"The Holy Roman Empire was a mainly Central European conglomeration of lands in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It was also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after the 16th-century reforms in the Reich. [Ratisbon (Regsnsburg), shown as its capital on the Google map (above) was the permanent seat of its diet 1663-1806.]....After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which gave the territories almost complete sovereignty, even allowing them to form independent alliances with other states, the Empire was only a mere conglomeration of largely independent states. By the rise of Louis XIV of France, the Holy Roman Empire as such had lost all power and clout in major European politics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy…
"The Ottoman Empire...also known in the West as the Turkish Empire, existed from 1299 AD to 1922 AD. At the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries, the tri-continental Ottoman Empire controlled much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa....The empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries....With Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) as its capital, it was the final great Mediterranean Empire and heir to the legacy of Rome and Byzantium in many ways. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman Empire was among the world's most powerful states, threatening the powers of eastern Europe with its steady advance through the Balkans." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto…
"KNEES, are crooked pieces of timber. One leg or arm is bolted to the beams, and the other to the ship's side. They are either lodging or hanging. The hanging knees are fayed up and down, and the others fore and aft the side, and rest upon the clamps." A GLOSSARY, OR EXPLICATION, OF TERMS relating to SHIPBUILDING, 1765. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica…
Pepys apparently believes that Will Hewer's behavior all day long today is the last straw for Jane Birch, who also has had to deal episodically with her Mistress's (and, of course, also her Master's), ah, kind correction, and so she - the admirable Jane - tenders her resignation.
"after dinner Murford came to me and he and I discoursed wholly upon his breach of contract with us."
We haven't heard about this contract, but a quick look at his Occurrence in the Diary show that Murford's an unsavory chap.
16 June 1660 - "Murford took me to Harvey's by my father's to drink and told me of a business that I hope to get 5l. by."
19 June 1660 - "Called on betimes by Murford, who showed me five pieces to get a business done for him and I am resolved to do it....When I came home I found a quantity of chocolate left for me, I know not from whom."
20 June 1660 - "Up by 4 in the morning to write letters to sea and a commission for him that Murford solicited for."
24 October 1660 - "so home to dinner, where I found Captain Murford, who did put 3l. into my hands for a friendship I had done him, but I would not take it, but bade him keep it till he has enough to buy my wife a necklace."
27 February 1660/61 - "I walked in the garden with little Captain Murford, where he and I had some discourse concerning the Light-House again, and I think I shall appear in the business, he promising me that if I can bring it about, it will be worth 100l. per annum."
16 December 1662 - "So to dinner, thinking to have had Mr. Coventry, but he could not go with me; and so I took Captn. Murford. Of whom I do hear what the world says of me; that all do conclude Mr. Coventry, and Pett, and me, to be of a knot; and that we do now carry all things before us; and much more in particular of me, and my studiousnesse, &c., to my great content."
Evidence of its having been committed - Sunday 27 September 1663: "to church, without my man William, whom I have not seen to-day, nor care, but would be glad to have him put himself far enough out of my favour that he may not wonder to have me put him away." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
What had he done? An egregious example that Pepys didn't record all that he's aware of having occurred, even when it is significant.
SPOILER - L&M refer us to 31 October, where Pepys, in the month's summing up, notes, in Wheatley's version - "My greatest trouble and my wife's is our family, mighty out of order by this fellow Will's corrupting the mayds by his idle talke and carriage, which we are going to remove by hastening him out of the house, which his uncle Blackburne is upon doing, and I am to give him L20 per annum toward his maintenance." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Tomorrow we will see some of the fruits of his mischief!
