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Second Reading

About Sir John Lenthall

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LENTHALL, Sir JOHN (1625-1681), son of William Lenthall, speaker of the House of Commons; educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; M.P. for Gloucester, 1645; knighted by Cromwell, 1658 ; governor of Windsor, 1660; high sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1672; knighted by Charles II, 1677.
---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.

About Thursday 30 July 1663

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“but to young Scott, son to Madam Catharine Scott,"
Prince Rupert was supposed to have intrigued with Mrs. Scott, and was probably the father of the child.
---Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by J. Smith. 1854.

About Friday 31 July 1663

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Amongst the Sloane MSS. in the British Museum, there is an English satirical poem on this vessel, the title of which is, "In laudem Navis Geminae e portu Dublinii ad Regem Carolum 11dum missae." It contains three hundred lines, and is too long and too scurrilous and worthless to print. "Petty," observes Lodge (Peerage of Ireland, vol. ii., p. 352), "in 1663 raised his reputation still higher, by the success of his invention of the double-bottomed ship, against the judgment of all mankind. Thomas Earl of Ossory, and other persons of honour, embarked on board this ship, which promised to excel all others in sailing, carriage, and security; but she was at last lost in a dreadful tempest, which overwhelmed a great fleet the same night. A model of the vessel was deposited by Petty in Gresham College."
---Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by J. Smith. 1854.

About Tuesday 16 June 1663

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“the House have voted the supply, intended for the King, shall be by subsidy”

SUPPLY, Aid, Relief.

SUBSIDY, an Aid, Tax, or Tribute granted by the Parliament to the King upon an urgent Occasion, and imposed upon the Subjects according to a certain Rate set on Lands and Goods.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

About Monday 15 June 1663

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"but not above one where the female do, and that is a goose."

This falls in the "who knew?" category but perhaps:

FALCON. 1. any of various hawks trained for use in falconry; especially : peregrine falcon —used technically only of a female — compare tiercel.
---Merriam-Webster online

About Sunday 14 June 1663

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Dryden [in a letter to Pepys in 1699] describes how Pepys suggested the Parson in Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ as a source of inspiration, and has duly translated the ‘Character of a Good Parson’ (to be included in his publication of 1700, ‘Fables Ancient and Modern: translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace & Chaucer, with original poems’):

Pepys replies to Dryden, on the same sheet of paper, highly grateful for this kindness and invites him over for a lunch of ‘cold chicken and a sallade, any noone after Sunday.’
---Magdalene College Libraries. https://magdlibs.wordpress.com/20…

About Saturday 13 June 1663

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“Here we saw “The Faithfull Sheepheardesse,” a most simple thing, and yet much thronged after”

To THRONG, to crowd, to press close, to get together in great Numbers.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

About Wednesday 10 June 1663

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The consensus above is probably right, as Samuel Johnson might agree, but he has over 100 meanings for “take”.

To TAKE.
5. To lay hold on, to catch by surprize or artifice.
9. To surprize, to catch.
10. To entrap, to catch in a snare.
&c.
---A Dictionary Of The English Language. Samuel Johnson, 1756.

About Monday 8 June 1663

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“After dinner my wife and I had a little jangling, in which she did give me the lie

To JANGLE, to differ or be at Variance, to contend in Words.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

About William Juxon (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660-3)

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Bishop Juxon, the friend of Laud, was of a very different character from that prelate. The mildness of his temper, the gentleness of his manners, and the integrity of his life, gained him universal esteem; and even the haters of prelacy could never hate Juxon. This worthy man, who never sought preferment, was promoted to the highest dignity in the church upon the restoration of Charles II. Ob. 4 June, 1663, AEt. 81.
---A Biographical History of England. J. Granger, 1824.

About Prize fighting

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PRIZE ... also a Trial of Skill at Sword playing.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

About Saturday 30 May 1663

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"at my office getting up the time that I have of late lost"

Language Hat's OED citation above quotes a French dictionary for a use of the term "get up". Here is the way that dictionary translated the phrase into French. And the way I translate the French back into English:

I am so much a Loser I must get it up another way. J'ai perdu tant, it faut que je trouve le moyen de me rembourser, ou de reparer cette perte.
---A short dictionary English and French. G. Miège, 1684.

I lost so much, it is necessary that I find a way to reimburse myself (or to repair that loss).

About Morning draught

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Though it may have been sack-whey!

"Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small."
--- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding, 1749.

About Wednesday 27 May 1663

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Seemingly unrelated, but "high falutin" has a similar definition to "high flying" above.

About Wednesday 27 May 1663

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“A woman sober, and no high-flyer”

HIGH FLIER. One that carries his opinions to extravagance.
HIGH FLOWN.
1. Elevated; proud.
2. Turgid; extravagant.
HIGH FLYING. Extravagant in claims or opinions.
---A Dictionary Of The English Language. Samuel Johnson, 1756.

About Tuesday 26 May 1663

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OK, enough is enough. I don't trust that Pemberton guy at all, I'm sure his designs are nefarious, though obvious. And, along with Sam, I'm starting to wonder about Elizabeth. She is French after all...

About Term (Legal period)

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TERM, [in law] is the Bounds and Limitation of time; or a fixed and limited time, when the Courts of Judicature are open for all Law Suits, and there are four of those in a Year.
HILARY TERM, begins January the 13th, (except it be Sunday) and ends February 12.
EASTER TERM, begins the Wednesday fortnight after Easter Day, and ends the Monday after Ascension Day.
TRINITY TERM, begins the Friday after Trinity Sunday, and ends the Wednesday fortnight after.
MICHAELMAS TERM, begins October 23, (except it be Sunday) and ends November 28.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

About Monday 25 May 1663

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“ voided at his fundament four stones”

FUNDAMENT, the Breech, Buttocks or Seat of the Body.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

About Saturday 23 May 1663

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The crest an anchor winged, I think it is, and the motto too tedious: “Regio floret, patrocinio commercium, commercioque Regnum.”

If you would to see a picture of this "anchor winged" (and reversed at that) the British Museum is happy to provide one. http://www.britishmuseum.org/rese…