Following up on Terry's extract from the CDC, I live in northern New Mexico (Santa Fe), and we do read in the local paper of a few new cases of plague each year. Nobody in the cities seems to worry about it very much, since the victims are always people in rural areas who live in regular close proximity to animals that roam outdoors. Hantavirus seems to be a bigger concern, actually, since you can catch that from dried feces that you might encounter while out hiking.
LH, I interpreted that passage to mean that Sam thought it was a slander on the officers and men of the Navy to suggest that they might ever have low morale for any reason - what in a later age would be called defeatism. Not a very sensible comment for him to make, I admit, so I may be wrong.
Terry, thanks once again for the extract from the Hooke folio. I always read those closely, with great interest.
I wonder if we have any further information about Lord Sandwich's letter from Spain, and what the observations were that were to be made jointly in Spain and England.
Sam's sarcasm in the first sentence suggests that he considers the truth of the Christian religion to be self-evident, in no need of proof. Perhaps the sorry silly lecturer has been talking to some freethinkers who have challenged his beliefs.
In the context, this doesn't make sense in the modern meaning of the phrase. He wasn't through with her, the coach ride and the necking went on for quite a while. Does L&M have a different reading, or is there some obsolete use of the phrase at work here?
"I shall get in near 2000l. into my own hands, which is in the King’s, upon tallys; which will be a pleasure to me, and satisfaction to have a good sum in my own hands, whatever evil disturbances should be in the State; though it troubles me to lose so great a profit as the King’s interest of ten per cent. for that money."
Risk vs. reward, the eternal dilemma of the investor.
Galiots (or galliots) were types of ships from the Age of Sail. In the Mediterranean, galiots were a type of smaller galley, with one or two masts and about twenty oars, using both sails and oars for propulsion. Warships of the type typically carried between two and ten cannon of smaller calibre, and between 50 and 150 men. From the 17th century, in the Dutch Republic, galiots were one or two-masted ketch-like ships, with a rounded bow and aft, like a fluyt. They weighted between 50 and 300 tonnes, and had lateral stabilisers. They were used mainly for trade in the Republic and Germany. In France, galiots were two-masted bomb vessels, the size of corvettes. According to Philip Gosse's Age of Piracy, it was a Barbary galiot, captained by Barbarossa I, that captured two Papal vessels in 1504.
Bryan, that's a good thought, which hadn't occurred to me. Assuming you're right, that means that Sam might have paid the premium out of his 1000L, in which case my calculations of the number of coins would be right, or else he might have paid the premium on top of the 1000L, in which case he would be bringing home 1000 coins, weighing about 18.5 pounds.
I'm trying to work out exactly what Sam had in his money bag. Language Hat told us some years ago that a "piece" is a guinea http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Wikipedia says this about the guinea: The first guinea was produced on 6 February 1663, and was made legal currency by a Proclamation of 27 March 1663. 44½ guineas would be made from one Troy pound of 11/12 finest gold, each weighing 129.4 grains. The denomination was originally worth one pound, or twenty shillings, but an increase in the price of gold during the reign of Charles II led to its being traded at a premium. In 1670 the weight of the coin was reduced from 8.4–8.5 g to 8.3–8.4 g, but the price of gold continued to increase, and by the 1680s the coin was worth 22 shillings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guin…
If a guinea was worth 21s, there would have been 952 (and a bit) of them in 1000L. At 18 1/2d per piece, the exchange fee would be over 73L. If the guinea was worth 22s, there would be 909 of them in 1000L, and the exchange fee would be just over 70L.
There are 7000 grains in an avoirdupois pound. At 129.4 grains per coin, Sam's bag of gold would have weighed about 17 pounds, depending on the exact value of the coins.
What I wonder about is the form of the other 1000L that Sam collected. Surely not sterling, he wouldn't have been able to lift the bag.
I don't know what if any inference to draw from it, but this is the second time I've noticed Sam starting a Sunday entry with "(Sunday)" rather than "(Lord's Day)", which he invariably used in earlier times.
The Remembrancer is one of the City’s Chief Officers and the role dates back to 1571. His traditional role is as the channel of communications between the Lord Mayor and the City of London on the one hand and the Sovereign, Royal Household and Parliament on the other. The Remembrancer is also the City’s Ceremonial Officer and Chief of Protocol.
The Remembrancer’s department at the City of London is broken into three distinct branches of work - parliamentary, ceremonial and private events. The parliamentary office is responsible for looking after the City of London’s interests in Parliament with regard to all public legislation, while the ceremonial office’s objectives are to enable the Lord Mayor and City of London to welcome high profile visitors both domestically and internationally. Functions staged range from small receptions to major state dinners. Finally, the private events team co-ordinate the hiring of the Guildhall for private banquets, receptions or conferences.
