‘pretty, harmless, and ingenious’ ……. ‘pretty . . 3. Used as a general term of admiration or appreciation. . . 1660 S. Pepys Diary 11 May (1970) I. 134 Dr. Clarke, who I find to be a very pretty man and very knowing . .
C. int. Used as an exclamation of surprise. Obs. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 1 Oct. (1972) VII. 303 But pretty, how I took another pretty woman for her, taking her a clap on the breech, thinking verily it had been her.’ ……. ‘harmless . . 4. Doing or causing no harm; not injurious or hurtful; inoffensive, innocuous. . . a1616 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 71 The sucking Lambe, or harmelesse Doue. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 16 The most honest, ingenious, harmless Art of Angling . . ‘ …… ‘ingenious . . 2. a. Intelligent, discerning, sensible. Obs. . . a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 77 Especially if some ingenious Gentlemen would encourage the Industrious Gardiners by letting Ground on reasonable rates unto them. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) Prelim. Disc. sig. b4v, Some Readers even among the ingenioser sort of them will take it up much better . . ‘
‘drop v. < Old English dropian . . 14. To let fall in birth; to give birth to (young); to lay (an egg). The usual word in reference to sheep. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 22 June (1970) III. 117 A Portugall lady..that hath dropped a child already, since the Queenes coming . . ‘
‘Pull’ in this context = ‘pull up’; the boy intended to pluck a bloom from the pink but the stem was too strong for his fingers and he instead pulled the plant out of the ground. This is easily done if the plant is newly planted and not yet rooted in the soil. If he had replanted it carefully no harm would have been done but instead, no doubt to avoid getting his hands dirty, he left it lying on the soil for others to see and was punished for it. He won’t do it again.
OED has:
‘pull . . 2. a. trans. To pluck or uproot from the ground (a root vegetable, crop, etc.). Cf. to pull up 1 at Phrasal verbs. . . 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) v. xii. 507 The herbe is..sowne as other herbs, in due time pulled and dried. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 42 His armes about him could he cast, he pulled herbes and rootes fast . . 1993 M. Russell Gangmasters in Chief (Anglia T.V. shooting script) 4th Ser. 4th Ser. Episode 10. 4 The workers in the fields, bent double, their feet, legs and hands caked in mud as they pull vegetables.‘
‘pink n.4 from pink v.1 . . 2.a. A stab made by a dagger or other pointed weapon. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cj, At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for the pincke if once thou giue the lye. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall iii. sig. E4v, The fellowes a shrewd fellow at a pink.’
and
‘pink v.1 I. Senses related to cutting or piercing. 1. trans. In early use: to ornament (cloth or leather) by cutting or punching eyelet holes, slits, etc., esp. to display a contrasting lining or undergarment; to perforate. In later use: to cut a scalloped or zigzag edge . . 1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 324 A long Cassocke..of black cloth and pinked with white silk under it. . . 2.b. trans. To pierce, stab, or prick with a pointed weapon or instrument. . . a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) vi. ii. 356 Cutting and pinking his body with their swords . . ‘
but NOT ‘pink’ = ‘poniard’.
And it has, as LK spotted, ‘pink n.5 A. n.5 I. The flower. 1. a. Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus (family Caryophyllaceae), . . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 29 May (1970) III. 95 To the Old Spring garden... And the wenches gathered pinks . . ‘
’tweezer, n. < tweeze n., or twees, tweeze plural of twee . . 1. A case of small instruments; an etui, a tweezer-case. Obs. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 His signe..is as attractive as..his Plaister-box (if he be a Chyron too) or if not, as his Tweezer.’
‘tweezers, n. < An extended form of tweezes, plural of tweeze n. 1. A set or case of small instruments. Also a pair (= set) of tweezers . Obs. rare. . . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 20 June (1970) III. 115 Bought me a pair of tweezers, cost me 14s . .
2. a. Small pincers or nippers (orig. as included in the contents of an etui) used for plucking out hairs from the face or for grasping minute objects. Also a pair of tweezers. . . 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. xii. 156 Mr. Barber with his Razor or his Tweezers, could not be so expeditious. a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 124 His Eye-brows are fair, but over large,..I mean, when the Tweezers have not play'd their Part . . ‘
‘tweeze, n.< Aphetic* < etweese (1657) = etuys , etuis , plural of etui n. See also twee n.1 The form-history in English is not quite clear, but apparently the plural form etuis, etwees was taken also as singular and spelt etweese, and this aphetized to tweese. A case of small instruments, an etui; also pl. instruments kept or carried about in a small case. Occas. a pair (= set) of tweezes . [1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pennarol de Chirurgien, a Chirurgians Case or Ettuy; the box wherein he carries his Instruments.] 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1623) ii. 130 Whether shee would buy a very fine paire of twizes which we..had cut from another gentlewomans girdle..having ground and whet them..and fitted them with a case . .
