The office of Beadle dates back to an Official of the Roman Temple and has developed over the centuries through the Parish Beadle, who had charge of the property of the parish, into the Parish Constable, who also enforced discipline in the area.... http://www.innholders.co.uk/histo…
Bladud From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Bladud or Blaiddyd was a mythical king of the Britons, for whose existence there is no historical evidence. He was first mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who described him as the son of King Rud Hud Hudibras or Rhun Paladr-fras, and the tenth ruler in line from the first King, Brutus. This idea may have been based on a misinterpreted scrap of Welsh genealogy...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blad…
"Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs....It is also called Bath Spa.
"The city is founded on the only naturally-ocurring thermal spa in the United Kingdom. It was first documented as a Roman spa, although tradition suggests that it was founded earlier. The waters from its spring were believed to be a cure for many afflictions. From Elizabethan to Georgian times it was a resort city for the wealthy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath
"Twould be no surpise if 'twere -- "according to the present [political] fashion."
"Two main types of hats predominated among gentlemen in the 17th and 18th centuries. One was a low-crowned hat with a broad brim that was turned up, or cocked, on three sides (the tricorne) or two sides (the bicorne). This type was favoured by aristocrats, cavaliers, and gallants. The other type was a stiff, high-crowned, round hat that was worn by Dutch burghers and by English and American Puritans, among others." http://wwwa.concise.britannica.co…
Popinjay Alley (in parish of St. Bride Fleet Street),
From: 'Index of places and institutions', Two Tudor subsidy rolls for the city of London: 1541 and 1582 (1993), pp. 419-23. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…. Date accessed: 18 August 2006.
popinjay 1270, "a parrot," from O.Fr. papegai (12c.), from Sp. papagayo, from Ar. babagha', from Pers. babgha "parrot," possibly imitative of its cry. Used of people in a complimentary sense (in allusion to beauty and rarity) from c.1310; meaning "vain, talkative person" is first recorded 1528. Obsolete fig. sense of "a target to shoot at" is explained by Cotgrave's 2nd sense definition: "also a woodden parrot (set up on the top of a steeple, high tree, or pole) whereat there is, in many parts of France, a generall shooting once euerie yeare; and an exemption, for all that yeare, from La Taille, obtained by him that strikes downe" all or part of the bird. http://www.etymonline.com/index.p…
Bradford, might "dressing" refer to the preparation of food (which she knows how to do)? The Select Glossary defines "Dress" as "to cook; prepare food."
In this case she might mean that she wants a position that makes use of what "she has learnt" - teaching children and preparing food.
"in a huff she told us she would be gone to-night if I would pay her her wages"
huff c.1450, apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation" is attested from 1599. Huffy "ready to take offense" is from 1680 [we aren't there yet, but she is].. http://www.etymonline.com/index.p…
(When I was in secondary school, it was said, if you were a young lady, never go off in a Huff, which is a little sports car, driven by fast boys, or driven fast by boys.)
When shall I come and appeare before God? Francis Quarles 1592–1644
What is my soule the better to be tinde With holy fire? What boots it to be coynd With heav'ns own stamp? What vantage can there be To soules of heav'n-descended Pedegree, More than to Beasts, that grovell? Are not they Fed by th'Almighties hand? and, ev'ry day, Fill'd with His Blessing too? Do they not see GOD in His creatures, as direct as we? Do they not tast Thee? heare Thee? nay, what Sense Is not partaker of Thine Excellence? What more do we? Alas, what serves our reason, But, like dark lanthornes, to accomplish Treason With greater closenesse? It affords no light, Brings Thee no nearer to our purblind sight; No pleassure rises up the least degree, Great GOD, but in the clearer view of Thee: What priv'ledge more than Sense, has Reason than? What vantage is it to be borne a man? How often has my patience built, (deare LORD) Vaine Tow'rs of Hope upon Thy gracious Word? How often has Thy Hope-reviving Grace Woo'd my suspitious eyes to seek Thy face! How often have I sought Thee? Oh how long Hath expectation taught my perfect tongue Repeated pray'rs, yet pray'rs could nev'r obtaine; In vaine I seek Thee, and I beg in vaine: If it be high presumption to behold Thy face, why didst Thou make mine eyes so bold To seek it? If that object be too bright For mans Aspect, why did thy lips invite Mine eye t'expect it? If it might be seene, Why is this envious curtaine drawne betweene My darkened eye and it? O tell me, why Thou dost command the thing Thou dost deny? Why dost thou give me so unpriz'd a treasure, And then deny'st my greedy soule the pleasure To view thy gift? Alas, that gift is void, And is no gift, that may not be enjoy'd: If those refulgent Beames of heav'ns great light Guild not the day, what is the day, but night? The drouzie Shepheard sleeps; flowres droop and fade; The Birds are sullen, and the Beast is sad; But if bright Titan art, his golden Ray, And, with his riches, glorifie the day, The jolly Shepheard pipes; Flowres freshly spring; The beast growes gamesome, and the birds they sing: Thou art my Sun, great GOD, O when shall I View the full beames of thy Meridian eye? Draw, draw this fleshly curtaine, that denies The gracious presence of thy glorious eyes; Or give me Faith; and, by the eye of Grace, I shall behold Thee, though not face to face.
