Sam has at times put extra clothes on in cold weather, also when sleeping, which, it turns out is prudent: new research shows mothers' advice correct, and the conventional modern medical view mistaken.
Monday, November 14, 2005 Posted: 1129 GMT "British researchers into the common cold say 'catching a chill' really does help colds develop -- and are advising to 'wrap up warm' to keep viruses at bay." http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALT…
"Pepys himself proved the most active of them all"
Recall his notably charitable reception in the Navy Office of impoverished seamen; he, a landlubber, had a more charitable disposition towards them than his 'senior' sea-dog colleagues.
L&M note: "This was the commission appointed on 20 October to examine the affairs of the Chatham Chest. Its quorum was three, and of the members here mentioned (there were 12 others), Clark was M.P. for Rochester, John Heathe Attorney-General to the Duchy of Lancaster, Prynne M.P. for Bath, Rider and Cocke merchants. Pepys himself proved the most active of them all...."
"a decree in Chancery in the year 1617, upon an inquisition made at Rochester about that time into the revenues of the Chest"
L&M note: "The report of 1617 was that of a similar commission appointed in 1616."
Here are reasons not to hire one of the candidates that present themselves, who "[1] I fear hath been bred up with too great liberty for my family, [2] and I fear greater inconveniences of expenses, [3] and my wife’s liberty will follow, which I must study to avoid till I have a better purse" - and [4] it isn't clear that the Master has been consulted beforehand.
"The British were utterly dependent on hemp to maintain their sea power and to preserve themselves from the French and Spanish. A early as 1533, King Henry VIII required all farmers to cultivate one-quarter acre of hemp or flax for every sixty acres of land under tillage. Queen Elizabeth repeated the order in 1563, but it was repealed in 1593. Farmers were reluctant to grow the crop because arable soil is at a premium in England, and hemp and flax were not thought to be profitable even with the incentive of bounties granted by the Crown. John Houghton commented on the situation it in 1682:
"How all this will please those whose land is not fit for it, or who think they can put it to a better use, I won't say; but most men love to do what they will with their own, and as yet it is not done." (86)
British farmers were not enthusiastic about hemp because they did not know much about the subtleties of its cultivation, and it did not pay well. They could not be confident of success with the crop, and most could not afford to experiment. Nor did they appreciate the labor and foul smell of retting hemp, as was expressed in Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie (1580):
"Now pluck up they hempe, and go beat out the seed, And afterward water it as ye see need. But not in the river where cattle should drink, For poisoning them and the people with stinke." (87)
In its Answer to the Georgical Enquiries (1664) concerning the cultivation of hemp, the Royal Society did not have much more information to offer:
"We sow much hemp upon land made very fat, beginning to plow it about Candlemas and twice afterwards, choosing the largest, sound, and brightest seed." (88)
A History of Hemp by Robert A. Nelson the original manuscript of The Great Book of Hemp (1996, Inner Traditions International; edited by "Rowan Robinson"). http://www.rexresearch.com/hhist/…
Re "seat anciently of the Levers" L&M note: "John Bridgman (d. 1652), Bishop of Chester (father, not brother of Orlando [see the Encyclopedia http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… ]), had in 1629 bought Great Lever Hall, near Bolton, Lancs., once owned by the Asshetons [sic]. He rebuilt the Hall and built a chapel, but the glass mentioned by Pepys no longer survives. The mottoes are not unique...."
The "no name" is a brother of Lord Crew’s, so no sweat, no threat: L&M note that Lord Crew “had three brothers: Thomas (of Crawley, Hunts.), Nathaniel (of Gray’s Inn), and Salathiel (of Hinton, Northants.)"
"Early on in the [16th] century Antwerp had become the great storehouse of Europe, but it was destroyed in 1576 when the people of the Low Countries rose up against the Spanish.
"London merchants and financiers took advantage of this to make London the new commercial and financial centre of Europe. The greatest of these was Sir Thomas Gresham (1517/18–79), advisor to Elizabeth I.
"Gresham was chiefly responsible for establishing the Royal Exchange in 1565. It soon became a symbol of London's wealth and power." Interior of the original Royal Exchange, c. 1569. http://www.portcities.org.uk/lond…
"The Royal Exchange was built at the junction of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street in the City. It was a meeting place for merchants and brokers and became the centre of London's business life.
"Space was also provided for over 100 shops within its courtyard. The original building was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666.
