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About Wednesday 17 August 1664

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August 17 From the "Navy White Book" portion of the "Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War" edited by Robert Latham August 17.1664. Lightness of the King's weight in store. Mr Bodham becoming clerk of the ropeyard at Woolwich in the room of Mr Falconer, who is dead, he begun his office with the trying of the King's weights there, which hath not been in four years before; that is, since the King came first in; and in this time he finds (as by his letter of this date) that in 19 cwt they want 33 lb. and ½ oz. Which answers to above 35 lb, to 20 cwt or a ton. Which at 43£ medium (and more than that we have lost us, one sort with another, since the King's coming in) it hath lost us 15s. upon every ton of hemp. Besides the loss of weight in the spinner's day's work, which he computes together in these four years time hath lost the King about 500£, but I believe much more. And the like I fear in the other yards.

About Monday 15 August 1664

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Paul

Thanks for the pic of the German Giant-with the headpiece he probably added another foot, which was probably good for business!

About Monday 15 August 1664

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Height--I do believe we've had this discussion before and Sam is about 5 feet tall. The Dutchman must be pretty tall as Sam notes it specifically. Charles II is about 6' tall, Prince Rupert about 6'4" and Ormond's son, Ossory (or Ossery in this site's encyclopedia) is around 6'5". Where I can't recall Sam every particularly noting their height, the Great Dutchman must be REALLY tall.

Rupert, in particular was noted by his biographers for his height and stature, so much so, that on one occasion while preparing for flight Charles I told Rupert that he could not accompany him because he would stand out too much (sorry don't have book handy to find exact place/time, just recall that this stuck in my mind!).

About Saturday 13 August 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson

13th. Saturday. This morning Rich. Mathews and the master and others concerned in the wool ship were cited and accordingly went to Dover. This night blew a storm of wind and the Count Grammont and Col. John Russell from Calais in the Drake came to an anchor by me.

(Having so enjoyed the Count of Grammont's Memoir's which were actually written by his brother in law, I can only imagine that Sandwich had a more than interesting evening anchored next to him. Even if they didn't connect for conversation I am sure that the "Karma" must have been a one of a kind experience!
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About Friday 12 August 1664

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Fancy,

Hmm, Michael tells us that L&M mentions Fancy as Sam's dog. He has mentioned 2 dogs in the recent past -the one that he had tried to breed with the "good looking" smaller dog (whom he had to literally assist-talk about lending out a helping hand! http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… ) AND the dog that he sent to his father's house that got attacked by a group of other dogs (as I think we ASSUMED, but can't recall if it was actually confirmed that this dog died in the attack??).

Perhaps the dog that is coming home that's lame was the one sent to his father and the lameness could be the after effect??? Where Sam is usually such a thorough reporter on these things it seems strange to me that he would not have recorded his house dog getting hurt and /or going somewhere??? Or, maybe, in my over fondness for our furry friends I am just having a moment of wishful thinking and naive denial???

About Sunday 7 August 1664

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while RG's first post summons up memories of Kate Beckinsale (as "Robert Post's child") first meeting the repulsive inmates of Cold Comfort Farm.

Gee Rex, I looked up the L&M translation and you were absolutely right. It reads: "she telling me sad stories of the ill, improvident, disquiett, and sluttish manner that my father and mother and Pall live in the country,and that she saw something nasty in the woodshed"....

About Sunday 7 August 1664

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Poor Wayneman...

As much as it's always "nice" to hear when things are going well in Sam's household (ie. new 'good' help), it's so much more fun to read about when things aren't going so well! I always delighted in reading about the troubles of Wayneman, and ALWAYS smile when I open the page for the day and see names like Balty, Captain Ferrers, Dr. Pierce (gossip central) etc. highlighted in the entry as one never knows what to expect! In addition to the antics that some of Sam's relatives, acquaintances, etc. bring along, they also tend to elict from Sam a breadth of refreshing adjectives and descriptions as Sam records his thoughts! So, I guess I'll look forward to Tom Edwards, but, there is a little part of my heart pining for the safety of Wayneman and still sad that we'll hear no more of him. Every good 'story' deserves a little 'comic relief'.

