Yes, I think that Sam does love his father, but could he not have been a bit more generous than offering just the £30 annual subsidy? Papa may not be a brilliant financial manager, but he's given no sign of dangerous profligacy so far. Perhaps Sam fears that a further loosening of the purse-strings might remove the sense of growing urgency that attends the question of Pall's marriage; it's clearly important to get her off the family's hands.
Although Hackney does not lie in a direct line between Islington and London, it is Islington's eastern neighbour and provides a good route into the city for those who are on a 'tour' rather than a there-and-back outing. Hackney at this time was a fairly rural area where many gentlemen built their out-of-town houses. (As late as the first half of the 19th century it was noted for its market-gardens and nurseries). It would have provided a refreshing excursion away from the smells of the city, especially in the warmer weather.
In this particular context the 'doubt' could be interpreted either way - either in the modern sense or in Sam's usual sense of 'fear' expressed in an elliptical construction.
I love the six-days-out-of-seven arrangement. A bit like dieting: counting calories all the week and then a cream slice at the weekend for being so good.
Yes, it doesn't always do to come out with a smart remark. Castlemaine may be his mistress en titre, but she can't be allowed to get away scot free with this kind of slight.
Not so much that it has a problem defining a quorum as a problem in gathering a quorum. Just another example of the number of times Pepys expects to be involved in a meeting of one sort or another when a necessary party fails to show up and the meeting has to be postponed.
Sorry - I was a bit too quick off the mark there. All these 'bending' words (shepherd's crook, the crook of one's arm, crouch etc.) are closely related - it's the 'cross' aspect that bears a different history, though it is a further word that derives, ultimately, from a separate development of the Latin - crux, crucis.
We still refer to someone as a 'cat's paw' when he has been manipulated into taking an action that is intended to be and proves to be for another's benefit
Stacia's suggestion (colour) is just about feasible. It had occurred to me, however, that she may be one of those irritating people whose glance always slides downwards and off to the side rather than looking one in the face. Perhaps originally due to bashfulness, but off-putting as an ingrained habit.
All these women needed to be fed and watered, of course. An interesting addition to Sam's problems with victualling the fleet and an opportunity for the pursers to make a little extra by means of side-contracts?
If you go to http://www.godecookery.com and enter 'cocke ale' in the Search box, you will find that this 17th century brew was not quite as grim as the short definition of the Glossary suggests.
Dried fruit, spices and sack were included in the recipe, which called for lengthy fermentation before the ale itself was drawn off.
As late as the 19th century many women (wives and others) accompanied the menfolk to the Crimea. Officers' wives contrived to live a relatively 'civilised' life for much of the time whilst there, but conditions for the womenfolk of other ranks were desperately hard.
Hardly. Some small birds which closely resembled sparrows might be named as such, usually with a defining term appended (cf. the present-day hedge-sparrow, which is in fact a dunnock) but most small birds bore their own names and were recognised as wrens, robins, finches, warblers, linnets etc.
Comments
First Reading
About Sunday 17 June 1666
Mary • Link
Looking after Dad.
Yes, I think that Sam does love his father, but could he not have been a bit more generous than offering just the £30 annual subsidy? Papa may not be a brilliant financial manager, but he's given no sign of dangerous profligacy so far. Perhaps Sam fears that a further loosening of the purse-strings might remove the sense of growing urgency that attends the question of Pall's marriage; it's clearly important to get her off the family's hands.
About Sunday 17 June 1666
Mary • Link
Islington/Hackney.
Although Hackney does not lie in a direct line between Islington and London, it is Islington's eastern neighbour and provides a good route into the city for those who are on a 'tour' rather than a there-and-back outing. Hackney at this time was a fairly rural area where many gentlemen built their out-of-town houses. (As late as the first half of the 19th century it was noted for its market-gardens and nurseries). It would have provided a refreshing excursion away from the smells of the city, especially in the warmer weather.
About Sunday 17 June 1666
Mary • Link
"I doubt not"
In this particular context the 'doubt' could be interpreted either way - either in the modern sense or in Sam's usual sense of 'fear' expressed in an elliptical construction.