"A second Exchange opened in 1669. Much of the property was taken over by Royal Exchange Assurance and Lloyd's of London." Front of the Royal Exchange Creator: Samuel Wale (artist), John Green (engraver) Date: 1761 Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London http://www.portcities.org.uk/lond…
"May 9, 1662 is reckoned the birthday of Mr. Punch, for that was the first time the diarist Samuel Pepys observed a Punch and Judy show near St. Paul's Church in London's Covent Garden. It was performed by an Italian Punchman, Pietro Gimonde operating as "Signor Bologna". Pepys described the event in his diary: "...an Italian puppet play, that is within the rails there, which is very pretty, the best that I ever saw, and great resort of gallants." This is considered the first written record of a Punch and Judy performance. Pepys went back several more times and continued to be amused. The Punch he saw was a marionette not a glove-puppet, and worked his show within a tent." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punc…
Indeed, a marionette moves like an automaton, putting up storm windows in season -- been one, done that.
"In May of 1662 at London's Covent Garden, the famed diarist Samuel Pepys observed a Punch & Judy Show performed by an Italian Punchman named Signor Bologna. Pepys described the event in his diary: "...an Italian puppet play, that is within the rails there, which is very pretty, the best that I ever saw, and great resort of gallants." This event is considered the first written record of a Punch and Judy performance. A plaque in Covent Garden commemorates the event and can be seen today." http://www.punchandjudyworld.org/…
L&M note: "Cf. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… ...These puppet plays were given by an Italian, Antonio Devoto, in a wooden booth on waste ground near Whitehall, on a site now occupied by Le Sueur's statue of Charles I. By 'motion' Pepys may mean the manipulation of puppets or possibly the plays they acted...."
dirk on Tue 10 May 2005: “Thence to see an Italian puppet play”
History records that “1662: May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy show in London; the first on record.”
Some of Latham & Matthews's several notes to this day's entry
"And our landmen also are coming back, being almost starved in that poor country."
L&M note: "Troops and ships had been sent this summer, under the terms of the marriage alliance, to help Portugal in her war of independence against Spain (1641-68). Alfonse VI, newly come to the throne in June, did not order them back, but made so many difficulties about port facilities and pay that the English government altered their decision to keep a squadron in winter station, and ordered Capt. Allin home. The Portuguese, emboldened by the withdrawal of two Spanish armies, hoped for a peace, and god two months' truce in December. As for the 'landmen', two of their commanders (Morgan and Inchiquin) had returned home; other officers were protesting against lack of pay and of good meat, and some troops deserted. But most remained to play a big part in late campaigns....Pepys's story of the solders' discontent perhaps derives from Inchiquin: 'he declared' (wrote the Venetian resident on 14/24 November) 'that the English who went are nearly all dead of hunger and...barbarous treatment...."
"France’s intention to make a patriarch of his own, independent from the Pope, by which he will be able to cope with the Spaniard in all councils, which hitherto he has never done"
L&M note: "At the end of August a quarrel over ambassadorial privileges had arisen between Louis XIV and Pope Alexander VII which was not composed until 1664....Both now and later, in the 1680's, rumours about the patriarchate were current, but never had much foundation in fact....The councils referred to are those of the church."
"says the King of France...."
L&M note: "The Earl of Holland (then Viscount Kensington) had shared with the Earl of Carlisle the conduct of these negotiations of 1624-5. Nothing in his dispatches...appears to confirm the statement here attributed to Louis XIII."
Comments
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About Thursday 13 November 1662
Terry F • Link
SPOILER: bynames of Elizabeth will come in handy in coming years.
(Oy, too many puns....)
About Thursday 13 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Still other bynames/diminutives of “Elizabeth”:
Bettina
Tina
About Thursday 13 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"Bess or Beth? I forget." - don't we all, A.Hamilton?
Other bynames for and diminutives of "Elizabeth":
Bessie
Bett
Betsy
Betty
Elise
Eliza
Els
Elsie
Elzie
Lisa
Liz
Lizzie
About Friday 29 August 1662
Terry F • Link
Being chilled can engender catching a cold
Sam has at times put extra clothes on in cold weather, also when sleeping, which, it turns out is prudent: new research shows mothers' advice correct, and the conventional modern medical view mistaken.