About Saturday 6 August 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson

6th. Saturday. In the morning we had a Court Martial for trial of the Master's Mate of the Breda, that had spoken very irreverent words of the Duke of York; whom he disgraced and cashiered him the fleet; and punished the Gunner in whose cabin they were drunk and spake the words.
Capt. Titus dined aboard me. I sent the Drake to Calias for the Count Grammont. Capt. Nixon in the Elizabeth sent in a pink laden with wool from Ireland that was going for Holland on the back of the Goodwin.

About Thursday 4 August 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson

4th. Thursday. Between 8 and 9 in the morning we had in sight a most remarkable spout. The night before was wet and rainy, but about 7 oclock it held up and was clear. The wind was North and the spout began to be seen at the North Sands Heads almost and so continued for half an hour, the wind driving on the back of the Goodwin towards the South Sands Head half seas over, where it broke and vanished.
The appearance of it was upon the surface of the water as if in a round of some 50 yards diameter the water did rise out of the sea with a white breach and tumbling itself furiously like black smoke out of the mouth of a furnace, and from this breach up to the black cloud that was over it was a pillar of water some 5 or 10 yards diameter continued. At the last about the middle it separated and the one half shrinked itself upwards; the other half in the shape of a cone with the sharp end downwards, fell into the water.
Presently after the end of it we had a great thunder clap and from the N.W. very much rain for one hour and a ½.

[Note: An editor's note by Anderson states that "Sandwich's journal contains a series of drawings of this phenomenon -probably Sandwich's own work" -too bad for all of us, these drawings are not contained in the printed book.]

About Tuesday 2 August 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson

August 2nd. Tuesday. A court martial for trying a man that his gun went off by accident and killed the Master's wife of the Revenge. Found not guilty of murder, but chance medly, and ordered to be whipped and discharged the fleet.
A packet received and dispatched this night. In the morning the Duke's yacht went by for the river with Madame de Comines the Ambassador's Lady and received on board at Calais.

About Saturday 30 July 1664

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"For thoe who have not the French'

Thank you George-my typing skills are bad enough BUT my translation skills are really pathetic so I was hoping we'd have someone who could figure this out! And I'm with Pedro- my guess is that Castlemaine got the pearls!

About Saturday 30 July 1664

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The Jewels

The letter about the stones from India that Michael Robinson refers to (J. J. Jusserand's book "A French Ambassador At the Court of Charles The Second") from Cominges to Louis will be dated August 18, 1664 and reads as follows:

Les vaisseaux qui sont venus des Indes et principalement les duex derniers, sont chargés d'assez bonne marchandise, ainsi qu'il paraît par l'inventaire, mais, pour les présents envoyés au Roi, que l'on faisait si magnifiques, il m'a fait l'honneur de me les montrer pour s'en diverter. Ils sont contenus dans une petite bourse de satin rouge cramoisi. Il y a un caillou jaune deux fois aussi gros que le Sancy, d'une assez belle forme pour valoir un million, mais je crois qu'il serait bien payé à un écu blanc. Il y a une autre pierre rouge, que l'on nomme escarboucle qui me paraît assez belle, mais j'en ai vu plusieurs semblables sur des reliquaires, ce qui me fait croire qu'elles ne sont pas de grand prix. Un saphir blanc et bleu, admirablement beau pour faire une bague d'évêque accompagne une fort grosse perle que le Roi a donnée à la Reine, que la nature avait eu dessein de faire ronde et blanche, mais elle n'a pas réussi.

About Friday 29 July 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson

29th. Friday. Afternoon blew hard at N.N.W. Sir Nic Crisp's man brought a certificate of our agreement of the Royal Company to pay him 5 per cent. out of our dividends until £20,000 be paid for his interest in Africa. Which paper I signed, Prince Rupert, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Carteret having already put to their hands.

About Thursday 28 July 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson.

28th. I dined aboard Vice Admiral Allen. The loyal Merchant and Royal Katherine arrived in the Downs about 5 oclock P.M. from the East Indies. Brought news Poleroon either was or would certainly be delivered to the English. Bombay kept from us only by the Jesuits' interest (who are proprietors of it). The other Portugueses, much aggrieved we have it not for the hounour of our Queen and their King, hate the Jesuits and the Governor for delaying it. These ships touched at St Helena only in their passage which was of 6 months.
I signed orders to the Kent and Hector to go convoy the African ships into the Soundings.