The Remembrancer is one of the City’s Chief Officers and the role dates back to 1571. His traditional role is as the channel of communications between the Lord Mayor and the City of London on the one hand and the Sovereign, Royal Household and Parliament on the other. The Remembrancer is also the City's Ceremonial Officer and Chief of Protocol.
The Remembrancer’s department at the City of London is broken into three distinct branches of work - parliamentary, ceremonial and private events. The parliamentary office is responsible for looking after the City of London's interests in Parliament with regard to all public legislation, while the ceremonial office’s objectives are to enable the Lord Mayor and City of London to welcome high profile visitors both domestically and internationally. Functions staged range from small receptions to major state dinners. Finally, the private events team co-ordinate the hiring of the Guildhall for private banquets, receptions or conferences.
Thanks to Ruben for the link to the Ogilby map site. I have a couple of Ogilby road maps that I bought in London in 1964 for a few dollars, just because I thought they were neat. I still enjoy them, hanging on my walls. It's interesting but not surprising to see that their price has gone up a bit since then. It's been more interesting to see the occasional references to Ogilby in the diary, and to learn of his other accomplishments.
"cured of the plague by salivation" (from Hooke Folio - thanks TF)
This intrigued me enough to send me googling. It turns out that a treatment for the plague was to induce excessive salivation, this based on the theory of expelling harmful humours from the body. The way they did this was to have the patient ingest compounds of mercury. You can imagine how beneficial that was. I'm astounded that Dr. Barwick survived. He must have had the constitution of an ox.
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About Tuesday 7 August 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Plague
Following up on Terry's extract from the CDC, I live in northern New Mexico (Santa Fe), and we do read in the local paper of a few new cases of plague each year. Nobody in the cities seems to worry about it very much, since the victims are always people in rural areas who live in regular close proximity to animals that roam outdoors. Hantavirus seems to be a bigger concern, actually, since you can catch that from dried feces that you might encounter while out hiking.
About Wednesday 25 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
cgs, well put, and I love the word "gogglebox."
About Friday 20 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
"whose condition pities me" = whose condition I pity
About Wednesday 18 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
LH, I interpreted that passage to mean that Sam thought it was a slander on the officers and men of the Navy to suggest that they might ever have low morale for any reason - what in a later age would be called defeatism. Not a very sensible comment for him to make, I admit, so I may be wrong.
About Wednesday 18 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Terry, thanks once again for the extract from the Hooke folio. I always read those closely, with great interest.
I wonder if we have any further information about Lord Sandwich's letter from Spain, and what the observations were that were to be made jointly in Spain and England.
About Sunday 15 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Sam's sarcasm in the first sentence suggests that he considers the truth of the Christian religion to be self-evident, in no need of proof. Perhaps the sorry silly lecturer has been talking to some freethinkers who have challenged his beliefs.
About Thursday 12 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Thanks Mary, MR, and AH. The "quite through the city" interpretation sounds right.
About Thursday 12 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
"I quite through with her ..."
In the context, this doesn't make sense in the modern meaning of the phrase. He wasn't through with her, the coach ride and the necking went on for quite a while. Does L&M have a different reading, or is there some obsolete use of the phrase at work here?
About Wednesday 11 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
"I shall get in near 2000l. into my own hands, which is in the King’s, upon tallys; which will be a pleasure to me, and satisfaction to have a good sum in my own hands, whatever evil disturbances should be in the State; though it troubles me to lose so great a profit as the King’s interest of ten per cent. for that money."
Risk vs. reward, the eternal dilemma of the investor.
About Wednesday 11 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
galliott
Galiots (or galliots) were types of ships from the Age of Sail.
In the Mediterranean, galiots were a type of smaller galley, with one or two masts and about twenty oars, using both sails and oars for propulsion. Warships of the type typically carried between two and ten cannon of smaller calibre, and between 50 and 150 men.
From the 17th century, in the Dutch Republic, galiots were one or two-masted ketch-like ships, with a rounded bow and aft, like a fluyt. They weighted between 50 and 300 tonnes, and had lateral stabilisers. They were used mainly for trade in the Republic and Germany.
In France, galiots were two-masted bomb vessels, the size of corvettes.
