Vulgar words in Quotations from Diary of Samuel Pepys (Page 1)

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arse x 3
ass x 3
bastard x 6
blockhead x 3
pimp x 3
            
slut x 9
turd x 6
whore x 12
            

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Else he is a blockhead, and not fitt for that imployment Fixed that the year should commence in January instead of March He knew nothing about the navy He made the great speech of his life, and spoke for three hours I never designed to be a witness against any man In perpetual trouble and vexation that need it least Inoffensive vanity of a man who loved to see himself in the glass Learned the multiplication table for the first time in 1661 Montaigne is conscious that we are looking over his shoulder Nothing in it approaching that single page in St. Simon The present Irish pronunciation of English DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JAN 1659/60 [sp03g10.txt] A very fine dinner Gave him his morning draft Much troubled with thoughts how to get money My wife was making of her tarts and larding of her pullets My wife was very unwilling to let me go forth Put to a great loss how I should get money to make up my cash This day I began to put on buckles to my shoes DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, FEB 1659/60 [sp04g10.txt] Dined with my wife on pease porridge and nothing else Do press for new oaths to be put upon men Hanging jack to roast birds on Kiss my Parliament, instead of "Kiss my [rump]" Mottoes inscribed on rings was of Roman origin My wife and I had some high words Petition against hackney coaches Playing the fool with the lass of the house Posies for Rings, Handkerchers and Gloves Some merry talk with a plain bold maid of the house To the Swan and drank our morning draft Wedding for which the posy ring was required Went to bed with my head not well by my too much drinking to-day DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAR/APR 1659/60 [sp05g10.txt] Cavaliers have now the upper hand clear of the Presbyterians Resolve to have the doing of it himself, or else to hinder it Strange thing how I am already courted by the people DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAY 1660 [sp06g10.txt] An exceeding pretty lass, and right for the sport And in all this not so much as one Bought for the love of the binding three books Drinking of the King's health upon their knees in the streets Fashionable and black spots He and I lay in one press bed, there being two more He is, I perceive, wholly sceptical, as well as I He that must do the business, or at least that can hinder it He was fain to lie in the priest's hole a good while If it should come in print my name maybe at it In comes Mr. North very sea-sick from shore John Pickering on board, like an ass, with his feathers Made to drink, that they might know him not to be a Roundhead My Lord, who took physic to-day and was in his chamber Presbyterians against the House of Lords Protestants as to the Church of Rome are wholly fanatiques DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JUN/JUL 1660 [sp07g10.txt] A good handsome wench I kissed, the first that I have seen Among all the beauties there, my wife was thought the greatest An offer of L500 for a Baronet's dignity Court attendance infinite tedious Did not like that Clergy should meddle with matters of state Dined upon six of my pigeons, which my wife has resolved to kill Five pieces of gold for to do him a small piece of service God help him, he wants bread.

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I went to the cook's and got a good joint of meat King's Proclamation against drinking, swearing, and debauchery L100 worth of plate for my Lord to give Secretary Nicholas Most of my time in looking upon Mrs. Butler My new silk suit, the first that ever I wore in my life Offer me L500 if I would desist from the Clerk of the Acts place Sceptic in all things of religion She had six children by the King Strange how civil and tractable he was to me The ceremonies did not please me, they do so overdo them This afternoon I showed my Lord my accounts, which he passed To see the bride put to bed We cannot tell what to do for want of her (the maid) Where I find the worst very good Which I did give him some hope of, though I never intend it Woman that they have a fancy to, to make her husband a cuckold DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, AUG/SEP 1660 [sp08g10.txt] Boy up to-night for his sister to teach him to put me to bed Diana did not come according to our agreement Drink at a bottle beer house in the Strand Finding my wife's clothes lie carelessly laid up Formerly say that the King was a bastard and his mother a whore Hand i' the cap Hired her to procure this poor soul for him I fear is not so good as she should be I was angry with her, which I was troubled for I was exceeding free in dallying with her, and she not unfree Ill all this day by reason of the last night's debauch King do tire all his people that are about him with early rising Kissed them myself very often with a great deal of mirth My luck to meet with a sort of drolling workmen on all occasions Show many the strangest emotions to shift off his drink Upon the leads gazing upon Diana DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, OCT/NOV/DEC 1660 [sp09g10.txt] Asleep, while the wench sat mending my breeches by my bedside Barkley swearing that he and others had lain with her often But I think I am not bound to discover myself But we were friends again as we are always Cure of the King's evil, which he do deny altogether Duke of York and Mrs. Palmer did talk to one another very wanton First time I had given her leave to wear a black patch First time that ever I heard the organs in a cathedral Gentlewomen did hold up their heads to be kissed by the King Have her come not as a sister in any respect, but as a servant Have not known her this fortnight almost, which is a pain to me He did very well, but a deadly drinker he is I took a broom and basted her till she cried extremely I was a great Roundhead when I was a boy I was demanded L100, for the fee of the office at 6d.

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Court attendance infinite tedious Cure of the King's evil, which he do deny altogether Diana did not come according to our agreement Did not like that Clergy should meddle with matters of state Dined with my wife on pease porridge and nothing else Dined upon six of my pigeons, which my wife has resolved to kill Do press for new oaths to be put upon men Drink at a bottle beer house in the Strand Drinking of the King's health upon their knees in the streets Duke of York and Mrs. Palmer did talk to one another very wanton Else he is a blockhead, and not fitt for that imployment Fashionable and black spots Finding my wife's clothes lie carelessly laid up First time I had given her leave to wear a black patch First time that ever I heard the organs in a cathedral Five pieces of gold for to do him a small piece of service Fixed that the year should commence in January instead of March Formerly say that the King was a bastard and his mother a whore Gave him his morning draft Gentlewomen did hold up their heads to be kissed by the King God help him, he wants bread.

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I was angry with her, which I was troubled for I went to the cook's and got a good joint of meat I was exceeding free in dallying with her, and she not unfree I was a great Roundhead when I was a boy If it should come in print my name maybe at it Ill all this day by reason of the last night's debauch In discourse he seems to be wise and say little In comes Mr. North very sea-sick from shore In perpetual trouble and vexation that need it least Inoffensive vanity of a man who loved to see himself in the glass It not being handsome for our servants to sit so equal with us John Pickering on board, like an ass, with his feathers King do tire all his people that are about him with early rising King's Proclamation against drinking, swearing, and debauchery Kiss my Parliament, instead of "Kiss my [rump]" Kissed them myself very often with a great deal of mirth L100 worth of plate for my Lord to give Secretary Nicholas Learned the multiplication table for the first time in 1661 Learnt a pretty trick to try whether a woman be a maid or no Long cloaks being now quite out Made to drink, that they might know him not to be a Roundhead Montaigne is conscious that we are looking over his shoulder Most of my time in looking upon Mrs. Butler Mottoes inscribed on rings was of Roman origin Much troubled with thoughts how to get money My luck to meet with a sort of drolling workmen on all occasions My new silk suit, the first that ever I wore in my life My wife and I had some high words My wife was very unwilling to let me go forth My wife was making of her tarts and larding of her pullets My Lord, who took physic to-day and was in his chamber Nothing in it approaching that single page in St. Simon Offer me L500 if I would desist from the Clerk of the Acts place Petition against hackney coaches Playing the fool with the lass of the house Posies for Rings, Handkerchers and Gloves Presbyterians against the House of Lords Protestants as to the Church of Rome are wholly fanatiques Put to a great loss how I should get money to make up my cash Resolve to have the doing of it himself, or else to hinder it Sceptic in all things of religion She had six children by the King Show many the strangest emotions to shift off his drink Sit up till 2 o'clock that she may call the wench up to wash Smoke jack consists of a wind-wheel fixed in the chimney So we went to bed and lay all night in a quarrel So I took occasion to go up and to bed in a pet Some merry talk with a plain bold maid of the house Strange thing how I am already courted by the people Strange how civil and tractable he was to me The present Irish pronunciation of English The rest did give more, and did believe that I did so too The ceremonies did not please me, they do so overdo them There being ten hanged, drawn, and quartered This afternoon I showed my Lord my accounts, which he passed This day I began to put on buckles to my shoes Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at White Hall To see the bride put to bed To the Swan and drank our morning draft To see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn; and quartered Upon the leads gazing upon Diana We cannot tell what to do for want of her (the maid) Wedding for which the posy ring was required Went to bed with my head not well by my too much drinking to-day Where I find the worst very good Which I did give him some hope of, though I never intend it Woman that they have a fancy to, to make her husband a cuckold DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JAN/FEB/MAR 1660/61 [sp11g10.txt] A lady spit backward upon me by a mistake A most tedious, unreasonable, and impertinent sermon Comely black woman.--[The old expression for a brunette.]

