30th. Up, and all day, both morning and afternoon, at my accounts, it being a great month, both for profit and layings out, the last being L89 for kitchen and clothes for myself and wife, and a few extraordinaries for the house; and my profits, besides salary, L239; so that I have this weeke, notwithstanding great layings out, and preparations for laying out, which I make as paid this month, my balance to come to L1203, for which the Lord’s name be praised! Dined at home at noon, staying long looking for Kate Joyce and my aunt James and Mary, but they came not. So my wife abroad to see them, and took Mary Joyce to a play. Then in the evening came and sat working by me at the office, and late home to supper and to bed, with my heart in good rest for this day’s work, though troubled to think that my last month’s negligence besides the making me neglect business and spend money, and lessen myself both as to business and the world and myself, I am fain to preserve my vowe by paying 20s. dry—[ Dry = hard, as “hard cash.” ]—money into the poor’s box, because I had not fulfilled all my memorandums and paid all my petty debts and received all my petty credits, of the last month, but I trust in God I shall do so no more.
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All the men were dead
of the plague, and the ship cast ashore
And with the great men
in curing of their claps
Expressly taking care
that nobody might see this business done
Having some experience,
but greater conceit of it than is fit
Helping to slip their
calfes when there is occasion
Her months upon her
is gone to bed
I had agreed with Jane
Welsh, but she came not, which vexed me
Lay long caressing my
wife and talking
Let her brew as she
has baked
New Netherlands to English
rule, under the title of New York
Reduced the Dutch settlement
of New Netherlands to English rule
Staid two hours with
her kissing her, but nothing more
Strange slavery that
I stand in to beauty
Thinks she is with child,
but I neither believe nor desire it
Up, my mind very light
from my last night’s accounts
We do nothing in this
office like people able to carry on a warr
Would either conform,
or be more wise, and not be catched!
THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S.
CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY
Transcribed from the
shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian
library
Magdalene College Cambridge by
the Rev. MYNORS bright M.A.
Late fellow
and President of
the College
(Unabridged)