhappy' man.  My mind at
+good rest, only my father's troubles with Dr. Pepys and my brother Tom's
+creditors in general do trouble me.  I have got a new boy that understands
+musique well, as coming to me from the King's Chappell, and I hope will
+prove a good boy, and my wife and I are upon having a woman, which for her
+content I am contented to venture upon the charge of again, and she is one
+that our' Will finds out for us, and understands a little musique, and I
+think will please us well, only her friends live too near us.  Pretty well
+in health, since I left off wearing of a gowne within doors all day, and
+then go out with my legs into the cold, which brought me daily pain.
+
+                          DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
+                               SEPTEMBER
+                                 1664
+
+Sept.  1st.  A sad rainy night, up and to the office, where busy all the
+morning.  At noon to the 'Change and thence brought Mr. Pierce, the
+Surgeon, and Creed, and dined very merry and handsomely; but my wife not
+being well of those she not with us; and we cut up the great cake
+Moorcocke lately sent us, which is very good.  They gone I to my office,
+and there very busy till late at night, and so home to supper and to bed.
+
+2nd.  Up very betimes and walked (my boy with me) to Mr. Cole's, and after
+long waiting below, he being under the barber's hands, I spoke with him,
+and he did give me much hopes of getting my debt that my brother owed me,
+and also that things would go well with my father.  But going to his
+attorney's, that he directed me to, they tell me both that though I could
+bring my father to a confession of a judgment, yet he knowing that there
+are specialties out against him he is bound to plead his knowledge of them
+to me before he pays me, or else he must do it in his own wrong. I took a
+great deal of pains this morning in the thorough understanding hereof, and
+hope that I know the truth of our case, though it be but bad, yet better
+than to run spending money and all to no purpose.  However, I will inquire
+a little more.  Walked home, doing very many errands by the way to my
+great content, and at the 'Change met and spoke with several persons about
+serving us with pieces of eight at Tangier.  So home to dinner above
+stairs, my wife not being well of those in bed.  I dined by her bedside,
+but I got her to rise and abroad with me by coach to Bartholomew Fayre,
+and our boy with us, and there shewed them and myself the dancing on the
+ropes, and several other the best shows; but pretty it is to see how our
+boy carries himself so innocently clownish as would make one laugh.  Here
+till late and dark, then up and down, to buy combes for my wife to give
+her mayds, and then by coach home, and there at the office set down my
+day's work, and then home to bed.
+
+3rd.  I have had a bad night's rest to-night, not sleeping well, as my
+wife observed, and once or twice she did wake me, and I thought myself to
+be mightily bit with fleas, and in the morning she chid her mayds for not
+looking the fleas a-days.  But, when I rose, I found that it is only the
+change of the weather from hot to cold, which, as I was two winters ago,
+do stop my pores, and so my blood tingles and itches all day all over my
+body, and so continued to-day all the day long just as I was then, and if
+it continues to be so cold I fear I must come to the same pass, but
+sweating cured me then, and I hope, and am told, will this also.  At the
+office sat all the morning, dined at home, and after dinner to White Hall,
+to the Fishing Committee, but not above four of us met, which could do
+nothing, and a sad thing it is to see so great a work so ill followed, for
+at this pace it can come to any thing at first sight.  Mr. Hill came to
+tell me that he had got a gentlewoman for my wife, one Mrs. Ferrabosco,
+that sings most admirably.  I seemed glad of it; but I hear she is too
+gallant for me, and I am not sorry that I misse her.  Thence to the
+office, setting some papers right, and so home to supper and to bed, after
+prayers.
+
+5th.  Up and to St. James's, and there did our business with the Duke;
+where all our discourse of warr in the highest measure.  Prince Rupert was
+with us; who is fitting himself to go to sea in the Heneretta.  And
+afterwards in White Hall I met him and Mr. Gray, and he spoke to me, and
+in other discourse, says he, "God damn me, I can answer but for one ship,
+and in that I will do my part; for it is not in that as in an army, where
+a man can command every thing."  By and by to a Committee for the Fishery,
+the Duke of Yorke there, where, after Duke was made Secretary, we fell to
+name a Committee, whereof I was willing to be one, because I would have my
+hand in the business, to understand it and be known in doing something in
+it; and so, after cutting out work for the Committee, we rose, and I to my
+wife to Unthanke's, and with her from shop to shop, laying out near L10
+this morning in clothes for her.  And so I to the 'Change, where a while,
+and so home and to dinner, and thither came W. Bowyer and dined with us;
+but strange to see how he could not endure onyons in sauce to lamb, but
+was overcome with the sight of it, and so-was forced to make his dinner of
+an egg or two.  He tells us how Mrs. Lane is undone, by her marrying so
+bad, and desires to speak with me, which I know is wholly to get me to do
+something for her to get her husband a place, which he is in no wise fit
+for.  After dinner down to Woolwich with a gaily, and then to Deptford,
+and so home, all the way reading Sir J. Suck[l]ing's "Aglaura," which,
+methinks, is but a mean play; nothing of design in it.  Coming home it is
+strange to see how I was troubled to find my wife, but in a necessary
+compliment, expecting Mr. Pen to see her, who had been there and was by
+her people denied, which, he having been three times, she thought not fit
+he should be any more.  But yet even this did raise my jealousy presently
+and much vex me. However, he did not come, which pleased me, and I to
+supper, and to the office till 9 o'clock or thereabouts, and so home to
+bed.  My aunt James had been here to-day with Kate Joyce twice to see us.
+The second time my wife was at home, and they it seems are going down to
+Brampton, which I am sorry for, for the charge that my father will be put
+to.  But it must be borne with, and my mother has a mind to see them, but
+I do condemn myself mightily for my pride and contempt of my aunt and
+kindred that are not so high as myself, that I have not seen her all this
+while, nor invited her all this while.
+
+6th.  Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning.  At noon home to
+dinner, then to my office and there waited, thinking to have had Bagwell's
+wife come to me about business, that I might have talked with her, but she
+came not.  So I to White Hall by coach with Mr. Andrews, and there I got
+his contract for the victualling of Tangier signed and sealed by us there,
+so that all the business is well over, and I hope to have made a good
+business of it and to receive L100 by it the next weeke, for which God be
+praised!  Thence to W. Joyce's and Anthony's, to invite them to dinner to
+meet my aunt James at my house, and the rather because they are all to go
+down to my father the next weeke, and so I would be a little kind to them
+before they go.  So home, having called upon Doll, our pretty 'Change
+woman, for a pair of gloves trimmed with yellow ribbon, to [match the]
+petticoate my wife bought yesterday, which cost me 20s.; but she is so
+pretty, that, God forgive me!  I could not think it too much--which is a
+strange slavery that I stand in to beauty, that I value nothing near it.
+So going home, and my coach stopping in Newgate Market over against a
+poulterer's shop, I took occasion to buy a rabbit, but it proved a deadly
+old one when I came to eat it, as I did do after an hour being at my
+office, and after supper again there till past 11 at night.  So home,, and
+to bed.  This day Mr. Coventry did tell us how the Duke did receive the
+Dutch Embassador the other day; by telling him that, whereas they think us
+in jest, he believes that the Prince (Rupert) which goes in this fleete to
+Guinny  will soon tell them that we are in earnest, and that he himself
+will do the like here, in the head of the fleete here at home, and that
+for the meschants, which he told the Duke there were in England, which did
+hope to do themselves good by the King's being at warr, says he, the
+English have ever united all this private difference to attend foraigne,
+and that Cromwell, notwithstanding the meschants in his time, which were
+the Cavaliers, did never find them interrupt him in his foraigne
+businesses, and that he did not doubt but to live to see the Dutch as
+fearfull of provoking the English, under the government of a King, as he
+remembers them to have been under that of a Coquin.  I writ all this story
+to my Lord Sandwich tonight into the Downes, it being very good and true,
+word for word from Mr. Coventry to-day.
+
+7th.  Lay long to-day, pleasantly discoursing with my wife about the
+dinner we are to have for the Joyces, a day or two hence.  Then up and
+with Mr. Margetts to Limehouse to see his ground and ropeyarde there,
+which is very fine, and I believe we shall employ it for the Navy, for the
+King's grounds are not sufficient to supply our defence if a warr comes.
+Thence back to the 'Change, where great talke of the forwardnesse of the
+Dutch, which puts us all to a stand, and particularly myself for my Lord
+Sandwich, to think him to lie where he is for a sacrifice, if they should
+begin with us.  So home and Creed with me, and to dinner, and after dinner
+I out to my office, taking in Bagwell's wife, who I knew waited for me,
+but company came to me so soon that I could have no discourse with her, as
+I intended, of pleasure.  So anon abroad with Creed walked to Bartholomew
+Fayre, this being the last day, and there saw the best dancing on the
+ropes that I think I ever saw in my life, and so all say, and so by coach
+home, where I find my wife hath had her head dressed by her woman, Mercer,
+which is to come to her to-morrow, but my wife being to go to a
+christening tomorrow, she came to do her head up to-night.  So a while to
+my office, and then to supper and to bed.
+
+8th.  Up and to the office, where busy all the morning.  At noon dined at
+home, and I by water down to Woolwich by a galley, and back again in the
+evening.  All haste made in setting out this Guinny fleete, but yet not
+such as will ever do the King's business if we come to a warr.  My wife
+this afternoon being very well dressed by her new woman, Mary Mercer, a
+decayed merchant's daughter that our Will helps us to, did go to the
+christening of Mrs. Mills, the parson's wife's child, where she never was
+before.  After I was come home Mr. Povey came to me and took me out to
+supper to Mr. Bland's, who is making now all haste to be gone for Tangier.
+Here pretty merry, and good discourse, fain to admire the knowledge and
+experience of Mrs. Bland, who I think as good a merchant as her husband.
+I went home and there find Mercer, whose person I like well, and I think
+will do well, at least I hope so.  So to my office a while and then to
+bed.
+
+9th.  Up, and to put things in order against dinner.  I out and bought
+several things, among others, a dozen of silver salts; home, and to the
+office, where some of us met a little, and then home, and at noon comes my
+company, namely, Anthony and Will Joyce and their wives, my aunt James
+newly come out of Wales, and my cozen Sarah Gyles.  Her husband did not
+come, and by her I did understand afterwards, that it was because he was
+not yet able to pay me the 40s. she had borrowed a year ago of me.
+
+     [Pepys would have been more proud of his cousin had he anticipated
+     her husband's becoming a knight, for she was probably the same
+     person whose burial is recorded in the register of St. Helen's,
+     Bishopsgate, September 4th, 1704: "Dame Sarah Gyles, widow, relict
+     of Sir John Gyles."--B.]
+
+I was as merry as I could, giving them a good dinner; but W. Joyce did so
+talk, that he made every body else dumb, but only laugh at him.  I forgot
+there was Mr. Harman and his wife, my aunt, a very good harmlesse woman.
+All their talke is of her and my two she-cozen Joyces and Will's little
+boy Will (who was also here to-day), down to Brampton to my father's next
+week, which will be trouble and charge to them, but however my father and
+mother desire to see them, and so let them.  They eyed mightily my great
+cupboard of plate, I this day putting my two flaggons upon my table; and
+indeed it is a fine sight, and better than ever I did hope to see of my
+owne.  Mercer dined with us at table, this being her first dinner in my
+house.  After dinner left them and to White Hall, where a small Tangier
+Committee, and so back again home, and there my wife and Mercer and Tom
+and I sat till eleven at night, singing and fiddling, and a great joy it
+is to see me master of so much pleasure in my house, that it is and will
+be still, I hope, a constant pleasure to me to be at home.  The girle
+plays pretty well upon the harpsicon, but only ordinary tunes, but hath a
+good hand; sings a little, but hath a good voyce and eare.  My boy, a
+brave boy, sings finely, and is the most pleasant boy at present, while
+his ignorant boy's tricks last, that ever I saw.  So to supper, and with
+great pleasure to bed.
+
+10th.  Up and to the office, where we sate all the morning, and I much
+troubled to think what the end of our great sluggishness will be, for we
+do nothing in this office like people able to carry on a warr.  We must be
+put out, or other people put in.  Dined at home, and then my wife and I
+and Mercer to the Duke's house, and there saw "The Rivalls," which is no
+excellent play, but good acting in it; especially Gosnell comes and sings
+and dances finely, but, for all that, fell out of the key, so that the
+musique could not play to her afterwards, and so did Harris also go out of
+the tune to agree with her.  Thence home and late writing letters, and
+this night I received, by Will, L105, the first-fruits of my endeavours in
+the late contract for victualling of Tangier, for which God be praised!
+for I can with a safe conscience say that I have therein saved the King
+L5000 per annum, and yet got myself a hope of L300 per annum without the
+least wrong to the King.  So to supper and to bed.
+
+11th (Lord's day).  Up and to church in the best manner I have gone a good
+while, that is to say, with my wife, and her woman, Mercer, along with us,
+and Tom, my boy, waiting on us.  A dull sermon.  Home, dined, left my wife
+to go to church alone, and I walked in haste being late to the Abbey at
+Westminster, according to promise to meet Jane Welsh, and there wearily
+walked, expecting her till 6 o'clock from three, but no Jane came, which
+vexed me, only part of it I spent with Mr. Blagrave walking in the Abbey,
+he telling me the whole government and discipline of White Hall Chappell,
+and the caution now used against admitting any debauched persons, which I
+was glad to hear, though he tells me there are persons bad enough.  Thence
+going home went by Jarvis's, and there stood Jane at the door, and so I
+took her in and drank with her, her master and mistress being out of
+doors.  She told me how she could not come to me this afternoon, but
+promised another time.  So I walked home contented with my speaking with
+her, and walked to my uncle Wight's, where they were all at supper, and
+among others comes fair Mrs. Margarett Wight, who indeed is very pretty.
+So after supper home to prayers and to bed.  This afternoon, it seems, Sir
+J. Minnes fell sicke at church, and going down the gallery stairs fell
+down dead, but came to himself again and is pretty well.
+
+12th.  Up, and to my cozen Anthony Joyce's, and there took leave of my
+aunt James, and both cozens, their wives, who are this day going down to
+my father's by coach.  I did give my Aunt 20s., to carry as a token to my
+mother, and 10s.  to Pall.  Thence by coach to St. James's, and there did
+our business as usual with the Duke; and saw him with great pleasure play
+with his little girle,--[Afterwards Queen Mary II.]--like an ordinary
+private father of a child.  Thence walked to Jervas's, where I took Jane
+in the shop alone, and there heard of her, her master and mistress were
+going out.  So I went away and came again half an hour after.  In the
+meantime went to the Abbey, and there went in to see the tombs with great
+pleasure.  Back again to Jane, and there upstairs and drank with her, and
+staid two hours with her kissing her, but nothing more.  Anon took boat
+and by water to the Neat Houses over against Fox Hall to have seen
+Greatorex dive, which Jervas and his wife were gone to see, and there I
+found them (and did it the rather for a pretence for my having been so
+long at their house), but being disappointed of some necessaries to do it
+I staid not, but back to Jane, but she would not go out with me.  So I to
+Mr. Creed's lodgings, and with him walked up and down in the New Exchange,
+talking mightily of the convenience and necessity of a man's wearing good
+clothes, and so after eating a messe of creame I took leave of him, he
+walking with me as far as Fleete Conduit, he offering me upon my request
+to put out some money for me into Backewell's hands at 6 per cent.
+interest, which he seldom gives, which I will consider of, being doubtful
+of trusting any of these great dealers because of their mortality, but
+then the convenience of having one's money, at an houre's call is very
+great.  Thence to my uncle Wight's, and there supped with my wife, having
+given them a brave barrel of oysters of Povy's giving me. So home and to
+bed.
+
+13th.  Up and, to the office, where sat busy all morning, dined at home
+and after dinner to Fishmonger's Hall, where we met the first time upon
+the Fishery Committee, and many good things discoursed of concerning
+making of farthings, which was proposed as a way of raising money for this
+business, and then that of lotterys,
+
+     [Among the State Papers is a "Statement of Articles in the Covenant
+     proposed by the Commissioners for the Royal Fishing to, Sir Ant.
