"missing my key, which I had in my hand just now, makes me very angry and out of order, it being a thing that I hate in others, and more in myself, to be careless of keys, I thinking another not fit to be trusted that leaves a key behind their hole."
Sam perhaps recalls Tuesday 22 July 1662: "only at home at dinner, where I was highly angry with my wife for her keys being out of the way, but they were found at last, and so friends again." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
"to Durdans, it seems, to dine with my Lord Barkeley, where I have been very merry when I was a little boy"
L&M note: "Durdans, a country house near Epsom, Surrey, was owned by Lord Berkeley of Berkeley. Pepys would have known it when staying as a boy with his cousins at Ashtead. Evelyn attended the dinner party referred to in this entry, and reports the presence of the King and Queen, the Duke and Duchess of York and Prince Rupert, Prince Edward 'and aboundanc of Noble men'.
"And so Mr. Paget being there, Will Howe and I and he played over some things of Locke's that we used to play at sea”
L&M note: “Probably Matthew Locke’s *Little consort of three parts* (1656)….” http://www.tfront.com/product.php… Alas, I failed to find an audio file.
Last night "My man Will...got me to bed;" and this morning "Waked early...read over my oaths, and whiled away an hour thinking upon businesses till Will came to get me ready" -- is this punishment or...?
Today Sam reads over his oaths in the AM instead of doing it just before bed.
I like the latter custom -- methinks it better prepares him for the work week.
"David's words, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the way of the ungodly," &c.”
L&M note: “A loose recollection of Ps.i.1. [ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.]”
“Our discourse of the discontents that are abroad….and letters of a plot are taken.”
L&M note: “”It had been feared that a rising had been fixed for 24 August (when the Act of Uniformity was to come into full force), or for the 28th [sic: I wonder why that day?]. Alarms continue for the next two months: see the evidence summarized by W.C.Abbott in AHR , 14/512-13. Cf. [3 September].
"After the granting of the Royal Charter, the Society quickly added the antiquarian Elias Ashmole, famous amongst Freemasons as being the first accepted or speculative Freemason for whom written records exist in England.
"Sir Christopher Wren was a founding member of the Society and served as its president from 1680 to 1682. According to William Preston, Wren became a Freemason in 1691, although John Aubrey, a founder of the Society and a Freemason himself, claimed Wren was already a Warden of the Craft by 1663! The Masonic records of Wren are contradictory, with some sources even stating he was a Grand Master.
"Amongst other prominent members of the Royal Society, the philosopher and theorist of liberalism, John Locke, admitted to being a Freemason in a letter dated 1696. Even Benjamin Franklin, American revolutionary and prominent Freemason, was admitted to the Society. Robert Boyle was not a Mason at the founding of the Royal Society, but became one later.
"Sir Isaac Newton, President from 1703 to 1727, belonged to a curious quasi-masonic society that met in Spalding. He nominated John Desaguliers as Curator of Experiments 1712. Desaguliers was the first man to demonstrate the existence of the atom. He became the Grand Master of the Freemasons in 1719, and was most influential in shaping the form that 18th century Freemasonry was to take."
or at least so "Freemasonry, the Royal Society, and the Age of Discovery." W.Bro Alex Davidson, Ph.D. http://transitofvenus.auckland.ac…
LindaF, glad you are safely away from and west of New Orleans, and that SP has providentially answered your earlier question. (I write this as the rain from that hurricane ends, 551 miles (888 Km) north, my TV tuned for a second day to the coverage of the storm's ravages.) Indeed, even cherished things are just that. Today SP decides that's the case with his that are left at Sir W. Pen's: they will be dealt with later if they are still there.
Most of today with his workmen "finding my presence to carry on the work both to my mind and with more haste" -- Contrast four days ago, on Tuesday, when "with great pleasure seeing them go on merrily, and a good many hands, which I perceive makes good riddance" -- and off to other busyness. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Today an onsite manager, tweaking here and there, applying to the remodelling what he has begun to practice at the Dockyards.
What an appetite for detail and micromanaging our Sam displays (and ordering others about); which he judges favorably, while perhaps we, with his workmen might wonder?!
And as Australian Susan remarks, now he is intent of mastering victualling.
"businesses did begin to-night with Mr. Lewes to look into the nature of a purser's account, and the business of victualling”
L&M note: “Thomas Lewis had been a clerk of the Victualling Office since the 1650’s. In June 1660 he had been instructed by the Admiral to deliver papers on the victualling to Pepys…. In July the Admiral had addressed two letters to the Board about the importance of pursars’ accounts….Within a few years Pepys (as Surveyor-General, 1665-7) was to reorganise much of the wartime victualling, and to introduce innovations inpursers’ accounts….”
