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entire meal of them. D.W.]

THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S.
CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY
TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SHORTHAND MANUSCRIPT IN
THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARY MAGDALENE COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE BY THE REV. MYNORS BRIGHT M.A. LATE

FELLOW AND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
(Unabridged)
WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE'S NOTES
EDITED WITH ADDITIONS BY
HENRY B. WHEATLEY F.S.A.

DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 1664
August 1st. Up, my mind very light from my last night's accounts, and
so up and with Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and Sir W. Pen to St.
James's, where among other things having prepared with some industry
every man a part this morning and no sooner (for fear they should
either consider of it or discourse of it one to another) Mr. Coventry did
move the Duke and obtain it that one of the clerkes of the Clerke of the
Acts should have an addition of L30 a year, as Mr. Turner hath, which I
am glad of, that I may give T. Hater L20 and keep L10 towards a boy's
keeping. Thence Mr. Coventry and I to the Attorney's chamber at the
Temple, but not being there we parted, and I home, and there with great
joy told T. Hater what I had done, with which the poor wretch was very
glad, though his modesty would not suffer him to say much. So to the
Coffee-house, and there all the house full of the victory Generall
Soushe
[General Soushe was Louis Ratuit, Comte de Souches. The battle was
fought at Lewenz (or Leva), in Hungary.--B.]
(who is a Frenchman, a soldier of fortune, commanding part of the
German army) hath had against the Turke; killing 4,000 men, and
taking most extraordinary spoil. Thence taking up Harman and his wife,
carried them to Anthony Joyce's, where we had my venison in a pasty
well done; but, Lord! to see how much they made of, it, as if they had
never eat any before, and very merry we were, but Will most
troublesomely so, and I find he and his wife have a most wretched life
one with another, but we took no notice, but were very merry as I could
be in such company. But Mrs. Harman is a very pretty-humoured
wretch, whom I could love with all my heart, being so good and
innocent company. Thence to Westminster to Mr. Blagrave's, and there,
after singing a thing or two over, I spoke to him about a woman for my
wife, and he offered me his kinswoman, which I was glad of, but she is
not at present well, but however I hope to have her. Thence to my Lord

Chancellor's, and thence with Mr. Coventry, who appointed to meet me
there, and with him to the Attorney General, and there with Sir Ph.
Warwicke consulted of a new commission to be had through the Broad
Seale to enable us to make this contract for Tangier victualling. So
home, and there talked long with Will about the young woman of his
family which he spoke of for to live with my wife, but though she hath
very many good qualitys, yet being a neighbour's child and young and
not very staid, I dare not venture of having her, because of her being
able to spread any report of our family upon any discontent among the
heart of our neighbours. So that my dependance is upon Mr. Blagrave,
and so home to supper and to bed. Last night, at 12 o'clock,. I was
waked with knocking at Sir W. Pen's door; and what was it but people's
running up and down to bring him word that his brother,
[George Penn, the elder brother of Sir W. Penn, was a wealthy
merchant at San Lucar, the port of Seville. He was seized as a heretic
by the Holy Office, and cast into a dungeon eight feet square and dark
as the grave. There he remained three years, every month being
scourged to make him confess his crimes. At last, after being twice put
to the rack, he offered to confess whatever they would suggest. His
property, L12,000, was then confiscated, his wife, a Catholic, taken
from him, and he was banished from Spain for ever.--M. B.]
who hath been a good while, it seems, sicke, is dead.

2nd. At the office all the morning. At noon dined, and then to, the
'Change, and there walked two hours or more with Sir W. Warren, who
after much discourse in general of Sir W. Batten's dealings, he fell to
talk how every body must live by their places, and that he was willing,
if I desired it, that I should go shares with him in anything that he deals
in. He told me again