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Dutch Ambassador : [a speech]

"Back I went by Mr. Downing's order, and stayed there til 12 o'clock in expectation of one to come to read some writings, but he came not, so I stayed all alone reading the answer of the Dutch ambassador to our State, in which answer to the reasons of my lord's coming home which he gave for his coming, and did labour herein to contradict my Lord's arguments for his coming home."

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

: [ballad]

"Here Swan showed us a ballat to the tune of Mardike, which was the most incomparably writ in a printed hand; which I borrowed, but the song proved silly and so I did not write it out."

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

: Declaration of Breda

"This morning my Lord showed me the King's declaration and his letter to the two Generalls to be communicated to the fleet. The contents of the letter are his offer of grave to all that will come in within 40 days, only excepting them that the Parliament shall hereafter except. .. The letter dated at Breda, April 4/14 1660, in the 212th year of his raigne. Upon the receipt of it this morning by an express, Mr. Phillips, one of the messengers of the Council from Generall Monke, my Lord summoned a council of war, and in the meantime did dictate to me how he would have pass this council. Which done, the commanders all came on board, and the council set in the coach (the first council of war that hath been in my time), where I read the letter and the declaration; and while they were discoursing upon it, I seemed to draw up a vote; which being offered, the passed.?

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill

: books on laws and statutes

Adrian Johns notes Samuel Pepys's use of printed lawbooks "to inform himself of 'law-notions'"

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Pepys : [speech]

'I rose early this morning, and looked over and corrected my brother John's speech which he is to make the next Apposition'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

John Pepys : [speech]

'At noon my brother John came to me, and I corrected as well as I could his Greek speech against the Apposition, though I believe he himself was as well able to do it as myself. After that, we went to read in the great Officiale about the blessing of bells in the Church of Rome.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : Pontificale romanum Clementis VIII, part 2

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Back I went by Mr Downing's order, and stayed there till 12 a-clock in expectation of one to come to read some writings; but he came not, so I stayed all alone reading the answer of the Dutch Embassador to our state, in answer to the reasons of my Lord's coming home which he gave for his coming, and did labour herein to contradict my Lord's arguments for his coming home.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : The humble address and hearty desires of the gentlemen, ministers and free-holders of the county of Northampton, presented to his Excellency the Lord General Monck, at his arrival at Northampton January, 24, 1659

'I called at St Paul's churchyard, where I bought Buxtorfes Hebrew Grammar and read a declaration of the gentlemen of Northamptonshire - which came out this afternoon.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet

[n/a] : Book of Tobit

'To their church in the afternoon, and in Mrs Turner's pew my wife took up a good black hood and kept it. A stranger preached a poor sermon, and so I read over the whole book of the story of Tobit.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Las cosas maravillosas della sancta ciudad de Roma

'This morning I lay long abed; then to my office, where I read all the morning my Spanish book of Rome.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'...and back to Pauls churchyard, where I stayed reading in Fullers history of the Church of England an hour or two...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Roger L'Estrange [? probably] : A plea for limited monarchy, as it was established in this nation, before the late war. In a humble address to his Excellency, General Monck

'...and with them to Marshes at Whitehall to drink, and stayed there a pretty while reading a pamphlet, well-writ and directed to Generall Monke in praise of the form of Monarchy which was settled here before the Warrs.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[Playford] : Select ayres and dialogues

'My Lord and the ship's company down to Sermon. I stayed above to write and look over my new song-book, which came last night to me from London in lieu of that that my Lord had of me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'Home, and at night had a chapter read; and I read prayers out of the Common Prayer book, the first time that ever I read prayers in this house. So to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Common Prayer Book

'Home, and at night had a chapter read; and I read prayers out of the Common Prayer book, the first time that ever I read prayers in this house. So to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Up to my chamber to read a little, and write my Diary for three or four days past.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

John Speed : A prospect of the most famous parts of the world

'In the evening to the office, where I fell a-reading of Speeds geography for a while.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'And before supper I read part of the Maryan persecution in Mr Fuller.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Scarron : The Fruitlesse Precaution

'And so home, where I fell to read "The fruitlesse precaution" (a book formerly recommended by Dr Clerke at sea to me), which I read in bed till I had made an end of it and do find it the best-writ tale that ever I read in my life.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Scarron : The Fruitlesse Precaution

'but went home again by water, by the way reading of the other two stories that are in the book that I read last night, which I do not like so well as that.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bible

'So after supper and reading of some chapters, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Dauncey : The history of the thrice illustrious Princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, Queen of England

'To Westminster-hall and bought, among other books, one of the Life of our Queene. Which I read at home to my wife; but it was so sillily writ that we did nothing but laugh at it: among other things, it is dedicated to that Paragon of virtue and beauty, the Duchesse of Albermarle.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Masse Book

'In Pauls churchyard I called at Kirton's; and there they had got a Masse book for me, which I bought and cost me 12s. And when I came home, sat up late and read in it - with great pleasure to my wife to hear that that she long ago was so well acquainted with.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [law book?]