* The gradual and unintentional loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; as in squire for esquire, down for adown, St. Loy for St. Eloy, limbeck for alimbeck, 'tention! for attention! ‘
‘comfit 1. a. A sweetmeat made of some fruit, root, etc., preserved with sugar; now usually a small round or oval mass of sugar enclosing a caraway seed, almond, etc.; a sugar-plum. . . a1616 Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 20 Let it..haile kissing Comfits. 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 5 Condited Almonds, vulgarly called Almond Comfits . .
. . 1598 Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 243 You sweare like a comfit-makers wife. 1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London i. i. 65 A Comfitmaker with rotten teeth.’
The pictures were scattered and sold and lost, I think. As for the prints, they are in his Library - where else?
‘ . . In addition, there are special collections of prints, ballads, music, maps, and calligraphy, all of them now the subject of comprehensive published catalogues . . ’ http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/the-pep…
‘tallow, n. < Middle English talȝ, talgh, known first in 14th cent . . 2. A substance consisting of a somewhat hard animal fat (esp. that obtained from the parts about the kidneys of ruminating animals, now chiefly the sheep and ox), separated by melting and clarifying from the membranes, etc., naturally mixed with it; used for making candles and soap, dressing leather, and other purposes. In quot. a1616, dripping. . . a1616 Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 99 Her ragges and the Tallow in them, will burne a Poland Winter. 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 98 Diuersities of the ground..that hath come in the Tallo, on the end of the Lead. . . 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1225 Tallow..of the ox consists of 76 parts of stearine, and 24 of oleine . . ‘
‘cavalier . . 3. A name given to those who fought on the side of Charles I in the war between him and the Parliament; a 17th c. Royalist. Originally reproachful, and applied to the swash-bucklers on the king's side, who hailed the prospect of war . . 1651 W. Lilly Monarchy or no Monarchy 107 [Speaking of what he witnessed during Christmas of 1641–2] The Courtiers againe, wearing long Haire and locks, and alwayes Sworded, at last were called by these men [the Puritans] Cavaliers; and so after this broken language had been used a while, all that adhered unto the Parlament were termed Round-heads; all that tooke part or appeared for his Majestie, Cavaliers, few of the vulgar knowing the sence of the word Cavalier . . ‘
Section 1 of Oratio In L. Catilinam Secvnda: Habita Ad Popvlvm:
‘Tandem aliquando, Quirites, L. Catilinam furentem audacia, scelus anhelantem, pestem patriae nefarie molientem, vobis atque huic urbi ferro flammaque minitantem ex urbe vel eiecimus vel emisimus vel ipsum egredientem verbis prosecuti sumus. Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit.
Nulla iam pernicies a monstro illo atque prodigio moenibus ipsis intra moenia comparabitur. Atque hunc quidem unum huius belli domestici ducem sine controversia vicimus. Non enim iam inter latera nostra sica illa versabitur, non in campo, non in foro, non in curia, non denique intra domesticos parietes pertimescemus.
Loco ille motus est, cum est ex urbe depulsus. Palam iam cum hoste nullo inpediente bellum iustum geremus. Sine dubio perdidimus hominem magnificeque vicimus, cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium coniecimus . . ‘
This is Google’s instant translation:
‘At length, at any time, O Romans, when Lucius Catilina was furious audacity, breathing wickedness, hath wickedly plotting mischief to his country, or you and this city out of the city with fire, and threatening to or driven out, the words coming out of him, we have pursued. He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared.
No injury will now be compared to that monster and a prodigy, within the walls, the walls themselves. Without controversy, defeated the governor of this the one of this domestic war. For not yet has that dagger our sides, it is not in the field, not in the Forum, it is not on the court, and within our own private walls.
