L&M notes: "Millicent, of Barham, Cambs., was said to be 'the very best extemporary fool' at James's court: A. Weldon, *Court...of James I* (1650), p. 92. James's monopolies had been notorious." "The Privy Council of the early Stuarts (not the 'Council of State' of the Interregnum had in that way coerced their unwilling subjects."
Todd Bernhardt, I certainly do see what you mean. I’ve had no trouble reading the sexual “coded passages” either, with limited French and Spanish.
And, of course who could have read these more easily than the polylingual Elizabeth herself?! which has cause me to wonder, from whose eyes were these to be hidden, his “mind’s” — is this his conscience working overtime, diddling itself?
Speaking of Beth, it has seemed to me that were she not in Brampton, would she not miss the plays, the socializing, etc.? Sam is become a less fun man-about-town = even “reform” bring trade-offs.
(1) it was Dirk, not Glyn, who quoted someone suggesting I must eat the neighbor's cat, that preferred to nap under my car, and waked not when I backed out (see above). (2) Australian Susan emailed me this better link to her neat reference to a 17c PDA: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Since I dropped the phrase, I'm accountable for it. Todd B., in my intellectual economy (such as it is) your tuppence are worth a lot, and perhaps the case for this phrase will fail entirely or in great part (risk taken). I *was* waxing a bit eloquent, wasn't I; now let me see if I can wane with honor.
While also appreciating greatly Sam's candor and self-discovery as a diarist (aka, "journalist", (1) I imagine him exploiting analogies gladly, am pretty much with A. Hamilton, but would perhaps not say "novelistic" (the notion being a few decades away): methinks Sam's sense of *drama* is alive and well, as the "interest" passage shows (I retract "encrypt"). (2) Sam has already used what Tomalin terms a "coded passage" to obscure a sexual adventure (September 4, 1660: http://www.pepys.info/bits2.html#… (3) (SPOILER) Sam's use of "coded passages" will become more frequent a year from next January, as evidence of the private/public split of the age. (4) The Baroque with its architectual trompe l'oeil is indeed upon us, as "patches" will give way to masks and wigs: cf. John Spurr's aptly subtitled *England in the 1670s: This Masquerading Age* or, Charles II's England goes the way of France (for the Background later). (Rococo is usually dated 1720-60.)
No plays? As Cungranissilis says, using Shelton's tachygraphy hides nada, wherefore Sam'l, having *apparently* foresworn (lit.) attending the theatre, uses some of what he has learned there to encrypt in his journall dramas that unfold around him, and reserving for himself ever-choicer rolls therein.
A. Hamilton and Cungranissilis, you do us a service to remind us of the common use -- of Pepys' use here (disguised from us by transcription) -- of cipher = disguise ~ a common feature of the Baroque, whose artistic and architectual trompe l'oeil was complemented by the flourishing of cryptography -- hidden meanings. "Here there be mice: let us get a trap!" I think I need a wigg (hair thinning, as it is, or no).
Mr. Cooper's not Richard-come-lately, as the Background info shows See Pauline from L&M Companion: "The one-eyed sailing master (iv.133). Pepys had known him in the 'Royal Charles' in 1660, and in July 1662 met him again when paying off the 'Royal James', on which he had served as master's mate. Then unemployed, he was taken on by Pepys to teach him mathematics and other lore of his trade. His payment,it seems, took the form of promotion: in Aug. 1662 he was made, at Pepys's request, master of the 'Reserve' in which Robert Holmes flew his flag on a voyage to the Mediterranean. They quarrelled...Holmes was not invariably an easy man and Cooper was not invariably sober...and their dispute came before the Navy Board. Pepys at first resisted Holmes's demand for Cooper's discharge, but gave way to dark threats of a duel. But almost immediately afterwards...it is easy to guess at whose suggestion'Cooper was made master of Sandwich's flagship the 'Prince'. Sandwich's journal records his observations of two meteors.” http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
This day was eventful in its way in what he was told -- about which we, his "journal," hear more than what he said in reply; but we do hear what he *felt* in terms perhaps not shared with others, or...?:
He is "sorry" Mr. Cholmely, who "is a fine gentleman...had received...some unkindness from my Lord, upon ['Ned' Montagu's] score;" and is "sorry" "that my Lord will lend" Ned 400l.; and he is "very glad" Ned "hath lost his honour for ever with all people in it" = Schadenfreude; and is "glad" to hear from Sir W. Batten "that the trayne was laid [for him] before Sir W. Pen went."
Can someone explain this this last statement to me?!
OK, what about this: he is writing on one surface — let us call it a “desk” — and the mouse runs over another that he calls his “table,” which “has some kind of a lid…A secretaire,” as Ruben suggests, which he “shut up fast” so the mouse won’t get into a cubby-hole and eat paper to its little heart’s content.
Samuel does seem to be in “his” space, and he dines at home, where he is tempted to get more service than meal-service of his wench, Jane; but he has been sleeping at Penn’s, so the furniture in the study is likely only “his” de facto, not de jure.