'At night Mr Moore came and sat with me, and there I took a book and he did instruct me in many law=notions, in which I took great pleasure.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : An exact and most impartial accompt of the ... trial ... of nine and twenty regicides

'Home and fell a-reading of the tryalls of the late men that were hanged for the King's death; and found good satisfaccion in reading thereof.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : An exact and most impartial accompt of the ... trial ... of nine and twenty regicides

'Home by Coach and read late in the last night's book of the Tryalls...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[John] [Phillips?] : Montelion, the prophetical almanac for the year 1661

'So to Pauls churchyard and there bought "Montelion", which this year doth not prove so good as the last was; and so after reading it, I burned it. After reading of that and the Comedy of "The Rump", which is also very silly, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: almanac

John Tatham : The Rump, or The mirror of the late times

'So to Pauls churchyard and there bought "Montelion", which this yeardoth not prove so good as the last was; and so after reading it, I burned it. After reading of that and the Comedy of "The Rump", which is also very silly, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So we parted, and I and Mr Creed to Westminster-hall and looked over a book or two, and so to My Lord's...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'To church in the afternoon. And after sermon took Tom. Fuller's "Church History" and read over Henry the 8ths life - in it. And so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Randolph : Cornelianum Dolium

'After he was gone, I fell a-reading "Cornelianum Dolium" till 11 a-clock at night, with great pleasure; and after that to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'I fell a-reading in Fuller's "history of Abbys" and my wife in "Grand Cyrus" till 12 at night, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After that home and to bed - reading myself asleep while the wench sat mending my breeches by my bedside.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'All evening at my book; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'and I, before and after supper, to my Lute and Fullers "History", at which I stayed all alone in my Chamber till 12 at night; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'At home I fell a-reading of Fullers "Church History" till it was late, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Osborne : [works]

'I in my chamber all the evening, looking over my Osborns works and new Emanuel Thesaurus's "Patriarchae".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Emanuel Tesauro : Patriarche, sive Christi servatoris genealogia, per mundi aetates traducta

'I in my chamber all the evening, looking over my Osborns works and new Emanuel Thesaurus's "Patriarchae".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [French Romances]

'And God forgive me, did spent it in reading some little French Romances.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Good books]

'and I home and stayed there all day within - having found Mr Moore, who stayed with me till at night, talking and reading some good books.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book]

'Then by linke home - and there to my book awhile and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book]

'Then home - I to read.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book]

'Then to reading and at night to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Smith : The sea-man's grammar

'earley up in the morning to read the "Seamans grammar and dictionary" I lately have got, which doth please me exceedingly well.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : The Kingdomes Intelligencer

'This day I find in the news-Booke that Rogr. Pepys is chosen at Cambridge for the towne, the first place that we hear of to have made their choice yet.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And then I up to my chamber to read.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and after a little reading, to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Bacon : Faber Fortunae sive Doctrina de ambitu vitae

'And in the garden reading "Faber fortunae" with great pleasure. So home to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Having writ letters into the country and read something, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Middleton : The Spanish Gypsy

'The afternoon, while Will is abroad, I spent in reading "The Spanish Gypsy", a play not very good, though commended much.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Pepys : The Will of Robert Pepys of Brampton

'In the morning my father and I walked in the garden and read the Will; where though he gives me nothing at present till my father's death, or at least very little, yet I am glad to see that he hath done so well for us all - and well to the rest of his kindred.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Robert Pepys : The Will of Robert Pepys of Brampton

'Home at noon, and there find Mr Moore and with him to an ordinary alone and dined; and there he and I read my Uncles Will and I had his opinion on it, and still find more and more trouble like to attend it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And then came home with us Sir W. Pen and drank with us and then went away; and my wife after him to see his daughter that is lately come out of Ireland. I stayed at home at my book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Richard Hooker : Of the lawes of ecclesiastical politie

'At night fell to read in Hookers "Ecclesiastical policy" which Mr Moore did give me last Wednesday, very handsomely bound; and which I shall read with great pains and love for his sake.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Osborne : Advice to a son

'...which makes me remember my father Osborne's rule for a gentleman, to spare in all things rather than in that.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The historie of the holy warr

'and all the day, as I was at leisure, I did read in Fuller's "Holy Warr" (which I have of late bought) and did try to make a Song...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [chancery Bill drawn against Trice]

'Dined at home; and so about my business in the afternoon to the temple, where I find my chancery bill drawn against T. Trice; which I read, and like it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Thomas Hobbes : Of libertie and necessitie

'So to bed, with my mind cheery upon it; and lay long reading Hobbs his "liberty and necessity", and a little but a very shrewd piece.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown- little but shrewd piece]

'So to bed, with my mind cheery upon it; and lay long reading Hobbs his "liberty and necessity", and a little but a very shrewd piece.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

William Camden : Britannia

'and so I left them with him and went with Mr Moore to Grayes Inne to his chamber, and there he showed me his old Cambdens "Brittannia", which I intended to buy of him and so took it away with me and left it at St Pauls churchyard to be bound'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'at the office all the afternoon, and at night home to read in "Mare Clausum" till bedtime'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'we returned and I settled to read in "Mare Clausum" till bedtime'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

T Trice : [answer to Pepys's bill]

'This morning as I was in bed, one brings me T. Trices answer to my bill in Chancery from Mr Smallwood, which I am glad to see, though afeared it will do me hurt.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'I am now full of study about writing something about our making of strangers strike to us at sea; and so am altogether reading Selden and Grotius and such other Authors, to that purpose.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Hugo Grotius : Mare Liberum

'I am now full of study about writing something about our making of strangers strike to us at sea; and so am altogether reading Selden and Grotius and such other Authors, to that purpose.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'and so home and to supper and to Selden "Mare Clausum" and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'And so I home, and sat late up, reading of Mr Selden. And so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'So after my business was done and read something in Mr Selden, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'and so left the table and went up to read in Mr Selden till church time;'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'So we parted; and I home and to Mr Selden and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Seldon : Mare Clausum

'and so up to my study and read the two treatys before Mr Selden's "Mare Clausum"; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : Additional evidences... relating to the reigns of K. James and K. Charles

'and so up to my study and read the two treatys before Mr Selden's "Mare Clausum"; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home by Coach and I late reading in my Chamber; and then to bed, my wife being angry that I keep the house up so late.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Hence home and to read; and so to bed, but very late again.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'so home - to read - supper and to prayers; and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : History of the worthies of England