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Greedy to see the will, but did not ask to see it till to-morrow His company ever wearys me I broke wind and so came to some ease I would fain have stolen a pretty dog that followed me Instructed by Shakespeare himself Lady Batten how she was such a man's whore Lately too much given to seeing of plays, and expense Lewdness and beggary of the Court Look askew upon my wife, because my wife do not buckle to them None will sell us any thing without our personal security given Quakers do still continue, and rather grow than lessen Sat before Mrs. Palmer, the King's mistress, and filled my eyes So the children and I rose and dined by ourselves Sorry in some respect, glad in my expectations in another respect The Alchymist,--Comedy by Ben Jonson The Lords taxed themselves for the poor--an earl, 1s.

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what an age is this, and what a world is this In men's clothes, and had the best legs that ever I saw Inconvenience that do attend the increase of a man's fortune Man cannot live without playing the knave and dissimulation My head was not well with the wine that I drank to-day She is a very good companion as long as she is well So much wine, that I was even almost foxed Still in discontent with my wife, to bed, and rose so this morn This day churched, her month of childbed being out Vices of the Court, and how the pox is so common there We do naturally all love the Spanish, and hate the French DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, NOV/DEC 1661 [sp15g10.txt] After dinner my wife comes up to me and all friends again Ambassador--that he is an honest man sent to lie abroad As all things else did not come up to my expectations Coming to lay out a great deal of money in clothes for my wife Did extremely beat him, and though it did trouble me to do it Dominion of the Sea Exclaiming against men's wearing their hats on in the church From some fault in the meat to complain of my maid's sluttery Gamester's life, which I see is very miserable, and poor Get his lady to trust herself with him into the tavern Good wine, and anchovies, and pickled oysters (for breakfast) Like a passionate fool, I did call her whore My wife and I fell out Oliver Cromwell as his ensign Seemed much glad of that it was no more Sir W. Pen was so fuddled that we could not try him to play Strange the folly of men to lay and lose so much money The unlawfull use of lawfull things Took occasion to fall out with my wife very highly Took physique, and it did work very well Tory--The term was not used politically until about 1679 We had a good surloyne of rost beefe DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, 1661 N.S.

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Good wine, and anchovies, and pickled oysters (for breakfast) Greedy to see the will, but did not ask to see it till to-morrow Have been so long absent that I am ashamed to go His company ever wearys me I could not forbear to love her exceedingly I took occasion to be angry with him I had the opportunity of kissing Mrs. Rebecca very often I would fain have stolen a pretty dog that followed me I broke wind and so came to some ease I was as merry as I could counterfeit myself to be I went in and kissed them, demanding it as a fee due In men's clothes, and had the best legs that ever I saw Inconvenience that do attend the increase of a man's fortune Instructed by Shakespeare himself Jealousy of him and an ugly wench that lived there lately Justice of God in punishing men for the sins of their ancestors King, Duke and Duchess, and Madame Palmer Lady Batten how she was such a man's whore Lady Batten to give me a spoonful of honey for my cold Lately too much given to seeing of plays, and expense Lay with her to-night, which I have not done these eight(days) Lewdness and beggary of the Court Like a passionate fool, I did call her whore Look askew upon my wife, because my wife do not buckle to them Made a lazy sermon, like a Presbyterian Man cannot live without playing the knave and dissimulation My head was not well with the wine that I drank to-day My great expense at the Coronacion My wife and I fell out None will sell us any thing without our personal security given Oliver Cromwell as his ensign Quakers do still continue, and rather grow than lessen Sat before Mrs. Palmer, the King's mistress, and filled my eyes Seemed much glad of that it was no more She hath got her teeth new done by La Roche She would not let him come to bed to her out of jealousy She is a very good companion as long as she is well Sir W. Pen was so fuddled that we could not try him to play So the children and I rose and dined by ourselves So home and to bed, where my wife had not lain a great while So much wine, that I was even almost foxed Sorry in some respect, glad in my expectations in another respect Still in discontent with my wife, to bed, and rose so this morn Strange the folly of men to lay and lose so much money That I might not seem to be afeared The Lords taxed themselves for the poor--an earl, s. The unlawfull use of lawfull things The barber came to trim me and wash me The Alchymist,"--[Comedy by Ben Jonson The monkey loose, which did anger me, and so I did strike her This week made a vow to myself to drink no wine this week This day churched, her month of childbed being out Those absent from prayers were to pay a forfeit To be so much in love of plays Took occasion to fall out with my wife very highly Took physique, and it did work very well Tory--The term was not used politically until about 1679 Troubled to see my father so much decay of a suddain Vices of the Court, and how the pox is so common there Was kissing my wife, which I did not like We do naturally all love the Spanish, and hate the French We are to go to law never to revenge, but only to repayre We had a good surloyne of rost beefe What they all, through profit or fear, did promise What people will do tomorrow Who seems so inquisitive when my, house will be made an end of Who we found ill still, but he do make very much of it Woman with a rod in her hand keeping time to the musique Wronged by my over great expectations DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JAN/FEB 1661/62 [sp17g10.txt] Aptness I have to be troubled at any thing that crosses me Cannot but be with the workmen to see things done to my mind Command of an army is not beholden to any body to make him King DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAR/APR 1661/62 [sp18g10.txt] After taking leave of my wife, which we could hardly do kindly Agreed at L3 a year (she would not serve under) All the fleas came to him and not to me Badge of slavery upon the whole people (taxes) Did much insist upon the sin of adultery Discoursed much against a man's lying with his wife in Lent Fearing that Sarah would continue ill, wife and I removed Parliament hath voted 2s.

