Friday 5 July 1661
At home, and in the afternoon to the office, and that being done all went to Sir W. Batten’s and there had a venison pasty, and were very merry. At night home and to bed.
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
At home, and in the afternoon to the office, and that being done all went to Sir W. Batten’s and there had a venison pasty, and were very merry. At night home and to bed.
Saturday 6 July 1661Thursday 4 July 1661
15°C / 59°F
(monthly average for July 1661) About
venison pasty
Heavy stuff! Indigestion tomorrow morning?
Should have gone to the H.o L.
July 5th Petitions from Good Christians and Anabptists. pet: will be heard but ???
then report concerning Penal Laws against Priests. …For refusing to take Oath of Supremacy . should it be repealed? it was read and voted and Ordered To stand as is.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=14140
Otherwise they are very interested in the Real estate trans actions.
Do you think when he says he was “very merry” that it is because they have been drinking?
“very merry”
I expect that they have been drinking, but Pepys’ use of ‘merry’ here would have been literal, not as a euphemism for ‘jovially drunk’ or ‘tipsy’.
Apparently Sir Will B. kicked in for the real thing, unlike cozen Tom in Jan, 1660.
“…only the venison pasty was palpable beef, which was not handsome.”
“They don’t flee from me”
Three fauns this morning in my orchard eating low hanging pears. Anyone for venison pasties?
If you can assure me it is not from road kill.