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 LIBRARYMAGDALENE 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.

LONDON
GEORGE BELL & SONS YORK ST. COVENT GARDEN
CAMBRIDGE DEIGHTON BELL & CO.

1893

PREFACE

Although the Diary of Samuel Pepys has been in the hands of the public fornearly seventy years, it has not hitherto appeared in its entirety. In theoriginal edition of 1825 scarcely half of the manuscript was printed.Lord Braybrooke added some passages as the various editions werepublished, but in the preface to his last edition he wrote: "thereappeared indeed no necessity to amplify or in any way to alter the text ofthe Diary beyond the correction of a few verbal errors and corruptpassages hitherto overlooked."

The public knew nothing as to what was left unprinted, and there wastherefore a general feeling of gratification when it was announced someeighteen years ago that a new edition was to be published by the Rev.Mynors Bright, with the addition of new matter equal to a third of thewhole. It was understood that at last the Diary was to appear in itsentirety, but there was a passage in Mr. Bright's preface which suggesteda doubt respecting the necessary completeness. He wrote: "It would havebeen tedious to the reader if I had copied from the Diary the account ofhis daily work at the office."

As a matter of fact, Mr. Bright left roughly speaking about one-fifth ofthe whole Diary still unprinted, although he transcribed the whole, andbequeathed his transcript to Magdalene College.

It has now been decided that the whole of the Diary shall be made public,with the exception of a few passages which cannot possibly be printed. Itmay be thought by some that these omissions are due to an unnecessarysqueamishness, but it is not really so, and readers are therefore asked tohave faith in the judgment of the editor. Where any passages have beenomitted marks of omission are added, so that in all cases readers willknow where anything has been left out.

Lord Braybrooke made the remark in his "Life of Pepys," that "the cipheremployed by him greatly resembles that known by the name of 'Rich'ssystem.'" When Mr. Bright came to decipher the MS., he discovered thatthe shorthand system used by Pepys was an earlier one than Rich's, viz.,that of Thomas Shelton, who made his system public in 1620.

In his various editions Lord Braybrooke gave a large number of valuablenotes, in the collection and arrangement of which he was assisted by thelate Mr. John Holmes of the British Museum, and the late Mr. JamesYeowell, sometime sub-editor of "Notes and Queries." Where these notesare left unaltered in the present edition the letter "B." has been affixedto them, but in many instances the notes have been altered and added tofrom later information, and in these cases no mark is affixed. A largenumber of additional notes are now supplied, but still much has had to beleft unexplained. Many persons are mentioned in the Diary who were li

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