"and writ the sermon with great quiet." transcribe L&M.
Cf. last Sunday 9 August - "This day I begun to make use of the silver pen (Mr. Coventry did give me) in writing of this sermon, taking only the heads of it in Latin, which I shall, I think, continue to do." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
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About Beadles
TerryF • Link
The History of the Beadle
The office of Beadle dates back to an Official of the Roman Temple and has developed over the centuries through the Parish Beadle, who had charge of the property of the parish, into the Parish Constable, who also enforced discipline in the area.... http://www.innholders.co.uk/histo…
About Wednesday 19 August 1663
TerryF • Link
Pepys's indigestion's due to carbonic acid
"by my drinking of small beere and not eating, I am so mightily troubled with wind, that I know not what to do almost."
Carbonic acid (ancient name acid of air or aerial acid) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carb…
The cure's in Dr. Hollier's pills, perhaps bicarbonate of soda, not in the wine.
About Bath, Somerset
TerryF • Link
Bladud
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Bladud or Blaiddyd was a mythical king of the Britons, for whose existence there is no historical evidence. He was first mentioned by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who described him as the son of King Rud Hud Hudibras or Rhun Paladr-fras, and the tenth ruler in line from the first King, Brutus. This idea may have been based on a misinterpreted scrap of Welsh genealogy...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blad…
About Bath, Somerset
TerryF • Link
"Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs....It is also called Bath Spa.
"The city is founded on the only naturally-ocurring thermal spa in the United Kingdom. It was first documented as a Roman spa, although tradition suggests that it was founded earlier. The waters from its spring were believed to be a cure for many afflictions. From Elizabethan to Georgian times it was a resort city for the wealthy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath
About Elizabeth Waith
TerryF • Link
Wife of Robert Waith http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Tuesday 18 August 1663
TerryF • Link
“… Susan being come and helped my wife to dress dinner…”, L&M agree, Susan being Pepyses’ cook-maid.
About Tuesday 18 August 1663
TerryF • Link
John Pepys releases his son from bondange
- "he thinks 50l. per ann. will go near to keep them all"
- "[he took] his leave of me and my wife without any mention of the differences between them and my wife in the country"
That done, his son "went forth"!
About Monday 17 August 1663
TerryF • Link
“I must labour to prevent all that …”
Rex, nice read; and so read L&M.
About Monday 17 August 1663
TerryF • Link
Is Pepys's "low-crowned beaver" anti-Puritan?
"Twould be no surpise if 'twere -- "according to the present [political] fashion."
"Two main types of hats predominated among gentlemen in the 17th and 18th centuries. One was a low-crowned hat with a broad brim that was turned up, or cocked, on three sides (the tricorne) or two sides (the bicorne). This type was favoured by aristocrats, cavaliers, and gallants. The other type was a stiff, high-crowned, round hat that was worn by Dutch burghers and by English and American Puritans, among others." http://wwwa.concise.britannica.co…
About Monday 17 August 1663
TerryF • Link
“keeping herself in use of what things she had learned”
So L&M.
Keeping up her skills?
About Gorget
TerryF • Link
gor·get (gôrjt) n.
women's neckerchief (Select Glossary)
2. An ornamental collar.
[Middle English, from Old French gorgete, diminutive of gorge, throat] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/…
About Popinjay Alley
TerryF • Link
The Parish of St. Bridget Fleet Street is on the left side of this segment of the 1746 map. http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
About Popinjay Alley
TerryF • Link
Popinjay Alley (in parish of St. Bride Fleet Street),
From: 'Index of places and institutions', Two Tudor subsidy rolls for the city of London: 1541 and 1582 (1993), pp. 419-23. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…. Date accessed: 18 August 2006.