+     Desmarces & Co.  in reference to the regulation of lotteries; which
+     are very unreasonable, and of the objections thereto" ("Calendar of
+     State Papers," Domestic, 1663-64, p.  576.)]
+
+but with great confusion; but I hope we shall fall into greater order. So
+home again and to my office, where after doing business home and to a
+little musique, after supper, and so to bed.
+
+14th.  Up, and wanting some things that should be laid ready for my
+dressing myself I was angry, and one thing after another made my wife give
+Besse warning to be gone, which the jade, whether out of fear or
+ill-nature or simplicity I know not, but she took it and asked leave to go
+forth to look a place, and did, which vexed me to the heart, she being as
+good a natured wench as ever we shall have, but only forgetful.  At the
+office all the morning and at noon to the 'Change, and there went off with
+Sir W. Warren and took occasion to desire him to lend me L100, which he
+said he would let the have with all his heart presently, as he had
+promised me a little while ago to give me for my pains in his two great
+contracts for masts L100, and that this should be it.  To which end I did
+move it to him, and by this means I hope to be, possessed of the L100
+presently within 2 or 3 days.  So home to dinner, and then to the office,
+and down to Blackwall by water to view a place found out for laying of
+masts, and I think it will be most proper.  So home and there find Mr. Pen
+come to visit my wife, and staid with them till sent for to Mr. Bland's,
+whither by appointment I was to go to supper, and against my will left
+them together, but, God knows, without any reason of fear in my conscience
+of any evil between them, but such is my natural folly.  Being thither
+come they would needs have my wife, and so Mr. Bland and his wife (the
+first time she was ever at my house or my wife at hers) very civilly went
+forth and brought her and W. Pen, and there Mr. Povy and we supped nobly
+and very merry, it being to take leave of Mr. Bland, who is upon going
+soon to Tangier.  So late home and to bed.
+
+15th.  At the office all the morning, then to the 'Change, and so home to
+dinner, where Luellin dined with us, and after dinner many people came in
+and kept me all the afternoon, among other the Master and Wardens of
+Chyrurgeon's Hall, who staid arguing their cause with me; I did give them
+the best answer I could, and after their being two hours with me parted,
+and I to my office to do business, which is much on my hands, and so late
+home to supper and to bed.
+
+16th.  Up betimes and to my office, where all the morning very busy
+putting papers to rights.  And among other things Mr. Gauden coming to me,
+I had a good opportunity to speak to him about his present, which hitherto
+hath been a burden: to me, that I could not do it, because I was doubtfull
+that he meant it as a temptation to me to stand by him in the business of
+Tangier victualling; but he clears me it was not, and that he values me
+and my proceedings therein very highly, being but what became me, and that
+what he did was for my old kindnesses to him in dispatching of his
+business, which I was glad to hear, and with my heart in good rest and
+great joy parted, and to my business again.  At noon to the 'Change, where
+by appointment I met Sir W. Warren, and afterwards to the Sun taverne,
+where he brought to me, being all alone; L100 in a bag, which I offered
+him to give him my receipt for, but he told me, no, it was my owne, which
+he had a little while since promised me and was glad that (as I had told
+him two days since) it would now do me courtesy; and so most kindly he did
+give it me, and I as joyfully, even out of myself, carried it home in a
+coach, he himself expressly taking care that nobody might see this
+business done, though I was willing enough to have carried a servant with
+me to have received it, but he advised me to do it myself. So home with it
+and to dinner; after dinner I forth with my boy to buy severall things,
+stools and andirons and candlesticks, &c., household stuff, and walked to
+the mathematical instrument maker in Moorefields and bought a large pair
+of compasses, and there met Mr. Pargiter, and he would needs have me drink
+a cup of horse-radish ale, which he and a friend of his troubled with the
+stone have been drinking of, which we did and then walked into the fields
+as far almost as Sir G. Whitmore's, all the way talking of Russia, which,
+he says, is a sad place; and, though Moscow is a very great city, yet it
+is from the distance between house and house, and few people compared with
+this, and poor, sorry houses, the Emperor himself living in a wooden
+house, his exercise only flying a hawk at pigeons and carrying pigeons ten
+or twelve miles off and then laying wagers which pigeon shall come soonest
+home to her house.  All the winter within doors, some few playing at
+chesse, but most drinking their time away.  Women live very slavishly
+there, and it seems in the Emperor's court no room hath above two or three
+windows, and those the greatest not a yard wide or high, for warmth in
+winter time; and that the general cure for all diseases there is their
+sweating houses, or people that are poor they get into their ovens, being
+heated, and there lie.  Little learning among things of any sort.  Not a
+man that speaks Latin, unless the Secretary of State by chance.  Mr.
+Pargiter and I walked to the 'Change together and there parted, and so I
+to buy more things and then home, and after a little at my office, home to
+supper and to bed.  This day old Hardwicke came and redeemed a watch he
+had left with me in pawne for 40s. seven years ago, and I let him gave it.
+Great talk that the Dutch will certainly be out this week, and will sail
+directly to Guinny, being convoyed out of the Channel with 42 sail of
+ships.
+
+17th.  Up and to the office, where Mr. Coventry very angry to see things
+go so coldly as they do, and I must needs say it makes me fearful every
+day of having some change of the office, and the truth is, I am of late a
+little guilty of being remiss myself of what I used to be, but I hope I
+shall come to my old pass again, my family being now settled again. Dined
+at home, and to the office, where late busy in setting all my businesses
+in order, and I did a very great and a very contenting afternoon's work.
+This day my aunt Wight sent my wife a new scarfe, with a compliment for
+the many favours she had received of her, which is the several things we
+have sent her.  I am glad enough of it, for I see my uncle is so given up
+to the Wights that I hope for little more of them. So home to supper and
+to bed.
+
+18th (Lord's day).  Up and to church all of us.  At noon comes Anthony and
+W. Joyce (their wives being in the country with my father) and dined with
+me very merry as I can be in such company.  After dinner walked to
+Westminster (tiring them by the way, and so left them, Anthony in
+Cheapside and the other in the Strand), and there spent all the afternoon
+in the Cloysters as I had agreed with Jane Welsh, but she came not, which
+vexed me, staying till 5 o'clock, and then walked homeward, and by coach
+to the old Exchange, and thence to my aunt Wight's, and invited her and my
+uncle to supper, and so home, and by and by they came, and we eat a brave
+barrel of oysters Mr. Povy sent me this morning, and very merry at supper,
+and so to prayers and to bed.  Last night it seems my aunt Wight did send
+my wife a new scarfe, laced, as a token for her many givings to her.  It
+is true now and then we give them some toys, as oranges, &c., but my aime
+is to get myself something more from my uncle's favour than this.
+
+19th.  Up, my wife and I having a little anger about her woman already,
+she thinking that I take too much care of her at table to mind her (my
+wife) of cutting for her, but it soon over, and so up and with Sir W.
+Batten and Sir W. Pen to St. James's, and there did our business with the
+Duke, and thence homeward straight, calling at the Coffee-house, and there
+had very good discourse with Sir----Blunt and Dr. Whistler about Egypt and
+other things.  So home to dinner, my wife having put on to-day her winter
+new suit of moyre, which is handsome, and so after dinner I did give her
+L15 to lay out in linen and necessaries for the house and to buy a suit
+for Pall, and I myself to White Hall to a Tangier Committee, where
+Colonell Reames hath brought us so full and methodical an account of all
+matters there, that I never have nor hope to see the like of any publique
+business while I live again.  The Committee up, I to Westminster to
+Jervas's, and spoke with Jane; who I find cold and not so desirous of a
+meeting as before, and it is no matter, I shall be the freer from the
+inconvenience that might follow thereof, besides offending God Almighty
+and neglecting my business.  So by coach home and to my office, where
+late, and so to supper and to bed.  I met with Dr. Pierce to-day, who,
+speaking of Dr. Frazier's being so earnest to have such a one (one
+Collins) go chyrurgeon to the Prince's person will have him go in his
+terms and with so much money put into his hands, he tells me (when I was
+wondering that Frazier should order things with the Prince in that
+confident manner) that Frazier is so great with my Lady Castlemayne, and
+Stewart, and all the ladies at Court, in helping to slip their calfes when
+there is occasion, and with the great men in curing of their claps that he
+can do what he please with the King, in spite of any man, and upon the
+same score with the Prince; they all having more or less occasion to make
+use of him.  Sir G. Carteret tells me this afternoon that the Dutch are
+not yet ready to set out; and by that means do lose a good wind which
+would carry them out and keep us in, and moreover he says that they begin
+to boggle in the business, and he thinks may offer terms of peace for all
+this, and seems to argue that it will be well for the King too, and I pray
+God send it.  Colonell Reames did, among other things, this day tell me
+how it is clear that, if my Lord Tiviott had lived, he would have quite
+undone Tangier, or designed himself to be master of it.  He did put the
+King upon most great, chargeable, and unnecessary works there, and took
+the course industriously to deter, all other merchants but himself to deal
+there, and to make both King and all others pay what he pleased for all
+that was brought thither.
+
+20th.  Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, at noon to the
+'Change, and there met by appointment with Captain Poyntz, who hath some
+place, or title to a place, belonging to gameing, and so I discoursed with
+him about the business of our improving of the Lotterys, to the King's
+benefit, and that of the Fishery, and had some light from him in the
+business, and shall, he says, have more in writing from him.  So home to
+dinner and then abroad to the Fishing Committee at Fishmongers' Hall, and
+there sat and did some business considerable, and so up and home, and
+there late at my office doing much business, and I find with great delight
+that I am come to my good temper of business again.  God continue me in
+it.  So home to supper, it being washing day, and to bed.
+
+21st.  Up, and by coach to Mr. Povy's, and there got him to signe the
+payment of Captain Tayler's bills for the remainder of freight for the
+Eagle, wherein I shall be gainer about L30, thence with him to Westminster
+by coach to Houseman's [Huysman] the great picture drawer, and saw again
+very fine pictures, and have his promise, for Mr. Povy's sake, to take
+pains in what picture I shall set him about, and I think to have my
+wife's.  But it is a strange thing to observe and fit for me to remember
+that I am at no time so unwilling to part with money as when I am
+concerned in the getting of it most, as I thank God of late I have got
+more in this month, viz. near 0250, than ever I did in half a year before
+in my life, I think.  Thence to White Hall with him, and so walked to the
+old Exchange and back to Povy's to dinner, where great and good company;
+among others Sir John Skeffington, whom I knew at Magdalen College, a
+fellow-commoner, my fellow-pupil, but one with whom I had no great
+acquaintance, he being then, God knows, much above me.  Here I was afresh
+delighted with Mr. Povy's house and pictures of perspective, being strange
+things to think how they do delude one's eye, that methinks it would make
+a man doubtful of swearing that ever he saw any thing.  Thence with him to
+St. James's, and so to White Hall to a Tangier Committee, and hope I have
+light of another opportunity of getting a little money if Sir W. Warren
+will use me kindly for deales to Tangier, and with the hopes went joyfully
+home, and there received Captain Tayler's money, received by Will to-day,
+out of which (as I said above) I shall get above L30. So with great
+comfort to bed, after supper.  By discourse this day I have great hopes
+from Mr. Coventry that the Dutch and we shall not fall out.
+
+22nd.  Up and at the office all the morning.  To the 'Change at noon, and
+among other things discoursed with Sir William Warren what I might do to
+get a little money by carrying of deales to Tangier, and told him the
+opportunity I have there of doing it, and he did give me some advice,
+though not so good as he would have done at any other time of the year,
+but such as I hope to make good use of, and get a little money by.  So to
+Sir G. Carteret's to dinner, and he and I and Captain Cocke all alone, and
+good discourse, and thence to a Committee of Tangier at White Hall, and so
+home, where I found my wife not well, and she tells me she thinks she is
+with child, but I neither believe nor desire it.  But God's will be done!
+So to my office late, and home to supper and to bed; having got a strange
+cold in my head, by flinging off my hat at dinner, and sitting with the
+wind in my neck.
+
+     [In Lord Clarendon's Essay, "On the decay of respect paid to Age,"
+     he says that in his younger days he never kept his hat on before
+     those older than himself, except at dinner.--B.]
+
+23rd.  My cold and pain in my head increasing, and the palate of my mouth
+falling, I was in great pain all night.  My wife also was not well, so
+that a mayd was fain to sit up by her all night.  Lay long in the morning,
+at last up, and amongst others comes Mr. Fuller, that was the wit of
+Cambridge, and Praevaricator
+
+     [At the Commencement (Comitia Majora) in July, the Praevaricator, or
+     Varier, held a similar position to the Tripos at the Comitia Minora.
+     He was so named from varying the question which he proposed, either
+     by a play upon the words or by the transposition of the terms in
+     which it was expressed.  Under the pretence of maintaining some
+     philosophical question, he poured out a medley of absurd jokes and
+     'personal ridicule, which gradually led to the abolition of the
+     office.  In Thoresby's "Diary" we read, "Tuesday, July 6th.  The
+     Praevaricator's speech was smart and ingenious, attended with
+     vollies of hurras" (see Wordsworth's "University Life in the
+     Eighteenth Century ").--M. B.]
+
+in my time, and staid all the morning with me discoursing, and his
+business to get a man discharged, which I did do for him.  Dined with
+little heart at noon, in the afternoon against my will to the office,
+where Sir G. Carteret and we met about an order of the Council for the
+hiring him a house, giving him L1000 fine, and L70 per annum for it. Here
+Sir J. Minnes took occasion, in the most childish and most unbeseeming
+manner, to reproach us all, but most himself, that he was not valued as
+Comptroller among us, nor did anything but only set his hand to paper,
+which is but too true; and every body had a palace, and he no house to lie
+in, and wished he had but as much to build him a house with, as we have
+laid out in carved worke.  It was to no end to oppose, but all bore it,
+and after laughed at him for it.  So home, and late reading "The Siege of
+Rhodes" to my wife, and then to bed, my head being in great pain and my
+palate still down.
+
+24th.  Up and to the office, where all the morning busy, then home to
+dinner, and so after dinner comes one Phillips, who is concerned in the
+Lottery, and from him I collected much concerning that business.  I
+carried him in my way to White Hall and set him down at Somersett House.
+Among other things he told me that Monsieur Du Puy, that is so great a man
+at the Duke of Yorke's, and this man's great opponent, is a knave and by
+quality but a tailor.  To the Tangier Committee, and there I opposed
+Colonell Legg's estimate of supplies of provisions to be sent to Tangier
+till all were ashamed of it, and he fain after all his good husbandry and
+seeming ignorance and joy to have the King's money saved, yet afterwards
+he discovered all his design to be to keep the furnishing of these things
+to the officers of the Ordnance, but Mr. Coventry seconded me, and between
+us we shall save the King some money in the year.  In one business of
+deales in L520, I offer to save L172, and yet purpose getting money, to
+myself by it.  So home and to my office, and business being done home to
+supper and so to bed, my head and throat being still out of order
+mightily.  This night Prior of Brampton came and paid me L40, and I find
+this poor painful man is the only thriving and purchasing man in the town
+almost.  We were told to-day of a Dutch ship of 3 or 400 tons, where all
+the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore at Gottenburgh.
+
+25th (Lord's day).  Up, and my throat being yet very sore, and, my head
+out of order, we went not to church, but I spent all the morning reading
+of "The Madd Lovers,"  a very good play, and at noon comes Harman and his
+wife, whom I sent for to meet the Joyces, but they came not.  It seems
+Will has got a fall off his horse and broke his face.  However, we were as
+merry as I could in their company, and we had a good chine of beef, but I
+had no taste nor stomach through my cold, and therefore little pleased
+with my dinner.  It raining, they sat talking with us all the afternoon.
+So anon they went away; and then I to read another play, "The Custome of
+the Country," which is a very poor one, methinks.  Then to supper,
+prayers, and bed.
+
+26th.  Up pretty well again, but my mouth very scabby, my cold being going
+away, so that I was forced to wear a great black patch, but that would not
+do much good, but it happens we did not go to the Duke to-day, and so I
+staid at home busy all the morning.  At noon, after dinner, to the
+'Change, and thence home to my office again, where busy, well employed
+till 10 at night, and so home to supper and to bed, my mind a little
+troubled that I have not of late kept up myself so briske in business; but
+mind my ease a little too much and my family upon the coming of Mercer and
+Tom.  So that I have not kept company, nor appeared very active with Mr.