[Note from Anderson: Poleroon is the western most of the Banda Islands in the East Indies. It was occupied by the English is 1616m seized by the Dutch in 1619. It's return to England was one of the conditions of Peace in 1654 but the local Dutch authorities had refused to comply.]

About Friday 29 July 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson (Appendix VI)

JAMES, DUKE OF YORK, TO SANDWICH
(Sandwich MSS., Letters from Ministers, etc. Vol. I, f. 33)

.....I have received your letter of the 27th instant and am by my Secretary informed of a question which you have put to him concerning the exacting from the Dutch fleet by a single ship (and that perhaps a small one) the striking their flag and topsails, in which the best is (as much as may be ) to avoid the occasion of the question so stated; but if it happens that such a case fall out, I hold it necessary that the commander of the single ship, how small soever, do exact it from them by the exchange of some shot, though I do not hold it a duty for him to be sunk upon such unequal terms, but judge it sufficient that by the exchange of some shot on both sides he hath made the command and they obstinately refused it....James

July 29th, 1664

About Tuesday 26 July 1664

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"and prayed them to give me their opinions and advice"
Just recently I got a laugh when reading "Health" magazine where a new study (I think it was a Harvard study) found that full fat ice cream (and not the reduced fat type) increased a woman's likelihood to conceive. I am sure that many a lady in desire went home and started munching on super duper chunk peanut butter, caramel, chocolate chip and vanilla swirl. I suppose if it didn't help one conceive it's a great way to drown one's sorrows.....

About Saturday 23 July 1664

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"And Sam ought to feel ashamed tonight. To resist the tempation of the pretty wench in the doorway, he promptly takes off for Betty. Honor and conscience and abstinence have nothing to do with it, only the fear of those diseases down there."

When sex enters into Sam's brain
He knows he should surely abstain
He'd do as he pleases
Yet fear of diseases
Sends him off to see Mrs. Lane.......

About Saturday 23 July 1664

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"Journal of the Earl of Sandwich" edited by R.C. Anderson (Appendix V)

JAMES, DUKE OF YORK, TO SANDWICH
(Sandwich MSS., Letters from Ministers, etc. Vol. I, f. 31)

My Lord Sandwich. It is now more than a week since Captain Reynolds, Commander of his Majesty's ship the Gift, bound for Guinea, did inform me that he had all his stores on board and was ready to sail, and that from myself by word of mouth and also by signification of my pleasure in writing from my secretary he had directions to carry the said ship into the Downs, and it is a full week since he had his last sailing orders, notwithstanding all which and that he hath not appeared to complain of any want or defect, yet I am informed that on Thursday night last the said ship was at Erith. The precedent of such a neglect is of such dangerous a consequence as that it ought not to be passed over silently, and therefore I desire you, so soon as Captain Reynolds shall arrive in the Downs, to examine the matter and if you find him faulty (as it is most probable you will, since the wind hath been fair during the whole time of the neglect), I desire you to remove Capt. Wilgresse (who formerly desired that voyage in the Company's service) into that ship, directing him to execute the orders formerly given to Captain Reynolds, which you may demand of him, and upon notice of it I shall send you down another commander for the Hector, that so no time may be lost for the dispatch of the fleet to Guinea. *I am your very affectionate friend -James*

St. James's, 23rd July 1664

[Note from Anderson: Words in ** are in autograph]

About Friday 22 July 1664

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From the Journal of Sandwich Esited by Anderson

22nd. Friday. I had a Council of War. Agreed in case of our separation by weather our rendezvous to be St Helen's Road by the Isle of Wight for the westward. To the northward Sole Bay or Hosely Bay.
Agreed our Sailing and Fighting Instructions.

About Friday 22 July 1664

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one slovenly and ugly fellow Seignor Pedro"

In Defense of our Pedro!

Calling all muggles -time to rise to defend a fellow annotator against He-Who-Must-Not be-Believed ~~~Mr. Samuel Pepys!