"I was highly angry with my wife" Tempers seem near the surface yesterday and today; perhaps it is indeed the weather, today also the storm endangering Sandwich.
"at night to Mr. Coventry an ample letter in answer to all his and the Duke's business.”
L&M note: Copy (in Hewer’s hand) in NMM, LBK/8, pp. 9-11; reporting measures taken to fit out and victual ships, and briefly recounting Pepys’ visit on the 21st to Woolwich. Copies of six other letters, dated this day, are in ib., pp.6-9.
"but I hope he got ashore before the storm begun; which God grant!"
L&M note: The storm overtook the flotilla close by the Goodwin Sands on the way to France.Cf. the description in Diary of Henry Townshend (ed. Willis Bund), i. 92-3: the King's 'barque struck ground and was in very great danger, but through God's providence, and his own skill and Prince Rupert and some others...stood into Quimborough Castle. The Duke of York lost his mast in pieces, and the Vice-Admiral, Lord Montagu [sic] driven into the seas again. But all at last safe.' Coventry's letters referred to here have not been traced.
The U.S. presidential yacht USS Sequoia ("America's equivalent to the Royal Yacht" --London Sunday Telegraph"), sold in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter to demonstrate frugality, was allotted $2 million to be bought back in Fall 2004.
"a great rarity, which was two or three...silver dishes and plates..., in the edge or rim of which was placed silver and gold medalls, very ancient, and I believe wrought, by which, if they be, they are the greatest rarity that ever I saw in my life"
Can anyone envision this "great rarity" or maybe "greatest rarity that ever [he] saw in [his] life"? And what is "very ancient" (old? as in "The Ancient Mariner") to Sam in this case?
"But, good God! what a deal of company was there from both yards to help to [bring the head of the Royal James to the dock], when half the company would have done it as well. But I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men."
Was anyone else startled by the expostulation, "good God!"?
How sagacious the last sentence is -- and/but it doesn't apply only to the British head of state.
"Thence to Woolwich to the Rope- yard; and there looked over several sorts of hemp, and did fall upon my great survey of seeing the working and experiments of the strength and the charge in the dressing of every sort; and I do think have brought it to so great a certainty, as I have done the King great service in it:"
Put the goods to the test and see for yourself how they stand up: introduce this man to the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
The oaths read intend "a great deal more of content" if Samwatcher's compend of the likely content of his Sabbath ritual be fair, as it seems: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… to which end he intends "to give a good account of [his]time and to grow rich,..." with God's blessing - a Faust's bargain? In this remarkable disclosure that he is obliged _every Lord's day_ to read his oaths, Sam’s “Uneqalled Self”-discovery is that he is at heart a hedonist (one who seeks “hedone” = pleasure), which is consistent with his feelings for Lady Castlemaine, et al., his self-preoccupation at times, and ergo is a spoiler for the years ahead.
"read my oaths" Would this have been aloud? (it was certainly allowed). Silently (even without mouthing the words) was surely Sam's more common way of reading, but I can imagine his doing it aloud to express resolve.
Robert Gertz, you are right,of course (well, IMO, in infact). I wonder whether Sam might have intuited some of this yesterday when he saw that Beth was "not very forward [enthusiastic] about her going into the country, and as she is so am I at a great loss whether to have her go or no because of the charge [Sam nixing empathy with extraneous consideration?], and yet in some considerations I would be glad she was there, because of the dirtiness of my house and the trouble of having of a family there [very empathic here!]." abd now, "(Lord's day). My wife and I lay talking long in bed, and at last she is come to be willing to stay two months in the country, for it is her unwillingness to stay till the house is quite done that makes me at a loss how to have her go or stay” — man, his heart is in his mout & on his sleeve for his Diary, and this a keeper, i wot.
"So back again to Westminster, and from thence by water to the Treasury Office, where I found Sir W. Pen paying off the Sophia and Griffen." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
"So back again to Westminster, and from thence by water to the Treasury Office, where I found Sir W. Pen paying off the Sophia and Griffen." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
The St. George was a 2nd Rate ship of 792 tonnes and carried 260 men http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/… (thanks to vicenzo [cumgranissalis] for this site)
"Thence to the Treasury Office, where I found Sir W. Batten come before me, and there we sat to pay off the St. George." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Punishments at the Old Bailey Late 17th Century to Early 19th Century
"This article describes the types of punishments imposed on convicts at London's central criminal court from the late 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century, as detailed in the Proceedings." http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/hi… (Thanks to dirk for this link: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… )
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First Reading
About Tuesday 22 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"I was highly angry with my wife"
Tempers seem near the surface yesterday and today; perhaps it is indeed the weather, today also the storm endangering Sandwich.
About Tuesday 22 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"at night to Mr. Coventry an ample letter in answer to all his and the Duke's business.”
L&M note: Copy (in Hewer’s hand) in NMM, LBK/8, pp. 9-11; reporting measures taken to fit out and victual ships, and briefly recounting Pepys’ visit on the 21st to Woolwich. Copies of six other letters, dated this day, are in ib., pp.6-9.
