"Ah, the well-known “fudge factor,” though doubtless it didn’t have that name yet!"
That would be at least as soon as next year, stolzi, and it probably has roots in the Navy. OED: "Captain Fudge, 'by some called 'Lying Fudge' (Letter of 1664, in Crouch *Posthuma Christiana* 1712, p. 87) was a real person (the surname is still common in Dorsett). The nautical phrase, 'You fudge it,' associated in 1700 with the name of that captain, prob. belongs to FUDGE v.1. In a dialogue of 1702, *The Present Condition of the English Navy*, one of the interlocutors is called 'Young Fudg of the Admiralty' perh. with allusion to the same verb. 1700 *Remarks on the Navy* in D'Israeli, *Cur. Lit., Neology* (1841), There was, sir, in our time one Captain Fudge,.who.always brought home his owners a good cargo of lies, so much that now aboard ship the sailors, when they hear a great lie told, cry out, 'You fudge it'.
First, I agree with the take of Aussie Sue and Rex Gordon on Pepys's view of Sir J. Lawson, doubting that Pedro's single example - "a very plain grave man" - trumps their reading of "plain man" in the current context.
Second, why would Sam make "any attempt to find out what had been going on between the two lads"? To inquire is to lose all hope of finding out. When my two sons were that age, their mother used to invite them to engage in a blame-game; I assume Aussie Sue hasn't been there.
OED: 4.a. Condition, situation, state, plight (in an unfavourable sense, Only in phr *in* + *at (a) taking*, often with defining adj. Obs. exc. Sci. 1522 SKELTON *Why not to Court* 033 He is at suche takynge. 1592 UDALL *Erasm. Apoph.* 158 Wheras thou art in suche takynge, canst fynd in thyne herte to liue? 1598 LYLY *Midas* i.ii. These boyes be droonk! I would not be in your takings. 1635 R. BOLTON *Conf. Affl. Consc.* iii (ed. 2) 15 In what a taking was Job. 1662-63 PEPYS *Diary* 12 Jan., the poor boy was in a pitifull taking and pickle.
Charing Cross' cachet also is used for a cross-roads (and the neighborhood) shown with a central marker (Charles I's statue?) on the left (west) side at navigational 9:00 of this segment of the 1746 map: http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
Perhaps Bess asks for a companion for cultural reasons? Given her personal background, this might be the pattern she is most used to --, she being a reader and letter-writer, but no Aphra Behn (1640-1689), she needs someone cultured with whom to converse (the household help will hardly do); moreover she is only 22, hardly finding fit the company of the other wives of Sam'l's older colleagues.
The Groom-Porter was a title granted by the king of England to the official in charge of organizing gambling in the Tudor court. Later, he also regulated English gaming halls. Eventually, the term became used for the owner, or operator of a gaming hall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groo…
"Also, and I think someone made this point yesterday, Sam is continually making situations which preclude any hope of Elizabeth having Lady P or Lady B as companions."
I think Stolzi's concern for Elizabeth's plight yesterday envisioned an unrealistic scenario inclusing a warm friendship with the overbearing Lady B. Penn is a rival to Sandwich and regarded by Samuel as incompetent, Batten as corrupt, so who is to blame for her situation?
The Libertine (2004) Directed by Laurence Dunmore Stephen Jeffreys (play, screenplay)
Tagline: He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.
Cast overview, first billed only: Johnny Depp .... Rochester Samantha Morton .... Elizabeth Barry John Malkovich .... King Charles II
Plot Outline: The story of John Wilmot (Depp), a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work. (view trailer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03759… ) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03759…
Gathering evidence of corruption by the old Navy establishment: first Penn (and William Wood) and now Mennes and Batten --
What will he do with this evidence? He already has powerful allies with similar and occasionally already shared concerns in Lord Sandwich, Mr. Coventry and Sir G. Cartaret (see The Pepys Sociogram http://www.pepysdiary.com/indepth… , which, however omits Mennes) to whom he can discreetly feed the info PRN (as needed) or as opportunity affords. Sam'l is meanwhile building his own credibility. Events look to play out rather slowly, but with very complex politics, as has been mentioned. (There are ways to shift established, powerful figures laterally, e.g., which are above SP's pay-grade to decide.)
"I went home to supper and to bed, now resolving to set up my rest as to plays till Easter, if not Whitsuntide next, excepting plays at Court."
“The Adventures of Five Hours,” at the Duke’s house was so good that a serious renewal of vows to see none for a few months is in order (even if that is somewhat ameliorated by "excepting plays at Court" where the, ah, sights [female] and the being-seen by more than mere citizens is assured).