About Monday 17 August 1663
TerryF • Link
popinjay
1270, "a parrot," from O.Fr. papegai (12c.), from Sp. papagayo, from Ar. babagha', from Pers. babgha "parrot," possibly imitative of its cry. Used of people in a complimentary sense (in allusion to beauty and rarity) from c.1310; meaning "vain, talkative person" is first recorded 1528. Obsolete fig. sense of "a target to shoot at" is explained by Cotgrave's 2nd sense definition: "also a woodden parrot (set up on the top of a steeple, high tree, or pole) whereat there is, in many parts of France, a generall shooting once euerie yeare; and an exemption, for all that yeare, from La Taille, obtained by him that strikes downe" all or part of the bird. http://www.etymonline.com/index.p…
About Monday 17 August 1663
TerryF • Link
Bradford, might "dressing" refer to the preparation of food (which she knows how to do)? The Select Glossary defines "Dress" as "to cook; prepare food."
In this case she might mean that she wants a position that makes use of what "she has learnt" - teaching children and preparing food.
About Sunday 16 August 1663
TerryF • Link
dark lantern
A lantern with a sliding panel to conceal the light
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/D…
About Monday 17 August 1663
TerryF • Link
"in a huff she told us she would be gone to-night if I would pay her her wages"
huff
c.1450, apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation" is attested from 1599. Huffy "ready to take offense" is from 1680 [we aren't there yet, but she is]..
http://www.etymonline.com/index.p…
(When I was in secondary school, it was said, if you were a young lady, never go off in a Huff, which is a little sports car, driven by fast boys, or driven fast by boys.)
About Sunday 16 August 1663
TerryF • Link
dark lanthornes
When shall I come and appeare before God?
Francis Quarles 1592–1644
What is my soule the better to be tinde
With holy fire? What boots it to be coynd
With heav'ns own stamp? What vantage can there be
To soules of heav'n-descended Pedegree,
More than to Beasts, that grovell? Are not they
Fed by th'Almighties hand? and, ev'ry day,
Fill'd with His Blessing too? Do they not see
GOD in His creatures, as direct as we?
Do they not tast Thee? heare Thee? nay, what Sense
Is not partaker of Thine Excellence?
What more do we? Alas, what serves our reason,
But, like dark lanthornes, to accomplish Treason
With greater closenesse? It affords no light,
Brings Thee no nearer to our purblind sight;
No pleassure rises up the least degree,
Great GOD, but in the clearer view of Thee:
What priv'ledge more than Sense, has Reason than?
What vantage is it to be borne a man?
How often has my patience built, (deare LORD)
Vaine Tow'rs of Hope upon Thy gracious Word?
How often has Thy Hope-reviving Grace
Woo'd my suspitious eyes to seek Thy face!
How often have I sought Thee? Oh how long
Hath expectation taught my perfect tongue
Repeated pray'rs, yet pray'rs could nev'r obtaine;
In vaine I seek Thee, and I beg in vaine:
If it be high presumption to behold
Thy face, why didst Thou make mine eyes so bold
To seek it? If that object be too bright
For mans Aspect, why did thy lips invite
Mine eye t'expect it? If it might be seene,
Why is this envious curtaine drawne betweene
My darkened eye and it? O tell me, why
Thou dost command the thing Thou dost deny?
Why dost thou give me so unpriz'd a treasure,
And then deny'st my greedy soule the pleasure
To view thy gift? Alas, that gift is void,
And is no gift, that may not be enjoy'd:
If those refulgent Beames of heav'ns great light
Guild not the day, what is the day, but night?
The drouzie Shepheard sleeps; flowres droop and fade;
The Birds are sullen, and the Beast is sad;
But if bright Titan art, his golden Ray,
And, with his riches, glorifie the day,
The jolly Shepheard pipes; Flowres freshly spring;
The beast growes gamesome, and the birds they sing:
Thou art my Sun, great GOD, O when shall I
View the full beames of thy Meridian eye?
Draw, draw this fleshly curtaine, that denies
The gracious presence of thy glorious eyes;
Or give me Faith; and, by the eye of Grace,
I shall behold Thee, though not face to face.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cac…
About Sunday 16 August 1663
TerryF • Link
"; only, some angry words my wife could not forbear to give Ashwell."
L&M provide this MUCH clearer reading - i.e., Elizabeth cannot refrain from giving Ashwell the what-for; but what for?
About Sunday 16 August 1663
TerryF • Link
"and writ the sermon with great quiet." transcribe L&M.
Cf. last Sunday 9 August - "This day I begun to make use of the silver pen (Mr. Coventry did give me) in writing of this sermon, taking only the heads of it in Latin, which I shall, I think, continue to do." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…