Is he writing on something that is on his table? Surely not the entry we are reading? What's the layout of "his" (Sir W. Penn's?) place? (Hekpful query, Ruben.)
Duelling? Here in Dixie 'old times are not forgotten."
Kentucky's Oath of Office
I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully execute, to the best of my ability, the office of .... according to law; and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God." http://www.erniefletcher.com/inau…
" Mr. Waith...is sensible of Sir W. Batten's carriage; and is pleased to see any thing work against him.”
L&M note: “Batten was chairman of the governors of the Chatham Chest; Robert Waith the Navy Treasurer’s paymaster. The affairs of the Chest were now about to be investigated….. “
Obviously, A Dictionary of London (1918) was mistaken about the date of the "earliest mention"; but perhaps the 1893 Wheatley edition of the Diary hadn't yet been read thoroughly.
Another cheeky passage, with bathos: "I set forward, hailing to all the King's ships at Deptford, but could not wake any man: so that we could have done what we would with their ships. At last waked one man; but it was a merchant ship, the Royall Catharine”
John Bland, London merchant, who immigrated ca. 1635 to Virginia. Returning to London, he "is known to have written *Trade Revived, or A way proposed to restore...the...trade of our English nation*...(1659); and *To the King's most excellent Majesty, the humble remonstrance of John Bland*...(1661)....He had traded in Seville...and had a half-share in the cargo of the Peter and Andrew, sent to Tangier in September [1662]....He went to Tangier in October 1664 after failing to obtain the contract for supplying it with victuals. There he became Mayor in 1668 and 1670. [L&M, iii.158.n.1.] m. Sarah Green, daughter of Giles Green Esq; d. 8 Jun 1680.
Comments
First Reading
About Friday 8 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Re "the story of Sir John Millicent"
L&M notes: "Millicent, of Barham, Cambs., was said to be 'the very best extemporary fool' at James's court: A. Weldon, *Court...of James I* (1650), p. 92. James's monopolies had been notorious."
"The Privy Council of the early Stuarts (not the 'Council of State' of the Interregnum had in that way coerced their unwilling subjects."
About Thursday 7 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"hidden meanings" revisited
Todd Bernhardt, I certainly do see what you mean. I’ve had no trouble reading the sexual “coded passages” either, with limited French and Spanish.
And, of course who could have read these more easily than the polylingual Elizabeth herself?! which has cause me to wonder, from whose eyes were these to be hidden, his “mind’s” — is this his conscience working overtime, diddling itself?
Speaking of Beth, it has seemed to me that were she not in Brampton, would she not miss the plays, the socializing, etc.? Sam is become a less fun man-about-town = even “reform” bring trade-offs.
About Sunday 3 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Corrections:
(1) it was Dirk, not Glyn, who quoted someone suggesting I must eat the neighbor's cat, that preferred to nap under my car, and waked not when I backed out (see above).
(2) Australian Susan emailed me this better link to her neat reference to a 17c PDA: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Thursday 7 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"hidden meanings"
Since I dropped the phrase, I'm accountable for it. Todd B., in my intellectual economy (such as it is) your tuppence are worth a lot, and perhaps the case for this phrase will fail entirely or in great part (risk taken). I *was* waxing a bit eloquent, wasn't I; now let me see if I can wane with honor.
While also appreciating greatly Sam's candor and self-discovery as a diarist (aka, "journalist", (1) I imagine him exploiting analogies gladly, am pretty much with A. Hamilton, but would perhaps not say "novelistic" (the notion being a few decades away): methinks Sam's sense of *drama* is alive and well, as the "interest" passage shows (I retract "encrypt"). (2) Sam has already used what Tomalin terms a "coded passage" to obscure a sexual adventure (September 4, 1660: http://www.pepys.info/bits2.html#… (3) (SPOILER) Sam's use of "coded passages" will become more frequent a year from next January, as evidence of the private/public split of the age. (4) The Baroque with its architectual trompe l'oeil is indeed upon us, as "patches" will give way to masks and wigs: cf. John Spurr's aptly subtitled *England in the 1670s: This Masquerading Age* or, Charles II's England goes the way of France (for the Background later). (Rococo is usually dated 1720-60.)
Perhaps "veiled meanings" works? ("masked meanings" later)....
About Hemp
Terry F. • Link
"Hemp was amongst the most important and costly naval supplies. The best dressing was with Stockholm tar....The principal varieties were K
About Thursday 7 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
No plays? As Cungranissilis says, using Shelton's tachygraphy hides nada, wherefore Sam'l, having *apparently* foresworn (lit.) attending the theatre, uses some of what he has learned there to encrypt in his journall dramas that unfold around him, and reserving for himself ever-choicer rolls therein.
About Thursday 7 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
mouse traps
A. Hamilton and Cungranissilis, you do us a service to remind us of the common use -- of Pepys' use here (disguised from us by transcription) -- of cipher = disguise ~ a common feature of the Baroque, whose artistic and architectual trompe l'oeil was complemented by the flourishing of cryptography -- hidden meanings.
