Produced by David Widger
(Unabridged)
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. FEBRUARY 1659-60
February 1st. In the morning went to my office where afterwards the oldman brought me my letters from the carrier. At noon I went home and dinedwith my wife on pease porridge and nothing else. After that I went to theHall and there met with Mr. Swan and went with him to Mr. Downing'sCounsellor, who did put me in very little hopes about the business betweenMr. Downing and Squib, and told me that Squib would carry it against him,at which I was much troubled, and with him went to Lincoln's Inn and therespoke with his attorney, who told me the day that was appointed for thetrial. From thence I went to Sir Harry Wright's and got him to give mehis hand for the L60 which I am to-morrow to receive from Mr. Calthrop andfrom thence to Mrs. Jem and spoke with Madam Scott and her husband who didpromise to have the thing for her neck done this week. Thence home andtook Gammer East, and James the porter, a soldier, to my Lord's lodgings,who told me how they were drawn into the field to-day, and that they wereordered to march away to-morrow to make room for General Monk; but theydid shut their Colonel Fitch, and the rest of the officers out of thefield, and swore they would not go without their money, and if they wouldnot give it them, they would go where they might have it, and that was theCity. So the Colonel went to the Parliament, and commanded what moneycould be got, to be got against to-morrow for them, and all the rest ofthe soldiers in town, who in all places made a mutiny this day, and doagree together. Here I took some bedding to send to Mrs. Ann for her tolie in now she hath her fits of the ague. Thence I went to Will's andstaid like a fool there and played at cards till 9 o'clock and so camehome, where I found Mr. Hunt and his wife who staid and sat with me till10 and so good night.
2d. Drank at Harper's with Doling, and so to my office, where I found allthe officers of the regiments in town, waiting to receive money that theirsoldiers might go out of town, and what was in the Exchequer they had. Atnoon after dining at home I called at Harper's for Doling, and he and Imet with Luellin and drank with him at the Exchequer at Charing Cross, andthence he and I went to the Temple to Mr. Calthrop's chamber, and fromthence had his man by water to London Bridge to Mr. Calthrop, a grocer,and received L60 for my Lord. In our way we talked with our waterman,White, who told us how the watermen had lately been abused by some thathad a desire to get in to be watermen to the State, and had latelypresented an address of nine or ten thousand hands to stand by thisParliament, when it was only told them that it was to a petition againsthackney coaches; and that to-day they had put out another to undeceive theworld and to clear themselves, and that among the rest Cropp, my watermanand one of great practice, was one that did cheat them thus. After I hadreceived the money we went to the Bridg