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what a mind I had to her Hard matter to settle to business after so much leisure Holes for me to see from my closet into the great office I know not yet what that is, and am ashamed to ask King dined at my Lady Castlemaine's, and supped, every day Lady Castlemaine do speak of going to lie in at Hampton Court Let me blood, about sixteen ounces, I being exceedingly full Lust and wicked lives of the nuns heretofore in England Only wind do now and then torment me... extremely See her look dejectedly and slighted by people already She also washed my feet in a bath of herbs, and so to bed Sir W. Pen did it like a base raskall, and so I shall remember Slight answer, at which I did give him two boxes on the ears They were not occupiers, but occupied (women) Trumpets were brought under the scaffold that he not be heard Up and took physique, but such as to go abroad with Will put Madam Castlemaine's nose out of joynt With my whip did whip him till I was not able to stir DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JUL/AUG 1662 [sp20g10.txt] Bowling-ally (where lords and ladies are now at bowles) Fear she should prove honest and refuse and then tell my wife Hopes to have had a bout with her before she had gone Lady Castlemaine is still as great with the King Last of a great many Presbyterian ministers Muske Millon My first attempt being to learn the multiplication-table So good a nature that he cannot deny any thing Sorry to hear that Sir W. Pen's maid Betty was gone away DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, SEP/OCT 1662 [sp21g10.txt] All made much worse in their report among people than they are Care not for his commands, and especially on Sundays Catched cold yesterday by putting off my stockings Hate in others, and more in myself, to be careless of keys I fear that it must be as it can, and not as I would Lying a great while talking and sporting in bed with my wife My Jane's cutting off a carpenter's long mustacho No good by taking notice of it, for the present she forbears Parson is a cunning fellow he is as any of his coat Pleasures are not sweet to me now in the very enjoying of them She so cruel a hypocrite that she can cry when she pleases Strange things he has been found guilty of, not fit to name Then to church to a tedious sermon When the candle is going out, how they bawl and dispute DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, NOV/DEC 1662 [sp22g10.txt] All may see how slippery places all courtiers stand in Bewailing the vanity and disorders of the age Charles Barkeley's greatness is only his being pimp to the King Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand Goldsmiths in supplying the King with money at dear rates He made but a poor sermon, but long Joyne the lion's skin to the fox's tail Lady Castlemaine's interest at Court increases Laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange Lord!

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COMPLETE [sp23g10.txt] Afeard of being louzy Afeard that my Lady Castlemaine will keep still with the King Afraid now to bring in any accounts for journeys After taking leave of my wife, which we could hardly do kindly Agreed at L3 a year (she would not serve under) All may see how slippery places all courtiers stand in All made much worse in their report among people than they are All the fleas came to him and not to me Aptness I have to be troubled at any thing that crosses me As much his friend as his interest will let him Badge of slavery upon the whole people (taxes) Bewailing the vanity and disorders of the age Bowling-ally (where lords and ladies are now at bowles) Cannot but be with the workmen to see things done to my mind Care not for his commands, and especially on Sundays Catched cold yesterday by putting off my stockings Charles Barkeley's greatness is only his being pimp to the King Comb my head clean, which I found so foul with powdering Command of an army is not beholden to any body to make him King Deliver her from the hereditary curse of child-bearing Did much insist upon the sin of adultery Discontented at the pride and luxury of the Court Discoursed much against a man's lying with his wife in Lent Enjoy some degree of pleasure now that we have health, money Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand Fear she should prove honest and refuse and then tell my wife Fearing that Sarah would continue ill, wife and I removed God forgive me!

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Pain of the stone, and makes bloody water with great pain Rabbit not half roasted, which made me angry with my wife Scholler, but, it may be, thinks himself to be too much so See how time and example may alter a man Servant of the King's pleasures too, as well as business So home, and mighty friends with my wife again So neat and kind one to another Sorry for doing it now, because of obliging me to do the like Talk very highly of liberty of conscience The house was full of citizens, and so the less pleasant There is no passing but by coach in the streets, and hardly that These young Lords are not fit to do any service abroad They were so false spelt that I was ashamed of them Vexed at my wife's neglect in leaving of her scarf Wine, new and old, with labells pasted upon each bottle With much ado in an hour getting a coach home Yet it was her fault not to see that I did take them DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAR/APR 1662/63 [sp25g10.txt] Academy was dissolved by order of the Pope After some pleasant talk, my wife, Ashwell, and I to bed And so to bed, my father lying with me in Ashwell's bed Dare not oppose it alone for making an enemy and do no good Dinner was great, and most neatly dressed Dog attending us, which made us all merry again Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597 I do not find other people so willing to do business as myself I was very angry, and resolve to beat him to-morrow Insurrection of the Catholiques there Justice of proceeding not to condemn a man unheard Matters in Ireland are full of discontent My maid Susan ill, or would be thought so Parliament do agree to throw down Popery Railed bitterly ever and anon against John Calvin She is conceited that she do well already So home to supper and bed with my father That he is not able to live almost with her That I might say I saw no money in the paper There is no man almost in the City cares a turd for him Though it be but little, yet I do get ground every month DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAY/JUN 1663 [sp26g10.txt] A woman sober, and no high-flyer, as he calls it After awhile I caressed her and parted seeming friends Book itself, and both it and them not worth a turd But a woful rude rabble there was, and such noises Did find none of them within, which I was glad of Did so watch to see my wife put on drawers, which (she did) Duodecimal arithmetique Employed by the fencers to play prizes at Enquiring into the selling of places do trouble a great many Every small thing is enough now-a-days to bring a difference Give her a Lobster and do so touse her and feel her all over God knows that I do not find honesty enough in my own mind Goes with his guards with him publiquely, and his trumpets Great plot which was lately discovered in Ireland He hoped he should live to see her "ugly and willing" He is too wise to be made a friend of I calling her beggar, and she me pricklouse, which vexed me I slept most of the sermon In some churches there was hardly ten people in the whole church It must be the old ones that must do any good Jealous, though God knows I have no great reason John has got a wife, and for that he intends to part with him Keep at interest, which is a good, quiett, and easy profit Lay long in bed talking and pleasing myself with my wife My wife and her maid Ashwell had between them spilled the pot... No sense nor grammar, yet in as good words that ever I saw Nor would become obliged too much to any Nothing is to be got without offending God and the King Nothing of any truth and sincerity, but mere envy and design Reading my Latin grammar, which I perceive I have great need Sad for want of my wife, whom I love with all my heart Saw his people go up and down louseing themselves See whether my wife did wear drawers to-day as she used to do Sent me last night, as a bribe, a barrel of sturgeon She begins not at all to take pleasure in me or study to please She used the word devil, which vexed me So home, and after supper did wash my feet, and so to bed Softly up to see whether any of the beds were out of order or no Statute against selling of offices The goldsmith, he being one of the jury to-morrow Thence by coach, with a mad coachman, that drove like mad Therefore ought not to expect more justice from her They say now a common mistress to the King Through the Fleete Ally to see a couple of pretty [strumpets] Upon a small temptation I could be false to her Waked this morning between four and five by my blackbird Whose voice I am not to be reconciled Wife and the dancing-master alone above, not dancing but talking Would not make my coming troublesome to any DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JUL/AUG 1663 [sp27g10.txt] And so to bed and there entertained her with great content Apprehend about one hundred Quakers Being cleansed of lice this day by my wife Conceited, but that's no matter to me Fear it may do him no good, but me hurt Fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off He having made good promises, though I fear his performance My wife has got too great head to be brought down soon So much is it against my nature to owe anything to any body Sporting in my fancy with the Queen Things being dear and little attendance to be had we went away Towzing her and doing what I would, but the last thing of all... DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, SEP/OCT 1663 [sp28g10.txt] And so to sleep till the morning, but was bit cruelly And there, did what I would with her Content as to be at our own home, after being abroad awhile Found guilty, and likely will be hanged (for stealing spoons) Half a pint of Rhenish wine at the Still-yard, mixed with beer His readiness to speak spoilt all No more matter being made of the death of one than another Out of an itch to look upon the sluts there Plague is much in Amsterdam, and we in fears of it here Pride himself too much in it Reckon nothing money but when it is in the bank Resolve to live well and die a beggar Scholler, that would needs put in his discourse (every occasion) She was so ill as to be shaved and pidgeons put to her feet The plague is got to Amsterdam, brought by a ship from Argier We having no luck in maids now-a-days Who is over head and eares in getting her house up DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, NOV/DEC 1663 [sp29g10.txt] Again that she spoke but somewhat of what she had in her heart Better we think than most other couples do Compliment from my aunt, which I take kindly as it is unusual Did go to Shoe Lane to see a cocke-fighting at a new pit there Dined at home alone, a good calves head boiled and dumplings Every man looking after himself, and his owne lust and luxury Excommunications, which they send upon the least occasions Expectation of profit will have its force King was gone to play at Tennis Opening his mind to him as of one that may hereafter be his foe Pen was then turned Quaker Persuade me that she should prove with child since last night Pride and debauchery of the present clergy Quakers being charmed by a string about their wrists Taught my wife some part of subtraction To bed with discontent she yielded to me and began to be fond DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, 1663 N.S.