Thomas Shadwell, 'Prologue or epilogue to 'The Country Captain' by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle', Portland Literary Papers http://longford.nottingham.ac.uk/…
The Country Captain was written by William Cavendish in collaboration with James Shirley and performed at Blackfriars in the 1630s. Cavendish had The Country Captain and The Variety printed these plays under his own name whilst in exile in Antwerp in 1649. By this stage the plays...in effect formed a statement of political defiance from a general who felt he had failed his beheaded king. William's theatrical writing had become a useful trademark for his critics. http://taylorandfrancis.metapress…
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle KG (1592/1593 - December 25, 1676) was an English soldier, politician and writer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will…
"The Bondman, tragicomedy (licensed Dec. 3, 1623; printed 1624)....produced...for the Lady Elizabeth's Men, then playing at the Cockpit Theatre....Philip Massinger (1583 - March 17, 1640) was an English dramatist. His finely plotted plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil…
"Argalus and Parthenia (printed 1639), [was] based upon Sidney's Arcadia....Henry Glapthorne (flourished 1635 - 1642) was a Caroline dramatist, about whom nothing is known, other than what can be inferred from his works." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henr…
"Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, recreation, or trade of their products....Hunted animals are referred to as game animals, and are usually large mammals or migratory birds." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt…
"The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viol…
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About Holy Roman Empire
Terry F • Link
"The Holy Roman Empire was a mainly Central European conglomeration of lands in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It was also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after the 16th-century reforms in the Reich. [Ratisbon (Regsnsburg), shown as its capital on the Google map (above) was the permanent seat of its diet 1663-1806.]....After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which gave the territories almost complete sovereignty, even allowing them to form independent alliances with other states, the Empire was only a mere conglomeration of largely independent states. By the rise of Louis XIV of France, the Holy Roman Empire as such had lost all power and clout in major European politics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy…
About Ottoman Empire
Terry F • Link
Map of expansion and Decline of the Ottoman Empire http://www.naqshbandi.org/ottoman…
About Ottoman Empire
Terry F • Link
"The Ottoman Empire...also known in the West as the Turkish Empire, existed from 1299 AD to 1922 AD. At the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries, the tri-continental Ottoman Empire controlled much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa....The empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries....With Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) as its capital, it was the final great Mediterranean Empire and heir to the legacy of Rome and Byzantium in many ways. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman Empire was among the world's most powerful states, threatening the powers of eastern Europe with its steady advance through the Balkans." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto…
About Knees
Terry F • Link
"KNEES, are crooked pieces of timber. One leg or arm is bolted to the beams, and the other to the ship's side. They are either lodging or hanging. The hanging knees are fayed up and down, and the others fore and aft the side, and rest upon the clamps." A GLOSSARY, OR EXPLICATION, OF TERMS relating to SHIPBUILDING, 1765. http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica…
About Friday 30 October 1663
Terry F • Link
Status-check
A cloak, a periwigg and a confession of ambition - "I perceive how I have hitherto suffered for lack of going as becomes my place."
About Thursday 29 October 1663
Terry F • Link
"my wife being gone forth by my consent"
Just reminding himself who's the Head of the household.
About Thursday 29 October 1663
Terry F • Link
this unusual week!
Willie, keen read! either 1663 was an odd year, or Phil will fix it (I've emailed him your observation).
About Thursday 29 October 1663
Terry F • Link
Jane
Robert, I too was a bit surprized when L&M identified this Jane, in a note, as Waynman Birch's sister - I'm taking their word for it.
About Thursday 29 October 1663
Terry F • Link
"doubt" also meant "suspect" in Pepys's day.
About Thursday 29 October 1663
Terry F • Link
"and one thing more"
Pepys apparently believes that Will Hewer's behavior all day long today is the last straw for Jane Birch, who also has had to deal episodically with her Mistress's (and, of course, also her Master's), ah, kind correction, and so she - the admirable Jane - tenders her resignation.
About Thursday 29 October 1663
Terry F • Link
"Merchant strangers" were foreign businessmen or traders
http://www.tudorbritain.org/resou…
About Wednesday 28 October 1663
Terry F • Link
"after dinner Murford came to me and he and I discoursed wholly upon his breach of contract with us."