+Coventry, but now I resolve to settle to it again, not that I have idled
+all my time, but as to my ease something.  So I have looked a little too
+much after Tangier and the Fishery, and that in the sight of Mr. Coventry,
+but I have good reason to love myself for serving Tangier, for it is one
+of the best flowers in my garden.
+
+27th.  Lay long, sleeping, it raining and blowing very hard.  Then up and
+to the office, my mouth still being scabby and a patch on it.  At the
+office all the morning.  At noon dined at home, and so after dinner
+(Lewellin dining with me and in my way talking about Deering) to the
+Fishing Committee, and had there very many fine things argued, and I hope
+some good will cone of it.  So home, where my wife having (after all her
+merry discourse of being with child) her months upon her is gone to bed. I
+to my office very late doing business, then home to supper and to bed.
+To-night Mr. T. Trice and Piggot came to see me, and desire my going down
+to Brampton Court, where for Piggot's sake, for whom it is necessary, I
+should go, I would be glad to go, and will, contrary to my purpose,
+endeavour it, but having now almost L1000, if not above, in my house, I
+know not what to do with it, and that will trouble my mind to leave in the
+house, and I not at home.
+
+28th.  Up and by water with Mr. Tucker down to Woolwich, first to do
+several businesses of the King's, then on board Captain Fisher's ship,
+which we hire to carry goods to Tangier.  All the way going and coming I
+reading and discoursing over some papers of his which he, poor man, having
+some experience, but greater conceit of it than is fit, did at the King's
+first coming over make proposals of, ordering in a new manner the whole
+revenue of the kingdom, but, God knows, a most weak thing; however, one
+paper I keep wherein he do state the main branches of the publick revenue
+fit to consider and remember.  So home, very cold, and fearfull of having
+got some pain, but, thanks be to God!  I was well after it.  So to dinner,
+and after dinner by coach to White Hall, thinking to have met at a
+Committee of Tangier, but nobody being there but my Lord Rutherford, he
+would needs carry me and another Scotch Lord to a play, and so we saw,
+coming late, part of "The Generall," my Lord Orrery's (Broghill) second
+play; but, Lord! to see how no more either in words, sense, or design, it
+is to his "Harry the 5th" is not imaginable, and so poorly acted, though
+in finer clothes, is strange.  And here I must confess breach of a vowe in
+appearance, but I not desiring it, but against my will, and my oathe being
+to go neither at my own charge nor at another's, as I had done by becoming
+liable to give them another, as I am to Sir W. Pen and Mr. Creed; but here
+I neither know which of them paid for me, nor, if I did, am I obliged ever
+to return the like, or did it by desire or with any willingness.  So that
+with a safe conscience I do think my oathe is not broke and judge God
+Almighty will not think it other wise.  Thence to W. Joyce's, and there
+found my aunt and cozen Mary come home from my father's with great
+pleasure and content, and thence to Kate's and found her also mighty
+pleased with her journey and their good usage of them, and so home,
+troubled in my conscience at my being at a play.  But at home I found
+Mercer playing on her Vyall, which is a pretty instrument, and so I to the
+Vyall and singing till late, and so to bed.  My mind at a great losse how
+to go down to Brampton this weeke, to satisfy Piggott; but what with the
+fears of my house, my money, my wife, and my office, I know not how in the
+world to think of it, Tom Hater being out of towne, and I having near
+L1000 in my house.
+
+29th.  Up and to the office, where all the morning, dined at home and
+Creed with me; after dinner I to Sir G. Carteret, and with him to his new
+house he is taking in Broad Streete, and there surveyed all the rooms and
+bounds, in order to the drawing up a lease thereof; and that done, Mr.
+Cutler, his landlord, took me up and down, and showed me all his ground
+and house, which is extraordinary great, he having bought all the
+Augustine Fryers, and many, many a L1000 he hath and will bury there. So
+home to my business, clearing my papers and preparing my accounts against
+tomorrow for a monthly and a great auditt.  So to supper and to bed.
+Fresh newes come of our beating the Dutch at Guinny quite out of all their
+castles almost, which will make them quite mad here at home sure.  And Sir
+G. Carteret did tell me, that the King do joy mightily at it; but asked
+him laughing, "But," says he, "how shall I do to answer this to the
+Embassador when he comes?"  Nay they say that we have beat them out of the
+New Netherlands too;
+
+     [Captain (afterwards Sir Robert) Holmes' expedition to attack the
+     Dutch settlements in Africa eventuated in an important exploit.
+     Holmes suddenly left the coast of Africa, sailed across the
+     Atlantic, and reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to
+     English rule, under the title of New York.  "The short and true
+     state of the matter is this: the country mentioned was part of the
+     province of Virginia, and, as there is no settling an extensive
+     country at once, a few Swedes crept in there, who surrendered the
+     plantations they could not defend to the Dutch, who, having bought
+     the charts and papers of one Hudson, a seaman, who, by the
+     commission from the crown of England, discovered a river, to which
+     he gave his name, conceited they had purchased a province.
+     Sometimes, when we had strength in those parts, they were English
+     subjects; at others, when that strength declined, they were subjects
+     of the United Provinces.  However, upon King Charles's claim the
+     States disowned the title, but resumed it during our confusions.  On
+     March 12th, 1663-64, Charles II. granted it to the Duke of York
+     .  .  . The King sent Holmes, when he returned, to the Tower, and did
+     not discharge him; till he made it evidently appear that he had not
+     infringed the law of nations ".  (Campbell's "Naval History," vol.
+     ii, p., 89).  How little did the King or Holmes himself foresee
+     the effects of the capture,--B.]
+
+so that we have been doing them mischief for a great while in several
+parts of the world; without publique knowledge or reason.  Their fleete
+for Guinny is now, they say, ready, and abroad, and will be going this
+week.  Coming home to-night, I did go to examine my wife's house accounts,
+and finding things that seemed somewhat doubtful, I was angry though she
+did make it pretty plain, but confessed that when she do misse a sum, she
+do add something to other things to make it, and, upon my being very
+angry, she do protest she will here lay up something for herself to buy
+her a necklace with, which madded me and do still trouble me, for I fear
+she will forget by degrees the way of living cheap and under a sense of
+want.
+
+30th.  Up, and all day, both morning and afternoon, at my accounts, it
+being a great month, both for profit and layings out, the last being L89
+for kitchen and clothes for myself and wife, and a few extraordinaries for
+the house; and my profits, besides salary, L239; so that I have this
+weeke, notwithstanding great layings out, and preparations for laying out,
+which I make as paid this month, my balance to come to L1203, for which
+the Lord's name be praised!  Dined at home at noon, staying long looking
+for Kate Joyce and my aunt James and Mary, but they came not.  So my wife
+abroad to see them, and took Mary Joyce to a play.  Then in the evening
+came and sat working by me at the office, and late home to supper and to
+bed, with my heart in good rest for this day's work, though troubled to
+think that my last month's negligence besides the making me neglect
+business and spend money, and lessen myself both as to business and the
+world and myself, I am fain to preserve my vowe by paying 20s. dry--[ Dry
+= hard, as "hard cash." ]--money into the poor's box, because I had not
+fulfilled all my memorandums and paid all my petty debts and received all
+my petty credits, of the last month, but I trust in God I shall do so no
+more.
+
+
+
+
+     ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS:
+
+     All the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore
+     And with the great men in curing of their claps
+     Expressly taking care that nobody might see this business done
+     Having some experience, but greater conceit of it than is fit
+     Helping to slip their calfes when there is occasion
+     Her months upon her is gone to bed
+     I had agreed with Jane Welsh, but she came not, which vexed me
+     Lay long caressing my wife and talking
+     Let her brew as she has baked
+     New Netherlands to English rule, under the title of New York
+     Reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to English rule
+     Staid two hours with her kissing her, but nothing more
+     Strange slavery that I stand in to beauty
+     Thinks she is with child, but I neither believe nor desire it
+     Up, my mind very light from my last night's accounts
+     We do nothing in this office like people able to carry on a warr
+     Would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched!
+
+
+
+
+
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+entire meal of them.  D.W.]
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+
+                THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S.
+
+            CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY
+
+   TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SHORTHAND MANUSCRIPT IN THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARY
+MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BY THE REV. MYNORS BRIGHT M.A. LATE FELLOW
+                      AND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
+
+                              (Unabridged)
+
+                      WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE'S NOTES
+
+                        EDITED WITH ADDITIONS BY
+
+                        HENRY B. WHEATLEY F.S.A.
+
+
+
+                          DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
+                           AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
+                                 1664
+
+
+August 1st.  Up, my mind very light from my last night's accounts, and so
+up and with Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and Sir W. Pen to St. James's,
+where among other things having prepared with some industry every man a
+part this morning and no sooner (for fear they should either consider of
+it or discourse of it one to another) Mr. Coventry did move the Duke and
+obtain it that one of the clerkes of the Clerke of the Acts should have
+an addition of L30 a year, as Mr. Turner hath, which I am glad of, that I
+may give T. Hater L20 and keep L10 towards a boy's keeping.  Thence Mr.
+Coventry and I to the Attorney's chamber at the Temple, but not being
+there we parted, and I home, and there with great joy told T. Hater what
+I had done, with which the poor wretch was very glad, though his modesty
+would not suffer him to say much.  So to the Coffee-house, and there all
+the house full of the victory Generall Soushe
+
+     [General Soushe was Louis Ratuit, Comte de Souches.  The battle was
+     fought at Lewenz (or Leva), in Hungary.--B.]
+
+(who is a Frenchman, a soldier of fortune, commanding part of the German
+army) hath had against the Turke; killing 4,000 men, and taking most
+extraordinary spoil.  Thence taking up Harman and his wife, carried them
+to Anthony Joyce's, where we had my venison in a pasty well done; but,
+Lord! to see how much they made of, it, as if they had never eat any
+before, and very merry we were, but Will most troublesomely so, and I
+find he and his wife have a most wretched life one with another, but we
+took no notice, but were very merry as I could be in such company.  But
+Mrs. Harman is a very pretty-humoured wretch, whom I could love with all
+my heart, being so good and innocent company.  Thence to Westminster to
+Mr. Blagrave's, and there, after singing a thing or two over, I spoke to
+him about a woman for my wife, and he offered me his kinswoman, which I
+was glad of, but she is not at present well, but however I hope to have
+her.  Thence to my Lord Chancellor's, and thence with Mr. Coventry, who
+appointed to meet me there, and with him to the Attorney General, and
+there with Sir Ph. Warwicke consulted of a new commission to be had
+through the Broad Seale to enable us to make this contract for Tangier
+victualling.  So home, and there talked long with Will about the young
+woman of his family which he spoke of for to live with my wife, but
+though she hath very many good qualitys, yet being a neighbour's child
+and young and not very staid, I dare not venture of having her, because
+of her being able to spread any report of our family upon any discontent
+among the heart of our neighbours.  So that my dependance is upon Mr.
+Blagrave, and so home to supper and to bed.  Last night, at 12 o'clock,.
+I was waked with knocking at Sir W. Pen's door; and what was it but
+people's running up and down to bring him word that his brother,
+
+     [George Penn, the elder brother of Sir W. Penn, was a wealthy
+     merchant at San Lucar, the port of Seville.  He was seized as a
+     heretic by the Holy Office, and cast into a dungeon eight feet
+     square and dark as the grave.  There he remained three years, every
+     month being scourged to make him confess his crimes.  At last, after
+     being twice put to the rack, he offered to confess whatever they
+     would suggest.  His property, L12,000, was then confiscated, his
+     wife, a Catholic, taken from him, and he was banished from Spain for
+     ever.--M. B.]
+
+who hath been a good while, it seems, sicke, is dead.
+
+
+
+2nd.  At the office all the morning.  At noon dined, and then to, the
+'Change, and there walked two hours or more with Sir W. Warren, who after
+much discourse in general of Sir W. Batten's dealings, he fell to talk
+how every body must live by their places, and that he was willing, if I
+desired it, that I should go shares with him in anything that he deals
+in.  He told me again and again, too, that he confesses himself my debtor
+too for my service and friendship to him in his present great contract of
+masts, and that between this and Christmas he shall be in stocke and will
+pay it me.  This I like well, but do not desire to become a merchant,
+and, therefore, put it off, but desired time to think of it.  Thence to
+the King's play-house, and there saw "Bartholomew Fayre," which do still
+please me; and is, as it is acted, the best comedy in the world, I
+believe.  I chanced to sit by Tom Killigrew, who tells me that he is
+setting up a Nursery; that is, is going to build a house in Moorefields,
+wherein he will have common plays acted.  But four operas it shall have
+in the year, to act six weeks at a time; where we shall have the best
+scenes and machines, the best musique, and every thing as magnificent as
+is in Christendome; and to that end hath sent for voices and painters and
+other persons from Italy.  Thence homeward called upon my Lord
+Marlborough, and so home and to my office, and then to Sir W. Pen, and
+with him and our fellow officers and servants of the house and none else
+to Church to lay his brother in the ground, wherein nothing handsome at
+all, but that he lays him under the Communion table in the chancel, about
+nine at night?  So home and to bed.
+
+
+
+3rd.  Up betimes and set some joyners on work to new lay my floor in our
+wardrobe, which I intend to make a room for musique.  Thence abroad to
+Westminster, among other things to Mr. Blagrave's, and there had his
+consent for his kinswoman to come to be with my wife for her woman, at
+which I am well pleased and hope she may do well.  Thence to White Hall
+to meet with Sir G. Carteret about hiring some ground to make our mast
+docke at Deptford, but being Council morning failed, but met with Mr.
+Coventry, and he and I discoursed of the likeliness of a Dutch warr,
+which I think is very likely now, for the Dutch do prepare a fleet to
+oppose us at Guinny, and he do think we shall, though neither of us have
+a mind to it, fall into it of a sudden, and yet the plague do increase
+among them, and is got into their fleet, and Opdam's own ship, which
+makes it strange they should be so high.  Thence to the 'Change, and
+thence home to dinner, and down by water to Woolwich to the rope yard,
+and there visited Mrs. Falconer, who tells me odd stories of how Sir W.
+Pen was rewarded by her husband with a gold watch (but seems not certain
+of what Sir W. Batten told me, of his daughter having a life given her in
+L80 per ann.) for his helping him to his place, and yet cost him L150 to
+Mr. Coventry besides.  He did much advise it seems Mr. Falconer not to
+marry again, expressing that he would have him make his daughter his
+heire, or words to that purpose, and that that makes him, she thinks, so
+cold in giving her any satisfaction, and that W. Boddam hath publickly
+said, since he came down thither to be clerke of the ropeyard, that it
+hath this week cost him L100, and would be glad that it would cost him
+but half as much more for the place, and that he was better before than
+now, and that if he had been to have bought it, he would not have given
+so much for it.  Now I am sure that Mr. Coventry hath again and again
+said that he would take nothing, but would give all his part in it freely
+to him, that so the widow might have something.  What the meaning of this
+is I know not, but that Sir W. Pen do get something by it.  Thence to the
+Dockeyard, and there saw the new ship in great forwardness.  So home and
+to supper, and then to the office, where late, Mr. Bland and I talking
+about Tangier business, and so home to bed.