Monday, November 14, 2005 Posted: 1129 GMT
"British researchers into the common cold say 'catching a chill' really does help colds develop -- and are advising to 'wrap up warm' to keep viruses at bay." http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALT…
About Thursday 13 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"I went home to supper, and there was very sullen to my wife, and so went to bed and to sleep...without speaking one word to her."
Do we see passive-aggression, or acting so? This is all very deliberate, and, yes, cruel.
About Thursday 13 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"Pepys himself proved the most active of them all"
Recall his notably charitable reception in the Navy Office of impoverished seamen; he, a landlubber, had a more charitable disposition towards them than his 'senior' sea-dog colleagues.
About Thursday 13 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"our commission of inspecting the Chest"
L&M note: "This was the commission appointed on 20 October to examine the affairs of the Chatham Chest. Its quorum was three, and of the members here mentioned (there were 12 others), Clark was M.P. for Rochester, John Heathe Attorney-General to the Duchy of Lancaster, Prynne M.P. for Bath, Rider and Cocke merchants. Pepys himself proved the most active of them all...."
"a decree in Chancery in the year 1617, upon an inquisition made at Rochester about that time into the revenues of the Chest"
L&M note: "The report of 1617 was that of a similar commission appointed in 1616."
About Magdalene College, Cambridge
Terry F • Link
Seventeenth-century Magdalene College
http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/about/h…
Pepys’ library at Magdalene College
http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/pepys/c…
About Wednesday 12 November 1662
Terry F • Link
in aqua scripto ~ L. "I write in/on water" ~ even more elusive than "Cum granis salis"
About Wednesday 12 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Here are reasons not to hire one of the candidates that present themselves, who "[1] I fear hath been bred up with too great liberty for my family, [2] and I fear greater inconveniences of expenses, [3] and my wife’s liberty will follow, which I must study to avoid till I have a better purse" - and [4] it isn't clear that the Master has been consulted beforehand.
About Wednesday 12 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"And now he is contemplating hiring a companion for his wife!" - but methinks hardly happily for various reasons.
About Hemp
Terry F • Link
"The British were utterly dependent on hemp to maintain their sea power and to preserve themselves from the French and Spanish. A early as 1533, King Henry VIII required all farmers to cultivate one-quarter acre of hemp or flax for every sixty acres of land under tillage. Queen Elizabeth repeated the order in 1563, but it was repealed in 1593. Farmers were reluctant to grow the crop because arable soil is at a premium in England, and hemp and flax were not thought to be profitable even with the incentive of bounties granted by the Crown. John Houghton commented on the situation it in 1682:
"How all this will please those whose land is not fit for it, or who think they can put it to a better use, I won't say; but most men love to do what they will with their own, and as yet it is not done." (86)
British farmers were not enthusiastic about hemp because they did not know much about the subtleties of its cultivation, and it did not pay well. They could not be confident of success with the crop, and most could not afford to experiment. Nor did they appreciate the labor and foul smell of retting hemp, as was expressed in Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie (1580):
"Now pluck up they hempe, and go beat out the seed,
And afterward water it as ye see need.
But not in the river where cattle should drink,
For poisoning them and the people with stinke." (87)
In its Answer to the Georgical Enquiries (1664) concerning the cultivation of hemp, the Royal Society did not have much more information to offer:
"We sow much hemp upon land made very fat, beginning to plow it about Candlemas and twice afterwards, choosing the largest, sound, and brightest seed." (88)
A History of Hemp by Robert A. Nelson
the original manuscript of The Great Book of Hemp (1996, Inner Traditions International; edited by "Rowan Robinson").
http://www.rexresearch.com/hhist/…
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
The family here called Braganza was Bragança in Portugal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port…
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Re "seat anciently of the Levers"
L&M note: "John Bridgman (d. 1652), Bishop of Chester (father, not brother of Orlando [see the Encyclopedia http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… ]), had in 1629 bought Great Lever Hall, near Bolton, Lancs., once owned by the Asshetons [sic]. He rebuilt the Hall and built a chapel, but the glass mentioned by Pepys no longer survives. The mottoes are not unique...."
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
The "no name" is a brother of Lord Crew’s, so no sweat, no threat: L&M note that Lord Crew “had three brothers: Thomas (of Crawley, Hunts.), Nathaniel (of Gray’s Inn), and Salathiel (of Hinton, Northants.)"
About Royal Exchange
Terry F • Link
"Early on in the [16th] century Antwerp had become the great storehouse of Europe, but it was destroyed in 1576 when the people of the Low Countries rose up against the Spanish.
