A vindication of the degree of gentry in opposition to titular honours, and the honour of riches, being the measure of honours by Person of quality. London : Printed, and are to be sold at Oxford and Cambridge, 1663. Available in microform at Cambridge University in the UK and widely in academic libaries across the US. http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/…
Several words used today for the first time in the Diary
"his actions particularly, are descanted upon"
des-cant intr.v. (des'kant, de-skant') des·cant·ed, des·cant·ing, des·cants 1. To comment at length; discourse: "He used to descant critically on the dishes which had been at table" James Boswell. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/…
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"the world takes notice of even to some repinings."
re·pine intr.v. re·pined, re·pin·ing, re·pines 1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret. 2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
* * * "Stacks of faggots carried as high as a steeple"
faggot A faggot or fagot is a bundle of sticks or branches, usually meant for use as firewood. It derives ([1]) through the Old French fagot and the Italian diminutive faggotto from the Latin facus ("bundle", itself from fasces), coming into Middle English no later than 1279. It has also been used on occasion to refer more specifically (attested from 1555 in English) to wood for funeral pyres or a burning at the stake, and recanting heretics had to wear an embroidered figure of a faggot on their sleeve. When a faggot is wrapped in only one band or withe, instead of the traditional two, it is also referred to as a bavin.
Quotations What fool hath added water to the sea, Or brought a faggot to bright-burning Troy? —William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II, scene III
Other uses Faggot may also refer to: · Faggot (epithet), a derogatory slang term for a homosexual or "unmanly" male · Faggots (novel), a novel by Larry Kramer · Faggot (unit of measurement), an archaic unit of measurement · "Fagot", the NATO reporting name for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 airplane · Faggot (food), a British pork meatball. · Fagot(to) is the name in many languages of the musical instrument bassoon · In BDSM, it is also used in a meaning returning to the fasces-principle: a bundle of bound twigs/sticks as a spanking implement. http://www.answers.com/topic/fagg…
About "Wheatley," "Victorian censorship," "D.W.," and the L&M text read "About the text," esp. the last three paragraphs. http://pepysdiary.com/about/text/
"Sam’s confused here, I think? &c." Aus. Susan, I wondered that too, but then reflected that (1) The Island of Bombay, indeed part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry, was to fall within the domain of the East India Company, so (2) the sense of "East Indies" may have been evolved over time, just as the "Indies" in the Caribbean were dislocated for a while.
Important dates for Hugeunots, their diaspora, and settlement in England.
- 04/17/1521 Luther defends Protestant principles before the Emperor Charles V of Diet of Worms. - 11/1534 Act of Supremacy makes Henry VIII head of Church of England - 1536 Calvin published 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' having fled France in 1534. - 1540 First substantial Huguenot settlements in Kent and Sussex,England. - 1547 Increased immigration of Huguenots to Kent especially Canterbury. - 1548 First Huguenot congregation established at Canterbury. - 1550 Church of St.Anthony’s Hospital in Threadneedle Street given to French Huguenots. - 8/23/1572 Massacre of French protestants(Huguenots)on Feast of St.Bartholomew. - 1574 Huguenot settlement at Winchester Hampshire,England,moved to Canterbury. - 04/13/1598 Henry IV issued Edict of Nantes granting Huguenots freedom of worship,Revoked by Louis XIV 1685.
"In which he is too able . . . . but what is the unhappiness in that, as the Italian proverb says, 'lazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio.'"
L&M: "in which he is too able, hav[ing] a large ----------- [1] but that which is the unhappiness is that, as the Italian proverb says, *Cazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio*."[2]
[1] L&M: "sic in MS."