'Then to Pauls churchyard, and there I met with Dr: Fullers "Englands worthys" - the first time that I ever saw it; and so I sat down reading in it, till it was 2 a-clock before I thought of the time's going.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : History of the worthies of England

'My cold being increased, I stayed home all day, pleasing myself with my dining-room, now graced with pictures, and reading of Dr Fullers "Worthys".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : The Kingdomes Intelligencer

'This day in the news-booke, I find that my Lord Buckhurst and his fellows have printed their case as they did give in, upon examinacion, to a Justice of the peace.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I up to my chamber to read and write, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Graunt : Natural and political observations... made upon the bills of mortality

'went to Westminster-hall and there bought Mr Grant's book of observations upon the weekly bills of Mortality - which appear to me, upon first sight, to be very pretty.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night to my chamber to read and sing; and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Fields : [petition]

'So home; and no sooner come but Sir W. Warren comes to me to bring me a paper of Fields (with whom we have lately had a great deal of trouble at the office), being a bitter petition to the King against our office, for not doing Justice upon his complaint to us of embezzlement of the King's stores by one Turpin. I took Sir Wm to Sir W. Pens (who was newly come from Walthamstowe), and there we read it and discoursed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Thomas Bayly : Herba Parietis or The wall-flower, as it grew out of the stone chamber belonging to Newgate, being a history which is partly true, partly romantick, morally devine, whereby a marriage between reality and fancy is solemnized by divinity

'...and so took boat again and got to London before them. All the way, coming and going, reading in "The Wallflower" with great pleasure.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Cicero : [unknown]

'Up earely; and after reading a little in Cicero, I made me ready and to my office - where all the morning busy.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Holland : [discourse on Naval administration]

'At my office all the morning, reading Mr Holland's discourse of the Navy, lent me by Mr Turner; and am much pleased with them, they hitting the very diseases of the Navy which we are troubled with nowadays. I shall bestow writing of them over and much reading thereof.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He being gone, I to my study and read; and so to eat a bit of bread and cheese and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [letter]

'This night Tom came to show me a civil letter sent him from his mistress.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

Tobias Gentleman : Englands way to win wealth... with a true relation of the inestimable wealth that is yearely taken out of His Majesties seas by the Hollanders

'Then we fell to reading of a book which I saw the other day at my Lord Sandwichs, entended for the late King, finely bound up - a treatise concerning the benefit the Hollanders make of our fishing; but whereas I expected great matters from it, I find it a very impertinent book; and though some things good, yet so full of tautologys that we were weary of it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas : Divine weekes and workes

'My wife and I spent a good deal of this evening in reading Du' Bartas's "Imposture" and other parts, which my wife of late have taken up to read, and is very fine as anything I meet with.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

George Chapman : Bussy D'Ambois

'and so home and to supper. And after reading part of "Bussy D'Ambois", a good play I bought today - to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Playford : Dancing Master OR English Dancing Master

'So I made Gosnell [sing] and we sat up, looking over the book of Dances till 12 at night, not observing how the time went; and so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Holland : [discourse on Naval administration]

'and then to the office and there examining my Copy of Mr Hollands book till 10 at night; and so home to supper and bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Holland : [second discourse on Naval administration]

'and so to the office again and made an end of examining the other of Mr Hollands books about the Navy, with which I am much contented'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Fletcher : A wife for a month

'It being cold, Mr Lee and [I] did sit all the day, till 3 a-clock, by the fire in the Governors house; I reading a play of Flechers, being "A wife for a month" - wherein no great wit or language.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[anon] : A treatise of taxes and contributions

'And so went home, taking Mr Leigh with me; and after drunk a cup of wine, he went away and I to my office, there reading in Sir W Pettys book, and so home - and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Heydon : Advice to a daughter in opposition to the advice to a sonne... by Eugenius Theodidactus

'and so up and by the fireside we read a good part of the "Advice to a Daughter", which a simple Coxcombe hath wrote against Osborne; but in all my life I never did nor can expect to see so much nonsense in print.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Ovid : Metamorphoses

'and my wife and I to read Ovids "Metamorphoses", which I brought her home from Pauls churchyard tonight (having called for it by the way) and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to my office, practising arthmetique alone and making an end of last night's book, with great content, till 11 at night; and so home to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : [Sea Manuscript]

'So to the office till 10 at night upon business, and numbering and examining part of my Sea=manuscript with great pleasure - my wife sitting working by me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

George Bate : Elenchi motuum nuperorum in Anglia pars secunda

'This day I bought the second part of Dr Bates's "Elenchus", which reaches to the fall of Richard and no further, for which I am sorry.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

King Charles II : His Majesties gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, February the 18th, 1662

'This day I read the King's speech to the parliament yesterday; which is very short and not very obliging, but only telling them his desire to have a power of indulging tender consciences, not that he will yield to have any mixture in the uniformity of Church discipline.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [Writ]

'Towards noon there comes a man in, as if upon ordinary business, and shows me a Writt from the Exchequer, called a Comission of Rebellion, and tells me that I am his prisoner - in Fields business.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [playbill]

'While my wife dressed herself, Creed and I walked out to see what play was acted today, and we find it "The Sleighted mayde".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster, playbill

[unknown] : [vowes]

'and I to my office till the evening, doing one thing or other and reading my vowes as I am bound every Lord's day'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Brown : The use of the line of numbers, on a sliding (or glasiers) rule... for the measuring of timber, either round or square

'Thence home and to my office till night, reading over and consulting upon the book and Ruler that I bought this morning of Browne concerning the Lyne of Numbers, in which I find much pleasure.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Spanish books]

'staying a little in Paul's churchyard at the forreigne booksellers, looking over some Spanish books and with much ado keeping myself from laying out money there'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Osborne : Advice to his son

