Produced by David Widger

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
                                  1665

August 1st. Slept, and lay long; then up and my Lord [Crew] and Sir G.Carteret being gone abroad, I first to see the bridegroom and bride, andfound them both up, and he gone to dress himself. Both red in the face,and well enough pleased this morning with their night's lodging. Thencedown and Mr. Brisband and I to billiards: anon come my Lord and Sir G.Carteret in, who have been looking abroad and visiting some farms that SirG. Carteret hath thereabouts, and, among other things, report the greateststories of the bigness of the calfes they find there, ready to sell to thebutchers, as big, they say, as little Cowes, and that they do give them apiece of chalke to licke, which they hold makes them white in the fleshwithin. Very merry at dinner, and so to talk and laugh after dinner, andup and down, some to [one] place, some to another, full of content on allsides. Anon about five o'clock, Sir G. Carteret and his lady and I tookcoach with the greatest joy and kindnesse that could be from the twofamilys or that ever I saw with so much appearance, and, I believe,reality in all my life. Drove hard home, and it was night ere we got toDeptford, where, with much kindnesse from them to me, I left them, andhome to the office, where I find all well, and being weary and sleepy, itbeing very late, I to bed.

2nd. Up, it being a publique fast, as being the first Wednesday of themonth, for the plague; I within doors all day, and upon my monthlyaccounts late, and there to my great joy settled almost all my privatematters of money in my books clearly, and allowing myself several sumswhich I had hitherto not reckoned myself sure of, because I would not beover sure of any thing, though with reason I might do it, I did findmyself really worth L1900, for which the great God of Heaven and Earth bepraised! At night to the office to write a few letters, and so home tobed, after fitting myself for tomorrow's journey.

3rd. Up, and betimes to Deptford to Sir G. Carteret's, where, not likingthe horse that had been hired by Mr. Uthwayt for me, I did desire Sir G.Carteret to let me ride his new L40 horse, which he did, and so I left my'hacquenee'—[Haquenee = an ambling nag fitted for ladies'riding.]—behind, and so after staying a good while in their bedchamberwhile they were dressing themselves, discoursing merrily, I parted and tothe ferry, where I was forced to stay a great while before I could get myhorse brought over, and then mounted and rode very finely to Dagenhams;all the way people, citizens, walking to and again to enquire how theplague is in the City this week by the Bill; which by chance, atGreenwich, I had heard was 2,020 of the plague, and 3,000 and odd of alldiseases; but methought it was a sad question to be so often asked me.Coming to Dagenhams, I there met our company coming out of the house,having staid as long as they could for me; so I let them go a littlebefore, and went and took leave of my

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