We haven't heard about this contract, but a quick look at his Occurrence in the Diary show that Murford's an unsavory chap.
16 June 1660 - "Murford took me to Harvey's by my father's to drink and told me of a business that I hope to get 5l. by."
19 June 1660 - "Called on betimes by Murford, who showed me five pieces to get a business done for him and I am resolved to do it....When I came home I found a quantity of chocolate left for me, I know not from whom."
20 June 1660 - "Up by 4 in the morning to write letters to sea and a commission for him that Murford solicited for."
24 October 1660 - "so home to dinner, where I found Captain Murford, who did put 3l. into my hands for a friendship I had done him, but I would not take it, but bade him keep it till he has enough to buy my wife a necklace."
27 February 1660/61 - "I walked in the garden with little Captain Murford, where he and I had some discourse concerning the Light-House again, and I think I shall appear in the business, he promising me that if I can bring it about, it will be worth 100l. per annum."
16 December 1662 - "So to dinner, thinking to have had Mr. Coventry, but he could not go with me; and so I took Captn. Murford. Of whom I do hear what the world says of me; that all do conclude Mr. Coventry, and Pett, and me, to be of a knot; and that we do now carry all things before us; and much more in particular of me, and my studiousnesse, &c., to my great content."
About Wednesday 28 October 1663
Terry F • Link
Hewer's crime
Evidence of its having been committed - Sunday 27 September 1663:
"to church, without my man William, whom I have not seen to-day, nor care, but would be glad to have him put himself far enough out of my favour that he may not wonder to have me put him away."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
What had he done? An egregious example that Pepys didn't record all that he's aware of having occurred, even when it is significant.
SPOILER - L&M refer us to 31 October, where Pepys, in the month's summing up, notes, in Wheatley's version - "My greatest trouble and my wife's is our family, mighty out of order by this fellow Will's corrupting the mayds by his idle talke and carriage, which we are going to remove by hastening him out of the house, which his uncle Blackburne is upon doing, and I am to give him L20 per annum toward his maintenance."
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Tomorrow we will see some of the fruits of his mischief!
About Wednesday 28 October 1663
Terry F • Link
"I will spare him 15l. of his salary; and if I do not need to keep another, 20l.."
Patricia, methinks L&M's punctuation makes it clear. They also note Hewer's salary was 30l. per annum.
About The Country Captain (William, Duke of Newcastle)
Terry F • Link
Thomas Shadwell, 'Prologue or epilogue to 'The Country Captain' by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle', Portland Literary Papers http://longford.nottingham.ac.uk/…
About The Country Captain (William, Duke of Newcastle)
Terry F • Link
The Country Captain was written by William Cavendish in collaboration with James Shirley and performed at Blackfriars in the 1630s. Cavendish had The Country Captain and The Variety printed these plays under his own name whilst in exile in Antwerp in 1649. By this stage the plays...in effect formed a statement of political defiance from a general who felt he had failed his beheaded king. William's theatrical writing had become a useful trademark for his critics.
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress…
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle KG (1592/1593 - December 25, 1676) was an English soldier, politician and writer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will…
About The Bondman (Philip Massinger)
Terry F • Link
"The Bondman, tragicomedy (licensed Dec. 3, 1623; printed 1624)....produced...for the Lady Elizabeth's Men, then playing at the Cockpit Theatre....Philip Massinger (1583 - March 17, 1640) was an English dramatist. His finely plotted plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil…
About Argalus and Parthenia (Henry Glapthorne)
Terry F • Link
"Argalus and Parthenia (printed 1639), [was] based upon Sidney's Arcadia....Henry Glapthorne (flourished 1635 - 1642) was a Caroline dramatist, about whom nothing is known, other than what can be inferred from his works." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henr…
About Hunting
Terry F • Link
"Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals to capture or kill them for food, recreation, or trade of their products....Hunted animals are referred to as game animals, and are usually large mammals or migratory birds." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt…
About Violin
Terry F • Link
"The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viol…