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COMPLETE [sp30g10.txt] A woman sober, and no high-flyer, as he calls it Academy was dissolved by order of the Pope After oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb After some pleasant talk, my wife, Ashwell, and I to bed After awhile I caressed her and parted seeming friends Again that she spoke but somewhat of what she had in her heart And there, did what I would with her And so to sleep till the morning, but was bit cruelly And so to bed and there entertained her with great content And so to bed, my father lying with me in Ashwell's bed Apprehend about one hundred Quakers At last we pretty good friends Before I sent my boy out with them, I beat him for a lie Being cleansed of lice this day by my wife Better we think than most other couples do Book itself, and both it and them not worth a turd But a woful rude rabble there was, and such noises Compliment from my aunt, which I take kindly as it is unusual Conceited, but that's no matter to me Content as to be at our own home, after being abroad awhile Dare not oppose it alone for making an enemy and do no good Did so watch to see my wife put on drawers, which (she did) Did go to Shoe Lane to see a cocke-fighting at a new pit there Did find none of them within, which I was glad of Dined at home alone, a good calves head boiled and dumplings Dinner was great, and most neatly dressed Dog attending us, which made us all merry again Dr. Calamy is this day sent to Newgate for preaching Duodecimal arithmetique Eat a mouthful of pye at home to stay my stomach Employed by the fencers to play prizes at Enquiring into the selling of places do trouble a great many Every man looking after himself, and his owne lust and luxury Every small thing is enough now-a-days to bring a difference Excommunications, which they send upon the least occasions Expectation of profit will have its force Familiarity with her other servants is it that spoils them all Fear it may do him no good, but me hurt Fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off Feverish, and hath sent for Mr. Pierce to let him blood Found guilty, and likely will be hanged (for stealing spoons) Found him a fool, as he ever was, or worse Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597 Give her a Lobster and do so touse her and feel her all over God knows that I do not find honesty enough in my own mind Goes with his guards with him publiquely, and his trumpets Goes down the wind in honour as well as every thing else Great plot which was lately discovered in Ireland Had a good supper of an oxe's cheek Half a pint of Rhenish wine at the Still-yard, mixed with beer Hanged with a silken halter He is too wise to be made a friend of He hoped he should live to see her "ugly and willing" He having made good promises, though I fear his performance His readiness to speak spoilt all How highly the Presbyters do talk in the coffeehouses still I calling her beggar, and she me pricklouse, which vexed me I and she never were so heartily angry in our lives as to-day I do not find other people so willing to do business as myself I slept most of the sermon I was very angry, and resolve to beat him to-morrow Ill humour to be so against that which all the world cries up In some churches there was hardly ten people in the whole church Insurrection of the Catholiques there It must be the old ones that must do any good Jealous, though God knows I have no great reason John has got a wife, and for that he intends to part with him Justice of proceeding not to condemn a man unheard Keep at interest, which is a good, quiett, and easy profit King was gone to play at Tennis Lady Castlemaine hath all the King's Christmas presents Lay long in bed talking and pleasing myself with my wife Lay very long with my wife in bed talking with great pleasure Lay chiding, and then pleased with my wife in bed Liability of a husband to pay for goods supplied his wife Many thousands in a little time go out of England Matters in Ireland are full of discontent Money, which sweetens all things Most flat dead sermon, both for matter and manner of delivery Much discourse, but little to be learned My maid Susan ill, or would be thought so My wife has got too great head to be brought down soon My wife and her maid Ashwell had between them spilled the pot... No more matter being made of the death of one than another No sense nor grammar, yet in as good words that ever I saw Nor will yield that the Papists have any ground given them Nor would become obliged too much to any Nothing in the world done with true integrity Nothing of any truth and sincerity, but mere envy and design Nothing is to be got without offending God and the King Once a week or so I know a gentleman must go...

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Opening his mind to him as of one that may hereafter be his foe Out of an itch to look upon the, sluts there Pain of the stone, and makes bloody water with great pain Parliament do agree to throw down Popery Pen was then turned Quaker Persuade me that she should prove with child since last night Plague is much in Amsterdam, and we in fears of it here Pride and debauchery of the present clergy Pride himself too much in it Quakers being charmed by a string about their wrists Rabbit not half roasted, which made me angry with my wife Railed bitterly ever and anon against John Calvin Reading my Latin grammar, which I perceive I have great need Reckon nothing money but when it is in the bank Resolve to live well and die a beggar Sad for want of my wife, whom I love with all my heart Saw his people go up and down louseing themselves Scholler, that would needs put in his discourse (every occasion) Scholler, but, it may be, thinks himself to be too much so See how time and example may alter a man See whether my wife did wear drawers to-day as she used to do Sent me last night, as a bribe, a barrel of sturgeon Servant of the King's pleasures too, as well as business She was so ill as to be shaved and pidgeons put to her feet She is conceited that she do well already She used the word devil, which vexed me She begins not at all to take pleasure in me or study to please So home, and mighty friends with my wife again So much is it against my nature to owe anything to any body So home to supper and bed with my father So home, and after supper did wash my feet, and so to bed So neat and kind one to another Softly up to see whether any of the beds were out of order or no Sorry for doing it now, because of obliging me to do the like Sporting in my fancy with the Queen Statute against selling of offices Talk very highly of liberty of conscience Taught my wife some part of subtraction That I might say I saw no money in the paper That he is not able to live almost with her The plague is got to Amsterdam, brought by a ship from Argier The goldsmith, he being one of the jury to-morrow The house was full of citizens, and so the less pleasant Thence by coach, with a mad coachman, that drove like mad There is no passing but by coach in the streets, and hardly that There is no man almost in the City cares a turd for him Therefore ought not to expect more justice from her These young Lords are not fit to do any service abroad They were so false spelt that I was ashamed of them They say now a common mistress to the King Things being dear and little attendance to be had we went away Though it be but little, yet I do get ground every month Through the Fleete Ally to see a couple of pretty [strumpets] To bed with discontent she yielded to me and began to be fond Towzing her and doing what I would, but the last thing of all...

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Upon a small temptation I could be false to her Vexed at my wife's neglect in leaving of her scarf Waked this morning between four and five by my blackbird We having no luck in maids now-a-days Who is over head and eares in getting her house up Whose voice I am not to be reconciled Wife and the dancing-master alone above, not dancing but talking Wine, new and old, with labells pasted upon each bottle With much ado in an hour getting a coach home Would not make my coming troublesome to any Yet it was her fault not to see that I did take them DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JAN/FEB 1663/64 [sp31g10.txt] A mad merry slut she is A real and not a complimentary acknowledgment At least 12 or 14,000 people in the street (to see the hanging) Bearing more sayle will go faster than any other ships(multihull) But the wench went, and I believe had her turn served Chatted with her, her husband out of the way Could not saw above 4 inches of the stone in a day Do look upon me as a remembrancer of his former vanity Fear of making her think me to be in a better condition Few in any age that do mind anything that is abstruse God forgive me!

