361 years later, here I am wondering what on earth the Battens' pie looked like. And annoyingly, I am 18 years too late to see Wim's visualization (which seems to have hit the mark).
I've been playing around with ChatGPT and asked it to explain the following sentence from today's entry.
> express is come from my Lord with letters, that by a great storm and tempest the mole of Argier is broken down, and many of their ships sunk into the mole.
This is what it came up with:
> The sentence is saying that an express message has arrived from someone referred to as "my Lord" with letters, reporting that a severe storm and tempest caused the mole (a breakwater or pier) in the port of Algiers to break down, and that as a result, many ships have sunk into the mole. In other words, the message is relaying news that the storm has caused significant damage to the port infrastructure in Algiers, and that many ships have been lost as a result. The use of the phrase "God Almighty hath now ended that unlucky business for us" suggests that the author of the text views this news as positive and that the destruction of the mole may have been seen as a positive outcome for their interests or plans.
You can carry on chatting with the bot and ask it questions about Algiers, piracy at the time, moles, why this was good news, or whatever else comes to mind.
"I got the Hudson Review but I couldn't get to the article" The link is dead (i.e. the article was taken down). You can however find a copy of the original article on the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
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Third Reading
About Tuesday 20 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the Wayback machine.
Diana Kirke. Picture by Lely.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060…
Lush countess banned from tube for bare bosom.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040…
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Higher res version of the Lely painting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil…
About Thursday 8 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Broken link on the WayBack machine.
Private Hagman's report of his encounter with the Moors at Tangiers five days earlier: https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
About Wednesday 14 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Oops, correct Lady Di link: https://web.archive.org/web/20060…
About Wednesday 14 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the WaybackMachine:
Castlemaine's portrait: https://web.archive.org/web/20060…
Dirk's lady Diana: https://www.geocities.com/wellesl…
About Monday 12 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Vincent's maps on the Wayback Machine:
1. https://web.archive.org/web/20060…
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060…
About Sunday 11 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Broken link on the WayBack machine.
King Charles was indeed the ultimate patron of court fashion in Britain: https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
About Saturday 3 May 1662
Ruslan • Link
Dead links on the Wayback Machine:
The Ramsbottoms' ill-fated trip to Blackpool: https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
The one from Nix: https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
About Sunday 27 April 1662
Ruslan • Link
Working versions of Vincent's horse links:
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I - https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
King Charles II and Jane Lane riding to Bristol - https://www.npg.org.uk/collection…
About Tuesday 18 March 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
JWB's link on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20060…
About Tuesday 18 February 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
The painting of the Saltonstall family being discussed above (Wayback Machine):
https://web.archive.org/web/20051…
About Monday 3 February 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
361 years later, here I am wondering what on earth the Battens' pie looked like. And annoyingly, I am 18 years too late to see Wim's visualization (which seems to have hit the mark).
About Saturday 1 February 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
I've been playing around with ChatGPT and asked it to explain the following sentence from today's entry.
> express is come from my Lord with letters, that by a great storm and tempest the mole of Argier is broken down, and many of their ships sunk into the mole.
This is what it came up with:
> The sentence is saying that an express message has arrived from someone referred to as "my Lord" with letters, reporting that a severe storm and tempest caused the mole (a breakwater or pier) in the port of Algiers to break down, and that as a result, many ships have sunk into the mole. In other words, the message is relaying news that the storm has caused significant damage to the port infrastructure in Algiers, and that many ships have been lost as a result. The use of the phrase "God Almighty hath now ended that unlucky business for us" suggests that the author of the text views this news as positive and that the destruction of the mole may have been seen as a positive outcome for their interests or plans.
You can carry on chatting with the bot and ask it questions about Algiers, piracy at the time, moles, why this was good news, or whatever else comes to mind.
https://chat.openai.com/chat
About Friday 10 January 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the Wayback Machine:
vicenzo's "This day, may have introduced Sam to the ideas of shipping": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
David's "something about observation of the moon and stars": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
David's "General Leslie R. Groves": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
Sjoerd's "A poem written in 1661": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
vicenzo's "understanding Log books": https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
vincenzo's "Sun dial": https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
About Monday 6 January 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the Wayback Machine:
vicenzo's "one of many sites one should check before letting my belly rumble": https://web.archive.org/web/20050…
Also, Terry's link for "L&M: Savill's portrait" is broken. Correct link: https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Sunday 5 January 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the Wayback Machine:
JWB's "Psalters & Tunes": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
About Friday 3 January 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the Wayback Machine:
Pedro's "The Lifeguards, the senior regiment in the British Army": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
About Thursday 2 January 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
Updated link for Lady Fanshawe's Memoirs:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/…
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/e…
About Wednesday 1 January 1661/62
Ruslan • Link
Broken links on the Wayback Machine:
Sjoerd's "Admiral Sir William Penn": https://web.archive.org/web/20220…
Dirk's "Horse-Drawn Cabs, Their Drivers and Their Times": https://web.archive.org/web/20041…
Second Reading
About Friday 15 November 1661
Ruslan • Link
"He [Sam] seems to be someone who has the normal feeling for animals."
Not too sure about that (depends what you mean by "normal" I guess). But remember what he did to the monkey when he found it loose.
"At home found all well, but the monkey loose, which did anger me, and so I did strike her till she was almost dead..."
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
About Saturday 26 October 1661
Ruslan • Link
"I got the Hudson Review but I couldn't get to the article"
The link is dead (i.e. the article was taken down). You can however find a copy of the original article on the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20041…