Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In. Wheatley Henry Benjamin

of the said art. Approued by both Unyuersities. Ps. 45, 1, My tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.” 1641.

26

“Athenæum,” 1848, p. 669.

27

“Diary,” Jan. 8, 1663–64.

28

“Diary,” Jan. 17, 1659–60.

29

Feb. 27, 1659–60.

30

“Diary,” May 4, 1660.

31

Dryden, “Astræa Redux,” ll. 230–31.

32

“Diary,” Feb. 9, 1664–65. Thomas Barlow was appointed in 1638 Clerk of the Acts, jointly with Dennis Fleming, who had held the office for several years previously. Lord Braybrooke says in a note, that “Barlow had previously been Secretary to Algernon, Earl of Northumberland, when High Admiral;” but Colonel Pasley tells me this is a mistake, for Barlow had been appointed Clerk of the Acts two months before the Earl became Lord High Admiral. Barlow had, however, been in his service at an earlier date, and the Earl had appointed him Muster Master of the Fleet under his command in 1636.

33

“Diary,” July 2, 1660.

34

Aug. 6, 10, 1660.

35

Aug. 10, 1660.

36

Sept. 23, 1660.

37

April 22, 1661.

38

“Diary,” April 23, 1661.

39

July 3, 1662; June 17, 1663.

40

June 17, 1666.

41

“Diary,” July 24, 1661.

42

There are some amusing passages relating to the vow on theatre-going under date of Feb. 23, 1662–63; Jan. 2, 1663–64.

43

“Diary,” April 23, 1663.

44

“Diary,” March 10, 1666.

45

Feb. 21, 1662–63.

46

Feb. 23, 1662–63.

47

“Diary,” May 4, 1663.

48

Oct. 22, 1663.

49

Oct. 31, 1663.

50

March 20, 1667.

51

This letter is printed in the “Diary,” under date Nov. 18, 1663.

52

“Diary,” Dec. 13, 1666.

53

June 13, 1664.

54

March 22, 1664–65.

55

April 24, 1665.

56

“Diary,” April 21, 1667.

57

Oct. 24, 1668.

58

Dec. 11, 1668.

59

“Diary,” June 19, 1667.

60

Oct. 10, 1667.

61

“Diary,” Oct. 21, 1667.

62

Feb. 11, 1667–68.

63

“Diary,” May 24, 1669. “To Whitehall where I attended the Duke of York and was by him led to the King.” To this passage Lord Braybrooke added this note: “It seems doubtful whether the expression of being led to the King has any reference to the defective state of Pepys’s vision. Perhaps he might wish to make the most of this infirmity, in the hope of strengthening his claim for leave of absence.” It is rather too absurd to think that the Duke of York would lead Pepys by the hand through the corridors of the palace. If a guide had been needed, the services of a less august personage could surely have been obtained.

64

The particulars of his accounts, as given in the “Diary,” are very curious, and it may be worth while here to tabulate some of them.

About this time he appears to have made but little extra money, for his monthly balances vary only a few pounds, sometimes more and sometimes less:—

This year he made money by prizes and fees for victualling, so that by Dec. 31 he had raised his estate to £4,400.

After this he did not pay so much attention to these details, and on Jan. 23, 1668–69, he says that he is two years behindhand.

65

“Diary,” June 13, 1667.

66

June 8, 1660.

67

Dec. 21, 1665.

68

“Diary,” May 20, 1662.

69

“Diary,” Aug. 25, 1667.

70

Jan. 9, 1662–63.

71

See particularly “Diary,” Oct. 15, 1667; Oct. 25, Nov. 3, 13, 19, 20, 29, 1668.

72

Dec. 5, 18, 1668.

73

April 12, 1667.

74

“Diary,” Dec. 21, 1661. Each count in the above indictment is founded on many instances, but one will frequently be sufficient to give. The reader will easily find others for himself.

75

April 3, 1663. On July 19, 1662, he makes the following odd remark: “Methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.”

76

Feb. 10, 1667–68.

77

July 4, 1664.

78

April 30, 1666.

79

“Diary,” Sept 29, 1662.

80

Dec. 26, 1662.

81

Smith’s “Life, Journals, and Correspondence of S. Pepys,” 1841, vol. i. p. 142.

82

“Diary,” Feb. 21, 1665–66.

83

Vol. ix.

84

Vol. ix. p. 309.

85

Vol. ix. p. 306.

86

Grey’s “Debates.”

87

Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. i. p. 147.

88

“Diary,” Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 1668.

89

In this year was published “The Portugal History: or a Relation of the Troubles that happened in the court of Portugal in the year 1667 and 1668. By S. P. Esq. London (Richard Tonson),” 1677, which has been attributed to Pepys. There is a copy in the Pepysian Library.

90

Several letters relating to this affair will be found in Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. i.

91

Smith’s “Life, &c., of S. Pepys,” vol. i. pp. 265–72.

92

Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. i. p. 295.

93

Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. ii. p. 246.

94

Ibid. vol. i. p. 452.

95

Smith’s “Life, &c., of Pepys,” vol. ii. p. 219.

96

Lister’s “Life of Clarendon,” vol. iii. p. 113.

97

Clarendon’s Life, 1827, vol. i. p. 495.

98

Ibid.