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I do not like his being angry and in debt both together to me I will not by any over submission make myself cheap Ireland in a very distracted condition Jane going into the boat did fall down and show her arse King is mighty kind to these his bastard children King still do doat upon his women, even beyond all shame Mankind pleasing themselves in the easy delights of the world Play good, but spoiled with the ryme, which breaks the sense Pleased to look upon their pretty daughter Pray God give me a heart to fear a fall, and to prepare for it!

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COMPLETE [sp38g10.txt] A real and not a complimentary acknowledgment A mad merry slut she is About several businesses, hoping to get money by them After many protestings by degrees I did arrive at what I would All divided that were bred so long at school together All ended in love All the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore And with the great men in curing of their claps At least 12 or 14,000 people in the street (to see the hanging) Bath at the top of his house Bearing more sayle will go faster than any other ships(multihull Began discourse of my not getting of children Below what people think these great people say and do But the wench went, and I believe had her turn served Came to bed to me, but all would not make me friends Chatted with her, her husband out of the way Could not saw above 4 inches of the stone in a day Do look upon me as a remembrancer of his former vanity Doubtfull of himself, and easily be removed from his own opinion Drink a dish of coffee Even to the having bad words with my wife, and blows too Expected musique, the missing of which spoiled my dinner Expressly taking care that nobody might see this business done Fear of making her think me to be in a better condition Fear all his kindness is but only his lust to her Feared I might meet with some people that might know me Fetch masts from New England Few in any age that do mind anything that is abstruse Find myself to over-value things when a child Gadding abroad to look after beauties Generally with corruption, but most indeed with neglect God forgive me!

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Helping to slip their calfes when there is occasion Her months upon her is gone to bed Her impudent tricks and ways of getting money How little to be presumed of in our greatest undertakings I had agreed with Jane Welsh, but she came not, which vexed me I do not like his being angry and in debt both together to me I will not by any over submission make myself cheap I slept soundly all the sermon Ill from my late cutting my hair so close to my head In my dining-room she was doing something upon the pott In a hackney and full of people, was ashamed to be seen Ireland in a very distracted condition Irish in Ireland, whom Cromwell had settled all in one corner Jane going into the boat did fall down and show her arse King is mighty kind to these his bastard children King still do doat upon his women, even beyond all shame Lay long caressing my wife and talking Let her brew as she has baked Little children employed, every one to do something Mankind pleasing themselves in the easy delights of the world Meazles, we fear, or, at least, of a scarlett feavour Methought very ill, or else I am grown worse to please Mind to have her bring it home Mrs. Lane was gone forth, and so I missed of my intent My wife was angry with me for not coming home, and for gadding My leg fell in a hole broke on the bridge My wife made great means to be friends, coming to my bedside Never to trust too much to any man in the world New Netherlands to English rule, under the title of New York Not well, and so had no pleasure at all with my poor wife Not when we can, but when we list Not the greatest wits, but the steady man Nothing of the memory of a man, an houre after he is dead!

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one for another Tied our men back to back, and thrown them all into the sea Told us he had not been in a bed in the whole seven years Too much of it will make her know her force too much Two shops in three, if not more, generally shut up Up, leaving my wife in bed, being sick of her months Wanton as ever she was, with much I made myself merry and away Well enough pleased this morning with their night's lodging What silly discourse we had by the way as to love-matters When she least shews it hath her wit at work Where money is free, there is great plenty Which may teach me how I make others wait Who is the most, and promises the least, of any man Wife that brings me nothing almost (besides a comely person) DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, JAN/FEB 1965/66 [sp48g10.txt] After a harsh word or two my wife and I good friends By and by met at her chamber, and there did what I would Did drink of the College beer, which is very good Got her upon my knee (the coach being full) and played with her Lady Duchesse the veryest slut and drudge Last act of friendship in telling me of my faults also Scotch song of "Barbary Allen" Tooth-ake made him no company, and spoilt ours Wherewith to give every body something for their pains Who must except against every thing and remedy nothing DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAR/APR 1665/66 [SP#49][sp49g10.txt]4164 Ashamed at myself for this losse of time Begun to write idle and from the purpose Counterfeit mirthe and pleasure with them, but had but little Driven down again with a stinke by Sir W. Pen's shying of a pot Great newes of the Swedes declaring for us against the Dutch He has been inconvenienced by being too free in discourse Mass, and some of their musique, which is not so contemptible Reading over my dear "Faber fortunae," of my Lord Bacon's Thence to Mrs. Martin's, and did what I would with her Through want of money and good conduct Too late for them to enjoy it with any pleasure Tooke my wife well dressed into the Hall to see and be seen DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MAY/JUN 1666 [sp50g10.txt] A cat will be a cat still And if ever I fall on it again, I deserve to be undone Apprehension of the King of France's invading us As very a gossip speaking of her neighbours as any body Baited at Islington, and so late home about 11 at night Called at a little ale-house, and had an eele pye Checking her last night in the coach in her long stories Foretelling the draught of water of a ship before she be launche Great deale of tittle tattle discourse to little purpose He is such innocent company Here I first saw oranges grow I do not value her, or mind her as I ought I to bed even by daylight Long petticoat dragging under their men's coats Mightily pleased with myself for the business that I have done Mightily vexed at my being abroad with these women Never fought with worse officers in his life Not being well pleased with her over free and loose company Now very big, and within a fortnight of lying down Out also to and fro, to see and be seen Providing against a foule day to get as much money into my hands Rejoiced over head and ears in this good newes Requisite I be prepared against the man's friendship Sang till about twelve at night, with mighty pleasure Send up and down for a nurse to take the girle home Shy of any warr hereafter, or to prepare better for it So back again home to supper and to bed with great pleasure So home and to supper with beans and bacon and to bed That I may look as a man minding business There did what I would with her There did what 'je voudrais avec' her...