He was moved, when it is driven from the city. We shall now a regular war with an enemy without hinders it. Without any doubt, we ruin the man splendidly when we have driven him from secret treachery into open warfare . . ‘
‘smell, v. < Early Middle English smellen . . . . 2. a. To perceive as if by smell; esp. to detect, discern, or discover by natural shrewdness, sagacity, or instinct; to suspect, to have an inkling of, to divine . . 1668 S. Pepys Diary 30 Aug. (1976) IX. 295 Lord Brouncker, who I perceive, and the rest, doth smell that it came from me, but dare not find fault with it . . ‘
‘alphabet . . 3. An index or list in alphabetical order. . . 1666 S. Pepys Diary 25 Dec. (1972) VII. 421 Reducing the names of all my books to an Alphabet . . ‘
‘file, v.3 < file n.2 < filum L. thread 1. a. trans. . . to place (documents) on a file; to place (papers) in consecutive order for preservation and reference . . 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 76 in Wks. II They..sort, and file, And seale the newes, and issue them . . transf. and fig. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 292 Let not this accusation of Osorius be filed uppe amongst the other hys false reproches and lyes . .
‘head . . 30. A chief or principal point or division of a discourse, subject, etc.; each of a set or succession of such points or divisions; (more generally) a point, a category, a topic, a matter . . . . 1632 J. Story tr. Short Surv. Sweden sig. A3, The Contents or principall heads handled in this whole Discourse. 1652 T. Gataker Antinomianism 5 We were acknowledged to agree in those two heds. 1667 N. Fairfax Let. 29 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 421 The following observations come under ye head of Idiosyncrasis or ye By roads of Nature . . ‘
‘crusado, n.1 < Portuguese cruzado lit. ‘crossed, marked with the cross’. A Portuguese coin bearing the figure of a cross, originally of gold . . . . a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 26 Beleeue me, I had rather loose my purse Full of Crusadoes. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 267 Eight hundred Millions of Reas, or two Millions of Crusadoes, amounting to about three hundred thousand pounds sterling . . ‘
‘dishabille, < French déshabillé . . 1. The state of being partly undressed, or dressed in a negligent or careless style; undress. Usually in phr. in dishabille (= French en déshabillé). 1684 M. Morgan in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals I. Pref. sig. av, To surprise his Mistress in Dishabileé.
2. concr. A garment worn in undress; a dress or costume of a negligent style. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master v. i, Contented..instead of variety of new gowns and rich petticoats, with her dishabillie, or flame-colour gown called Indian. . . 1713 J. Gay in Guardian 1 Sept. 1/1 We have a kind of Sketch of Dress..which, as the invention was Foreign, is called a Dishabille: every thing is thrown on with a loose and careless Air . . ‘
‘dun, v.3 . . compare dun n.2 1. trans. To make repeated and persistent demands upon, to importune; esp. for money due. a1626 Bacon Apophthegmes in Baconiana (1679) The advice of the plain old man at Buxton that sold besoms..‘Friend, hast thou no money? borrow of thy back, and borrow of thy belly, they will never ask thee again: I shall be dunning thee every day’. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Dun, is a word lately taken up by fancy, and signifies to demand earnestly, or press a man to pay for commodities taken up on trust, or other debt . .
dun, n.2 . . Goes with dun v.3 . . 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 60. 2/1 The word Dun..owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous Bailif of the Town of Lincoln..It became a Proverb..when a man refused to pay his Debts, Why don't you Dun him? That is why don't you send Dun to arrest him?.. It is now as old as since the days of King Henry the Seventh. 1. One who duns; an importunate creditor, or an agent employed to collect debts. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. liv. sig. K1, A Vniuersitie Dunne..Hee is an inferiour Creditor of some ten shillings or downwards... Hee is a sore beleaguerer of Chambers . . ’ [OED]
’De claro’ = ‘clear adj. < Latin clārum . . V. Of free, unencumbered condition. 16. a. Of income, gain, etc.: Free from any encumbrance, liability, deduction, or abatement; unencumbered; net. . . 1625 C. Burges New Discov. Personal Tithes 1 The Tenth part of all his cleere Gaines. 1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko i. i, A clear estate, no charge upon it. 1714 Swift Imit. Horace Sat. ii. 6 I've often wish'd that I had clear For life, six hundred pounds a year . . ‘ [OED]
‘ . . 5. attrib. That provokes sympathy, or compassion; that is to be pitied . . . . a1600 I. T. Grim the Collier iii, He, poor Heart, no sooner heard my newes, But turns me up his Whites, and falls flat down. . . 1691 J. Wilson Belphegor v. iii, Poor comfortless Woman; she's fall'n asleep at last. . . 1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague III. cliv. 138 Pray let Emily be married; every body marries but poor little Emily. 1787 F. Burney Diary 26 Feb. (1842) III. 334 Till his [sc. Boswell's] book of poor Dr. Johnson's life is finished and published . . ‘
‘ . . (In 1633) He was nevertheless found guilty of sedition, sentenced to have his ears cut off (they were only trimmed), fined £5000, and sentenced to life imprisonment . . Four years later, in 1637, he came for a second time before Star Chamber. Once more he was accused (and found guilty) of sedition . . His ears . . now received the full treatment, his nose was slit, and the initials ‘S. L.’ burnt into his cheeks . . He described his sufferings in a pamphlet in 1641.