"in my gown, without a doublet...till I was afraid of getting an ague"
"Ague: A fever (such as from malaria) that is marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating recurring regular intervals. Also a fit of shivering, a chill. Hence, ague can refer to both chills and fevers.
"Pronounced 'A-(")gy? with the accent solidly on the “A”, the word “ague” is an example of how medical terminology changes with time. Not only are new terms introduced (with great speed these days) but old terms such as “ague” may decline in usage (become archaic) and eventually may be dropped entirely (be obsolete).
“Aigue” entered English usage in the 14th century, having crossed the channel from the Middle French “ague”. The word share the same origin as “acute.” It descends from the Latin “acutus” meaning “sharp or pointed”. A “fievre aigue” in French was a sharp or pointed (or acute) fever.” http://www.medterms.com/script/ma…
Last night's lingering anger tempered by Will's growth; both of which are surely written about this night -- one of the "other matters" done at the office before retiring Cf. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
(1) The first ship {re-]named Breda was an Elizabeth class 4th Rate Frigate. After it was lost in 1666, there were two other sailing ships named Breda: (2) A Third Rate 70 Gun Ship built by Betts, Harwich 1679, accidentally burnt in 1690. (3) Another Third Rate 70 Gun Ship built by Lawrence @ Woolwich, April 1692; Broken up in 1730. http://www.battleships-cruisers.c…
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First Reading
About Monday 1 September 1662
Terry F, • Link
"missing my key, which I had in my hand just now, makes me very angry and out of order, it being a thing that I hate in others, and more in myself, to be careless of keys, I thinking another not fit to be trusted that leaves a key behind their hole."
Sam perhaps recalls Tuesday 22 July 1662: "only at home at dinner, where I was highly angry with my wife for her keys being out of the way, but they were found at last, and so friends again."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Monday 1 September 1662
Terry F, • Link
"to Durdans, it seems, to dine with my Lord Barkeley, where I have been very merry when I was a little boy"
L&M note: "Durdans, a country house near Epsom, Surrey, was owned by Lord Berkeley of Berkeley. Pepys would have known it when staying as a boy with his cousins at Ashtead. Evelyn attended the dinner party referred to in this entry, and reports the presence of the King and Queen, the Duke and Duchess of York and Prince Rupert, Prince Edward 'and aboundanc of Noble men'.
"And so Mr. Paget being there, Will Howe and I and he played over some things of Locke's that we used to play at sea”
L&M note: “Probably Matthew Locke’s *Little consort of three parts* (1656)….”
http://www.tfront.com/product.php…
Alas, I failed to find an audio file.
About Sunday 31 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Do Will's duties now include buttling?
Last night "My man Will...got me to bed;" and this morning "Waked early...read over my oaths, and whiled away an hour thinking upon businesses till Will came to get me ready" -- is this punishment or...?
Today Sam reads over his oaths in the AM instead of doing it just before bed.
I like the latter custom -- methinks it better prepares him for the work week.
About Sunday 31 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"David's words, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the way of the ungodly," &c.”
L&M note: “A loose recollection of Ps.i.1. [ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.]”
“Our discourse of the discontents that are abroad….and letters of a plot are taken.”
L&M note: “”It had been feared that a rising had been fixed for 24 August (when the Act of Uniformity was to come into full force), or for the 28th [sic: I wonder why that day?]. Alarms continue for the next two months: see the evidence summarized by W.C.Abbott in AHR , 14/512-13. Cf. [3 September].
About Saturday 30 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"After the granting of the Royal Charter, the Society quickly added the antiquarian Elias Ashmole, famous amongst Freemasons as being the first accepted or speculative Freemason for whom written records exist in England.
"Sir Christopher Wren was a founding member of the Society and served as its president from 1680 to 1682. According to William Preston, Wren became a Freemason in 1691, although John Aubrey, a founder of the Society and a Freemason himself, claimed Wren was already a Warden of the Craft by 1663! The Masonic records of Wren are contradictory, with some sources even stating he was a Grand Master.
"Amongst other prominent members of the Royal Society, the philosopher and theorist of liberalism, John Locke, admitted to being a Freemason in a letter dated 1696. Even Benjamin Franklin, American revolutionary and prominent Freemason, was admitted to the Society. Robert Boyle was not a Mason at the founding of the Royal Society, but became one later.