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how I took another pretty woman for her But fit she should live where he hath a mind But how many years I cannot tell; but my wife says ten By and by met at her chamber, and there did what I would Called at a little ale-house, and had an eele pye Catholiques are everywhere and bold Checking her last night in the coach in her long stories Contempt of the ceremoniousnesse of the King of Spayne Counterfeit mirthe and pleasure with them, but had but little Did tumble them all the afternoon as I pleased Did drink of the College beer, which is very good Did dig another, and put our wine in it; and I my Parmazan cheese Discoursing upon the sad condition of the times Do bury still of the plague seven or eight in a day Driven down again with a stinke by Sir W. Pen's shying of a pot Durst not ask any body how it was with us Evelyn, who cries out against it, and calls it bitchering Exceeding kind to me, more than usual, which makes me afeard Fashion, the King says; he will never change Fire grow; and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more First their apes, that they may be afterwards their slaves For a land-tax and against a general excise Foretelling the draught of water of a ship before she be launche Gladder to have just now received it (than a promise) Good sport of the bull's tossing of the dogs Got her upon my knee (the coach being full) and played with her Great fire they saw in the City Great deale of tittle tattle discourse to little purpose Great newes of the Swedes declaring for us against the Dutch He is such innocent company He has been inconvenienced by being too free in discourse Here I first saw oranges grow Horrid malicious bloody flame I to bed even by daylight I do not value her, or mind her as I ought I did what I would, and might have done anything else I never did observe so much of myself in my life I had six noble dishes for them, dressed by a man-cook In opposition to France, had made us throw off their fashion King hath lost his power, by submitting himself to this way King be desired to put all Catholiques out of employment Lady Duchesse the veryest slut and drudge Last act of friendship in telling me of my faults also Listening to no reasoning for it, be it good or bad Long petticoat dragging under their men's coats Magnifying the graces of the nobility and prelates Many women now-a-days of mean sort in the streets, but no men Mass, and some of their musique, which is not so contemptible Mightily pleased with myself for the business that I have done Mightily vexed at my being abroad with these women Milke, which I drank to take away, my heartburne Most homely widow, but young, and pretty rich, and good natured Never fought with worse officers in his life No Parliament can, as he says, be kept long good No manner of means used to quench the fire No money to do it with, nor anybody to trust us without it Not being well pleased with her over free and loose company Not permit her begin to do so, lest worse should follow Now very big, and within a fortnight of lying down Offered to stop the fire near his house for such a reward Origin in the use of a plane against the grain of the wood Out also to and fro, to see and be seen Pain to ride in a coach with them, for fear of being seen Peace with France, which, as a Presbyterian, he do not like Play on the harpsicon, till she tired everybody Plot in it, and that the French had done it Providing against a foule day to get as much money into my hands Put up with too much care, that I have forgot where they are Rather hear a cat mew, than the best musique in the world Reading over my dear "Faber fortunae," of my Lord Bacon's Reading to my wife and brother something in Chaucer Rejoiced over head and ears in this good newes Removing goods from one burned house to another Requisite I be prepared against the man's friendship Sad sight it was: the whole City almost on fire Said that there hath been a design to poison the King Sang till about twelve at night, with mighty pleasure Says, of all places, if there be hell, it is here Scotch song of "Barbary Allen" Send up and down for a nurse to take the girle home Shy of any warr hereafter, or to prepare better for it So home to supper, and to bed, it being my wedding night So back again home to supper and to bed with great pleasure So to bed in some little discontent, but no words from me So home and to supper with beans and bacon and to bed Staying out late, and painting in the absence of her husband Tax the same man in three or four several capacities That I may have nothing by me but what is worth keeping That I may look as a man minding business The gentlemen captains will undo us The very rum man must have L200 Thence to Mrs. Martin's, and did what I would with her There did what 'je voudrais avec' her...

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Whom, in mirth to us, he calls Antichrist Wonders that she cannot be as good within as she is fair without Yet let him remember the days of darkness DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, FEBRUARY 1966/67 [sp58g10.txt] Being taken with a Psalmbook or Testament Consider that this is all the pleasure I live for in the world Dinner, an ill and little mean one, with foul cloth and dishes If the word Inquisition be but mentioned King's service is undone, and those that trust him perish Mean, methinks, and is as if they had married like dog and bitch Musique in the morning to call up our new-married people Must yet pay to the Poll Bill for this pension (unreceived) New medall, where, in little, there is Mrs. Steward's face Not thinking them safe men to receive such a gratuity Only because she sees it is the fashion (She likes it) Prince's being trepanned, which was in doing just as we passed Proud that she shall come to trill Receive the applications of people, and hath presents Seems she hath had long melancholy upon her Sermon upon Original Sin, neither understood by himself Sick of it and of him for it The world do not grow old at all Then home, and merry with my wife Though he knows, if he be not a fool, that I love him not To my joy, I met not with any that have sped better than myself Used to make coal fires, and wash my foul clothes DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, MARCH 1966/67 [sp59g10.txt] Angling with a minikin, a gut-string varnished over Better now than never Bring me a periwig, but it was full of nits Buying up of goods in case there should be war For I will not be inward with him that is open to another He is a man of no worth in the world but compliment History of this day's growth, we cannot tell the truth I love the treason I hate the traitor King of France did think other princes fit for nothing My wife will keep to one another and let the world go hang No man knowing what to do, whether to sell or buy Not more than I expected, nor so much by a great deal as I ought Now above six months since (smoke from the cellars) Reparation for what we had embezzled Uncertainty of all history Whatever I do give to anybody else, I shall give her DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, APRIL 1667 [sp60g10.txt] As he called it, the King's seventeenth whore abroad He is not a man fit to be told what one hears I having now seen a play every day this week Ill sign when we are once to come to study how to excuse King is offended with the Duke of Richmond's marrying Mrs. Stewart's sending the King his jewels again Much difficulty to get pews, I offering the sexton money My people do observe my minding my pleasure more than usual My wife this night troubled at my leaving her alone so much Never was known to keep two mistresses in his life (Charles II.)

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in money, and what wine she needed, for the burying him A gainful trade, but yet make me great trouble Act of Council passed, to put out all Papists in office Advantage a man of the law hath over all other people And a deal of do of which I am weary Angling with a minikin, a gut-string varnished over Anthem anything but instrumentall musique with the voice Archbishop is a wencher, and known to be so As he called it, the King's seventeenth whore abroad Baker's house in Pudding Lane, where the late great fire begun Beginnings of discontents take so much root between us Being taken with a Psalmbook or Testament Better now than never Bill against importing Cattle from Ireland Bold to deliver what he thinks on every occasion Bring me a periwig, but it was full of nits But do it with mighty vanity and talking But my wife vexed, which vexed me Buying his place of my Lord Barkely Buying up of goods in case there should be war Cast stones with his horne crooke Certainly Annapolis must be defended,--where is Annapolis?