According to Philip Gosse's Age of Piracy, it was a Barbary galiot, captained by Barbarossa I, that captured two Papal vessels in 1504.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gali…
About Friday 6 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Bryan, that's a good thought, which hadn't occurred to me. Assuming you're right, that means that Sam might have paid the premium out of his 1000L, in which case my calculations of the number of coins would be right, or else he might have paid the premium on top of the 1000L, in which case he would be bringing home 1000 coins, weighing about 18.5 pounds.
About Friday 6 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Here's what Sam's gold coins looked like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File…
About Friday 6 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
I'm trying to work out exactly what Sam had in his money bag. Language Hat told us some years ago that a "piece" is a guinea http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Wikipedia says this about the guinea:
The first guinea was produced on 6 February 1663, and was made legal currency by a Proclamation of 27 March 1663. 44½ guineas would be made from one Troy pound of 11/12 finest gold, each weighing 129.4 grains.
The denomination was originally worth one pound, or twenty shillings, but an increase in the price of gold during the reign of Charles II led to its being traded at a premium. In 1670 the weight of the coin was reduced from 8.4–8.5 g to 8.3–8.4 g, but the price of gold continued to increase, and by the 1680s the coin was worth 22 shillings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guin…
If a guinea was worth 21s, there would have been 952 (and a bit) of them in 1000L. At 18 1/2d per piece, the exchange fee would be over 73L. If the guinea was worth 22s, there would be 909 of them in 1000L, and the exchange fee would be just over 70L.
There are 7000 grains in an avoirdupois pound. At 129.4 grains per coin, Sam's bag of gold would have weighed about 17 pounds, depending on the exact value of the coins.
What I wonder about is the form of the other 1000L that Sam collected. Surely not sterling, he wouldn't have been able to lift the bag.
About Tuesday 3 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
William Prynne has gotten the reputation of a crank, whom nobody takes seriously any more. A very hard thing to overturn, once established.
About Sunday 1 July 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
I don't know what if any inference to draw from it, but this is the second time I've noticed Sam starting a Sunday entry with "(Sunday)" rather than "(Lord's Day)", which he invariably used in earlier times.
About Edward Manning (City Remembrancer 1665-6)
Paul Chapin • Link
City Remembrancer
The Remembrancer is one of the City’s Chief Officers and the role dates back to 1571. His traditional role is as the channel of communications between the Lord Mayor and the City of London on the one hand and the Sovereign, Royal Household and Parliament on the other. The Remembrancer is also the City’s Ceremonial Officer and Chief of Protocol.
The Remembrancer’s department at the City of London is broken into three distinct branches of work - parliamentary, ceremonial and private events. The parliamentary office is responsible for looking after the City of London’s interests in Parliament with regard to all public legislation, while the ceremonial office’s objectives are to enable the Lord Mayor and City of London to welcome high profile visitors both domestically and internationally. Functions staged range from small receptions to major state dinners. Finally, the private events team co-ordinate the hiring of the Guildhall for private banquets, receptions or conferences.
- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City…
About Saturday 30 June 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
City Remembrancer
The Remembrancer is one of the City’s Chief Officers and the role dates back to 1571. His traditional role is as the channel of communications between the Lord Mayor and the City of London on the one hand and the Sovereign, Royal Household and Parliament on the other. The Remembrancer is also the City's Ceremonial Officer and Chief of Protocol.
The Remembrancer’s department at the City of London is broken into three distinct branches of work - parliamentary, ceremonial and private events. The parliamentary office is responsible for looking after the City of London's interests in Parliament with regard to all public legislation, while the ceremonial office’s objectives are to enable the Lord Mayor and City of London to welcome high profile visitors both domestically and internationally. Functions staged range from small receptions to major state dinners. Finally, the private events team co-ordinate the hiring of the Guildhall for private banquets, receptions or conferences.
- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City…
About Wednesday 27 June 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
Thanks to Ruben for the link to the Ogilby map site. I have a couple of Ogilby road maps that I bought in London in 1964 for a few dollars, just because I thought they were neat. I still enjoy them, hanging on my walls. It's interesting but not surprising to see that their price has gone up a bit since then. It's been more interesting to see the occasional references to Ogilby in the diary, and to learn of his other accomplishments.
About Wednesday 27 June 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
"cured of the plague by salivation" (from Hooke Folio - thanks TF)
This intrigued me enough to send me googling. It turns out that a treatment for the plague was to induce excessive salivation, this based on the theory of expelling harmful humours from the body. The way they did this was to have the patient ingest compounds of mercury. You can imagine how beneficial that was. I'm astounded that Dr. Barwick survived. He must have had the constitution of an ox.
About Wednesday 20 June 1666
Paul Chapin • Link
MR, thanks for the unvarnished facts.