A somewhat self-serving view in part: "Perhaps the greatest tragedy in all English history began in 1642 when, for five years, families and friends were divided by violent struggle. Respect for the monarchy was as great then as it is today; but it was squandered by Charles I and Civil War ensued. Out of Cromwell's eventual victory came a period of absolute rule just as arbitrary. In communicating the affaires of Court, Mercurius Aulicus can claim to be Englands first regular newspaper, printed at Oxford and reprinted in London almost throughout the entire war." http://www.clubtype.co.uk/MercsSp…
The Red Bull shows on the 1746 map where Glyn has it, sc. at 181-183 St John Street, Clerkenwell: northwest of the junction with Aylesbury Street 3/5 east and near the north edge of this segment of the map (south of the White Horse Yard). http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
"I was among the canvass in stores also, with Mr. Harris, the saylemaker, and learnt the difference between one sort and another, to my great content" - thus complementing the lessons learned from examining the model with Anthony Deane, Assistant-Shipwright at Woolwich. http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
"The word is often used to mean simply 'cordage,' but this is a too-limited, and even an irrational, use of the term. A ship is not rigged until she is provided with all the spars, sails and cordage required to move and control the hull.
"Rigging also includes a ship's davits, the straight or curved pieces of wood or metal that hold boats carried along the bulwarks. All are fastened directly or indirectly to the hull, and all are required to complete her 'clothing.'...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigg…
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First Reading
About Monday 12 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
"Ah, the well-known “fudge factor,” though doubtless it didn’t have that name yet!"
That would be at least as soon as next year, stolzi, and it probably has roots in the Navy. OED: "Captain Fudge, 'by some called 'Lying Fudge' (Letter of 1664, in Crouch *Posthuma Christiana* 1712, p. 87) was a real person (the surname is still common in Dorsett). The nautical phrase, 'You fudge it,' associated in 1700 with the name of that captain, prob. belongs to FUDGE v.1. In a dialogue of 1702, *The Present Condition of the English Navy*, one of the interlocutors is called 'Young Fudg of the Admiralty' perh. with allusion to the same verb.
1700 *Remarks on the Navy* in D'Israeli, *Cur. Lit., Neology* (1841), There was, sir, in our time one Captain Fudge,.who.always brought home his owners a good cargo of lies, so much that now aboard ship the sailors, when they hear a great lie told, cry out, 'You fudge it'.
About Monday 12 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
“…the same plain man....basted my boy soundly”
Two separate topics, actually.
First, I agree with the take of Aussie Sue and Rex Gordon on Pepys's view of Sir J. Lawson, doubting that Pedro's single example - "a very plain grave man" - trumps their reading of "plain man" in the current context.
Second, why would Sam make "any attempt to find out what had been going on between the two lads"? To inquire is to lose all hope of finding out. When my two sons were that age, their mother used to invite them to engage in a blame-game; I assume Aussie Sue hasn't been there.
About Monday 12 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
taking
OED: 4.a. Condition, situation, state, plight (in an unfavourable sense, Only in phr *in* + *at (a) taking*, often with defining adj. Obs. exc. Sci.
1522 SKELTON *Why not to Court* 033 He is at suche takynge.
1592 UDALL *Erasm. Apoph.* 158 Wheras thou art in suche takynge, canst fynd in thyne herte to liue?
1598 LYLY *Midas* i.ii. These boyes be droonk! I would not be in your takings.
1635 R. BOLTON *Conf. Affl. Consc.* iii (ed. 2) 15 In what a taking was Job.
1662-63 PEPYS *Diary* 12 Jan., the poor boy was in a pitifull taking and pickle.
About Charing Cross
Terry F • Link
Charing Cross' cachet also is used for a cross-roads (and the neighborhood) shown with a central marker (Charles I's statue?) on the left (west) side at navigational 9:00 of this segment of the 1746 map: http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
About Sunday 11 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
Perhaps Bess asks for a companion for cultural reasons? Given her personal background, this might be the pattern she is most used to --, she being a reader and letter-writer, but no Aphra Behn (1640-1689), she needs someone cultured with whom to converse (the household help will hardly do); moreover she is only 22, hardly finding fit the company of the other wives of Sam'l's older colleagues.
About Sunday 11 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
"all the afternoon writing orders myself to have ready against to-morrow, that I might not appear negligent to Mr. Coventry."