+
+
+
+4th.  Up betimes and to the office, fitting myself against a great
+dispute about the East India Company, which spent afterwards with us all
+the morning.  At noon dined with Sir W. Pen, a piece of beef only, and I
+counterfeited a friendship and mirth which I cannot have with him, yet
+out with him by his coach, and he did carry me to a play and pay for me
+at the King's house, which is "The Rivall Ladys," a very innocent and
+most pretty witty play.  I was much pleased with it, and it being given
+me, I look upon it as no breach to my oathe.  Here we hear that Clun, one
+of their best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he
+had acted the Alchymist, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts)
+to his country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an
+Irish fellow.  It seems most cruelly butchered and bound.  The house will
+have a great miss of him.  Thence visited my Lady Sandwich, who tells me
+my Lord FitzHarding is to be made a Marquis.  Thence home to my office
+late, and so to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+5th.  Up very betimes and set my plaisterer to work about whiting and
+colouring my musique roome, which having with great pleasure seen done,
+about ten o'clock I dressed myself, and so mounted upon a very pretty
+mare, sent me by Sir W. Warren, according to his promise yesterday.  And
+so through the City, not a little proud, God knows, to be seen upon so
+pretty a beast, and to my cozen W. Joyce's, who presently mounted too,
+and he and I out of towne toward Highgate; in the way, at Kentish-towne,
+showing me the place and manner of Clun's being killed and laid in a
+ditch, and yet was not killed by any wounds, having only one in his arm,
+but bled to death through his struggling.  He told me, also, the manner
+of it, of his going home so late [from] drinking with his whore, and
+manner of having it found out.  Thence forward to Barnett, and there
+drank, and so by night to Stevenage, it raining a little, but not much,
+and there to my great trouble, find that my wife was not come, nor any
+Stamford coach gone down this week, so that she cannot come.  So vexed
+and weary, and not thoroughly out of pain neither in my old parts, I
+after supper to bed, and after a little sleep, W. Joyce comes in his
+shirt into my chamber, with a note and a messenger from my wife, that she
+was come by Yorke coach to Bigglesworth, and would be with us to-morrow
+morning.  So, mightily pleased at her discreete action in this business,
+I with peace to sleep again till next morning.  So up, and
+
+
+
+6th.  Here lay Deane Honiwood last night.  I met and talked with him this
+morning, and a simple priest he is, though a good, well-meaning man.
+W. Joyce and I to a game at bowles on the green there till eight o'clock,
+and then comes my wife in the coach, and a coach full of women, only one
+man riding by, gone down last night to meet a sister of his coming to
+town.  So very joyful drank there, not 'lighting, and we mounted and away
+with them to Welling, and there 'light, and dined very well and merry and
+glad to see my poor-wife.  Here very merry as being weary I could be, and
+after dinner, out again, and to London.  In our way all the way the
+mightiest merry, at a couple of young gentlemen, come down to meet the
+same gentlewoman, that ever I was in my life, and so W. Joyce too, to see
+how one of them was horsed upon a hard-trotting sorrell horse, and both
+of them soundly weary and galled.  But it is not to be set down how merry
+we were all the way.  We 'light in Holborne, and by another coach my wife
+and mayde home, and I by horseback, and found all things well and most
+mighty neate and clean.  So, after welcoming my wife a little, to the
+office, and so home to supper, and then weary and not very well to bed.
+
+
+
+7th (Lord's day).  Lay long caressing my wife and talking, she telling me
+sad stories of the ill, improvident, disquiett, and sluttish manner that
+my father and mother and Pall live in the country, which troubles me
+mightily, and I must seek to remedy it.  So up and ready, and my wife
+also, and then down and I showed my wife, to her great admiration and
+joy, Mr. Gauden's present of plate, the two flaggons, which indeed are so
+noble that I hardly can think that they are yet mine.  So blessing God
+for it, we down to dinner mighty pleasant, and so up after dinner for a
+while, and I then to White Hall, walked thither, having at home met with
+a letter of Captain Cooke's, with which he had sent a boy for me to see,
+whom he did intend to recommend to me.  I therefore went and there met
+and spoke with him.  He gives me great hopes of the boy, which pleases
+me, and at Chappell I there met Mr. Blagrave, who gives a report of the
+boy, and he showed me him, and I spoke to him, and the boy seems a good
+willing boy to come to me, and I hope will do well.  I am to speak to Mr.
+Townsend to hasten his clothes for him, and then he is to come.  So I
+walked homeward and met with Mr. Spong, and he with me as far as the Old
+Exchange talking of many ingenuous things, musique, and at last of
+glasses, and I find him still the same ingenuous man that ever he was,
+and do among other fine things tell me that by his microscope of his owne
+making he do discover that the wings of a moth is made just as the
+feathers of the wing of a bird, and that most plainly and certainly.
+While we were talking came by several poor creatures carried by, by
+constables, for being at a conventicle.  They go like lambs, without any
+resistance.  I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise,
+and not be catched!  Thence parted with him, mightily pleased with his
+company, and away homeward, calling at Dan Rawlinson, and supped there
+with my uncle Wight, and then home and eat again for form sake with her,
+and then to prayers and to bed.
+
+
+
+8th.  Up and abroad with Sir W. Batten, by coach to St. James's, where by
+the way he did tell me how Sir J. Minnes would many times arrogate to
+himself the doing of that that all the Board have equal share in, and
+more that to himself which he hath had nothing to do in, and particularly
+the late paper given in by him to the Duke, the translation of a Dutch
+print concerning the quarrel between us and them, which he did give as
+his own when it was Sir Richard Ford's wholly.  Also he told me how Sir
+W. Pen (it falling in our discourse touching Mrs. Falconer) was at first
+very great for Mr. Coventry to  bring him in guests, and that at high
+rates for places, and very open was he to me therein.  After business
+done with the Duke, I home to the Coffee-house, and so home to dinner,
+and after dinner to hang up my fine pictures in my dining  room, which
+makes it very pretty, and so my wife and I abroad to the King's play-
+house, she giving me her time of the last month, she having not seen any
+then; so my vowe is not broke at all, it costing me no more money than it
+would have done upon her, had she gone both her times that were due to
+her.  Here we saw "Flora's Figarys."  I never saw it before, and by the
+most ingenuous performance of the young jade Flora, it seemed as pretty a
+pleasant play as ever I saw in my life.  So home to supper, and then to
+my office late, Mr. Andrews and I to talk about our victualling
+commission, and then he being gone I to set down my four days past
+journalls and expenses, and so home to bed.
+
+
+
+9th.  Up, and to my office, and there we sat all the morning, at noon
+home, and there by appointment Mr. Blagrave came and dined with me, and
+brought a friend of his of the Chappell with him.  Very merry at dinner,
+and then up to my chamber and there we sung a Psalm or two of Lawes's,
+then he and I a little talke by ourselves of his kinswoman that is to
+come to live with my wife, who is to come about ten days hence, and I
+hope will do well.  They gone I to my office, and there my head being a
+little troubled with the little wine I drank, though mixed with beer, but
+it may be a little more than I used to do, and yet I cannot say so, I
+went home and spent the afternoon with my wife talking, and then in the
+evening a little to my office, and so home to supper and to bed.  This
+day comes the newes that the Emperour hath beat the Turke;
+
+     [This was the battle of St. Gothard, in which the Turks were
+     defeated with great slaughter by the imperial forces under
+     Montecuculli, assisted by the confederates from the Rhine, and by
+     forty troops of French cavalry under Coligni.  St. Gothard is in
+     Hungary, on the river Raab, near the frontier of Styria; it is about
+     one hundred and twenty miles south of Vienna, and thirty east of
+     Gratz.  The battle took place on the 9th Moharrem, A.H. 1075, or
+     23rd July, A.D. 1664 (old style), which is that used by Pepys.--B.]
+
+killed the Grand Vizier and several great Bassas, with an army of 80,000
+men killed and routed; with some considerable loss of his own side,
+having lost three generals, and the French forces all cut off almost.
+Which is thought as good a service to the Emperour as beating the Turke
+almost, for had they conquered they would have been as troublesome to
+him.
+
+     [The fact is, the Germans were beaten by the Turks, and the French
+     won the battle for them.--B.]
+
+
+
+10th.  Up, and, being ready, abroad to do several small businesses, among
+others to find out one to engrave my tables upon my new sliding rule with
+silver plates, it being so small that Browne that made it cannot get one
+to do it.  So I find out Cocker, the famous writing-master, and get him
+to do it, and I set an hour by him to see him design it all; and strange
+it is to see him with his natural eyes to cut so small at his first
+designing it, and read it all over, without any missing, when for my life
+I could not, with my best skill, read one word or letter of it; but it is
+use.  But he says that the best light for his life to do a very small
+thing by (contrary to Chaucer's words to the Sun, "that he should lend
+his light to them that small seals grave"), it should be by an artificial
+light of a candle, set to advantage, as he could do it.  I find the
+fellow, by his discourse, very ingenuous; and among other things, a great
+admirer and well read in all our English poets, and undertakes to judge
+of them all, and that not impertinently.  Well pleased with his company
+and better with his judgement upon my Rule, I left him and home, whither
+Mr. Deane by agreement came to me and dined with me, and by chance Gunner
+Batters's wife.  After dinner Deane and I [had] great discourse again
+about my Lord Chancellor's timber, out of which I wish I may get well.
+Thence I to Cocker's again, and sat by him with good discourse again for
+an hour or two, and then left him, and by agreement with Captain Silas
+Taylor (my old acquaintance at the Exchequer) to the Post Officer to hear
+some instrument musique of Mr. Berchenshaw's before my Lord Brunkard and
+Sir Robert Murray.  I must confess, whether it be that I hear it but
+seldom, or that really voice is better, but so it is that I found no
+pleasure at all in it, and methought two voyces were worth twenty of it.
+So home to my office a while, and then to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+11th.  Up, and through pain, to my great grief forced to wear my gowne to
+keep my legs warm.  At the office all the morning, and there a high
+dispute against Sir W. Batten and Sir W. Pen about the breadth of canvas
+again, they being for the making of it narrower, I and Mr. Coventry and
+Sir J. Minnes for the keeping it broader.  So home to dinner, and by and
+by comes Mr. Creed, lately come from the Downes, and dined with me.
+I show him a good countenance, but love him not for his base ingratitude
+to me.  However, abroad, carried my wife to buy things at the New
+Exchange, and so to my Lady Sandwich's, and there merry, talking with her
+a great while, and so home, whither comes Cocker with my rule, which he
+hath engraved to admiration, for goodness and smallness of work: it cost
+me 14s. the doing, and mightily pleased I am with it.  By and by, he
+gone, comes Mr. Moore and staid talking with me a great while about my
+Lord's businesses, which I fear will be in a bad condition for his family
+if my Lord should miscarry at sea.  He gone, I late to my office, and
+cannot forbear admiring and consulting my new rule, and so home to supper
+and to bed.  This day, for a wager before the King, my Lords of
+Castlehaven and Arran (a son of my Lord of Ormond's), they two alone
+did run down and kill a stoute bucke in St. James's parke.
+
+
+
+12th.  Up, and all the morning busy at the office with Sir W. Warren
+about a great contract for New England masts, where I was very hard with
+him, even to the making him angry, but I thought it fit to do it as well
+as just for my owne [and] the King's behalf.  At noon to the 'Change a
+little, and so to dinner and then out by coach, setting my wife and mayde
+down, going to Stevens the silversmith to change some old silver lace and
+to go buy new silke lace for a petticoat; I to White Hall and did much
+business at a Tangier Committee; where, among other things, speaking
+about propriety of the houses there, and how we ought to let the
+Portugeses I have right done them, as many of them as continue, or did
+sell the houses while they were in possession, and something further in
+their favour, the Duke in an anger I never observed in him before, did
+cry, says he, "All the world rides us, and I think we shall never ride
+anybody."  Thence home, and, though late, yet Pedro being there, he sang
+a song and parted.  I did give him 5s., but find it burdensome and so
+will break up the meeting.  At night is brought home our poor Fancy,
+which to my great grief continues lame still, so that I wish she had not
+been brought ever home again, for it troubles me to see her.
+
+
+
+13th.  Up, and before I went to the office comes my Taylor with a coate I
+have made to wear within doors, purposely to come no lower than my knees,
+for by my wearing a gowne within doors comes all my tenderness about my
+legs.  There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope.
+
+     [An optical instrument used to enable objects to be seen in the
+     dark.  The name is derived from the Greek.]
+
+For the first I did give him L5 10s., a great price, but a most curious
+bauble it is, and he says, as good, nay, the best he knows in England,
+and he makes the best in the world.  The other he gives me, and is of
+value; and a curious curiosity it is to look objects in a darke room
+with.  Mightly pleased with this I to the office, where all the morning.
+There offered by Sir W. Pen his coach to go to Epsum and carry my wife,
+I stept out and bade my wife make her ready, but being not very well and
+other things advising me to the contrary, I did forbear going, and so Mr.
+Creed dining with me I got him to give my wife and me a play this
+afternoon, lending him money to do it, which is a fallacy that I have
+found now once, to avoyde my vowe with, but never to be more practised
+I swear, and to the new play, at the Duke's house, of "Henry the Fifth;"
+a most noble play, writ by my Lord Orrery; wherein Betterton, Harris, and
+Ianthe's parts are most incomparably wrote and done, and the whole play
+the most full of height and raptures of wit and sense, that ever I heard;
+having but one incongruity, or what did, not please me in it, that is,
+that King Harry promises to plead for Tudor to their Mistresse, Princesse
+Katherine of France, more than when it comes to it he seems to do; and
+Tudor refused by her with some kind of indignity, not with a difficulty
+and honour that it ought to have been done in to him.  Thence home and to
+my office, wrote by the post, and then to read a little in Dr. Power's
+book of discovery by the Microscope to enable me a little how to use and
+what to expect from my glasse.  So to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+14th (Lord's day).  After long lying discoursing with my wife, I up, and
+comes Mr. Holliard to see me, who concurs with me that my pain is nothing
+but cold in my legs breeding wind, and got only by my using to wear a
+gowne, and that I am not at all troubled with any ulcer, but my thickness
+of water comes from my overheat in my back.  He gone, comes Mr. Herbert,
+Mr. Honiwood's man, and dined with me, a very honest, plain, well-meaning
+man, I think him to be; and by his discourse and manner of life, the true
+embleme of an old ordinary serving-man.  After dinner up to my chamber
+and made an end of Dr. Power's booke of the Microscope, very fine and to
+my content, and then my wife and I with great pleasure, but with great
+difficulty before we could come to find the manner of seeing any thing by
+my microscope.  At last did with good content, though not so much as I
+expect when I come to understand it better.  By and by comes W. Joyce, in
+his silke suit, and cloake lined with velvett: staid talking with me, and
+I very merry at it.  He supped with me; but a cunning, crafty fellow he
+is, and dangerous to displease, for his tongue spares nobody.  After
+supper I up to read a little, and then to bed.
+
+
+
+15th.  Up, and with Sir J. Minnes by coach to St. James's, and there did
+our business with the Duke, who tells us more and more signs of a Dutch
+warr, and how we must presently set out a fleete for Guinny, for the
+Dutch are doing so, and there I believe the warr will begin.  Thence home
+with him again, in our way he talking of his cures abroad, while he was
+with the King as a doctor, and above all men the pox.  And among others,
+Sir J. Denham he told me he had cured, after it was come to an ulcer all
+over his face, to a miracle.  To the Coffee-house I, and so to the
+'Change a little, and then home to dinner with Creed, whom I met at the
+Coffee-house, and after dinner by coach set him down at the Temple, and I
+and my wife to Mr. Blagrave's.  They being none of them at home; I to the
+Hall, leaving her there, and thence to the Trumpett, whither came Mrs.
+Lane, and there begins a sad story how her husband, as I feared, proves
+not worth a farthing, and that she is with child and undone, if I do not
+get him a place.  I had my pleasure here of her, and she, like an
+impudent jade, depends upon my kindness to her husband, but I will have
+no more to do with her, let her brew as she has baked, seeing she would
+not take my counsel about Hawly.  After drinking we parted, and I to
+Blagrave's, and there discoursed with Mrs. Blagrave about her kinswoman,
+who it seems is sickly even to frantiqueness sometimes, and among other
+things chiefly from love and melancholy upon the death of her servant,--
+[Servant = lover.]--insomuch that she telling us all most simply and
+innocently I fear she will not be able to come to us with any pleasure,
+which I am sorry for, for I think she would have pleased us very well.
