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In , when Pepys's memoirs were first published, Francis Jeffrey of The Edinburgh Review declared, "We can scarcely say that we wish it a page shorter Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King James II.

His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalization of the Royal Navy. The detailed private diary that he kept during ? It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London. This seems the most consistent with her pattern from his perspective. In any case, she must have suffered greatly and the Stuart line ended. This is just idle speculation on my part, but I have wondered for a while if, when Sam shifts into 'Casanova Mode,' he employs this pidgin French of his on these women as a way of impressing them.

Then these brief outbreaks of French in the diary make a bit of sense: Most inns or taverns were converted residences with rooms. Many of these, I imagine, had places where a couple could chat in private. I imagine certain ones would have been more amenable to this than others. Ah, Cape Henry, have you been drinking in the same bars as I?

This presumption would make so much sense. I'm a little worried however that Sam has sworn off women for a whole month - maybe he has a conscience afterall. The loss of children in the past was something that was certainly considered to be "God's Will", and today it is considered a great tragedy as it happens so privately and very rarely talked about. I would think that in the past women had a different mindset about children both birthing and rearing to today's mothers, but underneath it all I'm sure they grieved just as we do today.

I myself had 5 pregnancies and 2 live births. Thank you Jeannine for your excellent summary of the dire obstetric histories of some Royal wives. Just to add to this: Todd raised the point of "inbreeding" - whilst not technically that cousin marriage is legal , Mary Hyde did marry her first cousin: The numerous pregnancies which some of these women had with scarce a gap between was perhaps due to the practice of wet nursing, so the partial birth control of suckling did not take effect.

Lucy Hutchinson from The Other Side in the CW was ridiculed amongst fellow aristo wives for breastfeeding her own children. For information on Henrietta maria's children note how frequent were her early pregnancies see http: That the Words "in the Seas" be inserted, instead of "of the Seas.

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Literally 'let women go.. Today his vow is to abstain for a month. These days he is much more cynical and manipulative with regards to women and acquiring wealth. One reason for the change which Sam hints at occasionally might be his attitude to, and personal concern about death.

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It's not exactly an optimistic statement. In the last six months Sam has also made some comments about the transience of life and reputation. It might be going too far to say that Sam had an existential crisis in this period but there does seem to have been a transition or realignment. To speculate a bit further, perhaps Sam justified his behaviour to himself by arguing that he was working his butt off to provide for Liz after he was gone, so he was entitled to a good time once in a while.

Jame's for Altogether, his Duchesse being ready to lie-in,.. Allin had eight men of war; the Dutch 30 merchantmen and three warships. This was the action of 19 December. The oath seems to have been renewed on 23 February his birthday and may be the oath which expired on 15 May..

Death seen around us has a profound effect in many. The instinct of preservation of life gives way to an explosion of sex drives, that not all can control. Luckier than Sam I have obtained the Journals edited by Anderson, that may be of interest in the future. They also included many things of interest from onwards. I have added a few to the back entries and would be interested to know if they are of interest to others, in which case I will continue to put them in. Australian Susan, as my beloved bubbie used to say, of one of her farm residents, "He always brays to let you know he's there.

Oh, drat, Companion Large Glossary says it just means "tavern," banishing all sorts of delightful anachronistic images. Place your bets now on how long les femmes will laisseront aller by Sammore like laisser-faire, and prendent garde, sans doute! OED gives this as meaning 'a wooden dwelling, booth, shed' when it first appears in English and hypothesizes that it may have been formed from 'cabanet' either in error or on account of the connexion between taberna and tavern.

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Ill luck also for Captain Parker! In a later footnote around the start of November , Anderson says that Bacon had been the Lieutenant on the Plymouth and replaced Parker as Captain in the Nonsuch. Cape, I agree on both counts your speculation about Sam's Francaise, and the benefits of this forum's format. Bryan, Jeannine, Aussie Sue, Pedro Gotta love this site.

It is not clear whether Sam is getting this information at first hand, as it differs in some ways to Journal of Allin where there is a detailed account covering two pages.

Allin says that in the morning of the 19th that they saw a dozen to 14 sail which proved the Holland fleet, and matching English Captains and ships mentioned comes to He does not give the number of Dutch warships, but there must have been less than the English, or the impression that the Dutch men-of-war did little service.

I can't believe it, 33 annotations. I love the old sea dogs coming in to tell us of the maritime part. I have to tag up before I get called for being off topic.