The executioner had heated the iron very hot, and burnt one of his cheeks twice. After this he cut one of Prynne's ears so close that he cut off a piece of cheek, and cut him deep in the neck near the jugular vein. Then, hacking the other ear until it was almost off, he left it hanging and went down from the scaffold. He was called back by the surgeon, who made him perform a complete amputation . . ‘ [DNB]
‘pumice stone 1. A piece of pumice; = pumice n. 1b. . . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 25 May (1970) III. 91 Trimming myself..with a pumice stone.’
‘pumice 1.b. As a count noun: a piece of this substance, esp. as used as an abrasive; = pumice stone n. 1. . . 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 63 For foure pumyses to him,..xij d. . . 1991 Best 27 June 12/3 A pumice is also ideal for dealing with tough skin on the heels or soles of feet.’
Comments
Second Reading
About Tuesday 24 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
‘pretty, harmless, and ingenious’
…….
‘pretty . . 3. Used as a general term of admiration or appreciation.
. . 1660 S. Pepys Diary 11 May (1970) I. 134 Dr. Clarke, who I find to be a very pretty man and very knowing . .
C. int. Used as an exclamation of surprise. Obs.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 1 Oct. (1972) VII. 303 But pretty, how I took another pretty woman for her, taking her a clap on the breech, thinking verily it had been her.’
…….
‘harmless . . 4. Doing or causing no harm; not injurious or hurtful; inoffensive, innocuous.
. . a1616 Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 71 The sucking Lambe, or harmelesse Doue.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 16 The most honest, ingenious, harmless Art of Angling . . ‘
……
‘ingenious . . 2. a. Intelligent, discerning, sensible. Obs.
. . a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Surrey 77 Especially if some ingenious Gentlemen would encourage the Industrious Gardiners by letting Ground on reasonable rates unto them.
1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) Prelim. Disc. sig. b4v, Some Readers even among the ingenioser sort of them will take it up much better . . ‘
[OED]
About Sunday 22 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘drop v. < Old English dropian
. . 14. To let fall in birth; to give birth to (young); to lay (an egg). The usual word in reference to sheep.
1662 S. Pepys Diary 22 June (1970) III. 117 A Portugall lady..that hath dropped a child already, since the Queenes coming . . ‘
About Saturday 21 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
‘Pull’ in this context = ‘pull up’; the boy intended to pluck a bloom from the pink but the stem was too strong for his fingers and he instead pulled the plant out of the ground. This is easily done if the plant is newly planted and not yet rooted in the soil. If he had replanted it carefully no harm would have been done but instead, no doubt to avoid getting his hands dirty, he left it lying on the soil for others to see and was punished for it. He won’t do it again.
OED has:
‘pull . . 2. a. trans. To pluck or uproot from the ground (a root vegetable, crop, etc.). Cf. to pull up 1 at Phrasal verbs.
. . 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) v. xii. 507 The herbe is..sowne as other herbs, in due time pulled and dried.
1669 Hist. Sir Eger 42 His armes about him could he cast, he pulled herbes and rootes fast . .
1993 M. Russell Gangmasters in Chief (Anglia T.V. shooting script) 4th Ser. 4th Ser. Episode 10. 4 The workers in the fields, bent double, their feet, legs and hands caked in mud as they pull vegetables.‘
About Saturday 21 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
Re: [he] . . pulled a pink: OED has:
‘pink n.4 from pink v.1
. . 2.a. A stab made by a dagger or other pointed weapon.
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cj, At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for the pincke if once thou giue the lye.
1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall iii. sig. E4v, The fellowes a shrewd fellow at a pink.’
and
‘pink v.1 I. Senses related to cutting or piercing.
