Saturday 10 April 1669
Up, and to the Excise-Office, and thence to White Hall a little, and so back again to the ‘Change, but nobody there, it being over, and so walked home to dinner, and after dinner comes Mr. Seymour to visit me, a talking fellow: but I hear by him that Captain Trevanion do give it out every where, that I did overrule the whole Court-martiall against him, as long as I was there; and perhaps I may receive, this time, some wrong by it: but I care not, for what I did was out of my desire of doing justice. So the office, where late, and then home to supper and to bed.
Terry Foreman Link to this
"Captain Trevanion do give it out every where, that I did overrule the whole Court-martiall against him,"
Sounds like Captain Trevanion's "tar" background's seeping out.
john Link to this
"and perhaps I may receive, this time, some wrong by it"
Who, exactly, is saying this?
Andrew Hamilton Link to this
John :
Sam is expressing a concern that Captain Trevanion’s complaints may turn Navy opinion against Sam himself.
nix Link to this
I read it the opposite way -- as Trevanion making a threat (or at least a prediction of bad fortune) in Samuel's direction.