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Samuel Pepys, there, he was a dawg, rutting with every poor starving female he could find. There you are, all tagged up. All these references to seafaring and astronomy are so cool. Perhaps the most chilling thing is Sam's almost scientific interest in the progress of l'affair Bagwell as he notes his success in wearing away her resistance as well as his casual dismissal of her increasingly battered scruples. One may still wonder if she is quite as helpless a victim as Sam's self-damning account portrays but in any case it's reflecting a steady hardening of the man.

I don't think Bess knows, Carl Though she ought to suspect and Sam does seem to be increasingly careless. But other days will come One wonders if our Lothario is as ridiculous in his lovemaking as this little endless runaround suggests.

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Cabaret - someone has to say it - who else had an instant vision of Joel Grey in that grotesque make-up singing "Wilkommen, Bien Venue, Welcome". Taverns etc had public or open rooms and private rooms. You would also have to pay for the fire and more for service. There's a line in Measure for measure that always needs footnotes "It was an open room and therefore good for winter" which means the person went there because he did not have to pay for the fire and to keep warm.

Although Sam is only wanting the private room for One Thing, it did not automatically mean that, but i still think he is chancing it. Who knows who might see. Also, what does he do with The Boy at these times - he would be expected to accompany his master on all outings and leaving him at home with no explanation would arouse Bess's suspicions surely? It would be interesting is Mr. Dorspamns rank uncertain could dig up some information from the Dutch side about the Smyrna attack.

Actually in his Journal Allin says, "of so many ancient masters and officers never was such oversight committed. Allin goes on to say. Never had men used more diligence to bring our designs to good effect, but what can we more say? It is interesting to note that on the day before he says that all the captains aboard were very earnest to sail for Trafalgar, to lie there expecting the coming of the fleet of Hollanders. He was loth to weigh, considering the darkness of the night, being in the gut with variety of winds and currents But his master was hasty to sail saying that he could carry her through at midnight as well as high day, "I considering, if they should pass and I stay contrary to their intentions, all would be laid on me…so we steered over for the Barbary shore.

Obviously the conditions were foul and the Straits notoriously full of dangers. Does Allin account himself as one of those committing oversights, or is he trying to distance himself from the tragic events? Interesting to note he does not record of loss of life, and nine days later they try to cross the neck of land at Gibraltar to reach the men that were left on board the ships, but were refused permission and had to go by sea.

The men were given enough money to sustain them for a month. Isn't that a huge amount of money for the time? Does anyone have the link to the website that converts monetary values to modern day equivalents? It was posted years ago but I can't find it. On Trinity Sunday, , the Swedes surprised and captured Fort Casimir, which had no powder in its magazine, and named it Fort Trinity. Having an expected attack from New England to provide for, he postponed his expedition until the warships King Solomon, Great Christopher, and the Balance, with a French privateer, the Hope, had come over from Amsterdam.

That be the cargo, it be valued at that amount. Then those pounds would buy thee houses on the Strand? If in loaves of bread, it be x , loaves then so that to- day you would need 18,, quid to get that number of Pepysian loaves. Of course, if Sam had that amount of cash [-he has l] he could purchase 50,00 to , periwigs from Jervais [that would impress the slippery assistant] or better he could get , silk stockings for his visits to the the room off to the left?.

Of course Samuell could get a carriage and pair for 50 smackers, and really impress the lasses. Pepys and I did many errands and did much good singing and Mr. Pepys worked with many fine gentlemen very busily and then we et dinner and then we come home Run along now Tom and get to your book. I presume that if the cabaret was in the west, Sam would send the boy in an errand to the east, etc. Lovely sketch as usual - thought you'd rise to the bait with consummate skill as ever - never failing to bring a smile to my dial on a miserable morning!

Bryan, maybe Sam is suffering from a typical wintertime depression - short and dark days, long nights, cold, lack of sunshine Something I think we're all familiar with to some extent. Combined with Tom's death and Sam's difficulty to cope with his own lack of feeling, this would go a long way to explain Sam's mood now. Bryan, to my mind, seems to have caught something in his post -- I had wondered to myself some time ago if some of the unconscious agreements that underlay the Pepys marriage were being re-negotiated, I remember some months back the note about the two spending nights apart for the first time in the marriage; domestic staff and companions for her more freedom for him and his irregular working hours allowing enormous and unquestioned personal liberty.

He could also be suffering from a seasonal depression in addition. There seems to be absolutely no regular source of Vitamin D in his diet, that we know of, and at this time of year the sun is too low at the latitude to provide even a daily minimum: That could be the case Dirk. In the early days of the diary Sam walked almost everywhere, come rain or shine, winter and summer. These days, having gained in reputation, importance and wealth, he travels about town more and more often by coach.

We do not seem to be hearing much about family and old friends at the moment - no letters from Brampton, no visits from the Joyces, no visits to or from Jane Turner.