1. trans. In early use: to ornament (cloth or leather) by cutting or punching eyelet holes, slits, etc., esp. to display a contrasting lining or undergarment; to perforate. In later use: to cut a scalloped or zigzag edge . .
1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 324 A long Cassocke..of black cloth and pinked with white silk under it.
. . 2.b. trans. To pierce, stab, or prick with a pointed weapon or instrument.
. . a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) vi. ii. 356 Cutting and pinking his body with their swords . . ‘
but NOT ‘pink’ = ‘poniard’.
And it has, as LK spotted, ‘pink n.5 A. n.5 I. The flower.
1. a. Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus (family Caryophyllaceae),
. . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 29 May (1970) III. 95 To the Old Spring garden... And the wenches gathered pinks . . ‘
About Friday 20 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
’tweezer, n. < tweeze n., or twees, tweeze plural of twee . .
1. A case of small instruments; an etui, a tweezer-case. Obs.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 His signe..is as attractive as..his Plaister-box (if he be a Chyron too) or if not, as his Tweezer.’
‘tweezers, n. < An extended form of tweezes, plural of tweeze n.
1. A set or case of small instruments. Also a pair (= set) of tweezers . Obs. rare.
. . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 20 June (1970) III. 115 Bought me a pair of tweezers, cost me 14s . .
2. a. Small pincers or nippers (orig. as included in the contents of an etui) used for plucking out hairs from the face or for grasping minute objects. Also a pair of tweezers.
. . 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. xii. 156 Mr. Barber with his Razor or his Tweezers, could not be so expeditious.
a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 124 His Eye-brows are fair, but over large,..I mean, when the Tweezers have not play'd their Part . . ‘
‘tweeze, n.< Aphetic* < etweese (1657) = etuys , etuis , plural of etui n. See also twee n.1 The form-history in English is not quite clear, but apparently the plural form etuis, etwees was taken also as singular and spelt etweese, and this aphetized to tweese.
A case of small instruments, an etui; also pl. instruments kept or carried about in a small case. Occas. a pair (= set) of tweezes .
[1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pennarol de Chirurgien, a Chirurgians Case or Ettuy; the box wherein he carries his Instruments.]
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1623) ii. 130 Whether shee would buy a very fine paire of twizes which we..had cut from another gentlewomans girdle..having ground and whet them..and fitted them with a case . .
* The gradual and unintentional loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; as in squire for esquire, down for adown, St. Loy for St. Eloy, limbeck for alimbeck, 'tention! for attention! ‘
About Thursday 19 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘comfit 1. a. A sweetmeat made of some fruit, root, etc., preserved with sugar; now usually a small round or oval mass of sugar enclosing a caraway seed, almond, etc.; a sugar-plum.
. . a1616 Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 20 Let it..haile kissing Comfits.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 5 Condited Almonds, vulgarly called Almond Comfits . .
. . 1598 Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 243 You sweare like a comfit-makers wife.
1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London i. i. 65 A Comfitmaker with rotten teeth.’
About Wednesday 18 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
The pictures were scattered and sold and lost, I think. As for the prints, they are in his Library - where
else?
‘ . . In addition, there are special collections of prints, ballads, music, maps, and calligraphy, all of them now the subject of comprehensive published catalogues . . ’
http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/the-pep…
There is no online catalogue.
About Tuesday 17 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
Gerard Berg: you are correct but we shouldn't discuss this problem until it arises for SP.
About Monday 16 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘tallow, n. < Middle English talȝ, talgh, known first in 14th cent . .
2. A substance consisting of a somewhat hard animal fat (esp. that obtained from the parts about the kidneys of ruminating animals, now chiefly the sheep and ox), separated by melting and clarifying from the membranes, etc., naturally mixed with it; used for making candles and soap, dressing leather, and other purposes. In quot. a1616, dripping.
. . a1616 Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 99 Her ragges and the Tallow in them, will burne a Poland Winter.
1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 98 Diuersities of the ground..that hath come in the Tallo, on the end of the Lead.
. . 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1225 Tallow..of the ox consists of 76 parts of stearine, and 24 of oleine . . ‘
About Sunday 15 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘cavalier . . 3. A name given to those who fought on the side of Charles I in the war between him and the Parliament; a 17th c. Royalist. Originally reproachful, and applied to the swash-bucklers on the king's side, who hailed the prospect of war . .