Presumably the occasion is the regular Monday meeting of the Tangier Committee. http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Ward
Terry F • Link
Ward - Courtyard or bailey.
http://home.olemiss.edu/~tjray/me…
About Presence chamber
Terry F • Link
presence chamber - room in which a monarch or other great person receives guests, assemblies, etc. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/…
About Groom-Porter
Terry F • Link
The Groom-Porter was a title granted by the king of England to the official in charge of organizing gambling in the Tudor court. Later, he also regulated English gaming halls. Eventually, the term became used for the owner, or operator of a gaming hall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groo…
About Saturday 10 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
"Also, and I think someone made this point yesterday, Sam is continually making situations which preclude any hope of Elizabeth having Lady P or Lady B as companions."
I think Stolzi's concern for Elizabeth's plight yesterday envisioned an unrealistic scenario inclusing a warm friendship with the overbearing Lady B. Penn is a rival to Sandwich and regarded by Samuel as incompetent, Batten as corrupt, so who is to blame for her situation?
About The Adventures of Five Hours (Sir Samuel Tuke)
Terry F • Link
The Adventures of Five Hours text is available to subscribers to Early English Books Online (EEBO) http://www.lib.umich.edu/tcp/eebo…
About John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester)
Terry F • Link
The Libertine (2004)
Directed by Laurence Dunmore
Stephen Jeffreys (play, screenplay)
Tagline: He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.
Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp .... Rochester
Samantha Morton .... Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich .... King Charles II
Plot Outline: The story of John Wilmot (Depp), a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work. (view trailer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03759… )
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03759…
About George Digby (2nd Earl of Bristol)
Terry F • Link
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol (22 February 1612 - 20 May 1677), eldest son of the first Earl.
An extensive bio with contenporary and subsequent verdicts on his life, character and conduct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geor…
About Wednesday 7 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
Gathering evidence of corruption by the old Navy establishment: first Penn (and William Wood) and now Mennes and Batten --
What will he do with this evidence? He already has powerful allies with similar and occasionally already shared concerns in Lord Sandwich, Mr. Coventry and Sir G. Cartaret (see The Pepys Sociogram http://www.pepysdiary.com/indepth… , which, however omits Mennes) to whom he can discreetly feed the info PRN (as needed) or as opportunity affords. Sam'l is meanwhile building his own credibility. Events look to play out rather slowly, but with very complex politics, as has been mentioned. (There are ways to shift established, powerful figures laterally, e.g., which are above SP's pay-grade to decide.)
About Thursday 8 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
"I went home to supper and to bed, now resolving to set up my rest as to plays till Easter, if not Whitsuntide next, excepting plays at Court."
“The Adventures of Five Hours,” at the Duke’s house was so good that a serious renewal of vows to see none for a few months is in order (even if that is somewhat ameliorated by "excepting plays at Court" where the, ah, sights [female] and the being-seen by more than mere citizens is assured).
About Monday 18 March 1660/61
Terry F • Link
Image of Mercurius Aulicus. Communicating the Intelligence and Affaires of the Court
7[6]-13[12] April [1645]
The British Library E.279.(8.)
Copyright ©2000, The British Library Board
http://www.bl.uk/popups/aulicus.h…
A somewhat self-serving view in part: "Perhaps the greatest tragedy in all English history began in 1642 when, for five years, families and friends were divided by violent struggle. Respect for the monarchy was as great then as it is today; but it was squandered by Charles I and Civil War ensued. Out of Cromwell's eventual victory came a period of absolute rule just as arbitrary. In communicating the affaires of Court, Mercurius Aulicus can claim to be Englands first regular newspaper, printed at Oxford and reprinted in London almost throughout the entire war." http://www.clubtype.co.uk/MercsSp…
About Red Bull Theatre
Terry F • Link
The Red Bull shows on the 1746 map where Glyn has it, sc. at 181-183 St John Street, Clerkenwell: northwest of the junction with Aylesbury Street 3/5 east and near the north edge of this segment of the map (south of the White Horse Yard). http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
About Wednesday 7 January 1662/63
Terry F • Link
Ever-studious about ships is Sam'l Pepys!
"I was among the canvass in stores also, with Mr. Harris, the saylemaker, and learnt the difference between one sort and another, to my great content" - thus complementing the lessons learned from examining the model with Anthony Deane, Assistant-Shipwright at Woolwich. http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Rigging
Terry F • Link
Large image of the Spars and Rigging of a Frigate, with a key to their names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imag…
About Rigging
Terry F • Link
"The word is often used to mean simply 'cordage,' but this is a too-limited, and even an irrational, use of the term. A ship is not rigged until she is provided with all the spars, sails and cordage required to move and control the hull.
"Rigging also includes a ship's davits, the straight or curved pieces of wood or metal that hold boats carried along the bulwarks. All are fastened directly or indirectly to the hull, and all are required to complete her 'clothing.'...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigg…