About Sunday 3 February 1666/67

Eric Rowe on 4 Feb 2020  •  Link

London has lost her true blood
Burnt by the storms of sixty-six
The lady of old falls from on high
And many of her followers, killed

My try at a closer translation....

About Tuesday 3 April 1666

Eric Rowe on 4 Apr 2019  •  Link

See it here :
https://www.royalmint.com/discove…

About Friday 5 May 1665

Eric Rowe on 6 May 2018  •  Link

A small part of Evelyn's garden still exists in London. A few weeks ago BBC's Gardener's Question Time discussed it and that quite a lot more of it is going to be restored. In the future this might become a place to visit during a 'Pepys London' reunion.

About Saturday 16 January 1663/64

Eric Rowe on 17 Jan 2017  •  Link

Va t' faire foutre = F off - très vulgaire

About Friday 28 November 1662

Eric Rowe on 29 Nov 2015  •  Link

For the Little Ice Age see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau…
Probably volcanic activity, it's now thought.

About Thursday 6 March 1661/62

Eric Rowe on 7 Mar 2015  •  Link

Camelote in French are poor quality goods. Camelot - someone who sells them.

About Thursday 14 February 1660/61

Eric Rowe on 16 Feb 2014  •  Link

Thanks, Terry, cleared that one up.
Amazing how little Pepys is known in France, in spite of the French connection.

About Thursday 14 February 1660/61

Eric Rowe on 15 Feb 2014  •  Link

I tried to put this in the encyclopedia, but can't find an entry, although I know it has been discussed before.
Listening to French radio (France Culture) yesterday as they revued a French edition of Tomalins book and was struck by their pronounciation of Sam's name and wondered if it was perhaps closer to the way Pepys was pronounced in his time:
Two syllables - pip-psie is the nearest I can get, this being the way french treats the letter y (as yee).

About Wednesday 4 April 1660

Eric Rowe on 5 Apr 2013  •  Link

I see that Gutenburg has re-issued The Diary today, (Wheatley version) presumably with the scan errors corrected.