'Up and spent the morning till the Barber came in reading in my chamber part of Osborne's "Advice to his Son" (which I shall not ever enough admire for sense and language)'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'While that [dinner] was prepared, to my office to read over my vowes, with great affection and to very good purpose.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : Navy precedents

'So home to my office, alone till dark, reading some part of my old "Navy precedents", and so home to supper.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Report of the proceedings of the commission of 1618]

'to my office and there made an end of reading my book that I have had of Mr Barlows, of the Journall of the Comissioners of the Navy who begun to act in the year 1618 and continued six years; wherein is fine observations and precedents, out of which I do purpose to make a good collection.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Brown : Description and use of the carpenter's rule

'I walked back again, all the way reading of my book of Timber measure, comparing it with my new Sliding rule, brought home this morning, with great pleasure.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'Up betimes and to my office, where I first ruled with red Inke my English "Mare clausum"; which, with the new Orthodox title, makes it now very handsome.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home; and after reading my vowes, being sleepy, without prayers to bed'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

James Ussher : A body of divinitie

'Thence to the Temple and sat there till one a-clock, reading at Playford's in Dr Ushers "Body of Divinity" his discourse of the Scripture; which is as much, I believe, as is anywhere said by any man, but yet there is room to cavill, if a man would use no faith to the tradition of the Church in which he is born; which I think to be as good as any argument as most is brought for many things, and it may be for that, among others.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Kingdom Intelligence

'Scotland: it seems, for all the news-book tells us every week that they are all so quiet and everything in the Church settled, the old women had like to have killed the other day the Bishop of Galloway, and not half the churches of the whole kingdom conforms.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : A vindication of the degree of gentry in opposition to titular honours, and the humour of riches being the measure of honours. Done by a person of quality

'And so walk and by water to White-hall, all our way by water, both coming and going, reading a little book said to be writ by a person of Quality concerning English Gentry to be preferred before Titular honours; but the most silly nonsense, no sense nor grammar, yet in as good words that I ever saw in all my life, that from beginning to end you meet not with one entire and regular sentence.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Aesop : Aesop's Fables

'So home and read to my wife a Fable or two in Ogleby's "Aesop"; and so to supper and then to prayers and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Fortrey : Englands interest and improvement consisting in the increase of...trade [or] Short notes and observations drawn from the present decaying condition of this kingdom in point of trade

'Thence by water to Chelsy, all the way reading a little book I bought of Improvement of trade, a pretty book and many things useful in it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Balth. Gerbier : Counsel and advise to all builders; for the choice of their surveyours... Together with several epistles to eminent persons, who may be concerned in building

'At the Coffee-house in Exchange=alley I bought a little book, "Counsell to Builders", written by Sir Balth. Gerbier; it is dedicated almost to all the men of any great condition in England, so that the epistles are more than the book itself; and both it and them not worth a turd, that I am ashamed that I bought it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Tuck : The Adventures of five houres

'And after dinner up and read part of the new play of "The Five houres adventures"; which though I have seen it twice, yet I never did admire or understand it enough - it being a play of the greatest plot that I ever expect to see, and of great vigour quite through the whole play, from beginning to the end.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Tuck : The Adventures of five houres

'Begun again to rise betimes, by 4 a-clock. And made an end of "The Adventures of five houres", and it is a most excellent play.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Statute book]

'I to my office and there read all the morning in my Statute-book, consulting among others the statute against seeling of offices, wherein Mr Coventry is so much concerned.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Up and to read a little;'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Samuel] [Newman] : A concordance to the Holy Scriptures

'I went up vexed to my chamber and there fell examining my new "Concordance" that I have bought with Newmans, the best that ever was out before, and I find mine altogether as copious as that and something larger, though the order in some respects not so good, that a man may think a place is missing, when it is only put in another place.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Lily : A short introduction of grammar... of the Latine tongue

'Up betimes and fell to reading my Latin grammer, which I perceive I have great need of, having lately found it by my calling Will to the reading of a Chapter in Latin and I am resolved to get through it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'and then I to my office and read my vowes seriously and with content; and so home to supper, to prayers, and to bed.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Cicero : [unknown]

'At noon my physic having done working, I went down to dinner. And then he [Mr Creede] and I up again and spent the most of the afternoon reading in Cicero and other books and in good discourse, and then he went away'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So to the reading of my vowes seriously, and then to supper.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [books on timber measuring and tides]

'Myself very studious to learn what I can of all things necessary for my place as an officer of the Navy - reading lately what concerns measuring of timber and knowledge of the tides.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'and so home and to my office a while to read my vowes. The home to prayers and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home to dinner alone. And then to read a little and so to church again, where the Scott made an ordinary sermon; and so home to my office and there read over my vowes, and encreased them by a vow against all strong drink till November next, of any sort of Quantity... Then I fell to read over a silly play, writ by a person of Honour (which is, I find, as much to say a coxcombe) called "Love a la mode".'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[Thomas] [Southland] : Love a la mode

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Bacon : Faber Fortune

'Up and to my office; and then walked to Woolwich, reading Bacon's "faber Fortune", which the oftener I read the more I admire.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Ben Johnson : Devil is an Asse

'So down to Deptford, reading Ben Johnsons "Devil is an Asse".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Alexander Green : The Politician cheated

'walked to see Sir W. Penn at Deptford, reading by the way a most ridiculous play, a new one call[ed] "The Politician cheated".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir John Birkenhead : Cabala, or An impartial account of the non-conformists' private design