[2] "The stiff prick wants no counsel." L&M don't provide a translation, but this part of today's Diary entry is quoted and translated in the Introduction to *Schooling Sex : Libertine Literature and Erotic Education in Italy, France, and England 1534-1685* by James Grantham Turner http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
The Introduction entire, "Sex Talks: Libertine Texts and Erotic Philosophies" which contains SPOILERS, can be read online at http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-925…
"Aretin’s infamous letters and sonnets accompanying the as infamous 'Postures' engraved by Marc Antonio from the designs of Julio Romano (Steinman’s 'Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland,' privately printed, 1871)."
i.A.S.' dans macabre's a proper lullaby for this day.
"Mr. Moore...told me that he fears...which may cause troubles; which God forbid,...[my Lord] lost 50l.; for which I am sorry...which I do not so well like...a letter...troubled me...fearing it must be some bad news"
Holbourn (sic) sweeps west to east with many inns across this segment of the 1746 [not 1564 or 1662] map; perhaps the George was here? http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
Pepys, in despair at day's end, is moved to prayer:
"God mend all, for I am sure we are but in an ill condition in the Navy, however the King is served in other places."
The "dotard knights" are eternal fixtures: a little [or great] chronic malfeasance [no-bid contracts, substandard work/materials] is a fault of government bureaucracies for aye.
Short Form: the determination and physical protraction of land boundaries, together with the attendant preparation of legal (title) descriptions and plats which bear witness for posterity and become part of the public record to chronicle the acts and wishes of landowners. http://surveying.mentabolism.org/…
(Robert Hooke micromanaged this for individual properties in London after the Great Fire of 1666 before he and Sir Christopher Wren were commissioned to design the new City.)
Francis Lovelace (c.1621-1675) was the second governor of the New York colony. He was appointed in 1668. His administration was terminated by the temporary recapture of the colony by the Dutch in 1672 for which he was blamed and imprisoned in the Tower of London where he died of dropsy in 1675. "He interested himself in better ferriage, roads and transportation by land and water; and the regulation of trade and extension of commerce. He instituted the first merchant's exchange and the first haven master of the port. He promoted shipbuilding and himself owned a fine ship, The Good Fame of New York. He extended settlements and laid out new villages and townships, and by purchase for the Duke, freed Staten Island from Indian control. He was tolerant toward religious sects, even the Quakers. He was interested in Indian missions and though unsuccessful, made the first attempt to introduce the art of printing into the middle British colonies. He furthered the strengthening of fortifications and the raising of foot companies and troops of horse, keeping them in training. The drift whale, as well as sport fisheries, engaged his attention....He instituted the first continuous post road between New York and Boston, under a postmaster." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran…
See "Governor, diplomat, soldier, spy: The colorful career of Colonel Francis Lovelace of Kent (1622-1675)" by Daniel Dudley Lovelace http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
Wayneman, where are you, boy?! Or is Sam just so early up & at it that not even the chickens are astir? and after "we did dance till it was late" last eve?!
Comments
First Reading
About Anon's 'A vindication of the degree of gentry in opposition to titular honours...'
TerryF • Link
A vindication of the degree of gentry in opposition to titular honours, and the honour of riches, being the measure of honours
by Person of quality.
London : Printed, and are to be sold at Oxford and Cambridge, 1663.
Available in microform at Cambridge University in the UK and widely in academic libaries across the US.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/…
About Friday 15 May 1663
TerryF • Link
Several words used today for the first time in the Diary
"his actions particularly, are descanted upon"
des-cant
intr.v. (des'kant, de-skant') des·cant·ed, des·cant·ing, des·cants
1. To comment at length; discourse: "He used to descant critically on the dishes which had been at table" James Boswell.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/…
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"the world takes notice of even to some repinings."
re·pine
intr.v. re·pined, re·pin·ing, re·pines
1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
[Middle English repinen, to be aggrieved : re- + pinen, to yearn; see pine ]
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/…
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"Stacks of faggots carried as high as a steeple"
faggot
A faggot or fagot is a bundle of sticks or branches, usually meant for use as firewood. It derives ([1]) through the Old French fagot and the Italian diminutive faggotto from the Latin facus ("bundle", itself from fasces), coming into Middle English no later than 1279. It has also been used on occasion to refer more specifically (attested from 1555 in English) to wood for funeral pyres or a burning at the stake, and recanting heretics had to wear an embroidered figure of a faggot on their sleeve.