+In comes he, and so to sing a song and his niece with us, but she sings
+very meanly.  So through the Hall and thence by coach home, calling by
+the way at Charing Crosse, and there saw the great Dutchman that is come
+over, under whose arm I went with my hat on, and could not reach higher
+than his eye-browes with the tip of my fingers, reaching as high as I
+could.  He is a comely and well-made man, and his wife a very little, but
+pretty comely Dutch woman.  It is true, he wears pretty high-heeled
+shoes, but not very high, and do generally wear a turbant, which makes
+him show yet taller than really he is, though he is very tall, as I have
+said before.  Home to my office, and then to supper, and then to my
+office again late, and so home to bed, my wife and I troubled that we do
+not speed better in this business of her woman.
+
+
+
+16th.  Wakened about two o'clock this morning with the noise of thunder,
+which lasted for an houre, with such continued lightnings, not flashes,
+but flames, that all the sky and ayre was light; and that for a great
+while, not a minute's space between new flames all the time; such a thing
+as I never did see, nor could have believed had ever been in nature.  And
+being put into a great sweat with it, could not sleep till all was over.
+And that accompanied with such a storm of rain as I never heard in my
+life.  I expected to find my house in the morning overflowed with the
+rain breaking in, and that much hurt must needs have been done in the
+city with this lightning; but I find not one drop of rain in my house,
+nor any newes of hurt done.  But it seems it has been here and all up and
+down the countrie hereabouts the like tempest, Sir W. Batten saying much
+of the greatness thereof at Epsum.  Up and all the morning at the office.
+At noon busy at the 'Change about one business or other, and thence home
+to dinner, and so to my office all the afternoon very busy, and so to
+supper anon, and then to my office again a while, collecting observations
+out of Dr. Power's booke of Microscopes, and so home to bed, very stormy
+weather to-night for winde.  This day we had newes that my Lady Pen is
+landed and coming hither, so that I hope the family will be in better
+order and more neate than it hath been.
+
+
+
+17th.  Up, and going to Sir W. Batten to speak to him about business, he
+did give me three, bottles of his Epsum water, which I drank and it
+wrought well with me, and did give me many good stools, and I found
+myself mightily cooled with them and refreshed.  Thence I to Mr. Honiwood
+and my father's old house, but he was gone out, and there I staid talking
+with his man Herbert, who tells me how Langford and his wife are very
+foul-mouthed people, and will speak very ill of my father, calling him
+old rogue in reference to the hard penniworths he sold him of his goods
+when the rogue need not have bought any of them.  So that I am resolved
+he shall get no more money by me, but it vexes me to think that my father
+should be said to go away in debt himself, but that I will cause to be
+remedied whatever comes of it.  Thence to my Lord Crew, and there with
+him a little while.  Before dinner talked of the Dutch war, and find that
+he do much doubt that we shall fall into it without the money or consent
+of Parliament, that is expected or the reason of it that is fit to have
+for every warr.  Dined with him, and after dinner talked with Sir Thomas
+Crew, who told me how Mr. Edward Montagu is for ever blown up, and now
+quite out with his father again; to whom he pretended that his going down
+was, not that he was cast out of the Court, but that he had leave to be
+absent a month; but now he finds the truth.  Thence to my Lady Sandwich,
+where by agreement my wife dined, and after talking with her I carried my
+wife to Mr. Pierce's and left her there, and so to Captain Cooke's, but
+he was not at home, but I there spoke with my boy Tom Edwards, and
+directed him to go to Mr. Townsend (with whom I was in the morning) to
+have measure taken of his clothes to be made him there out of the
+Wardrobe, which will be so done, and then I think he will come to me.
+Thence to White Hall, and after long staying there was no Committee of
+the Fishery as was expected.  Here I walked long with Mr. Pierce, who
+tells me the King do still sup every night with my Lady Castlemayne, who
+he believes has lately slunk a great belly away, for from very big she is
+come to be down again.  Thence to Mrs. Pierce's, and with her and my wife
+to see Mrs. Clarke, where with him and her very merry discoursing of the
+late play of Henry the 5th, which they conclude the best that ever was
+made, but confess with me that Tudor's being dismissed in the manner he
+is is a great blemish to the play.  I am mightily pleased with the
+Doctor, for he is the only man I know that I could learn to pronounce by,
+which he do the best that ever I heard any man.  Thence home and to the
+office late, and so to supper and to bed.  My Lady Pen came hither first
+to-night to Sir W. Pen's lodgings.
+
+
+
+18th.  Lay too long in bed, till 8 o'clock, then up and Mr. Reeve came
+and brought an anchor and a very fair loadstone.  He would have had me
+bought it, and a good stone it is, but when he saw that I would not buy
+it he said he [would] leave it for me to sell for him.  By and by he
+comes to tell me that he had present occasion for L6 to make up a sum,
+and that he would pay me in a day or two, but I had the unusual wit to
+deny him, and so by and by we parted, and I to the office, where busy all
+the morning sitting.  Dined alone at home, my wife going to-day to dine
+with Mrs. Pierce, and thence with her and.  Mrs. Clerke to see a new
+play, "The Court Secret."  I busy all the afternoon, toward evening to
+Westminster, and there in the Hall a while, and then to my barber,
+willing to have any opportunity to speak to Jane, but wanted it.  So to
+Mrs. Pierces, who was come home, and she and Mrs. Clerke busy at cards,
+so my wife being gone home, I home, calling by the way at the Wardrobe
+and met Mr. Townsend, Mr. Moore and others at the Taverne thereby, and
+thither I to them and spoke with Mr. Townsend about my boy's clothes,
+which he says shall be soon done, and then I hope I shall be settled when
+I have one in the house that is musicall.  So home and to supper, and
+then a little to my office, and then home to bed.  My wife says the play
+she saw is the worst that ever she saw in her life.
+
+
+
+19th.  Up and to the office, where Mr. Coventry and Sir W. Pen and I sat
+all the morning hiring of ships to go to Guinny, where we believe the
+warr with Holland will first break out.  At noon dined at home, and after
+dinner my wife and I to Sir W. Pen's, to see his Lady, the first time,
+who is a well-looked, fat, short, old Dutchwoman, but one that hath been
+heretofore pretty handsome, and is now very discreet, and, I believe,
+hath more wit than her husband.  Here we staid talking a good while, and
+very well pleased I was with the old woman at first visit.  So away home,
+and I to my office, my wife to go see my aunt Wight, newly come to town.
+Creed came to me, and he and I out, among other things, to look out a man
+to make a case, for to keep my stone, that I was cut of, in, and he to
+buy Daniel's history,  which he did, but I missed of my end.  So parted
+upon Ludgate Hill, and I home and to the office, where busy till supper,
+and home to supper to a good dish of fritters, which I bespoke, and were
+done much to my mind.  Then to the office a while again, and so home to
+bed.  The newes of the Emperour's victory over the Turkes is by some
+doubted, but by most confessed to be very small (though great) of what
+was talked, which was 80,000 men to be killed and taken of the Turke's
+side.
+
+
+
+20th.  Up and to the office a while, but this day the Parliament meeting
+only to be adjourned to November (which was done, accordingly), we did
+not meet, and so I forth to bespeak a case to be made to keep my stone
+in, which will cost me 25s.  Thence I walked to Cheapside, there to see
+the effect of a fire there this morning, since four o'clock; which I find
+in the house of Mr. Bois, that married Dr. Fuller's niece, who are both
+out of towne, leaving only a mayde and man in towne.  It begun in their
+house, and hath burned much and many houses backward, though none
+forward; and that in the great uniform pile of buildings in the middle of
+Cheapside.  I am very sorry for them, for the Doctor's sake.  Thence to
+the 'Change, and so home to dinner.  And thence to Sir W. Batten's,
+whither Sir Richard Ford came, the Sheriffe, who hath been at this fire
+all the while; and he tells me, upon my question, that he and the Mayor
+were there, as it is their dutys to be, not only to keep the peace, but
+they have power of commanding the pulling down of any house or houses, to
+defend the whole City.  By and by comes in the Common Cryer of the City
+to speak with him; and when he was gone, says he, "You may see by this
+man the constitution of the Magistracy of this City; that this fellow's
+place, I dare give him (if he will be true to me) L1000 for his profits
+every year, and expect to get L500 more to myself thereby.  When," says
+he, "I in myself am forced to spend many times as much."  By and by came
+Mr. Coventry, and so we met at the office, to hire ships for Guinny, and
+that done broke up.  I to Sir W. Batten's, there to discourse with Mrs.
+Falconer, who hath been with Sir W. Pen this evening, after Mr. Coventry
+had promised her half what W. Bodham had given him for his place, but Sir
+W. Pen, though he knows that, and that Mr. Bodham hath said that his
+place hath cost him L100 and would L100 more, yet is he so high against
+the poor woman that he will not hear to give her a farthing, but it seems
+do listen after a lease where he expects Mr. Falconer hath put in his
+daughter's life, and he is afraid that that is not done, and did tell
+Mrs. Falconer that he would see it and know what is done therein in spite
+of her, when, poor wretch, she neither do nor can hinder him the knowing
+it.  Mr. Coventry knows of this business of the lease, and I believe do
+think of it as well as I.  But the poor woman is gone home without any
+hope, but only Mr. Coventry's own nobleness.  So I to my office and wrote
+many letters, and so to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+21st (Lord's day).  Waked about 4 o'clock with my wife, having a
+looseness, and peoples coming in the yard to the pump to draw water
+several times, so that fear of this day's fire made me fearful, and
+called Besse and sent her down to see, and it was Griffin's maid for
+water to wash her house.  So to sleep again, and then lay talking till 9
+o'clock.  So up and drunk three bottles of Epsum water, which wrought
+well with me.  I all the morning and most of the afternoon after dinner
+putting papers to rights in my chamber, and the like in the evening till
+night at my office, and renewing and writing fair over my vowes.  So home
+to supper, prayers, and to bed.  Mr. Coventry told us the Duke was gone
+ill of a fit of an ague to bed; so we sent this morning to see how he do.
+
+     [Elizabeth Falkener, wife of John Falkener, announced to Pepys the
+     death of "her dear and loving husband" in a letter dated July 19th,
+     1664 "begs interest that she may be in something considered by the
+     person succeeding her husband in his employment, which has
+     occasioned great expenses." ("Calendar of State Papers," Domestic,
+     1663-64, p. 646)]
+
+
+
+22nd.  Up and abroad, doing very many errands to my great content which
+lay as burdens upon my mind and memory.  Home to dinner, and so to White
+Hall, setting down my wife at her father's, and I to the Tangier
+Committee, where several businesses I did to my mind, and with hopes
+thereby to get something.  So to Westminster Hall, where by appointment
+I had made I met with Dr. Tom Pepys, but avoided all discourse of
+difference with him, though much against my will, and he like a doating
+coxcomb as he is, said he could not but demand his money, and that he
+would have his right, and that let all anger be forgot, and such sorry
+stuff, nothing to my mind, but only I obtained this satisfaction, that he
+told me about Sturbridge last was 12 months or 2 years he was at
+Brampton, and there my father did tell him that what he had done for my
+brother in giving him his goods and setting him up as he had done was
+upon condition that he should give my brother John L20 per ann., which he
+charged upon my father, he tells me in answer, as a great deal of hard
+measure that he should expect that with him that had a brother so able as
+I am to do that for him.  This is all that he says he can say as to my
+father's acknowledging that he had given Tom his goods.  He says his
+brother Roger will take his oath that my father hath given him thanks for
+his counsel for his giving of Tom his goods and setting him up in the
+manner that he hath done, but the former part of this he did not speak
+fully so bad nor as certain what he could say.  So we walked together to
+my cozen Joyce's, where my wife staid for me, and then I home and her by
+coach, and so to my office, then to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+23rd.  Lay long talking with my wife, and angry awhile about her desiring
+to have a French mayde all of a sudden, which I took to arise from
+yesterday's being with her mother.  But that went over and friends again,
+and so she be well qualitied, I care not much whether she be French or
+no, so a Protestant.  Thence to the office, and at noon to the 'Change,
+where very busy getting ships for Guinny and for Tangier.  So home to
+dinner, and then abroad all the afternoon doing several errands, to
+comply with my oath of ending many businesses before Bartholomew's day,
+which is two days hence.  Among others I went into New Bridewell, in my
+way to Mr. Cole, and there I saw the new model, and it is very handsome.
+Several at work, among others, one pretty whore brought in last night,
+which works very lazily.  I did give them 6d. to drink, and so away.  To
+Graye's Inn, but missed Mr. Cole, and so homeward called at Harman's, and
+there bespoke some chairs for a room, and so home, and busy late, and
+then to supper and to bed.  The Dutch East India Fleete are now come home
+safe, which we are sorry for.  Our Fleets on both sides are hastening out
+to Guinny.
+
+
+
+24th.  Up by six o'clock, and to my office with Tom Hater dispatching
+business in haste.  At nine o'clock to White Hall about Mr. Maes's
+business at the Council, which stands in an ill condition still.  Thence
+to Graye's Inn, but missed of Mr. Cole the lawyer, and so walked home,
+calling among the joyners in Wood Streete to buy a table and bade in many
+places, but did not buy it till I come home to see the place where it is
+to stand, to judge how big it must be.  So after 'Change home and a good
+dinner, and then to White Hall to a Committee of the Fishery, where my
+Lord Craven and Mr. Gray mightily against Mr. Creed's being joined in the
+warrant for Secretary with Mr. Duke.  However I did get it put off till
+the Duke of Yorke was there, and so broke up doing nothing.  So walked
+home, first to the Wardrobe, and there saw one suit of clothes made for
+my boy and linen set out, and I think to have him the latter end of this
+week, and so home, Mr. Creed walking the greatest part of the way with me
+advising what to do in his case about his being Secretary to us in
+conjunction with Duke, which I did give him the best I could, and so home
+and to my office, where very much business, and then home to supper and
+to bed.
+
+
+
+25th.  Up and to the office after I had spoke to my taylor, Langford (who
+came to me about some work), desiring to know whether he knew of any
+debts that my father did owe of his own in the City.  He tells me, "No,
+not any."  I did on purpose try him because of what words he and his wife
+have said of him (as Herbert told me the other day), and further did
+desire him, that if he knew of any or could hear of any that he should
+bid them come to me, and I would pay them, for I would not that because
+he do not pay my brother's debts that therefore he should be thought to
+deny the payment of his owne.  All the morning at the office busy.  At
+noon to the 'Change, among other things busy to get a little by the hire
+of a ship for Tangier.  So home to dinner, and after dinner comes Mr.
+Cooke to see me; it is true he was kind to me at sea in carrying messages
+to and fro to my wife from sea, but I did do him kindnesses too, and
+therefore I matter not much to compliment or make any regard of his
+thinking me to slight him as I do for his folly about my brother Tom's
+mistress.  After dinner and some talk with him, I to my office; there
+busy, till by and by Jacke Noble came to me to tell me that he had Cave
+in prison, and that he would give me and my father good security that
+neither we nor any of our family should be troubled with the child; for
+he could prove that he was fully satisfied for him; and that if the worst
+came to the worst, the parish must keep it; that Cave did bring the child
+to his house, but they got it carried back again, and that thereupon he
+put him in prison.  When he saw that I would not pay him the money, nor
+made anything of being secured against the child, he then said that then
+he must go to law, not himself, but come in as a witness for Cave against
+us.  I could have told him that he could bear witness that Cave is
+satisfied, or else there is no money due to himself; but I let alone any
+such discourse, only getting as much out of him as I could.  I perceive
+he is a rogue, and hath inquired into everything and consulted with Dr.
+Pepys, and that he thinks as Dr. Pepys told him that my father if he
+could would not pay a farthing of the debts, and yet I made him confess
+that in all his lifetime he never knew my father to be asked for money
+twice, nay, not once, all the time he lived with him, and that for his
+own debts he believed he would do so still, but he meant only for those
+of Tom.  He said now that Randall and his wife and the midwife could
+prove from my brother's own mouth that the child was his, and that Tom
+had told them the circumstances of time, upon November 5th at night, that
+he got it on her.  I offered him if he would secure my father against
+being forced to pay the money again I would pay him, which at first he
+would do, give his own security, and when I asked more than his own he
+told me yes he would, and those able men, subsidy men, but when we came
+by and by to discourse of it again he would not then do it, but said he
+would take his course, and joyne with Cave and release him, and so we
+parted.  However, this vexed me so as I could not be quiet, but took
+coach to go speak with Mr. Cole, but met him not within, so back, buying
+a table by the way, and at my office late, and then home to supper and to
+bed, my mind disordered about this roguish business--in every thing else,
+I thank God, well at ease.
