Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Saturday 29 December 1660Thursday 27 December 1660
5°C / 41°F
(monthly average for December 1660) About
What an innocent and happy day!
If every day had been so simple and so sweet, how many of us would read the diary?
from yesterday “…About the middle of the night I was very ill
Vincent: note that SP also vomited and had difficulties passing urine. This are signs good for a diagnosis of an urinary colic. It is possible that again a stone was bothering him.
SP may be writing that it was to much for him and not that it was to much in absolute terms.
Ruben - I’ve just noted that on yesterday’s entry, before I read this one of yours.
“Dined at home alone with my wife,”
did he dine “separated/exclusive/isolated/solitary/forlorne/desolate/without maid” with my wife ? Desolute fits, he being of aked head amongst other problems.
alone ME al[all]+ one?
I would read that as meaning that they had no other company for dinner.