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.
                           NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
                                  1665

November 1st. Lay very long in bed discoursing with Mr. Hill of mostthings of a man's life, and how little merit do prevail in the world, butonly favour; and that, for myself, chance without merit brought me in; andthat diligence only keeps me so, and will, living as I do among so manylazy people that the diligent man becomes necessary, that they cannot doanything without him, and so told him of my late business of thevictualling, and what cares I am in to keepe myself having to do withpeople of so different factions at Court, and yet must be fair with themall, which was very pleasant discourse for me to tell, as well as heseemed to take it, for him to hear. At last up, and it being a very fouleday for raine and a hideous wind, yet having promised I would go by waterto Erith, and bearing sayle was in danger of oversetting, but ordered themtake down their sayle, and so cold and wet got thither, as they had endedtheir dinner. How[ever], I dined well, and after dinner all on shore, myLord Bruncker with us to Mrs. Williams's lodgings, and Sir W. Batten, SirEdmund Pooly, and others; and there, it being my Lord's birth-day, hadevery one a green riband tied in our hats very foolishly; and methinksmighty disgracefully for my Lord to have his folly so open to all theworld with this woman. But by and by Sir W. Batten and I took coach, andhome to Boreman, and so going home by the backside I saw Captain Cocke'lighting out of his coach (having been at Erith also with her but not onboard) and so he would come along with me to my lodging, and there sat andsupped and talked with us, but we were angry a little a while about ourmessage to him the other day about bidding him keepe from the office orhis owne office, because of his black dying. I owned it and the reason ofit, and would have been glad he had been out of the house, but I could notbid him go, and so supped, and after much other talke of the sad conditionand state of the King's matters we broke up, and my friend and I to bed.This night coming with Sir W. Batten into Greenwich we called upon Coll.Cleggatt, who tells us for certaine that the King of Denmark hath declaredto stand for the King of England, but since I hear it is wholly false.

2nd. Up, left my wife and to the office, and there to my great contentSir W. Warren come to me to settle the business of the Tangier boates,wherein I shall get above L100, besides L100 which he gives me in thepaying for them out of his owne purse. He gone, I home to my lodgings todinner, and there comes Captain Wagers newly returned from the Streights,who puts me in great fear for our last ships that went to Tangier withprovisions, that they will be taken. A brave, stout fellow this Captainis, and I think very honest. To the office again after dinner and therelate writing letters, and then about 8 at night set out from my office andfitting myself at my lodgings intended to have gone this night in a Ketchdown to the

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