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in money, and what wine she needed, for the burying him A mad merry slut she is A real and not a complimentary acknowledgment A good handsome wench I kissed, the first that I have seen A fair salute on horseback, in Rochester streets, of the lady A most conceited fellow and not over much in him A conceited man, but of no Logique in his head at all A vineyard, the first that ever I did see A pretty man, I would be content to break a commandment with him A little while since a very likely man to live as any I knew A lady spit backward upon me by a mistake A gainful trade, but yet make me great trouble A great baboon, but so much like a man in most things A play not very good, though commended much A very fine dinner A cat will be a cat still A book the Bishops will not let be printed again A woman sober, and no high-flyer, as he calls it A most tedious, unreasonable, and impertinent sermon About two o'clock, too late and too soon to go home to bed About several businesses, hoping to get money by them About my new closet, for my mind is full of nothing but that About the nature of sounds Academy was dissolved by order of the Pope Accounts I never did see, or hope again to see in my days Act against Nonconformists and Papists Act of Council passed, to put out all Papists in office Advantage a man of the law hath over all other people Afeard of being louzy Afeard that my Lady Castlemaine will keep still with the King Afraid now to bring in any accounts for journeys After taking leave of my wife, which we could hardly do kindly After awhile I caressed her and parted seeming friends After many protestings by degrees I did arrive at what I would After dinner my wife comes up to me and all friends again After oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb After some pleasant talk, my wife, Ashwell, and I to bed After a harsh word or two my wife and I good friends Again that she spoke but somewhat of what she had in her heart Agreed at L3 a year (she would not serve under) All ended in love All the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore All made much worse in their report among people than they are All the fleas came to him and not to me All divided that were bred so long at school together All may see how slippery places all courtiers stand in All things to be managed with faction All the innocent pleasure in the world All the towne almost going out of towne (Plague panic) Ambassador--that he is an honest man sent to lie abroad Amending of bad blood by borrowing from a better body Among all the beauties there, my wife was thought the greatest Among many lazy people that the diligent man becomes necessary An exceeding pretty lass, and right for the sport An offer of L500 for a Baronet's dignity And for his beef, says he, "Look how fat it is" And the woman so silly, as to let her go that took it And if ever I fall on it again, I deserve to be undone And will not kiss a woman since his wife's death And a deal of do of which I am weary And they did lay pigeons to his feet And there, did what I would with her And so to sleep till the morning, but was bit cruelly And so to bed and there entertained her with great content And all to dinner and sat down to the King saving myself And feeling for a chamber-pott, there was none And with the great men in curing of their claps And so to bed, my father lying with me in Ashwell's bed And in all this not so much as one And so by coach, though hard to get it, being rainy, home Angling with a minikin, a gut-string varnished over Angry, and so continued till bed, and did not sleep friends Anthem anything but instrumentall musique with the voice Apprehend about one hundred Quakers Apprehension of the King of France's invading us Aptness I have to be troubled at any thing that crosses me Archbishop is a wencher, and known to be so As much his friend as his interest will let him As very a gossip speaking of her neighbours as any body As all other women, cry, and yet talk of other things As he called it, the King's seventeenth whore abroad As all things else did not come up to my expectations Ashamed at myself for this losse of time Asleep, while the wench sat mending my breeches by my bedside At work, till I was almost blind, which makes my heart sad At least 12 or 14,000 people in the street (to see the hanging) At a loss whether it will be better for me to have him die At last we pretty good friends Badge of slavery upon the whole people (taxes) Bagwell's wife waited at the door, and went with me to my office Baited at Islington, and so late home about 11 at night Baker's house in Pudding Lane, where the late great fire begun Barkley swearing that he and others had lain with her often Baseness and looseness of the Court Bath at the top of his house Beare-garden Bearing more sayle will go faster than any other ships(multihull Beating of a poor little dog to death, letting it lie Because I would not be over sure of any thing Before I sent my boy out with them, I beat him for a lie Began discourse of my not getting of children Beginnings of discontents take so much root between us Begun to write idle and from the purpose Begun to smell, and so I caused it to be set forth (corpse) Being able to do little business (but the less the better) Being the first Wednesday of the month Being there, and seeming to do something, while we do not Being cleansed of lice this day by my wife Being examined at Allgate, whether we were husbands and wives Being five years behindhand for their wages (court musicians) Being sure never to see the like again in this world Being the people that, at last, will be found the wisest Being very poor and mean as to the bearing with trouble Being taken with a Psalmbook or Testament Believe that England and France were once the same continent Below what people think these great people say and do Best fence against the Parliament's present fury is delay Best poem that ever was wrote (Siege of Rhodes) Better the musique, the more sicke it makes him Better now than never Better we think than most other couples do Bewailing the vanity and disorders of the age Bill against importing Irish cattle Bill against importing Cattle from Ireland Bite at the stone, and not at the hand that flings it Bleeding behind by leeches will cure him Bold to deliver what he thinks on every occasion Book itself, and both it and them not worth a turd Bookseller's, and there looked for Montaigne's Essays Bottle of strong water; whereof now and then a sip did me good Bought for the love of the binding three books Bought Montaigne's Essays, in English Bowling-ally (where lords and ladies are now at bowles) Boy up to-night for his sister to teach him to put me to bed Bring me a periwig, but it was full of nits Bringing over one discontented man, you raise up three Bristol milk (the sherry) in the vaults Broken sort of people, that have not much to lose Burned it, that it might not be among my books to my shame Business of abusing the Puritans begins to grow stale But fit she should live where he hath a mind But pretty!

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Charles Barkeley's greatness is only his being pimp to the King Chatted with her, her husband out of the way Checking her last night in the coach in her long stories Chief Court of judicature (House of Lords) Chocolate was introduced into England about the year 1652 Church, where a most insipid young coxcomb preached City to be burned, and the Papists to cut our throats City pay him great respect, and he the like to the meanest Clap of the pox which he got about twelve years ago Clean myself with warm water; my wife will have me Coach to W. Coventry about Mrs. Pett, 1s.

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a kiss after the first Could not saw above 4 inches of the stone in a day Counterfeit mirthe and pleasure with them, but had but little Court is in a way to ruin all for their pleasures Court attendance infinite tedious Court full of great apprehensions of the French Craft and cunning concerning the buying and choosing of horses Credit of this office hath received by this rogue's occasion Cruel custom of throwing at cocks on Shrove Tuesday Cure of the King's evil, which he do deny altogether Dare not oppose it alone for making an enemy and do no good Dash the brains of it out before the King's face Day I first begun to go forth in my coat and sword Declared, if he come, she would not live with me Declared he will never have another public mistress again Delight to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition Deliver her from the hereditary curse of child-bearing Desired me that I would baste his coate Desk fastened to one of the armes of his chayre Diana did not come according to our agreement Did dig another, and put our wine in it; and I my Parmazan cheese Did extremely beat him, and though it did trouble me to do it Did so watch to see my wife put on drawers, which (she did) Did take me up very prettily in one or two things that I said Did much insist upon the sin of adultery Did go to Shoe Lane to see a cocke-fighting at a new pit there Did find none of them within, which I was glad of Did tumble them all the afternoon as I pleased Did trouble me very much to be at charge to no purpose Did see the knaveries and tricks of jockeys Did not like that Clergy should meddle with matters of state Did put evil thoughts in me, but proceeded no further Did bear with it, and very pleasant all the while Did drink of the College beer, which is very good Difference there will be between my father and mother about it Dine with them, at my cozen Roger's mistress's Dined with my wife on pease porridge and nothing else Dined upon six of my pigeons, which my wife has resolved to kill Dined at home alone, a good calves head boiled and dumplings Dinner was great, and most neatly dressed Dinner, an ill and little mean one, with foul cloth and dishes Discontented at the pride and luxury of the Court Discontented that my wife do not go neater now she has two maids Discourse of Mr. Evelyn touching all manner of learning Discoursed much against a man's lying with his wife in Lent Discoursing upon the sad condition of the times Disease making us more cruel to one another than if we are doggs Disorder in the pit by its raining in, from the cupola Disquiet all night, telling of the clock till it was daylight Do press for new oaths to be put upon men Do outdo the Lords infinitely (debates in the Commons) Do look upon me as a remembrancer of his former vanity Do bury still of the plague seven or eight in a day Doe from Cobham, when the season comes, bucks season being past Dog attending us, which made us all merry again Dog, that would turn a sheep any way which Dominion of the Sea Doubtfull of himself, and easily be removed from his own opinion Doubtfull whether her daughter will like of it or no Down to the Whey house and drank some and eat some curds Dr. Calamy is this day sent to Newgate for preaching Drawing up a foul draught of my petition to the Duke of York Drink at a bottle beer house in the Strand Drink a dish of coffee Drinking of the King's health upon their knees in the streets Driven down again with a stinke by Sir W. Pen's shying of a pot Duke of York and Mrs. Palmer did talk to one another very wanton Duodecimal arithmetique Durst not ask any body how it was with us Durst not take notice of her, her husband being there Dutch fleets being in so many places Dutchmen come out of the mouth and tail of a Hamburgh sow Dying this last week of the plague 112, from 43 the week before Eat some of the best cheese-cakes that ever I eat in my life Eat of the best cold meats that ever I eat on in all my life Eat a mouthful of pye at home to stay my stomach Eat some butter and radishes Else he is a blockhead, and not fitt for that imployment Employed by the fencers to play prizes at Endangering the nation, when he knew himself such a coward Endeavouring to strike tallys for money for Tangier Enjoy some degree of pleasure now that we have health, money Enough existed to build a ship (Pieces of the true Cross) Enquiring into the selling of places do trouble a great many Enviously, said, I could not come honestly by them Erasmus "de scribendis epistolis" Espinette is the French term for a small harpsichord Evelyn, who cries out against it, and calls it bitchering Even to the having bad words with my wife, and blows too Ever have done his maister better service than to hang for him?