1651 W. Lilly Monarchy or no Monarchy 107 [Speaking of what he witnessed during Christmas of 1641–2] The Courtiers againe, wearing long Haire and locks, and alwayes Sworded, at last were called by these men [the Puritans] Cavaliers; and so after this broken language had been used a while, all that adhered unto the Parlament were termed Round-heads; all that tooke part or appeared for his Majestie, Cavaliers, few of the vulgar knowing the sence of the word Cavalier . . ‘
About Friday 13 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
Section 1 of Oratio In L. Catilinam Secvnda: Habita Ad Popvlvm:
‘Tandem aliquando, Quirites, L. Catilinam furentem audacia, scelus anhelantem, pestem patriae nefarie molientem, vobis atque huic urbi ferro flammaque minitantem ex urbe vel eiecimus vel emisimus vel ipsum egredientem verbis prosecuti sumus. Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit.
Nulla iam pernicies a monstro illo atque prodigio moenibus ipsis intra moenia comparabitur. Atque hunc quidem unum huius belli domestici ducem sine controversia vicimus. Non enim iam inter latera nostra sica illa versabitur, non in campo, non in foro, non in curia, non denique intra domesticos parietes pertimescemus.
Loco ille motus est, cum est ex urbe depulsus. Palam iam cum hoste nullo inpediente bellum iustum geremus. Sine dubio perdidimus hominem magnificeque vicimus, cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium coniecimus . . ‘
This is Google’s instant translation:
‘At length, at any time, O Romans, when Lucius Catilina was furious audacity, breathing wickedness, hath wickedly plotting mischief to his country, or you and this city out of the city with fire, and threatening to or driven out, the words coming out of him, we have pursued. He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared.
No injury will now be compared to that monster and a prodigy, within the walls, the walls themselves. Without controversy, defeated the governor of this the one of this domestic war. For not yet has that dagger our sides, it is not in the field, not in the Forum, it is not on the court, and within our own private walls.
He was moved, when it is driven from the city. We shall now a regular war with an enemy without hinders it. Without any doubt, we ruin the man splendidly when we have driven him from secret treachery into open warfare . . ‘
About Thursday 12 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘smell, v. < Early Middle English smellen . .
. . 2. a. To perceive as if by smell; esp. to detect, discern, or discover by natural shrewdness, sagacity, or instinct; to suspect, to have an inkling of, to divine . .
1668 S. Pepys Diary 30 Aug. (1976) IX. 295 Lord Brouncker, who I perceive, and the rest, doth smell that it came from me, but dare not find fault with it . . ‘
About Monday 9 June 1662
Chris Squire UK • Link
OED has:
‘alphabet . . 3. An index or list in alphabetical order.
. . 1666 S. Pepys Diary 25 Dec. (1972) VII. 421 Reducing the names of all my books to an Alphabet . . ‘
‘file, v.3 < file n.2 < filum L. thread
1. a. trans. . . to place (documents) on a file; to place (papers) in consecutive order for preservation and reference . .
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 76 in Wks. II They..sort, and file, And seale the newes, and issue them . .
transf. and fig.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 292 Let not this accusation of Osorius be filed uppe amongst the other hys false reproches and lyes . .
About Tuesday 3 June 1662
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OED has:
‘head . . 30. A chief or principal point or division of a discourse, subject, etc.; each of a set or succession of such points or divisions; (more generally) a point, a category, a topic, a matter . .
. . 1632 J. Story tr. Short Surv. Sweden sig. A3, The Contents or principall heads handled in this whole Discourse.
1652 T. Gataker Antinomianism 5 We were acknowledged to agree in those two heds.
1667 N. Fairfax Let. 29 May in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 421 The following observations come under ye head of Idiosyncrasis or ye By roads of Nature . . ‘
About Monday 2 June 1662
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OED has:
‘crusado, n.1 < Portuguese cruzado lit. ‘crossed, marked with the cross’.
A Portuguese coin bearing the figure of a cross, originally of gold . .
. . a1616 Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 26 Beleeue me, I had rather loose my purse Full of Crusadoes.
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 267 Eight hundred Millions of Reas, or two Millions of Crusadoes, amounting to about three hundred thousand pounds sterling . . ‘
‘dishabille, < French déshabillé . .
1. The state of being partly undressed, or dressed in a negligent or careless style; undress. Usually in phr. in dishabille (= French en déshabillé).