"London merchants and financiers took advantage of this to make London the new commercial and financial centre of Europe. The greatest of these was Sir Thomas Gresham (1517/18–79), advisor to Elizabeth I.
"Gresham was chiefly responsible for establishing the Royal Exchange in 1565. It soon became a symbol of London's wealth and power."
Interior of the original Royal Exchange, c. 1569. http://www.portcities.org.uk/lond…
"The Royal Exchange was built at the junction of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street in the City. It was a meeting place for merchants and brokers and became the centre of London's business life.
"Space was also provided for over 100 shops within its courtyard. The original building was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666.
"A second Exchange opened in 1669. Much of the property was taken over by Royal Exchange Assurance and Lloyd's of London."
Front of the Royal Exchange
Creator: Samuel Wale (artist), John Green (engraver) Date: 1761 Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London http://www.portcities.org.uk/lond…
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Punch and Judy - to clarify
"May 9, 1662 is reckoned the birthday of Mr. Punch, for that was the first time the diarist Samuel Pepys observed a Punch and Judy show near St. Paul's Church in London's Covent Garden. It was performed by an Italian Punchman, Pietro Gimonde operating as "Signor Bologna". Pepys described the event in his diary: "...an Italian puppet play, that is within the rails there, which is very pretty, the best that I ever saw, and great resort of gallants." This is considered the first written record of a Punch and Judy performance. Pepys went back several more times and continued to be amused. The Punch he saw was a marionette not a glove-puppet, and worked his show within a tent." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punc…
Indeed, a marionette moves like an automaton, putting up storm windows in season -- been one, done that.
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
I seems who.knows-everything.com no longer exists; but....
"In May of 1662 at London's Covent Garden, the famed diarist Samuel Pepys observed a Punch & Judy Show performed by an Italian Punchman named Signor Bologna. Pepys described the event in his diary: "...an Italian puppet play, that is within the rails there, which is very pretty, the best that I ever saw, and great resort of gallants." This event is considered the first written record of a Punch and Judy performance. A plaque in Covent Garden commemorates the event and can be seen today." http://www.punchandjudyworld.org/…
Has anyone here seen that plaque?
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"the Italian motion"
L&M note: "Cf. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… ...These puppet plays were given by an Italian, Antonio Devoto, in a wooden booth on waste ground near Whitehall, on a site now occupied by Le Sueur's statue of Charles I. By 'motion' Pepys may mean the manipulation of puppets or possibly the plays they acted...."
dirk on Tue 10 May 2005: “Thence to see an Italian puppet play”
History records that
“1662: May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy show in London; the first on record.”
http://who.knows-everything.com/1…
Bradford, that image should inspire mottos for your storm windows.
About Monday 10 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Some of Latham & Matthews's several notes to this day's entry
"And our landmen also are coming back, being almost starved in that poor country."
L&M note: "Troops and ships had been sent this summer, under the terms of the marriage alliance, to help Portugal in her war of independence against Spain (1641-68). Alfonse VI, newly come to the throne in June, did not order them back, but made so many difficulties about port facilities and pay that the English government altered their decision to keep a squadron in winter station, and ordered Capt. Allin home. The Portuguese, emboldened by the withdrawal of two Spanish armies, hoped for a peace, and god two months' truce in December. As for the 'landmen', two of their commanders (Morgan and Inchiquin) had returned home; other officers were protesting against lack of pay and of good meat, and some troops deserted. But most remained to play a big part in late campaigns....Pepys's story of the solders' discontent perhaps derives from Inchiquin: 'he declared' (wrote the Venetian resident on 14/24 November) 'that the English who went are nearly all dead of hunger and...barbarous treatment...."
"France’s intention to make a patriarch of his own, independent from the Pope, by which he will be able to cope with the Spaniard in all councils, which hitherto he has never done"
L&M note: "At the end of August a quarrel over ambassadorial privileges had arisen between Louis XIV and Pope Alexander VII which was not composed until 1664....Both now and later, in the 1680's, rumours about the patriarchate were current, but never had much foundation in fact....The councils referred to are those of the church."
"says the King of France...."
L&M note: "The Earl of Holland (then Viscount Kensington) had shared with the Earl of Carlisle the conduct of these negotiations of 1624-5. Nothing in his dispatches...appears to confirm the statement here attributed to Louis XIII."