'Thence with Mr Moore to the Wardrobe and there sat while my Lord was private with Mr Townsend about his accounts an hour or two - we reading of a merry book against the Presbyters called "Cabbala", extraordinary witty.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'I sat up an hour after Mr Coventry was gone to read my vowes - it raining a wonderful hard showre about 11 at night for an hour together. So to bed.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home and at my office reading my vowes;'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Thence by coach with my Lord Peterborough and Sandwich to my Lord Peterborough's house; and there, after an hour's looking over some fine books of the Italian buildings with fine cuts, and also my Lord Peterborough's bowes and arrows, of which he is a great lover, we sat down to dinner...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Will Hewer : [piece of Latin, practice translation probably]

'Thence home and examined a piece of Latin of Will's with my brother, and so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown - recipes]

'and so we went to boat again and then down to the bridge and there tried to find a sister of Mrs Morrices, but she was not within neither, and so we went through bridge and I carried them on board the King's pleasure-boat - all the way reading in a book of Receipts of making fine meats and sweetmeats; among others, one "To make my own sweet water" - which made us good sport.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Robert] [Wild] : Iter boreale

'To church again; and so home to my wife and with her read "Iter boreale", a poem made just at the King's coming home but I never read it before, and now like it pretty well but not so as it was cried up.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Robert] [L'Estrange] : The Intelligencer

'and then abroad by water to White-hall and to Westminster-hall and there bought the first news-books of Lestrange's writing, he beginning this week; and makes methink but a simple beginning.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [proclamation]

'This day I read a proclamacion for calling in and commanding everybody to apprehend my Lord Bristoll.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

John Day : [Will]

'And then met my uncle Thomas by appointment, and he and I to the Prearogative Office in Paternoster Row and there searched and found my Uncle Day's will and read it over and advised upon it, and his wife's after him.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Beatrice Day : [Will]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [vowes]

'Then into the garden to read my weekly vowes.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [bills advertising a cure for smoking chimneys]

'This day my wife showed me bills printed, wherein her father, with Sir John Collidon and Sir Edwd. Ford, hath got a patent for curing of smoking chimnys. I wish they may do good thereof - but fear it will prove but a poor project.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Handbill

Thomas Fuller : Church-History

'At night fell to reading in the "Church History" of Fullers, and perticularly Cranmers letter to Queen Elizabeth, which pleases me mightly for his zeal, obedience and boldness in a cause of reilgion.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'And read very seriously my vowes, which I am fearful of forgetting by my late great expenses - but I hope in God I do not. And so to bed.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home and my wife and I together all the evening, discoursing; and then after reading my vowes to myself... we hastened to supper and to bed.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [vowes]

'So home to prayers, and then to read my vowes and to bed.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

Thomas Fuller : Church History

'Thence home and I spent most of the evening upon Fullers "Church History" and Barcklys "Argenis"; and so after supper to prayers and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Barclay : Argenis

'Thence home and I spent most of the evening upon Fullers "Church History" and Barcklys "Argenis"; and so after supper to prayers and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Butler : Hudibras

'And so I home to dinner, and thence abroad to Pauls churchyard and there looked upon the second part of "Hudibras", which I buy not but borrow to read, to see if it be as good as the first, which the world cries so mightily up; though it hath not a good liking in me, though I had tried by twice or three times reading to bring myself to think it witty.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'After a little discourse with him, I took coach and home, calling upon my booksellers for two books, Rushworths and Scobells "collecions" - I shall make the King pay for them. The first I spent at my office some time to read and it is an excellent book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Arithmetic books]

'my wife, it being a cold day and it begin to snow, kept her bed till after dinner. And I below by myself looking over my arithmetique books and Timber Rule.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'I to my office and spent an hour or two reading Rushworth; and so to supper home, and to prayers and bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'and so after some reading in Rushworth, home to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'and so to my office and to read in Rushworth; and so home to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'In the evening, he gone, I to my office to read Rushworth upon the charge and answer of the Duke of Buckingham, which is very fine; and then to do a little business against tomorrow and so home to supper to my wife'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [vowes]

'To church; where after sermon, home and to my office before dinner, reading my vowes;'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'He being gone, and I mightily pleased with his discourse, by which I alway[s] learn something, I to read a little in Rushworth; and so home to supper to my wife'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Adam Olearius : The voyages and travels of the ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia

'I went to the Temple and there spent my time in a bookseller's shop, reading in a book of some Embassages into Moscovia, &c., where was very good reading.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Angelo Corraro : Rome exactly described... in two curious discourses

'And so home with great ease and content, especially out of the content which I met with in a book I bought yesterday; being a discourse of the state of Rome under the present Pope, Alexander the 7th - it being a very excellent piece.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Angelo Corraro : Rome exactly described... in two curious discourses

'At night made an end of the discourse I read this morning, and so home to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : [bill advertising cockfight]

'There parted in the street with them, and I to my Lord's; but he not being within, took Coach, and being directed by sight of bills upon the walls, did go to Shoe lane to see a Cocke-fighting at a new pit there - a sport I was never at in my life...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He gone, I to my office and there late, writing and reading; and so home to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [on the globes]

'and then I begin to read to my wife upon the globes, with great pleasure and to good purpose, for it will be pleasant to her and to me to have her understand those things.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collection

'In the evening to the office, where I stayed late reading Rushworth, which is a most excellent collection of the beginning of the late quarrels in this kingdom. And so home to supper and to bed with good content of mind.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rusthworth : Historical Collection

'So to my office, writing letters, and then to read and make an end of Rushworth; which I did, and do say that it is a book the best worth reading for a man of my condition in the world, that I do know.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'so home to dinner with my poor wife; and after dinner read a lecture to her in Geography, which she takes very prettily, and with great pleasure to her and me to teach her.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [Spanish books]

'and then through Bedlam (calling by the way at an old bookseller's, and there fell into looking over Spanish books and pitched upon some, till I thought of my oath when I was going to agree for them and so with much ado got myself out of the shop, glad at my heart and so away)'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home, reading all the way a good book;'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [lecture on the globes]

'and after supper, to read a lecture to my wife upon the globes, and so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : Love a Cheate

'This evening, being in an humour of making all things even and clear in the world, I tore some old paper; among others, a Romance which (under the title of "Love a Cheate") I began ten year ago at Cambridge; and at this time, reading it over tonight, I liked it very well and wondered a little at myself at my vein at that time when I wrote it, doubting that I cannot do so well now if I would try.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

J Blaeu : Theatrum civitatum... Italie [OR] Ubrium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum

'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Antonius Sanderus : Flandria Illustrata

'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Bacon : Faber Fortunae

'and so after dinner, by water home, all the way going and coming reading "Faber fortunae", which I can never read too often.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Davenant : The first day's entertainment at Rutland House, by declamations and music, after the manner of the ancients

'and so up to my wife and with great mirth read Sir W Davenents two speeches in dispraise of London and Paris, by way of reproach one to the other, and so to prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Charles Cotton : Scarronides, or Virgile Travesty

'calling at St Pauls churchyard and there looked upon a pretty Burlesque poem called "Scarronides, or Virgile Travesty" - extraordinary good.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Wells : [manuscript on ship building]

'This day Mrs Turner did lend me, as a rarity, a manuscript of one of Mr Wells, writ long ago, teaching the method of building a ship; which pleases me mightily. I was at it tonight but durst not stay long at it, I being come to have a great pain and water in my eyes after candle-light.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Thomas Fuller : [unknown]

'We spent the day in pleasant talk and company one with another (reading in Dr Fullers book what he says of the family of the cliffords and Kingsmils)'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Spencer : A discourse containing prodigies; wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated

'He gone, I down by water to Woolwich and Deptford to look after the despatch of the ships, all the way reading Mr Spencer's book of Prodigys, which is most ingeniously writ, both for matter and style.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [books about the Navy]

'Thence walked with Mr Coventry to St James's and there spent by his desire the whole morning reading of some old Navy books given him of old Sir John Cookes by the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury that now is; wherein the order that was observed in the Navy then, above what it is now, is very observable, and fine things we did observe in our reading.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [plays]

'So stayed within all day, reading of two or three good plays.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : [contract]

'And after dinner to the Change a little and then to Whitehall, where anon the Duke of York came and a Committee we had of Tanger; where I read over my rough draft of the contract for Tanger Victualling and acquainted them with the death of Mr Alsopp...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Samuel Pepys : [contract]

'We read over the contract together and discoursed it well over and so parted'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

Henry Power : Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

'Thence home and to my office; wrote by the post, and then to read a little in Dr Powre's book of discovery by the Microscope, to enable me a little how to use and what to expect from my glasse.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Henry Power : Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

'After dinner, to my chamber and made an end of Dr Powre's book of the Microscope, very fine and to my content'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After supper I up to read a little, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Henry Power : Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

'and so to supper anon and then to my office again a while, collecting observations out of Dr Powres book of Microscopes, and so home to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir John Sucklings : Aglaura

'After dinner I down to Woolwich with a galley, and then to Deptford and so home, all the way reading Sir J Suck[l]ings "Aglaura", which methinks is but a mean play - nothing of design in it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Davenant : The Siege of Rhodes

'So home and late reading "The Siege of Rhodes" to my wife, and then to bed - my head being in great pain and my palate still down.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Fletcher : The Custome of the Country

'So anon they went away and then I to read another play, "The Custome of the Country", which is a very poor one methinks.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Fletcher : The mad lover

'but I spent all morning reading of "The Madd Lovers" - a very good play'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[Captain] [Fisher?] : [papers]

'Up and by water with Mr Tooker (to Woolwich first, to do several businesses of the King's); and then on board Captain Fisher's ship, which we hire to carry goods to Tanger - all the way coming and going, I reading and discoursing over some papers of his'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night home to supper, weary and my eyes sore with writing and reading - and to bed.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : Ichthyothera; or the royal trade of fishing [probably]

'and there fitted myself and took a hackney-coah I hired (it being a very cold and fowle day) to Woolwich, all the way reading in a good book touching the Fishery; and that being done, in the book upon the statutes of Charitable uses, mightily to my satisfaction.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Herne : The law of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43. Eliz. chap. 4 is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Herne : The law of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43. Eliz. chap. 4 is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute

'Going out of the gate, an ordinary woman prayed me to give her room to London; which I did, but spoke not to her all the way, but read as long as I could see my book again.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and with her [wife] all the evening, reading and at musique with my boy, with great pleasure; and so to supper, prayers and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Ben Jonson : Cateline

'So home to dinner and then to my chamber to read Ben Johnson's "Cateline", a very excellent piece.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Rushworth : Historical Collections

'Then home to dinner; and after dinner to read in Rushworths "Collections" about the charge against the late Duke of Buckingham, in order to the fitting me to speak and understand the discourse anon before the King, about the suffering the Turkey merchants to send out their fleet at this dangerous time'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Hooke : Micrographia [?]

'Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr Hooke's "Microscopicall Observacions", the most ingenious book that I ever read in my life.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Dr Henry King : A sermon preached the 30th of January...1664

'I sat down and read over the Bishop of Chichesters sermon upon the anniversary of the King's death - much cried up but methinks a mean sermon.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir William Coventry : [letter]

'and by and by comes a letter from Mr Coventry's own hand to him; which he never opened (which was a strange thing) but did give it me to open and read, and consider what was fit for our offce to do in it and leave the letter with Sir W. Clarke... I copied out the letter...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

[n/a] : The Newes

'This day the News-book (upon Mr Moores showing Lestrange Captain Ferrers letter) did do my Lord Sandwich great right as to the late victory.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'at night home to look over my new books, and so late to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : The Intelligencer

'I met this noon with Dr Burnett, who told me, and I find in the news-book this week that he posted upon the Change, that whoever did spread that report that instead of the plague, his servant was killed by him, it was forgery;...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [copy of verses]

'and so we set out for Chatham - in my way overtaking some company, wherein was a lady, very pretty, riding single, her husband in company with her. We fell into talk, and I read a copy of verses which her husband showed me, and he discommended but the lady commended; and I read them so as to make the husband turn to commend them.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

Abraham Cowley : [poems]

'At night home and supped; and after reading a little in Cowley's poems, my head being disturbed overmuch with business today, I to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'At night to read, being weary with this day's great work.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and after supper to read melancholy alone, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[King] [Charles I] : The workes of Charles I

'And so home to supper; and after reading a good while in the Kings "works", which is a noble book - to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Porter : The Villaine

'Thence to Brainford, reading "The Villaine" (a pretty good play) all the way.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [a play]

'Up, and walked to Greenwich reading a play, and to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bill of Mortality

'Here I saw this week's Bill of Mortality, wherein, blessed be God, there is above 1800 decrease, being the first considerable decrease we have had.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[n/a] : Bill of Mortality

'and there sent for the Weekely Bill and find 8252 dead in all, and of them 6978 of the plague - which is a most dreadfull Number - and shows reason to fear that the plague hath got that hold that it will yet continue among us.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

Sir William Davenant : The Seige of Rhodes

'We spent most of the morning talking, and reading of "The Seige of Rhodes", which is certainly (the more I read it I think so) the best poem that ever was wrote.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir William Davenant : The Seige of Rhodes

'So after supper Captain Cocke and I and Temple on board the Bezan, and there to Cards for a while, and then to read again in "Rhodes" and so to sleep.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [parliamentary bill]

'but he showed me a bill which hath been read in the House making all breakng of bulk for the time to come felony; but it is a foolish Act and will do no great matter'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[unknown] : [book about painting]

'and then up, and fell to reading of Mr Eveling's book about Paynting, which is a very pretty book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Evelyn : Hortus Hyemalis

'He [Evelyn] read to me very much also of his discourse he hath been many years and now is about, about Guardenage; which will be a most noble and pleasant piece. He read me part of a play or two of his making, very good, but not as he conceits them, I think, to be. He showed me his "Hortus hyemalis"; leaves laid up in a book of several plants. kept dry, which preserve Colour however, and look very finely, better than any herball... He read me, though with too much gusto, some little poems of his own, that were not transcendent, yet one or two very pretty Epigrams: among others, of a lady looking in at a grate and being pecked at by an eagle that was there.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

[n/a] : Bill of Mortality

'The Bill of Mortality, to all our griefs, is encreased 399 this week, and the encrease general through the whole city and suburbs, which makes us all sad.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

Edward Stillingfleete : Origines Sacrae, or A rational account of the grounds of Christian faith, as to the truth and divine authority of the scriptures

'Thence back by water to Captain Cockes, and there he and I spent a great deal of the evening, as we had done the day, reading and discoursing over part of Mr Stillingfleete's "Origines Saacrae", wherein many things are very good - and some frivolous.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Antoine Furetiere : Nouvelle Allegorique, ou Histoire des derniers troubles arrivez au royaume d'eloquence

'and so away to my Bezan again - and there to read in a pretty French book, "La Nouvelle Allegorique", upon the strife between Rhetorique and its enemies - very pleasant.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Henry Lawes : Ayres and dialogues

'Up, and after being trimmed, I alone by water to Erith, all the way with my song-book singing of Mr Laws's long recitative Song in the beginning of his book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Joseph Williamson : Oxford Gazette

'This day the first of the "Oxford Gazettes" came out, which is very pretty, full of news, and no folly in it - wrote by Williamson.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

Jeremy Taylor : A collection of polemical discourses, wherein the Church of England in its worst as well as more flourishing condition, is defended

'but we had breakfasted a little at Mr Gawdens, he being out of town though; and there borrowed Dr Taylors Sermons, and is a most excellent book and worth my buying'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : Bill of mortality

'and at the Dukes, with great joy, I received the good news of the decrease of the plague this week to 70, and but 253 in all; which is the least Bill hath been known these twenty years in the City - though the want of people in London is it that make it so low, below the ordinary number for Bills.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

[unknown] : [Discourse on the River Thames]

'I went therefore to Mr Boreman's for pastime, and stayed an hour or two, talking with him and reading a discourse about the River of Thames the reason of its being choked up in several places'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He set me down at Mr Gawden's, where nobody yet come home... So I took a book and into the gardens and there walked and read till dark - with great pleasure'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

King Charles II : His Majesties declaration against the French

'Yesterday came out the King's Declaracion of war against the French; but with such mild invitations of both them and [the] Dutch to come over hither, with promise of their protection, that everybody wonders at it.' Editorial note: The passage Pepys remarks on runs 'We do declare, That if any of the French or Low-Country Subjects, out of affection to Us or our Government, or because of the oppression they meet with at home, shall come into Our Kingdomes, they shall be by Us protected in Their Persons and Estates, and especially those of the Reformed Religion...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet

Francis Potter : An interpretation of the number 666

'Thence by coach, and falling by the way at my bookseller's for a book, writ about twenty years ago in prophecy of this year coming on, 1666, explaining it to be the mark of the beast. I home and there fell to reading, and then to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

James Humphrey : [MS Collections]

'Here the Duke, among other things, did bring out a book, of great antiquity, of some of the customs of the Navy about 100 years since, which he did lend us to read and deliver him back again.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[boys in the upper forms at Eaton] : De pests [Bacchus verses]