When a faggot is wrapped in only one band or withe, instead of the traditional two, it is also referred to as a bavin.
Quotations
What fool hath added water to the sea,
Or brought a faggot to bright-burning Troy?
—William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II, scene III
Other uses
Faggot may also refer to:
· Faggot (epithet), a derogatory slang term for a homosexual or "unmanly" male
· Faggots (novel), a novel by Larry Kramer
· Faggot (unit of measurement), an archaic unit of measurement
· "Fagot", the NATO reporting name for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 airplane
· Faggot (food), a British pork meatball.
· Fagot(to) is the name in many languages of the musical instrument bassoon
· In BDSM, it is also used in a meaning returning to the fasces-principle: a bundle of bound twigs/sticks as a spanking implement.
http://www.answers.com/topic/fagg…
About Friday 15 May 1663
TerryF • Link
About "Wheatley," "Victorian censorship," "D.W.," and the L&M text read "About the text," esp. the last three paragraphs.
http://pepysdiary.com/about/text/
About Friday 15 May 1663
TerryF • Link
“Island of Bombay in the East Indys”
"Sam’s confused here, I think? &c." Aus. Susan, I wondered that too, but then reflected that (1) The Island of Bombay, indeed part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry, was to fall within the domain of the East India Company, so (2) the sense of "East Indies" may have been evolved over time, just as the "Indies" in the Caribbean were dislocated for a while.
About Huguenot
TerryF • Link
Important dates for Hugeunots, their diaspora, and settlement in England.
- 04/17/1521 Luther defends Protestant principles before the Emperor Charles V of Diet of Worms.
- 11/1534 Act of Supremacy makes Henry VIII head of Church of England
- 1536 Calvin published 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' having fled France in 1534.
- 1540 First substantial Huguenot settlements in Kent and Sussex,England.
- 1547 Increased immigration of Huguenots to Kent especially Canterbury.
- 1548 First Huguenot congregation established at Canterbury.
- 1550 Church of St.Anthony’s Hospital in Threadneedle Street given to French Huguenots.
- 8/23/1572 Massacre of French protestants(Huguenots)on Feast of St.Bartholomew.
- 1574 Huguenot settlement at Winchester Hampshire,England,moved to Canterbury.
- 04/13/1598 Henry IV issued Edict of Nantes granting Huguenots freedom of worship,Revoked by Louis XIV 1685.
http://noss.us/fc/genealogy/famil…
About Huguenot
TerryF • Link
Hugeunot
See the Wikipedia article for a sense of Elizabeth St Michel Pepys's heritage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugu…
About Friday 15 May 1663
TerryF • Link
"And another one Armour that he rode before her on horseback in Holland I think . . . . "
L&M: "and another, one Armorer, that he rid before her on horseback, in Holland I think, and she rid with her hand upon his -----------."[1]
[1] L&M: "sic in MS."
About Friday 15 May 1663
TerryF • Link
"In which he is too able . . . . but what is the unhappiness in that, as the Italian proverb says, 'lazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio.'"
L&M: "in which he is too able, hav[ing] a large ----------- [1] but that which is the unhappiness is that, as the Italian proverb says, *Cazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio*."[2]
[1] L&M: "sic in MS."
[2] "The stiff prick wants no counsel." L&M don't provide a translation, but this part of today's Diary entry is quoted and translated in the Introduction to *Schooling Sex : Libertine Literature and Erotic Education in Italy, France, and England 1534-1685* by James Grantham Turner http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
The Introduction entire, "Sex Talks: Libertine Texts and Erotic Philosophies" which contains SPOILERS, can be read online at http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-925…
About Friday 15 May 1663
TerryF • Link
"Aretin’s infamous letters and sonnets accompanying the as infamous 'Postures' engraved by Marc Antonio from the designs of Julio Romano (Steinman’s 'Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland,' privately printed, 1871)."