1684 M. Morgan in M. Morgan et al. tr. Plutarch Morals I. Pref. sig. av, To surprise his Mistress in Dishabileé.
2. concr. A garment worn in undress; a dress or costume of a negligent style.
1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master v. i, Contented..instead of variety of new gowns and rich petticoats, with her dishabillie, or flame-colour gown called Indian.
. . 1713 J. Gay in Guardian 1 Sept. 1/1 We have a kind of Sketch of Dress..which, as the invention was Foreign, is called a Dishabille: every thing is thrown on with a loose and careless Air . . ‘
About Saturday 31 May 1662
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‘dun, v.3 . . compare dun n.2
1. trans. To make repeated and persistent demands upon, to importune; esp. for money due.
a1626 Bacon Apophthegmes in Baconiana (1679) The advice of the plain old man at Buxton that sold besoms..‘Friend, hast thou no money? borrow of thy back, and borrow of thy belly, they will never ask thee again: I shall be dunning thee every day’.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia To Dun, is a word lately taken up by fancy, and signifies to demand earnestly, or press a man to pay for commodities taken up on trust, or other debt . .
dun, n.2 . . Goes with dun v.3
. . 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 60. 2/1 The word Dun..owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous Bailif of the Town of Lincoln..It became a Proverb..when a man refused to pay his Debts, Why don't you Dun him? That is why don't you send Dun to arrest him?.. It is now as old as since the days of King Henry the Seventh.
1. One who duns; an importunate creditor, or an agent employed to collect debts.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. liv. sig. K1, A Vniuersitie Dunne..Hee is an inferiour Creditor of some ten shillings or downwards... Hee is a sore beleaguerer of Chambers . . ’ [OED]
About Friday 30 May 1662
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’De claro’ = ‘clear adj. < Latin clārum . . V. Of free, unencumbered condition.
16. a. Of income, gain, etc.: Free from any encumbrance, liability, deduction, or abatement; unencumbered; net.
. . 1625 C. Burges New Discov. Personal Tithes 1 The Tenth part of all his cleere Gaines.
1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko i. i, A clear estate, no charge upon it.
1714 Swift Imit. Horace Sat. ii. 6 I've often wish'd that I had clear For life, six hundred pounds a year . . ‘ [OED]
About Wednesday 28 May 1662
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This is the sense of ‘poor’, I suggest:
‘ . . 5. attrib. That provokes sympathy, or compassion; that is to be pitied . .
. . a1600 I. T. Grim the Collier iii, He, poor Heart, no sooner heard my newes, But turns me up his Whites, and falls flat down.
. . 1691 J. Wilson Belphegor v. iii, Poor comfortless Woman; she's fall'n asleep at last.
. . 1769 F. Brooke Hist. Emily Montague III. cliv. 138 Pray let Emily be married; every body marries but poor little Emily.
1787 F. Burney Diary 26 Feb. (1842) III. 334 Till his [sc. Boswell's] book of poor Dr. Johnson's life is finished and published . . ‘
About Monday 26 May 1662
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‘ . . (In 1633) He was nevertheless found guilty of sedition, sentenced to have his ears cut off (they were only trimmed), fined £5000, and sentenced to life imprisonment . . Four years later, in 1637, he came for a second time before Star Chamber. Once more he was accused (and found guilty) of sedition . . His ears . . now received the full treatment, his nose was slit, and the initials ‘S. L.’ burnt into his cheeks . . He described his sufferings in a pamphlet in 1641.
The executioner had heated the iron very hot, and burnt one of his cheeks twice. After this he cut one of Prynne's ears so close that he cut off a piece of cheek, and cut him deep in the neck near the jugular vein. Then, hacking the other ear until it was almost off, he left it hanging and went down from the scaffold. He was called back by the surgeon, who made him perform a complete amputation . . ‘ [DNB]
He died in 1669 aged 69.
About Sunday 25 May 1662
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OED has:
‘pumice stone 1. A piece of pumice; = pumice n. 1b.
. . 1662 S. Pepys Diary 25 May (1970) III. 91 Trimming myself..with a pumice stone.’
‘pumice 1.b. As a count noun: a piece of this substance, esp. as used as an abrasive; = pumice stone n. 1.
. . 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 63 For foure pumyses to him,..xij d.
. . 1991 Best 27 June 12/3 A pumice is also ideal for dealing with tough skin on the heels or soles of feet.’