"Here there be mice: let us get a trap!"
I think I need a wigg (hair thinning, as it is, or no).
About Thursday 7 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Mr. Cooper's not Richard-come-lately, as the Background info shows
See Pauline from L&M Companion: "The one-eyed sailing master (iv.133). Pepys had known him in the 'Royal Charles' in 1660, and in July 1662 met him again when paying off the 'Royal James', on which he had served as master's mate. Then unemployed, he was taken on by Pepys to teach him mathematics and other lore of his trade. His payment,it seems, took the form of promotion: in Aug. 1662 he was made, at Pepys's request, master of the 'Reserve' in which Robert Holmes flew his flag on a voyage to the Mediterranean. They quarrelled...Holmes was not invariably an easy man and Cooper was not invariably sober...and their dispute came before the Navy Board. Pepys at first resisted Holmes's demand for Cooper's discharge, but gave way to dark threats of a duel. But almost immediately afterwards...it is easy to guess at whose suggestion'Cooper was made master of Sandwich's flagship the 'Prince'. Sandwich's journal records his observations of two meteors.” http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Hemp
Terry F. • Link
Dave Bell on Sat 6 Aug 2005, 7:04 am | Link
As an ex-farmer, I can confirm that industrial hemp is actively been grown in Europe. There
About Hemp
Terry F. • Link
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
We hear the emotions of our Mr. Pepys!
This day was eventful in its way in what he was told -- about which we, his "journal," hear more than what he said in reply; but we do hear what he *felt* in terms perhaps not shared with others, or...?:
He is "sorry" Mr. Cholmely, who "is a fine gentleman...had received...some unkindness from my Lord, upon ['Ned' Montagu's] score;" and is "sorry" "that my Lord will lend" Ned 400l.; and he is "very glad" Ned "hath lost his honour for ever with all people in it" = Schadenfreude; and is "glad" to hear from Sir W. Batten "that the trayne was laid [for him] before Sir W. Pen went."
Can someone explain this this last statement to me?!
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"writing in my study a mouse ran over my table"
OK, what about this: he is writing on one surface — let us call it a “desk” — and the mouse runs over another that he calls his “table,” which “has some kind of a lid…A secretaire,” as Ruben suggests, which he “shut up fast” so the mouse won’t get into a cubby-hole and eat paper to its little heart’s content.
Samuel does seem to be in “his” space, and he dines at home, where he is tempted to get more service than meal-service of his wench, Jane; but he has been sleeping at Penn’s, so the furniture in the study is likely only “his” de facto, not de jure.
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
"writing in my study a mouse ran over my table"
Is he writing on something that is on his table? Surely not the entry we are reading? What's the layout of "his" (Sir W. Penn's?) place? (Hekpful query, Ruben.)
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
(There are no "cods" in that ellipsis, in case you're curious.)
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Duelling? Here in Dixie 'old times are not forgotten."
Kentucky's Oath of Office
I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully execute, to the best of my ability, the office of .... according to law; and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God." http://www.erniefletcher.com/inau…
About Wednesday 6 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
" Mr. Waith...is sensible of Sir W. Batten's carriage; and is pleased to see any thing work against him.”
L&M note: “Batten was chairman of the governors of the Chatham Chest; Robert Waith the Navy Treasurer’s paymaster. The affairs of the Chest were now about to be investigated….. “
About Tower Dock
Terry F. • Link
Tower Dock
On Tower Hill, south from No.50 Great Tower Street to 46 Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). Earliest mention: 1680 (Ct. H.W. II. 776).
From: 'Tower Dock', A Dictionary of London (1918). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…. Date accessed: 06 August 2005.
Obviously, A Dictionary of London (1918) was mistaken about the date of the "earliest mention"; but perhaps the 1893 Wheatley edition of the Diary hadn't yet been read thoroughly.
About Tuesday 5 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
(at least the merchant ship was Royall)
About Tuesday 5 August 1662
Terry F. • Link
Another cheeky passage, with bathos:
"I set forward, hailing to all the King's ships at Deptford, but could not wake any man: so that we could have done what we would with their ships. At last waked one man; but it was a merchant ship, the Royall Catharine”
About John Bland
Terry F. • Link
John Bland, London merchant, who immigrated ca. 1635 to Virginia.
Returning to London, he "is known to have written *Trade Revived, or A way proposed to restore...the...trade of our English nation*...(1659); and *To the King's most excellent Majesty, the humble remonstrance of John Bland*...(1661)....He had traded in Seville...and had a half-share in the cargo of the Peter and Andrew, sent to Tangier in September [1662]....He went to Tangier in October 1664 after failing to obtain the contract for supplying it with victuals. There he became Mayor in 1668 and 1670. [L&M, iii.158.n.1.] m. Sarah Green, daughter of Giles Green Esq; d. 8 Jun 1680.