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Foretelling the draught of water of a ship before she be launche Forgetting many things, which her master beat her for Formerly say that the King was a bastard and his mother a whore Found my brother John at eight o'clock in bed, which vexed me Found him a fool, as he ever was, or worse Found him not so ill as I thought that he had been ill Found in my head and body about twenty lice, little and great Found to be with child, do never stir out of their beds Found guilty, and likely will be hanged (for stealing spoons) France, which is accounted the best place for bread French have taken two and sunk one of our merchant-men Frequent trouble in things we deserve best in Frogs and many insects do often fall from the sky, ready formed From some fault in the meat to complain of my maid's sluttery Gadding abroad to look after beauties Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597 Gamester's life, which I see is very miserable, and poor Gave him his morning draft Generally with corruption, but most indeed with neglect Gentlewomen did hold up their heads to be kissed by the King Get his lady to trust herself with him into the tavern Give the King of France Nova Scotia, which he do not like Give her a Lobster and do so touse her and feel her all over Give the other notice of the future state, if there was any Glad to be at friendship with me, though we hate one another Gladder to have just now received it (than a promise) God knows that I do not find honesty enough in my own mind God forgive me!

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a pound I never designed to be a witness against any man I fear is not so good as she should be If the word Inquisition be but mentioned If the exportations exceed importations If it should come in print my name maybe at it Ill from my late cutting my hair so close to my head Ill all this day by reason of the last night's debauch Ill sign when we are once to come to study how to excuse Ill humour to be so against that which all the world cries up Ill-bred woman, would take exceptions at anything any body said In my nature am mighty unready to answer no to anything In men's clothes, and had the best legs that ever I saw In some churches there was hardly ten people in the whole church In our graves (as Shakespeere resembles it) we could dream In discourse he seems to be wise and say little In perpetual trouble and vexation that need it least In comes Mr. North very sea-sick from shore In a hackney and full of people, was ashamed to be seen In my dining-room she was doing something upon the pott In opposition to France, had made us throw off their fashion Inconvenience that do attend the increase of a man's fortune Inoffensive vanity of a man who loved to see himself in the glass Instructed by Shakespeare himself Insurrection of the Catholiques there Inventing a better theory of musique Ireland in a very distracted condition Irish in Ireland, whom Cromwell had settled all in one corner It must be the old ones that must do any good It not being handsome for our servants to sit so equal with us It is a strange thing how fancy works It may be, be able to pay for it, or have health Jane going into the boat did fall down and show her arse Jealous, though God knows I have no great reason Jealousy of him and an ugly wench that lived there lately John Pickering on board, like an ass, with his feathers John has got a wife, and for that he intends to part with him Joyne the lion's skin to the fox's tail Just set down to dinner, and I dined with them, as I intended Justice of God in punishing men for the sins of their ancestors Justice of proceeding not to condemn a man unheard Keep at interest, which is a good, quiett, and easy profit King is at the command of any woman like a slave King shall not be able to whip a cat King was gone to play at Tennis King hath lost his power, by submitting himself to this way King do resolve to declare the Duke of Monmouth legitimate King himself minding nothing but his ease King is not at present in purse to do King is mighty kind to these his bastard children King the necessity of having, at least, a show of religion King be desired to put all Catholiques out of employment King still do doat upon his women, even beyond all shame King is offended with the Duke of Richmond's marrying King of France did think other princes fit for nothing King governed by his lust, and women, and rogues about him King, Duke and Duchess, and Madame Palmer, were King dined at my Lady Castlemaine's, and supped, every day King, "it is then but Mr. Pepys making of another speech to them" King do tire all his people that are about him with early rising King's service is undone, and those that trust him perish King's Proclamation against drinking, swearing, and debauchery Kingdom will fall back again to a commonwealth Kiss my Parliament, instead of "Kiss my [rump]" Kissed them myself very often with a great deal of mirth Know yourself to be secure, in being necessary to the office L'escholle des filles, a lewd book L100 worth of plate for my Lord to give Secretary Nicholas L10,000 to the Prince, and half-a-crowne to my Lord of Sandwich Lady Castlemaine's interest at Court increases Lady Castlemayne is compounding with the King for a pension Lady Duchesse the veryest slut and drudge Lady Castlemaine hath all the King's Christmas presents Lady Castlemaine do speak of going to lie in at Hampton Court Lady Batten to give me a spoonful of honey for my cold Lady Castlemaine is still as great with the King Lady Castlemayne's nose out of joynt Lady Batten how she was such a man's whore Lady Castlemayne is now in a higher command over the King Lady Castlemayne do rule all at this time as much as ever Laissez nous affaire - Colbert Last day of their doubtfulness touching her being with child Last act of friendship in telling me of my faults also Last of a great many Presbyterian ministers Lately too much given to seeing of plays, and expense Laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange Law and severity were used against drunkennesse Law against it signifies nothing in the world Lay long caressing my wife and talking Lay very long with my wife in bed talking with great pleasure Lay long in bed talking and pleasing myself with my wife Lay chiding, and then pleased with my wife in bed Lay with her to-night, which I have not done these eight(days) Learned the multiplication table for the first time in 1661 Learnt a pretty trick to try whether a woman be a maid or no Lechery will never leave him Left him with some Commanders at the table taking tobacco Less he finds of difference between them and other men Let me blood, about sixteen ounces, I being exceedingly full Let her brew as she has baked Lewdness and beggary of the Court Liability of a husband to pay for goods supplied his wife Liberty of speech in the House Like a passionate fool, I did call her whore Listening to no reasoning for it, be it good or bad Little content most people have in the peace Little pleasure now in a play, the company being but little Little children employed, every one to do something Little worth of this world, to buy it with so much pain Little company there, which made it very unpleasing Live of L100 a year with more plenty, and wine and wenches Long cloaks being now quite out Long petticoat dragging under their men's coats Look askew upon my wife, because my wife do not buckle to them Looks to lie down about two months hence Lord!

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Nothing is to be got without offending God and the King Nothing of any truth and sincerity, but mere envy and design Now against her going into the country (lay together) Now above six months since (smoke from the cellars) Now very big, and within a fortnight of lying down Observing my eyes to be mightily employed in the playhouse Offer to give me a piece to receive of me 20 Offer me L500 if I would desist from the Clerk of the Acts place Offered to shew my wife further satisfaction if she desired Offered to stop the fire near his house for such a reward Officers are four years behind-hand unpaid Oliver Cromwell as his ensign Once a week or so I know a gentleman must go... One whom a great belly becomes as well as ever I saw any Only wind do now and then torment me... extremely Only because she sees it is the fashion (She likes it) Opening his mind to him as of one that may hereafter be his foe Ordered him L2000, and he paid me my quantum out of it Ordered in the yarde six or eight bargemen to be whipped Origin in the use of a plane against the grain of the wood Out of my purse I dare not for fear of a precedent Out also to and fro, to see and be seen Out of an itch to look upon the sluts there Outdo for neatness and plenty anything done by any of them Pain of the stone, and makes bloody water with great pain Pain to ride in a coach with them, for fear of being seen Painful to keep money, as well as to get it Parliament being vehement against the Nonconformists Parliament hath voted 2s.

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There setting a poor man to keep my place There is no man almost in the City cares a turd for him There being no curse in the world so great as this There I did lay the beginnings of a future 'amour con elle' There being ten hanged, drawn, and quartered There did what I would with her Therefore ought not to expect more justice from her These young Lords are not fit to do any service abroad These Lords are hard to be trusted They are all mad; and thus the kingdom is governed!

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