Sonnets luxurieux, 2ème édition, by L' Aretin, Paul Larivaille; Rivages (1996)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
A memoir of Barbara, duchess of Cleveland, by G. Steinman Steinman http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
About Thursday 14 May 1663
TerryF • Link
"so home to dance with Pembleton" a dans macabre....
About Thursday 14 May 1663
TerryF • Link
i.A.S.' dans macabre's a proper lullaby for this day.
"Mr. Moore...told me that he fears...which may cause troubles; which God forbid,...[my Lord] lost 50l.; for which I am sorry...which I do not so well like...a letter...troubled me...fearing it must be some bad news"
About Holborn
TerryF • Link
Holbourn (sic) sweeps west to east with many inns across this segment of the 1746 [not 1564 or 1662] map; perhaps the George was here? http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
About Wednesday 13 May 1663
TerryF • Link
Pepys, in despair at day's end, is moved to prayer:
"God mend all, for I am sure we are but in an ill condition in the Navy, however the King is served in other places."
The "dotard knights" are eternal fixtures: a little [or great] chronic malfeasance [no-bid contracts, substandard work/materials] is a fault of government bureaucracies for aye.
About Plate/Plat
TerryF • Link
Plat (correction)
About Plate/Plat
TerryF • Link
plats
Short Form:
the determination and physical protraction of land boundaries, together with the attendant preparation of legal (title) descriptions and plats which bear witness for posterity and become part of the public record to chronicle the acts and wishes of landowners.
http://surveying.mentabolism.org/…
(Robert Hooke micromanaged this for individual properties in London after the Great Fire of 1666 before he and Sir Christopher Wren were commissioned to design the new City.)
About Domesday Book
TerryF • Link
The article on Domesday Book in the Wikipedia contains a helpful survey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome…
Domesday Book Online
http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/
Domesday Book exhibit at the National Archives. Images and transcripts.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.u…
"The Domesday Book," by Victoria King, History Magazine, October/November 2001 http://www.history-magazine.com/d…
About St Anthony's Hospital church
TerryF • Link
1550 Church of St.Anthony’s Hospital in Threadneedle Street given to French Huguenots.
http://noss.us/fc/genealogy/famil…
About Col. Francis Lovelace
TerryF • Link
Francis Lovelace (c.1621-1675) was the second governor of the New York colony. He was appointed in 1668. His administration was terminated by the temporary recapture of the colony by the Dutch in 1672 for which he was blamed and imprisoned in the Tower of London where he died of dropsy in 1675.
"He interested himself in better ferriage, roads and transportation by land and water; and the regulation of trade and extension of commerce. He instituted the first merchant's exchange and the first haven master of the port. He promoted shipbuilding and himself owned a fine ship, The Good Fame of New York. He extended settlements and laid out new villages and townships, and by purchase for the Duke, freed Staten Island from Indian control. He was tolerant toward religious sects, even the Quakers. He was interested in Indian missions and though unsuccessful, made the first attempt to introduce the art of printing into the middle British colonies. He furthered the strengthening of fortifications and the raising of foot companies and troops of horse, keeping them in training. The drift whale, as well as sport fisheries, engaged his attention....He instituted the first continuous post road between New York and Boston, under a postmaster."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran…
See "Governor, diplomat, soldier, spy: The colorful career of Colonel Francis Lovelace of Kent (1622-1675)" by Daniel Dudley Lovelace
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
About Tuesday 12 May 1663
TerryF • Link
(editing again in the dark, Or, great minds....)
About Tuesday 12 May 1663
TerryF • Link
"dressing myself"
Wayneman, where are you, boy?! Or is Sam just so early up & at it that not even the chickens are astir? and after "we did dance till it was late" last eve?!
What energy!!