Wednesday 17 April 1661

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• N Josh on Sat 17 Apr 2004, 11:33pm

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• N Pauline on Sun 18 Apr 2004, 12:56am

• N Paul Brewster on Sun 18 Apr 2004, 01:12am

  Sir W. B.
  L&M set it as Sir W. Batten. I wonder why Wheatley abbreviates.

• N Vicente on Sun 18 Apr 2004, 02:28am

  twos a common expression as kid in Geordy land “…Of Shitten come Shites…” but used in the most Saxon meaning, In the present tense that is.[house of Privy was its intention]

• N Mary on Sun 18 Apr 2004, 07:26am

  Of Shitten come Shites.

  I wonder how this line managed to evade Wheatley’s bowdlerizing pen?

• N Lawrence on Sun 18 Apr 2004, 10:09am

  The expression “By land”? does that mean as opposed to, by water? i.e. the river.

• N Lawrence on Sun 18 Apr 2004, 11:11am

  Per L&M. The pictures S.P saw set up at the east Indy House were executed on a wooden superstructure built over the top of the windows.
  The East India House was orinally the town house of lord Craven. on the s. side Leadenhall st.

• N dirk on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 02:08am

  “Of Shitten come Shites”

  In 1611, Cotgrave published “A dictionarie of the French and English tongues” - see earlier background reference:
  http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/328.php#c11959

  This book also contained numerous contemporary (French) proverbs (in Cotgrave’s 17th c. translation). A number of them are “on the same level” as the one mentioned by Sam in today’s entry.

  http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/proverbs/cat_dirty.html

• N Vicente on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 02:35am

  “By Land” to be used by the American Patriots later. Otherwise the Tems be too rough and dirty.Sam must keep his best bib and tucker clean for the “up and coming show ” at Wesminster. The Art show seems to go over well with him. “…I saw the picture of the ships and other things this morning nice site…”
  lou from proverbs interesting .

• N Rich Merne on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 09:34am

  Scatology rules!! I wonder what would Jonathan Swift have to say, the subject being ‘not unfamiliar’ to him.

• N Wim van der Meij on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 10:25am

  The arches in the first line are also being erected in honour of the coronation.

• N Emilio on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 12:26pm

  More on the arches

  These are part of the spectacle for the coronation and were erected by the City. According to an L&M footnote, they are 90-100 ft tall, cost more than

• N JWB on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 04:10pm

  Scatology…
  From RL Steverson’s essay: “…and preserved till nearly forty the headlong gusto of a boy. So, to come rightly at the spirit in which the Diary was written, we must recall a class of sentiments which with most of us are over and done before the age of twelve…”

• N Vicente on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 08:24pm

  For those that may want the def: of Scat: http://www.bartleby.com/61/79/S0127900.html

• N Lawrence on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 10:08pm

  Nice one Vince, and you can even listen to the pronunciation too.

• N Rich Merne on Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:19am

  Scatology Swift. If anyone’s interested, here’s a pretty nasty bit by the Dean.
  http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/t-swift.htm

• N Pedro on Wed 6 Feb 2008, 09:54am

  17th April

  Allin on his way home from Constantinople reaches Zante in mizzling weather, where they were to water and enquire of English ships to go home under convoy.

  “…went ashore and walked up a huge hill and viewed the castle and the valley, which is spacious and very fruitful, all green with either grass or corn, and where the olive trees are under are the current grapes, it a very pleasant place and well tilled, not a spot of ground lost. And at our return from walking the merchants met us at the chapel, where wine was plentiful and pistachios and within hour mutton, lamb, veal, hens and pigeons, enough to serve the whole company, being in all with the sailors near thirty.”

  (The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin edited by RC Anderson)