About Tuesday 22 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"but I hope he got ashore before the storm begun; which God grant!"
L&M note: The storm overtook the flotilla close by the Goodwin Sands on the way to France.Cf. the description in Diary of Henry Townshend (ed. Willis Bund), i. 92-3: the King's 'barque struck ground and was in very great danger, but through God's providence, and his own skill and Prince Rupert and some others...stood into Quimborough Castle. The Duke of York lost his mast in pieces, and the Vice-Admiral, Lord Montagu [sic] driven into the seas again. But all at last safe.' Coventry's letters referred to here have not been traced.
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
The U.S. presidential yacht USS Sequoia ("America's equivalent to the Royal Yacht" --London Sunday Telegraph"), sold in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter to demonstrate frugality, was allotted $2 million to be bought back in Fall 2004.
http://www.sequoiayacht.com/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/wash…
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"a great rarity, which was two or three...silver dishes and plates..., in the edge or rim of which was placed silver and gold medalls, very ancient, and I believe wrought, by which, if they be, they are the greatest rarity that ever I saw in my life"
Can anyone envision this "great rarity" or maybe "greatest rarity that ever [he] saw in [his] life"? And what is "very ancient" (old? as in "The Ancient Mariner") to Sam in this case?
(Thanks for the context, Pedro!)
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
ah, dirk, Lynne Truss' punctuation didn't work
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"But, good God! what a deal of company was there from both yards to help to [bring the head of the Royal James to the dock], when half the company would have done it as well. But I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men."
Was anyone else startled by the expostulation, "good God!"?
How sagacious the last sentence is -- and/but it doesn't apply only to the British head of state.
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
Eats fruits and leaves.
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"Thence to Woolwich to the Rope- yard; and there looked over several sorts of hemp, and did fall upon my great survey of seeing the working and experiments of the strength and the charge in the dressing of every sort; and I do think have brought it to so great a certainty, as I have done the King great service in it:"
Put the goods to the test and see for yourself how they stand up: introduce this man to the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
About Monday 21 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
Cocke's wife and Sandwich's are very angry today, both ostensibly over social slights: perhaps it's the weather.
About Prisons
Terry F. • Link
Bridewell Prison
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
Pauline on Mon 10 Nov 2003, 5:58 am
Good ol
About Prisons
Terry F. • Link
Bridewell Prison by vincent(cumgranissalis) Places > London streets and areas > Bridewell http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
[...]"Bridewell
About Sunday 20 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
The oaths read intend "a great deal more of content" if Samwatcher's compend of the likely content of his Sabbath ritual be fair, as it seems:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
to which end he intends "to give a good account of [his]time and to grow rich,..." with God's blessing - a Faust's bargain?
In this remarkable disclosure that he is obliged _every Lord's day_ to read his oaths, Sam’s “Uneqalled Self”-discovery is that he is at heart a hedonist (one who seeks “hedone” = pleasure), which is consistent with his feelings for Lady Castlemaine, et al., his self-preoccupation at times, and ergo is a spoiler for the years ahead.
About Sunday 20 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
"read my oaths"
Would this have been aloud? (it was certainly allowed). Silently (even without mouthing the words) was surely Sam's more common way of reading, but I can imagine his doing it aloud to express resolve.
About Sunday 20 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
Robert Gertz, you are right,of course (well, IMO, in infact). I wonder whether Sam might have intuited some of this yesterday when he saw that Beth was "not very forward [enthusiastic] about her going into the country, and as she is so am I at a great loss whether to have her go or no because of the charge [Sam nixing empathy with extraneous consideration?], and yet in some considerations I would be glad she was there, because of the dirtiness of my house and the trouble of having of a family there [very empathic here!]." abd now, "(Lord's day). My wife and I lay talking long in bed, and at last she is come to be willing to stay two months in the country, for it is her unwillingness to stay till the house is quite done that makes me at a loss how to have her go or stay” — man, his heart is in his mout & on his sleeve for his Diary, and this a keeper, i wot.
About Sunday 20 July 1662
Terry F. • Link
Sunday oaths: Mary, keen reading of the way Sam views his relation to them.
About Sophia
Terry F. • Link
Reference to the Sophia in the Diary
"So back again to Westminster, and from thence by water to the Treasury Office, where I found Sir W. Pen paying off the Sophia and Griffen." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Griffin
Terry F. • Link
Reference to the Griffin in the Diary
"So back again to Westminster, and from thence by water to the Treasury Office, where I found Sir W. Pen paying off the Sophia and Griffen." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About St George
Terry F. • Link
The St. George was a 2nd Rate ship of 792 tonnes and carried 260 men
http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/…
(thanks to vicenzo [cumgranissalis] for this site)
"Thence to the Treasury Office, where I found Sir W. Batten come before me, and there we sat to pay off the St. George." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
About Other punishments
Terry F. • Link
Punishments at the Old Bailey
Late 17th Century to Early 19th Century
"This article describes the types of punishments imposed on convicts at London's central criminal court from the late 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century, as detailed in the Proceedings."
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/hi…
(Thanks to dirk for this link: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… )