+
+
+
+26th.  Up by 5 o'clock, which I have not been many a day, and down by
+water to Deptford, and there took in Mr. Pumpfield the rope-maker, and
+down with him to Woolwich to view Clothier's cordage, which I found bad
+and stopped the receipt of it.  Thence to the ropeyard, and there among
+other things discoursed with Mrs. Falconer, who tells me that she has
+found the writing, and Sir W. Pen's daughter is not put into the lease
+for her life as he expected, and I am glad of it.  Thence to the
+Dockyarde, and there saw the new ship in very great forwardness, and so
+by water to Deptford a little, and so home and shifting myself, to the
+'Change, and there did business, and thence down by water to White Hall,
+by the way, at the Three Cranes, putting into an alehouse and eat a bit
+of bread and cheese.  There I could not get into the Parke, and so was
+fain to stay in the gallery over the gate to look to the passage into the
+Parke, into which the King hath forbid of late anybody's coming, to watch
+his coming that had appointed me to come, which he did by and by with his
+lady and went to Guardener's Lane, and there instead of meeting with one
+that was handsome and could play well, as they told me, she is the
+ugliest beast and plays so basely as I never heard anybody, so that I
+should loathe her being in my house.  However, she took us by and by and
+showed us indeed some pictures at one Hiseman's, a picture drawer, a
+Dutchman, which is said to exceed Lilly, and indeed there is both of the
+Queenes and Mayds of Honour (particularly Mrs. Stewart's in a buff
+doublet like a soldier) as good pictures, I think, as ever I saw.  The
+Queene is drawn in one like a shepherdess, in the other like St.
+Katharin, most like and most admirably.  I was mightily pleased with this
+sight indeed, and so back again to their lodgings, where I left them, but
+before I went this mare that carried me, whose name I know not but that
+they call him Sir John, a pitiful fellow, whose face I have long known
+but upon what score I know not, but he could have the confidence to ask
+me to lay down money for him to renew the lease of his house, which I did
+give eare to there because I was there receiving a civility from him, but
+shall not part with my money.  There I left them, and I by water home,
+where at my office busy late, then home to supper, and so to bed.  This
+day my wife tells me Mr. Pen,
+
+     [William Penn, afterwards the famous Quaker.  P. Gibson, writing to
+     him in March, 1711-12, says: "I remember your honour very well,
+     when you newly came out of France and wore pantaloon breeches"]
+
+Sir William's son, is come back from France, and come to visit her.  A
+most modish person, grown, she says, a fine gentleman.
+
+
+
+27th.  Up and to the office, where all the morning.  At noon to the
+'Change, and there almost made my bargain about a ship for Tangier, which
+will bring me in a little profit with Captain Taylor.  Off the 'Change
+with Mr. Cutler and Sir W. Rider to Cutler's house, and there had a very
+good dinner, and two or three pretty young ladies of their relations
+there.  Thence to my case-maker for my stone case, and had it to my mind,
+and cost me 24s., which is a great deale of money, but it is well done
+and pleases me.  So doing some other small errands I home, and there find
+my boy, Tom Edwards, come, sent me by Captain Cooke, having been bred in
+the King's Chappell these four years.  I propose to make a clerke of him,
+and if he deserves well, to do well by him.  Spent much of the afternoon
+to set his chamber in order, and then to the office leaving him at home,
+and late at night after all business was done I called Will and told him
+my reason of taking a boy, and that it is of necessity, not out of any
+unkindness to him, nor should be to his injury, and then talked about his
+landlord's daughter to come to my wife, and I think it will be.  So home
+and find my boy a very schoole boy, that talks innocently and
+impertinently, but at present it is a sport to us, and in a little time
+he will leave it.  So sent him to bed, he saying that he used to go to
+bed at eight o'clock, and then all of us to bed, myself pretty well
+pleased with my choice of a boy.  All the newes this day is, that the
+Dutch are, with twenty-two sayle of ships of warr, crewsing up and down
+about Ostend; at which we are alarmed.  My Lord Sandwich is come back
+into the Downes with only eight sayle, which is or may be a prey to the
+Dutch, if they knew our weakness and inability to set out any more
+speedily.
+
+
+
+28th (Lord's day).  Up the first time I have had great while.  Home to
+dined, and with my boy alone to church anybody to attend me to church a
+dinner, and there met Creed, who, and we merry together, as his learning
+is such and judgment that I cannot but be pleased with it.  After dinner
+I took him to church, into our gallery, with me, but slept the best part
+of the sermon, which was a most silly one.  So he and I to walk to the
+'Change a while, talking from one pleasant discourse to another, and so
+home, and thither came my uncle Wight and aunt, and supped with us mighty
+merry.  And Creed lay with us all night, and so to bed, very merry to
+think how Mr. Holliard (who came in this evening to see me) makes
+nothing, but proving as a most clear thing that Rome is Antichrist.
+
+
+
+29th.  Up betimes, intending to do business at my office, by 5 o'clock,
+but going out met at my door Mr. Hughes come to speak with me about
+office business, and told me that as he came this morning from Deptford
+he left the King's yarde a-fire.  So I presently took a boat and down,
+and there found, by God's providence, the fire out; but if there had been
+any wind it must have burned all our stores, which is a most dreadfull
+consideration.  But leaving all things well I home, and out abroad doing
+many errands, Mr. Creed also out, and my wife to her mother's, and Creed
+and I met at my Lady Sandwich's and there dined; but my Lady is become as
+handsome, I think, as ever she was; and so good and discreet a woman I
+know not in the world.  After dinner I to Westminster to Jervas's a
+while, and so doing many errands by the way, and necessary ones, I home,
+and thither came the woman with her mother which our Will recommends to
+my wife.  I like her well, and I think will please us.  My wife and they
+agreed, and she is to come the next week.  At which I am very well
+contented, for then I hope we shall be settled, but I must remember that,
+never since I was housekeeper, I ever lived so quietly, without any noise
+or one angry word almost, as I have done since my present mayds Besse,
+Jane, and Susan came and were together.  Now I have taken a boy and am
+taking a woman, I pray God we may not be worse, but I will observe it.
+After being at my office a while, home to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+30th.  Up and to the office, where sat long, and at noon to dinner at
+home; after dinner comes Mr. Pen to visit me, and staid an houre talking
+with me.  I perceive something of learning he hath got, but a great
+deale, if not too much, of the vanity of the French garbe and affected
+manner of speech and gait.  I fear all real profit he hath made of his
+travel will signify little.  So, he gone, I to my office and there very
+busy till late at night, and so home to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+31st.  Up by five o'clock and to my office, where T. Hater and Will met
+me, and so we dispatched a great deal of my business as to the ordering
+my papers and books which were behindhand.  All the morning very busy at
+my office.  At noon home to dinner, and there my wife hath got me some
+pretty good oysters, which is very soon and the soonest, I think, I ever
+eat any.  After dinner I up to hear my boy play upon a lute, which I have
+this day borrowed of Mr. Hunt; and indeed the boy would, with little
+practice, play very well upon the lute, which pleases me well.  So by
+coach to the Tangier Committee, and there have another small business by
+which I may get a little small matter of money.  Staid but little there,
+and so home and to my office, where late casting up my monthly accounts,
+and, blessed be God!  find myself worth L1020, which is still the most I
+ever was worth.  So home and to bed.  Prince Rupert I hear this day is to
+go to command this fleete going to Guinny against the Dutch.  I doubt few
+will be pleased with his going, being accounted an unhappy' man.  My mind
+at good rest, only my father's troubles with Dr. Pepys and my brother
+Tom's creditors in general do trouble me.  I have got a new boy that
+understands musique well, as coming to me from the King's Chappell, and I
+hope will prove a good boy, and my wife and I are upon having a woman,
+which for her content I am contented to venture upon the charge of again,
+and she is one that our' Will finds out for us, and understands a little
+musique, and I think will please us well, only her friends live too near
+us.  Pretty well in health, since I left off wearing of a gowne within
+doors all day, and then go out with my legs into the cold, which brought
+me daily pain.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                          DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
+                               SEPTEMBER
+                                 1664
+
+
+Sept.  1st.  A sad rainy night, up and to the office, where busy all the
+morning.  At noon to the 'Change and thence brought Mr. Pierce, the
+Surgeon, and Creed, and dined very merry and handsomely; but my wife not
+being well of those she not with us; and we cut up the great cake
+Moorcocke lately sent us, which is very good.  They gone I to my office,
+and there very busy till late at night, and so home to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+2nd.  Up very betimes and walked (my boy with me) to Mr. Cole's, and
+after long waiting below, he being under the barber's hands, I spoke with
+him, and he did give me much hopes of getting my debt that my brother
+owed me, and also that things would go well with my father.  But going to
+his attorney's, that he directed me to, they tell me both that though I
+could bring my father to a confession of a judgment, yet he knowing that
+there are specialties out against him he is bound to plead his knowledge
+of them to me before he pays me, or else he must do it in his own wrong.
+I took a great deal of pains this morning in the thorough understanding
+hereof, and hope that I know the truth of our case, though it be but bad,
+yet better than to run spending money and all to no purpose.  However, I
+will inquire a little more.  Walked home, doing very many errands by the
+way to my great content, and at the 'Change met and spoke with several
+persons about serving us with pieces of eight at Tangier.  So home to
+dinner above stairs, my wife not being well of those in bed.  I dined by
+her bedside, but I got her to rise and abroad with me by coach to
+Bartholomew Fayre, and our boy with us, and there shewed them and myself
+the dancing on the ropes, and several other the best shows; but pretty it
+is to see how our boy carries himself so innocently clownish as would
+make one laugh.  Here till late and dark, then up and down, to buy combes
+for my wife to give her mayds, and then by coach home, and there at the
+office set down my day's work, and then home to bed.
+
+
+
+3rd.  I have had a bad night's rest to-night, not sleeping well, as my
+wife observed, and once or twice she did wake me, and I thought myself to
+be mightily bit with fleas, and in the morning she chid her mayds for not
+looking the fleas a-days.  But, when I rose, I found that it is only the
+change of the weather from hot to cold, which, as I was two winters ago,
+do stop my pores, and so my blood tingles and itches all day all over my
+body, and so continued to-day all the day long just as I was then, and if
+it continues to be so cold I fear I must come to the same pass, but
+sweating cured me then, and I hope, and am told, will this also.  At the
+office sat all the morning, dined at home, and after dinner to White
+Hall, to the Fishing Committee, but not above four of us met, which could
+do nothing, and a sad thing it is to see so great a work so ill followed,
+for at this pace it can come to any thing at first sight.  Mr. Hill came
+to tell me that he had got a gentlewoman for my wife, one Mrs.
+Ferrabosco, that sings most admirably.  I seemed glad of it; but I hear
+she is too gallant for me, and I am not sorry that I misse her.  Thence
+to the office, setting some papers right, and so home to supper and to
+bed, after prayers.
+
+
+
+5th.  Up and to St. James's, and there did our business with the Duke;
+where all our discourse of warr in the highest measure.  Prince Rupert
+was with us; who is fitting himself to go to sea in the Heneretta.  And
+afterwards in White Hall I met him and Mr. Gray, and he spoke to me, and
+in other discourse, says he, "God damn me, I can answer but for one ship,
+and in that I will do my part; for it is not in that as in an army, where
+a man can command every thing."  By and by to a Committee for the
+Fishery, the Duke of Yorke there, where, after Duke was made Secretary,
+we fell to name a Committee, whereof I was willing to be one, because I
+would have my hand in the business, to understand it and be known in
+doing something in it; and so, after cutting out work for the Committee,
+we rose, and I to my wife to Unthanke's, and with her from shop to shop,
+laying out near L10 this morning in clothes for her.  And so I to the
+'Change, where a while, and so home and to dinner, and thither came W.
+Bowyer and dined with us; but strange to see how he could not endure
+onyons in sauce to lamb, but was overcome with the sight of it, and so-
+was forced to make his dinner of an egg or two.  He tells us how Mrs.
+Lane is undone, by her marrying so bad, and desires to speak with me,
+which I know is wholly to get me to do something for her to get her
+husband a place, which he is in no wise fit for.  After dinner down to
+Woolwich with a gaily, and then to Deptford, and so home, all the way
+reading Sir J. Suck[l]ing's "Aglaura," which, methinks, is but a mean
+play; nothing of design in it.  Coming home it is strange to see how I
+was troubled to find my wife, but in a necessary compliment, expecting
+Mr. Pen to see her, who had been there and was by her people denied,
+which, he having been three times, she thought not fit he should be any
+more.  But yet even this did raise my jealousy presently and much vex me.
+However, he did not come, which pleased me, and I to supper, and to the
+office till 9 o'clock or thereabouts, and so home to bed.  My aunt James
+had been here to-day with Kate Joyce twice to see us.  The second time my
+wife was at home, and they it seems are going down to Brampton, which I
+am sorry for, for the charge that my father will be put to.  But it must
+be borne with, and my mother has a mind to see them, but I do condemn
+myself mightily for my pride and contempt of my aunt and kindred that are
+not so high as myself, that I have not seen her all this while, nor
+invited her all this while.
+
+
+
+6th.  Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning.  At noon home
+to dinner, then to my office and there waited, thinking to have had
+Bagwell's wife come to me about business, that I might have talked with
+her, but she came not.  So I to White Hall by coach with Mr. Andrews, and
+there I got his contract for the victualling of Tangier signed and sealed
+by us there, so that all the business is well over, and I hope to have
+made a good business of it and to receive L100 by it the next weeke, for
+which God be praised!  Thence to W. Joyce's and Anthony's, to invite them
+to dinner to meet my aunt James at my house, and the rather because they
+are all to go down to my father the next weeke, and so I would be a
+little kind to them before they go.  So home, having called upon Doll,
+our pretty 'Change woman, for a pair of gloves trimmed with yellow
+ribbon, to [match the] petticoate my wife bought yesterday, which cost me
+20s.; but she is so pretty, that, God forgive me!  I could not think it
+too much--which is a strange slavery that I stand in to beauty, that I
+value nothing near it.  So going home, and my coach stopping in Newgate
+Market over against a poulterer's shop, I took occasion to buy a rabbit,
+but it proved a deadly old one when I came to eat it, as I did do after
+an hour being at my office, and after supper again there till past 11 at
+night.  So home,, and to bed.  This day Mr. Coventry did tell us how the
+Duke did receive the Dutch Embassador the other day; by telling him that,
+whereas they think us in jest, he believes that the Prince (Rupert) which
+goes in this fleete to Guinny  will soon tell them that we are in
+earnest, and that he himself will do the like here, in the head of the
+fleete here at home, and that for the meschants, which he told the Duke
+there were in England, which did hope to do themselves good by the King's
+being at warr, says he, the English have ever united all this private
+difference to attend foraigne, and that Cromwell, notwithstanding the
+meschants in his time, which were the Cavaliers, did never find them
+interrupt him in his foraigne businesses, and that he did not doubt but
+to live to see the Dutch as fearfull of provoking the English, under the
+government of a King, as he remembers them to have been under that of a
+Coquin.  I writ all this story to my Lord Sandwich tonight into the
+Downes, it being very good and true, word for word from Mr. Coventry to-
+day.