"Sir Isaac Newton, President from 1703 to 1727, belonged to a curious quasi-masonic society that met in Spalding. He nominated John Desaguliers as Curator of Experiments 1712. Desaguliers was the first man to demonstrate the existence of the atom. He became the Grand Master of the Freemasons in 1719, and was most influential in shaping the form that 18th century Freemasonry was to take."
or at least so "Freemasonry, the Royal Society, and the Age of Discovery." W.Bro Alex Davidson, Ph.D. http://transitofvenus.auckland.ac…
About Saturday 30 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Todd Bernhardt says, "Methinks 'to' is a scanning error of '10'”; Cumgranissalis agrees, citing a prior instance thereof; L&M agree too.
About Saturday 30 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
LindaF, glad you are safely away from and west of New Orleans, and that SP has providentially answered your earlier question. (I write this as the rain from that hurricane ends, 551 miles (888 Km) north, my TV tuned for a second day to the coverage of the storm's ravages.) Indeed, even cherished things are just that. Today SP decides that's the case with his that are left at Sir W. Pen's: they will be dealt with later if they are still there.
About Saturday 30 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"I am to have [John Davis's] chamber."
L&M note: "Pepys lodged there until 30 September."
About Saturday 30 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"without a door of our back door upon Tower Hill"
or OED "without door" adv. phr. (adj.) Obs. = next.
About Saturday 30 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Robert Gertz told us what might happen were Sir W. Pen to return suddenly from Ireland
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Friday 29 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Most of today with his workmen "finding my presence to carry on the work both to my mind and with more haste" -- Contrast four days ago, on Tuesday, when "with great pleasure seeing them go on merrily, and a good many hands, which I perceive makes good riddance" -- and off to other busyness. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Today an onsite manager, tweaking here and there, applying to the remodelling what he has begun to practice at the Dockyards.
What an appetite for detail and micromanaging our Sam displays (and ordering others about); which he judges favorably, while perhaps we, with his workmen might wonder?!
And as Australian Susan remarks, now he is intent of mastering victualling.
But what he will accomplish for the Navy!
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
I sent this to a friend who is a math professor and chess master, and he responded "Terry,
Of course the cat will be at the top in 58 days.
Wayne"
About Friday 29 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Obviously "June 1660" was my typo for June 1662 in the L&M note.
About Friday 29 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"businesses did begin to-night with Mr. Lewes to look into the nature of a purser's account, and the business of victualling”
L&M note: “Thomas Lewis had been a clerk of the Victualling Office since the 1650’s. In June 1660 he had been instructed by the Admiral to deliver papers on the victualling to Pepys…. In July the Admiral had addressed two letters to the Board about the importance of pursars’ accounts….Within a few years Pepys (as Surveyor-General, 1665-7) was to reorganise much of the wartime victualling, and to introduce innovations inpursers’ accounts….”
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Aha! So it is not the net but the gross on day 58 that brings it to the toppe!
Touché Old Poser! Thanks, Dirk.
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"the catte mounteth eche daye 5 fote"
Dirk, how can it climb 15 on day 58?
I am puzzled.
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"In the evening we rose,
and I to see
how my work goes"
Very singable -- nods to A.Hamilton and Gerry.
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
"in my gown, without a doublet...till I was afraid of getting an ague"
"Ague: A fever (such as from malaria) that is marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating recurring regular intervals. Also a fit of shivering, a chill. Hence, ague can refer to both chills and fevers.
"Pronounced 'A-(")gy? with the accent solidly on the “A”, the word “ague” is an example of how medical terminology changes with time. Not only are new terms introduced (with great speed these days) but old terms such as “ague” may decline in usage (become archaic) and eventually may be dropped entirely (be obsolete).
“Aigue” entered English usage in the 14th century, having crossed the channel from the Middle French “ague”. The word share the same origin as “acute.” It descends from the Latin “acutus” meaning “sharp or pointed”. A “fievre aigue” in French was a sharp or pointed (or acute) fever.” http://www.medterms.com/script/ma…
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Terry F, • Link
Last night's lingering anger tempered by Will's growth; both of which are surely written about this night -- one of the "other matters" done at the office before retiring
Cf. http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Breda
Terry F, • Link
(1) The first ship {re-]named Breda was an Elizabeth class 4th Rate Frigate. After it was lost in 1666, there were two other sailing ships named Breda:
(2) A Third Rate 70 Gun Ship built by Betts, Harwich 1679, accidentally burnt in 1690.
(3) Another Third Rate 70 Gun Ship built by Lawrence @ Woolwich, April 1692; Broken up in 1730. http://www.battleships-cruisers.c…