About Friday 15 June 1666
Mary • Link
"moucher"
Jean-Paul - see last-but-one annotation above your own, which gives the L&M reading of the text.
About Friday 15 June 1666
Mary • Link
No "moucher" in L&M
".. did bezar her muchas vezes -"
About Wednesday 13 June 1666
Mary • Link
Pepys's latest vows.
I love the six-days-out-of-seven arrangement. A bit like dieting: counting calories all the week and then a cream slice at the weekend for being so good.
About Monday 11 June 1666
Mary • Link
a woman in a hat.
The hat is clearly a point of note. I assume that most women would have worn a cap or bonnet in the street at this date.
About Monday 11 June 1666
Mary • Link
mawther
Yes, and I've heard it in north Norfolk, too.
About Sunday 10 June 1666
Mary • Link
"told her she was a bold, impertinent woman"
Yes, it doesn't always do to come out with a smart remark.
Castlemaine may be his mistress en titre, but she can't be allowed to get away scot free with this kind of slight.
About Saturday 9 June 1666
Mary • Link
River boats.
Yes, and very long queues there were, too ...... up to an hour's wait for some.
About Saturday 9 June 1666
Mary • Link
Tangier Committee
Not so much that it has a problem defining a quorum as a problem in gathering a quorum. Just another example of the number of times Pepys expects to be involved in a meeting of one sort or another when a necessary party fails to show up and the meeting has to be postponed.
About Saturday 9 June 1666
Mary • Link
"Lord Ashly did stay ...... the reason of his willingness"
Sam still making allusion to the (false) rumour that Ashly has a £500 bribe in view.
About Wednesday 6 June 1666
Mary • Link
Correction.
Sorry - I was a bit too quick off the mark there. All these 'bending' words (shepherd's crook, the crook of one's arm, crouch etc.) are closely related - it's the 'cross' aspect that bears a different history, though it is a further word that derives, ultimately, from a separate development of the Latin - crux, crucis.
About Wednesday 6 June 1666
Mary • Link
Cruck (as in houses)
This relates not to crouched/crutched but to 'crook' meaning a piece of curved timber. Used in both house-building and ship-building contexts.
About Wednesday 6 June 1666
Mary • Link
the monkey and the cat's foot.
We still refer to someone as a 'cat's paw' when he has been manipulated into taking an action that is intended to be and proves to be for another's benefit
About Friday 1 June 1666
Mary • Link
"the cast of her eye"
Stacia's suggestion (colour) is just about feasible. It had occurred to me, however, that she may be one of those irritating people whose glance always slides downwards and off to the side rather than looking one in the face. Perhaps originally due to bashfulness, but off-putting as an ingrained habit.
About Sunday 3 June 1666
Mary • Link
"as many petticoats as breeches"
All these women needed to be fed and watered, of course. An interesting addition to Sam's problems with victualling the fleet and an opportunity for the pursers to make a little extra by means of side-contracts?
About Monday 4 June 1666
Mary • Link
cocke ale
If you go to http://www.godecookery.com and enter 'cocke ale' in the Search box, you will find that this 17th century brew was not quite as grim as the short definition of the Glossary suggests.
Dried fruit, spices and sack were included in the recipe, which called for lengthy fermentation before the ale itself was drawn off.
About Sunday 3 June 1666
Mary • Link
Not only in English ships; in the army too.
As late as the 19th century many women (wives and others) accompanied the menfolk to the Crimea. Officers' wives contrived to live a relatively 'civilised' life for much of the time whilst there, but conditions for the womenfolk of other ranks were desperately hard.
About Thursday 31 May 1666
Mary • Link
Most little birds defined as sparrows?
Hardly. Some small birds which closely resembled sparrows might be named as such, usually with a defining term appended (cf. the present-day hedge-sparrow, which is in fact a dunnock) but most small birds bore their own names and were recognised as wrens, robins, finches, warblers, linnets etc.