+
+
+
+7th.  Lay long to-day, pleasantly discoursing with my wife about the
+dinner we are to have for the Joyces, a day or two hence.  Then up and
+with Mr. Margetts to Limehouse to see his ground and ropeyarde there,
+which is very fine, and I believe we shall employ it for the Navy, for
+the King's grounds are not sufficient to supply our defence if a warr
+comes.  Thence back to the 'Change, where great talke of the forwardnesse
+of the Dutch, which puts us all to a stand, and particularly myself for
+my Lord Sandwich, to think him to lie where he is for a sacrifice, if
+they should begin with us.  So home and Creed with me, and to dinner, and
+after dinner I out to my office, taking in Bagwell's wife, who I knew
+waited for me, but company came to me so soon that I could have no
+discourse with her, as I intended, of pleasure.  So anon abroad with
+Creed walked to Bartholomew Fayre, this being the last day, and there saw
+the best dancing on the ropes that I think I ever saw in my life, and so
+all say, and so by coach home, where I find my wife hath had her head
+dressed by her woman, Mercer, which is to come to her to-morrow, but my
+wife being to go to a christening tomorrow, she came to do her head up
+to-night.  So a while to my office, and then to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+8th.  Up and to the office, where busy all the morning.  At noon dined at
+home, and I by water down to Woolwich by a galley, and back again in the
+evening.  All haste made in setting out this Guinny fleete, but yet not
+such as will ever do the King's business if we come to a warr.  My wife
+this afternoon being very well dressed by her new woman, Mary Mercer, a
+decayed merchant's daughter that our Will helps us to, did go to the
+christening of Mrs. Mills, the parson's wife's child, where she never was
+before.  After I was come home Mr. Povey came to me and took me out to
+supper to Mr. Bland's, who is making now all haste to be gone for
+Tangier.  Here pretty merry, and good discourse, fain to admire the
+knowledge and experience of Mrs. Bland, who I think as good a merchant as
+her husband.  I went home and there find Mercer, whose person I like
+well, and I think will do well, at least I hope so.  So to my office a
+while and then to bed.
+
+
+
+9th.  Up, and to put things in order against dinner.  I out and bought
+several things, among others, a dozen of silver salts; home, and to the
+office, where some of us met a little, and then home, and at noon comes
+my company, namely, Anthony and Will Joyce and their wives, my aunt James
+newly come out of Wales, and my cozen Sarah Gyles.  Her husband did not
+come, and by her I did understand afterwards, that it was because he was
+not yet able to pay me the 40s. she had borrowed a year ago of me.
+
+     [Pepys would have been more proud of his cousin had he anticipated
+     her husband's becoming a knight, for she was probably the same
+     person whose burial is recorded in the register of St. Helen's,
+     Bishopsgate, September 4th, 1704: "Dame Sarah Gyles, widow, relict
+     of Sir John Gyles."--B.]
+
+I was as merry as I could, giving them a good dinner; but W. Joyce did so
+talk, that he made every body else dumb, but only laugh at him.  I forgot
+there was Mr. Harman and his wife, my aunt, a very good harmlesse woman.
+All their talke is of her and my two she-cozen Joyces and Will's little
+boy Will (who was also here to-day), down to Brampton to my father's next
+week, which will be trouble and charge to them, but however my father and
+mother desire to see them, and so let them.  They eyed mightily my great
+cupboard of plate, I this day putting my two flaggons upon my table; and
+indeed it is a fine sight, and better than ever I did hope to see of my
+owne.  Mercer dined with us at table, this being her first dinner in my
+house.  After dinner left them and to White Hall, where a small Tangier
+Committee, and so back again home, and there my wife and Mercer and Tom
+and I sat till eleven at night, singing and fiddling, and a great joy it
+is to see me master of so much pleasure in my house, that it is and will
+be still, I hope, a constant pleasure to me to be at home.  The girle
+plays pretty well upon the harpsicon, but only ordinary tunes, but hath a
+good hand; sings a little, but hath a good voyce and eare.  My boy, a
+brave boy, sings finely, and is the most pleasant boy at present, while
+his ignorant boy's tricks last, that ever I saw.  So to supper, and with
+great pleasure to bed.
+
+
+
+10th.  Up and to the office, where we sate all the morning, and I much
+troubled to think what the end of our great sluggishness will be, for we
+do nothing in this office like people able to carry on a warr.  We must
+be put out, or other people put in.  Dined at home, and then my wife and
+I and Mercer to the Duke's house, and there saw "The Rivalls," which is
+no excellent play, but good acting in it; especially Gosnell comes and
+sings and dances finely, but, for all that, fell out of the key, so that
+the musique could not play to her afterwards, and so did Harris also go
+out of the tune to agree with her.  Thence home and late writing letters,
+and this night I received, by Will, L105, the first-fruits of my
+endeavours in the late contract for victualling of Tangier, for which God
+be praised!  for I can with a safe conscience say that I have therein
+saved the King L5000 per annum, and yet got myself a hope of L300 per
+annum without the least wrong to the King.  So to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+11th (Lord's day).  Up and to church in the best manner I have gone a
+good while, that is to say, with my wife, and her woman, Mercer, along
+with us, and Tom, my boy, waiting on us.  A dull sermon.  Home, dined,
+left my wife to go to church alone, and I walked in haste being late to
+the Abbey at Westminster, according to promise to meet Jane Welsh, and
+there wearily walked, expecting her till 6 o'clock from three, but no
+Jane came, which vexed me, only part of it I spent with Mr. Blagrave
+walking in the Abbey, he telling me the whole government and discipline
+of White Hall Chappell, and the caution now used against admitting any
+debauched persons, which I was glad to hear, though he tells me there are
+persons bad enough.  Thence going home went by Jarvis's, and there stood
+Jane at the door, and so I took her in and drank with her, her master and
+mistress being out of doors.  She told me how she could not come to me
+this afternoon, but promised another time.  So I walked home contented
+with my speaking with her, and walked to my uncle Wight's, where they
+were all at supper, and among others comes fair Mrs. Margarett Wight, who
+indeed is very pretty.  So after supper home to prayers and to bed.  This
+afternoon, it seems, Sir J. Minnes fell sicke at church, and going down
+the gallery stairs fell down dead, but came to himself again and is
+pretty well.
+
+
+
+12th.  Up, and to my cozen Anthony Joyce's, and there took leave of my
+aunt James, and both cozens, their wives, who are this day going down to
+my father's by coach.  I did give my Aunt 20s., to carry as a token to my
+mother, and 10s.  to Pall.  Thence by coach to St. James's, and there did
+our business as usual with the Duke; and saw him with great pleasure play
+with his little girle,--[Afterwards Queen Mary II.]--like an ordinary
+private father of a child.  Thence walked to Jervas's, where I took Jane
+in the shop alone, and there heard of her, her master and mistress were
+going out.  So I went away and came again half an hour after.  In the
+meantime went to the Abbey, and there went in to see the tombs with great
+pleasure.  Back again to Jane, and there upstairs and drank with her, and
+staid two hours with her kissing her, but nothing more.  Anon took boat
+and by water to the Neat Houses over against Fox Hall to have seen
+Greatorex dive, which Jervas and his wife were gone to see, and there I
+found them (and did it the rather for a pretence for my having been so
+long at their house), but being disappointed of some necessaries to do it
+I staid not, but back to Jane, but she would not go out with me.  So I to
+Mr. Creed's lodgings, and with him walked up and down in the New
+Exchange, talking mightily of the convenience and necessity of a man's
+wearing good clothes, and so after eating a messe of creame I took leave
+of him, he walking with me as far as Fleete Conduit, he offering me upon
+my request to put out some money for me into Backewell's hands at 6 per
+cent. interest, which he seldom gives, which I will consider of, being
+doubtful of trusting any of these great dealers because of their
+mortality, but then the convenience of having one's money, at an houre's
+call is very great.  Thence to my uncle Wight's, and there supped with my
+wife, having given them a brave barrel of oysters of Povy's giving me.
+So home and to bed.
+
+
+
+13th.  Up and, to the office, where sat busy all morning, dined at home
+and after dinner to Fishmonger's Hall, where we met the first time upon
+the Fishery Committee, and many good things discoursed of concerning
+making of farthings, which was proposed as a way of raising money for
+this business, and then that of lotterys,
+
+     [Among the State Papers is a "Statement of Articles in the Covenant
+     proposed by the Commissioners for the Royal Fishing to, Sir Ant.
+     Desmarces & Co.  in reference to the regulation of lotteries; which
+     are very unreasonable, and of the objections thereto" ("Calendar of
+     State Papers," Domestic, 1663-64, p.  576.)]
+
+but with great confusion; but I hope we shall fall into greater order.
+So home again and to my office, where after doing business home and to a
+little musique, after supper, and so to bed.
+
+
+
+14th.  Up, and wanting some things that should be laid ready for my
+dressing myself I was angry, and one thing after another made my wife
+give Besse warning to be gone, which the jade, whether out of fear or
+ill-nature or simplicity I know not, but she took it and asked leave to
+go forth to look a place, and did, which vexed me to the heart, she being
+as good a natured wench as ever we shall have, but only forgetful.  At
+the office all the morning and at noon to the 'Change, and there went off
+with Sir W. Warren and took occasion to desire him to lend me L100, which
+he said he would let the have with all his heart presently, as he had
+promised me a little while ago to give me for my pains in his two great
+contracts for masts L100, and that this should be it.  To which end I did
+move it to him, and by this means I hope to be, possessed of the L100
+presently within 2 or 3 days.  So home to dinner, and then to the office,
+and down to Blackwall by water to view a place found out for laying of
+masts, and I think it will be most proper.  So home and there find Mr.
+Pen come to visit my wife, and staid with them till sent for to Mr.
+Bland's, whither by appointment I was to go to supper, and against my
+will left them together, but, God knows, without any reason of fear in my
+conscience of any evil between them, but such is my natural folly.  Being
+thither come they would needs have my wife, and so Mr. Bland and his wife
+(the first time she was ever at my house or my wife at hers) very civilly
+went forth and brought her and W. Pen, and there Mr. Povy and we supped
+nobly and very merry, it being to take leave of Mr. Bland, who is upon
+going soon to Tangier.  So late home and to bed.
+
+
+
+15th.  At the office all the morning, then to the 'Change, and so home to
+dinner, where Luellin dined with us, and after dinner many people came in
+and kept me all the afternoon, among other the Master and Wardens of
+Chyrurgeon's Hall, who staid arguing their cause with me; I did give them
+the best answer I could, and after their being two hours with me parted,
+and I to my office to do business, which is much on my hands, and so late
+home to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+16th.  Up betimes and to my office, where all the morning very busy
+putting papers to rights.  And among other things Mr. Gauden coming to
+me, I had a good opportunity to speak to him about his present, which
+hitherto hath been a burden: to me, that I could not do it, because I was
+doubtfull that he meant it as a temptation to me to stand by him in the
+business of Tangier victualling; but he clears me it was not, and that he
+values me and my proceedings therein very highly, being but what became
+me, and that what he did was for my old kindnesses to him in dispatching
+of his business, which I was glad to hear, and with my heart in good rest
+and great joy parted, and to my business again.  At noon to the 'Change,
+where by appointment I met Sir W. Warren, and afterwards to the Sun
+taverne, where he brought to me, being all alone; L100 in a bag, which I
+offered him to give him my receipt for, but he told me, no, it was my
+owne, which he had a little while since promised me and was glad that
+(as I had told him two days since) it would now do me courtesy; and so
+most kindly he did give it me, and I as joyfully, even out of myself,
+carried it home in a coach, he himself expressly taking care that nobody
+might see this business done, though I was willing enough to have carried
+a servant with me to have received it, but he advised me to do it myself.
+So home with it and to dinner; after dinner I forth with my boy to buy
+severall things, stools and andirons and candlesticks, &c., household
+stuff, and walked to the mathematical instrument maker in Moorefields and
+bought a large pair of compasses, and there met Mr. Pargiter, and he
+would needs have me drink a cup of horse-radish ale, which he and a
+friend of his troubled with the stone have been drinking of, which we did
+and then walked into the fields as far almost as Sir G. Whitmore's, all
+the way talking of Russia, which, he says, is a sad place; and, though
+Moscow is a very great city, yet it is from the distance between house
+and house, and few people compared with this, and poor, sorry houses, the
+Emperor himself living in a wooden house, his exercise only flying a hawk
+at pigeons and carrying pigeons ten or twelve miles off and then laying
+wagers which pigeon shall come soonest home to her house.  All the winter
+within doors, some few playing at chesse, but most drinking their time
+away.  Women live very slavishly there, and it seems in the Emperor's
+court no room hath above two or three windows, and those the greatest not
+a yard wide or high, for warmth in winter time; and that the general cure
+for all diseases there is their sweating houses, or people that are poor
+they get into their ovens, being heated, and there lie.  Little learning
+among things of any sort.  Not a man that speaks Latin, unless the
+Secretary of State by chance.  Mr. Pargiter and I walked to the 'Change
+together and there parted, and so I to buy more things and then home, and
+after a little at my office, home to supper and to bed.  This day old
+Hardwicke came and redeemed a watch he had left with me in pawne for 40s.
+seven years ago, and I let him gave it.  Great talk that the Dutch will
+certainly be out this week, and will sail directly to Guinny, being
+convoyed out of the Channel with 42 sail of ships.
+
+
+
+17th.  Up and to the office, where Mr. Coventry very angry to see things
+go so coldly as they do, and I must needs say it makes me fearful every
+day of having some change of the office, and the truth is, I am of late a
+little guilty of being remiss myself of what I used to be, but I hope I
+shall come to my old pass again, my family being now settled again.
+Dined at home, and to the office, where late busy in setting all my
+businesses in order, and I did a very great and a very contenting
+afternoon's work.  This day my aunt Wight sent my wife a new scarfe, with
+a compliment for the many favours she had received of her, which is the
+several things we have sent her.  I am glad enough of it, for I see my
+uncle is so given up to the Wights that I hope for little more of them.
+So home to supper and to bed.
+
+
+
+18th (Lord's day).  Up and to church all of us.  At noon comes Anthony
+and W. Joyce (their wives being in the country with my father) and dined
+with me very merry as I can be in such company.  After dinner walked to
+Westminster (tiring them by the way, and so left them, Anthony in
+Cheapside and the other in the Strand), and there spent all the afternoon
+in the Cloysters as I had agreed with Jane Welsh, but she came not, which
+vexed me, staying till 5 o'clock, and then walked homeward, and by coach
+to the old Exchange, and thence to my aunt Wight's, and invited her and
+my uncle to supper, and so home, and by and by they came, and we eat a
+brave barrel of oysters Mr. Povy sent me this morning, and very merry at
+supper, and so to prayers and to bed.  Last night it seems my aunt Wight
+did send my wife a new scarfe, laced, as a token for her many givings to
+her.  It is true now and then we give them some toys, as oranges, &c.,
+but my aime is to get myself something more from my uncle's favour than
+this.
+
+
+
+19th.  Up, my wife and I having a little anger about her woman already,
+she thinking that I take too much care of her at table to mind her (my
+wife) of cutting for her, but it soon over, and so up and with Sir W.
+Batten and Sir W. Pen to St. James's, and there did our business with the
+Duke, and thence homeward straight, calling at the Coffee-house, and
+there had very good discourse with Sir ---- Blunt and Dr. Whistler about
+Egypt and other things.  So home to dinner, my wife having put on to-day
+her winter new suit of moyre, which is handsome, and so after dinner I
+did give her L15 to lay out in linen and necessaries for the house and to
+buy a suit for Pall, and I myself to White Hall to a Tangier Committee,
+where Colonell Reames hath brought us so full and methodical an account
+of all matters there, that I never have nor hope to see the like of any
+publique business while I live again.  The Committee up, I to Westminster
+to Jervas's, and spoke with Jane; who I find cold and not so desirous of
+a meeting as before, and it is no matter, I shall be the freer from the
+inconvenience that might follow thereof, besides offending God Almighty
+and neglecting my business.  So by coach home and to my office, where
+late, and so to supper and to bed.  I met with Dr. Pierce to-day, who,
+speaking of Dr. Frazier's being so earnest to have such a one (one
+Collins) go chyrurgeon to the Prince's person will have him go in his
+terms and with so much money put into his hands, he tells me (when I was
+wondering that Frazier should order things with the Prince in that
+confident manner) that Frazier is so great with my Lady Castlemayne, and
+Stewart, and all the ladies at Court, in helping to slip their calfes
+when there is occasion, and with the great men in curing of their claps
+that he can do what he please with the King, in spite of any man, and
+upon the same score with the Prince; they all having more or less
+occasion to make use of him.  Sir G. Carteret tells me this afternoon
+that the Dutch are not yet ready to set out; and by that means do lose a
+good wind which would carry them out and keep us in, and moreover he says
+that they begin to boggle in the business, and he thinks may offer terms
+of peace for all this, and seems to argue that it will be well for the
+King too, and I pray God send it.  Colonell Reames did, among other
+things, this day tell me how it is clear that, if my Lord Tiviott had
+lived, he would have quite undone Tangier, or designed himself to be
+master of it.  He did put the King upon most great, chargeable, and
+unnecessary works there, and took the course industriously to deter, all
+other merchants but himself to deal there, and to make both King and all
+others pay what he pleased for all that was brought thither.
