Friday 28 December 1660
Office day. There all the morning. Dined at home alone with my wife, and so staid within all the afternoon and evening; at my lute, with great pleasure, and so to bed with great content.
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Office day. There all the morning. Dined at home alone with my wife, and so staid within all the afternoon and evening; at my lute, with great pleasure, and so to bed with great content.
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Charlezzzzz Link to this
What an innocent and happy day!
If every day had been so simple and so sweet, how many of us would read the diary?
vincent Link to this
from yesterday "...About the middle of the night I was very ill
Ruben Link to this
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.
Jenny Doughty Link to this
Ruben - I've just noted that on yesterday's entry, before I read this one of yours.
vincent Link to this
"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?
Jenny Doughty Link to this
I would read that as meaning that they had no other company for dinner.