+
+
+
+20th.  Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, at noon to the
+'Change, and there met by appointment with Captain Poyntz, who hath some
+place, or title to a place, belonging to gameing, and so I discoursed
+with him about the business of our improving of the Lotterys, to the
+King's benefit, and that of the Fishery, and had some light from him in
+the business, and shall, he says, have more in writing from him.  So home
+to dinner and then abroad to the Fishing Committee at Fishmongers' Hall,
+and there sat and did some business considerable, and so up and home, and
+there late at my office doing much business, and I find with great
+delight that I am come to my good temper of business again.  God continue
+me in it.  So home to supper, it being washing day, and to bed.
+
+
+
+21st.  Up, and by coach to Mr. Povy's, and there got him to signe the
+payment of Captain Tayler's bills for the remainder of freight for the
+Eagle, wherein I shall be gainer about L30, thence with him to
+Westminster by coach to Houseman's [Huysman] the great picture drawer,
+and saw again very fine pictures, and have his promise, for Mr. Povy's
+sake, to take pains in what picture I shall set him about, and I think to
+have my wife's.  But it is a strange thing to observe and fit for me to
+remember that I am at no time so unwilling to part with money as when I
+am concerned in the getting of it most, as I thank God of late I have got
+more in this month, viz. near 0250, than ever I did in half a year before
+in my life, I think.  Thence to White Hall with him, and so walked to the
+old Exchange and back to Povy's to dinner, where great and good company;
+among others Sir John Skeffington, whom I knew at Magdalen College,
+a fellow-commoner, my fellow-pupil, but one with whom I had no great
+acquaintance, he being then, God knows, much above me.  Here I was afresh
+delighted with Mr. Povy's house and pictures of perspective, being
+strange things to think how they do delude one's eye, that methinks it
+would make a man doubtful of swearing that ever he saw any thing.  Thence
+with him to St. James's, and so to White Hall to a Tangier Committee, and
+hope I have light of another opportunity of getting a little money if Sir
+W. Warren will use me kindly for deales to Tangier, and with the hopes
+went joyfully home, and there received Captain Tayler's money, received
+by Will to-day, out of which (as I said above) I shall get above L30.
+So with great comfort to bed, after supper.  By discourse this day I have
+great hopes from Mr. Coventry that the Dutch and we shall not fall out.
+
+
+
+22nd.  Up and at the office all the morning.  To the 'Change at noon, and
+among other things discoursed with Sir William Warren what I might do to
+get a little money by carrying of deales to Tangier, and told him the
+opportunity I have there of doing it, and he did give me some advice,
+though not so good as he would have done at any other time of the year,
+but such as I hope to make good use of, and get a little money by.  So to
+Sir G. Carteret's to dinner, and he and I and Captain Cocke all alone,
+and good discourse, and thence to a Committee of Tangier at White Hall,
+and so home, where I found my wife not well, and she tells me she thinks
+she is with child, but I neither believe nor desire it.  But God's will
+be done!  So to my office late, and home to supper and to bed; having got
+a strange cold in my head, by flinging off my hat at dinner, and sitting
+with the wind in my neck.
+
+     [In Lord Clarendon's Essay, "On the decay of respect paid to Age,"
+     he says that in his younger days he never kept his hat on before
+     those older than himself, except at dinner.--B.]
+
+
+
+23rd.  My cold and pain in my head increasing, and the palate of my mouth
+falling, I was in great pain all night.  My wife also was not well, so
+that a mayd was fain to sit up by her all night.  Lay long in the
+morning, at last up, and amongst others comes Mr. Fuller, that was the
+wit of Cambridge, and Praevaricator
+
+     [At the Commencement (Comitia Majora) in July, the Praevaricator, or
+     Varier, held a similar position to the Tripos at the Comitia Minora.
+     He was so named from varying the question which he proposed, either
+     by a play upon the words or by the transposition of the terms in
+     which it was expressed.  Under the pretence of maintaining some
+     philosophical question, he poured out a medley of absurd jokes and
+     'personal ridicule, which gradually led to the abolition of the
+     office.  In Thoresby's "Diary" we read, "Tuesday, July 6th.  The
+     Praevaricator's speech was smart and ingenious, attended with
+     vollies of hurras" (see Wordsworth's "University Life in the
+     Eighteenth Century ").--M. B.]
+
+in my time, and staid all the morning with me discoursing, and his
+business to get a man discharged, which I did do for him.  Dined with
+little heart at noon, in the afternoon against my will to the office,
+where Sir G. Carteret and we met about an order of the Council for the
+hiring him a house, giving him L1000 fine, and L70 per annum for it.
+Here Sir J. Minnes took occasion, in the most childish and most
+unbeseeming manner, to reproach us all, but most himself, that he was not
+valued as Comptroller among us, nor did anything but only set his hand to
+paper, which is but too true; and every body had a palace, and he no
+house to lie in, and wished he had but as much to build him a house with,
+as we have laid out in carved worke.  It was to no end to oppose, but all
+bore it, and after laughed at him for it.  So home, and late reading "The
+Siege of Rhodes" to my wife, and then to bed, my head being in great pain
+and my palate still down.
+
+
+
+24th.  Up and to the office, where all the morning busy, then home to
+dinner, and so after dinner comes one Phillips, who is concerned in the
+Lottery, and from him I collected much concerning that business.  I
+carried him in my way to White Hall and set him down at Somersett House.
+Among other things he told me that Monsieur Du Puy, that is so great a
+man at the Duke of Yorke's, and this man's great opponent, is a knave and
+by quality but a tailor.  To the Tangier Committee, and there I opposed
+Colonell Legg's estimate of supplies of provisions to be sent to Tangier
+till all were ashamed of it, and he fain after all his good husbandry and
+seeming ignorance and joy to have the King's money saved, yet afterwards
+he discovered all his design to be to keep the furnishing of these things
+to the officers of the Ordnance, but Mr. Coventry seconded me, and
+between us we shall save the King some money in the year.  In one
+business of deales in L520, I offer to save L172, and yet purpose getting
+money, to myself by it.  So home and to my office, and business being
+done home to supper and so to bed, my head and throat being still out of
+order mightily.  This night Prior of Brampton came and paid me L40, and I
+find this poor painful man is the only thriving and purchasing man in the
+town almost.  We were told to-day of a Dutch ship of 3 or 400 tons, where
+all the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore at
+Gottenburgh.
+
+
+
+25th (Lord's day).  Up, and my throat being yet very sore, and, my head
+out of order, we went not to church, but I spent all the morning reading
+of "The Madd Lovers,"  a very good play, and at noon comes Harman and his
+wife, whom I sent for to meet the Joyces, but they came not.  It seems
+Will has got a fall off his horse and broke his face.  However, we were
+as merry as I could in their company, and we had a good chine of beef,
+but I had no taste nor stomach through my cold, and therefore little
+pleased with my dinner.  It raining, they sat talking with us all the
+afternoon.  So anon they went away; and then I to read another play,
+"The Custome of the Country," which is a very poor one, methinks.  Then
+to supper, prayers, and bed.
+
+
+
+26th.  Up pretty well again, but my mouth very scabby, my cold being
+going away, so that I was forced to wear a great black patch, but that
+would not do much good, but it happens we did not go to the Duke to-day,
+and so I staid at home busy all the morning.  At noon, after dinner, to
+the 'Change, and thence home to my office again, where busy, well
+employed till 10 at night, and so home to supper and to bed, my mind a
+little troubled that I have not of late kept up myself so briske in
+business; but mind my ease a little too much and my family upon the
+coming of Mercer and Tom.  So that I have not kept company, nor appeared
+very active with Mr. Coventry, but now I resolve to settle to it again,
+not that I have idled all my time, but as to my ease something.  So I
+have looked a little too much after Tangier and the Fishery, and that in
+the sight of Mr. Coventry, but I have good reason to love myself for
+serving Tangier, for it is one of the best flowers in my garden.
+
+
+
+27th.  Lay long, sleeping, it raining and blowing very hard.  Then up and
+to the office, my mouth still being scabby and a patch on it.  At the
+office all the morning.  At noon dined at home, and so after dinner
+(Lewellin dining with me and in my way talking about Deering) to the
+Fishing Committee, and had there very many fine things argued, and I hope
+some good will cone of it.  So home, where my wife having (after all her
+merry discourse of being with child) her months upon her is gone to bed.
+I to my office very late doing business, then home to supper and to bed.
+To-night Mr. T. Trice and Piggot came to see me, and desire my going down
+to Brampton Court, where for Piggot's sake, for whom it is necessary, I
+should go, I would be glad to go, and will, contrary to my purpose,
+endeavour it, but having now almost L1000, if not above, in my house, I
+know not what to do with it, and that will trouble my mind to leave in
+the house, and I not at home.
+
+
+
+28th.  Up and by water with Mr. Tucker down to Woolwich, first to do
+several businesses of the King's, then on board Captain Fisher's ship,
+which we hire to carry goods to Tangier.  All the way going and coming I
+reading and discoursing over some papers of his which he, poor man,
+having some experience, but greater conceit of it than is fit, did at the
+King's first coming over make proposals of, ordering in a new manner the
+whole revenue of the kingdom, but, God knows, a most weak thing; however,
+one paper I keep wherein he do state the main branches of the publick
+revenue fit to consider and remember.  So home, very cold, and fearfull
+of having got some pain, but, thanks be to God!  I was well after it.  So
+to dinner, and after dinner by coach to White Hall, thinking to have met
+at a Committee of Tangier, but nobody being there but my Lord Rutherford,
+he would needs carry me and another Scotch Lord to a play, and so we saw,
+coming late, part of "The Generall," my Lord Orrery's (Broghill) second
+play; but, Lord! to see how no more either in words, sense, or design,
+it is to his "Harry the 5th" is not imaginable, and so poorly acted,
+though in finer clothes, is strange.  And here I must confess breach of a
+vowe in appearance, but I not desiring it, but against my will, and my
+oathe being to go neither at my own charge nor at another's, as I had
+done by becoming liable to give them another, as I am to Sir W. Pen and
+Mr. Creed; but here I neither know which of them paid for me, nor, if I
+did, am I obliged ever to return the like, or did it by desire or with
+any willingness.  So that with a safe conscience I do think my oathe is
+not broke and judge God Almighty will not think it other wise.  Thence to
+W. Joyce's, and there found my aunt and cozen Mary come home from my
+father's with great pleasure and content, and thence to Kate's and found
+her also mighty pleased with her journey and their good usage of them,
+and so home, troubled in my conscience at my being at a play.  But at
+home I found Mercer playing on her Vyall, which is a pretty instrument,
+and so I to the Vyall and singing till late, and so to bed.  My mind at a
+great losse how to go down to Brampton this weeke, to satisfy Piggott;
+but what with the fears of my house, my money, my wife, and my office, I
+know not how in the world to think of it, Tom Hater being out of towne,
+and I having near L1000 in my house.
+
+
+
+29th.  Up and to the office, where all the morning, dined at home and
+Creed with me; after dinner I to Sir G. Carteret, and with him to his new
+house he is taking in Broad Streete, and there surveyed all the rooms and
+bounds, in order to the drawing up a lease thereof; and that done, Mr.
+Cutler, his landlord, took me up and down, and showed me all his ground
+and house, which is extraordinary great, he having bought all the
+Augustine Fryers, and many, many a L1000 he hath and will bury there.
+So home to my business, clearing my papers and preparing my accounts
+against tomorrow for a monthly and a great auditt.  So to supper and to
+bed.  Fresh newes come of our beating the Dutch at Guinny quite out of
+all their castles almost, which will make them quite mad here at home
+sure.  And Sir G. Carteret did tell me, that the King do joy mightily at
+it; but asked him laughing, "But," says he, "how shall I do to answer
+this to the Embassador when he comes?"  Nay they say that we have beat
+them out of the New Netherlands too;
+
+     [Captain (afterwards Sir Robert) Holmes' expedition to attack the
+     Dutch settlements in Africa eventuated in an important exploit.
+     Holmes suddenly left the coast of Africa, sailed across the
+     Atlantic, and reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to
+     English rule, under the title of New York.  "The short and true
+     state of the matter is this: the country mentioned was part of the
+     province of Virginia, and, as there is no settling an extensive
+     country at once, a few Swedes crept in there, who surrendered the
+     plantations they could not defend to the Dutch, who, having bought
+     the charts and papers of one Hudson, a seaman, who, by the
+     commission from the crown of England, discovered a river, to which
+     he gave his name, conceited they had purchased a province.
+     Sometimes, when we had strength in those parts, they were English
+     subjects; at others, when that strength declined, they were subjects
+     of the United Provinces.  However, upon King Charles's claim the
+     States disowned the title, but resumed it during our confusions.  On
+     March 12th, 1663-64, Charles II. granted it to the Duke of York .  .
+     .  .  The King sent Holmes, when he returned, to the Tower, and did
+     not discharge him; till he made it evidently appear that he had not
+     infringed the law of nations ".  (Campbell's "Naval History," vol.
+     ii, p., 89).  How little did the King or Holmes himself foresee
+     the effects of the capture,--B.]
+
+so that we have been doing them mischief for a great while in several
+parts of the world; without publique knowledge or reason.  Their fleete
+for Guinny is now, they say, ready, and abroad, and will be going this
+week.  Coming home to-night, I did go to examine my wife's house
+accounts, and finding things that seemed somewhat doubtful, I was angry
+though she did make it pretty plain, but confessed that when she do misse
+a sum, she do add something to other things to make it, and, upon my
+being very angry, she do protest she will here lay up something for
+herself to buy her a necklace with, which madded me and do still trouble
+me, for I fear she will forget by degrees the way of living cheap and
+under a sense of want.
+
+
+
+30th.  Up, and all day, both morning and afternoon, at my accounts, it
+being a great month, both for profit and layings out, the last being L89
+for kitchen and clothes for myself and wife, and a few extraordinaries
+for the house; and my profits, besides salary, L239; so that I have this
+weeke, notwithstanding great layings out, and preparations for laying
+out, which I make as paid this month, my balance to come to L1203, for
+which the Lord's name be praised!  Dined at home at noon, staying long
+looking for Kate Joyce and my aunt James and Mary, but they came not.  So
+my wife abroad to see them, and took Mary Joyce to a play.  Then in the
+evening came and sat working by me at the office, and late home to supper
+and to bed, with my heart in good rest for this day's work, though
+troubled to think that my last month's negligence besides the making me
+neglect business and spend money, and lessen myself both as to business
+and the world and myself, I am fain to preserve my vowe by paying 20s.
+dry--[ Dry = hard, as "hard cash." ]--money into the poor's box, because
+I had not fulfilled all my memorandums and paid all my petty debts and
+received all my petty credits, of the last month, but I trust in God I
+shall do so no more.
+
+
+
+
+ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS:
+
+All the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore
+And with the great men in curing of their claps
+Expressly taking care that nobody might see this business done
+Having some experience, but greater conceit of it than is fit
+Helping to slip their calfes when there is occasion
+Her months upon her is gone to bed
+I had agreed with Jane Welsh, but she came not, which vexed me
+Lay long caressing my wife and talking
+Let her brew as she has baked
+New Netherlands to English rule, under the title of New York
+Reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to English rule
+Staid two hours with her kissing her, but nothing more
+Strange slavery that I stand in to beauty
+Thinks she is with child, but I neither believe nor desire it
+Up, my mind very light from my last night's accounts
+We do nothing in this office like people able to carry on a warr
+Would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched!
+
+
+
+End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, v34
+by Samuel Pepys, Unabridged, transcribed by Bright, edited by Wheatley
+
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