'To the hall, and there find the boy's verses "De peste"; it being their custom to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were, and better I think then ever I made when I was a boy - and in rolls as long and longer than the whole hall by much.' Editor's note: 'The "Bacchus verses": compositions by the upper forms, hung up from the hooks which may still be seen on either side of the hall.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [epitaph on memorial stone]

'And so to the Chapel and there saw, among other things, Sir H. Wottons stone, with this Epitaph - "Hic Jacet primus hujus Sententiae Author. Disputandi pruritus fit ecclesiae scabies." But unfortunately, the word "Author" was wrong writ, and now so basely altered, that it disgraces the stone.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Graffito

[unknown] : Bill of mortality

'But blessed be God, a good Bill this week we have - being but 237 in all and 42 of the plague, and of them, but 6 in the City - though my Lord Brouncker says that these 6 are most of them in new parishes, where they were not the last week.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster

: [vowes]

'I was at it till past 2 a-clock on Monday morning, and then read my vows and to bed'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

Francis Bacon : Faber Fortunae

'Thence to walk all alone in the fields behind Grays Inne, making an end of reading over my dear "Faber Fortunae" of my Lord Bacon's'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Thence to the Exchange, that is, the New Exchange, and looked over some play-books, and entended to get all the late new plays.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Thomas Ridley : A view of the civile and ecclesiasticall law

'after dinner I and my boy down by water to Redriffe; and thence walked to Mr Evelin's, where I walked in his garden till he came from church, with great pleasure reading Ridlys discourse all my way going and coming, upon the Civill and Ecclesiastical Law.... Thence walked back again, reading; and so took water and home'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy : L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules

'Thence by water to Redriffe, reading a new French book my Lord Brouncker did give me today, "L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules", being a pretty Libell against the amours of the French court.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Thomas Ridley : A view of the civile and ecclesiasticall law

'Walked back again, reading of my civil law book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Thomas Ridley : A view of the civile and ecclesiasticall law

'I walked both going and coming, spending my time in reading of my Civill and Ecclesiastical law-book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Bacon : Faber Fortunae

'and so to Deptford to enquire after a little business there; and thence by water back again, all the way coming and going reading my Lord Bacon's "Faber Fortunae", which I can never read too often.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Francis Walsingham : Arcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudential maxims for the states-man and courtier : to which is added Fragmenta regalia, or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favorites

'I left them there and walked to Deptford, reading in Wallsinghams "manuall", a very good book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Middleton : The Mayor of Quinborough

'and then down to Woolwich Deptford to look after things...All the way down and up, reading of "The Mayor of Quinborough", a simple play.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Corneille : Pompee: Pompey the Great, a tragedy. As it was acted by the servants of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Translated out of French by certain Persons of Honour

'So to the Custome-house; and there with great threats got a couple [watermen] to carry me down to Deptford, all the way reading "Pompey the Great" (a play translated from French by several notable persons; among other my Lord Buckehurst); but to me is a mean play, and the words and sense not very extraordinary.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

E.C. Davila : Storia delle guerre civile di Francia

'This evening I had Davila brought home to me, and I find it a most excellent history as I ever read.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Dryden : The Rival Ladies

'and thence walked to Woolwich, reading "The Rivall Ladys" all the way and find it a most pleasant and fine-writ play.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : Declaration of the proceedings of the victualling action

'By and by the Duke of York comes and we had a meeting; and among other things, I did read my declaration of the proceedings of the Victualling action this year, and desired his Royal Highness to give me the satisfaction of knowing whether his Royal Highness was pleased therewith. He told me he was...'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Sheet

John Creed : The victory over the fleet of the States General ... in the late engagement begun the 25 of July inst., as it came from His Highness Prince Rupert and His Grace the Duke of Albemarle

'Then with Creed, and read over with him the Narrative of the late [fight], which he makes a very poor thing of, as endeed it is, and speaks most slightingly of that whole matter.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

John Dryden : The Rival Ladys

'So home, and then down to Woolwich, reading and making an end of "The Rivall Ladys", and find it a very pretty play.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Creed : The victory over the fleet of the States General ... in the late engagement begun the 25 of July inst., as it came from His Highness Prince Rupert and His Grace the Duke of Albemarle

'But this morning, getting Sir W. Penn to read over the Narrative with me - he did sparingly, yet plainly, say that we might have intercepted their Zealand squadron coming home, if we had done our parts.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

Sir William Davenant : The Seige of Rhodes

'and after dinner, with my wife and Mercer and Jane by water all the afternoon as high up as Moreclacke, with great pleasure, and a fine day - reading over the second part of "The Seige of Rhodes" with great delight.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Bacon : Faber Fortunae

'and so away home by water, with more and more pleasure every time, I reading over my Lord Bacon's "Faber Fortunae".'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Samuel Tuke : The Adventures of the five houres

'So down the River, reading "The Adventures of five houres", which the more I read the more I admire.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Samuel Tuke : The Adventures of the five houres

'Up, and betimes with Captain Erwin down by water to Woolwich, I walking alone from Greenwich tither - making an end of "The Adventures of five houres", - which when all is done, is the best play that ever I read in my life.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Shakespeare : Othello

'Up and to Deptford by water, reading "Othello, Moore of Venice", which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play; but having so lately read "The Adventures of five houres", it seems a mean thing.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : [manuscript on naval expenses]

'to Sir W. Coventry, and there read over my yesterday's work; being a collection of the perticulars of the excess in charge created by a war - with good content.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'and then home, and my wife and I to read in Fullers "Church History", and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Rycault : The present state of the Ottoman Empire By Paul Rycault, Esq. secretary to his Excellency the Earl of Winchilsea, Embassadour Extraordinary for His Majesty Charles the Second etc. to Sultan Mahomet Han the Fourth, Emperour of the Turks

'After dinner away home, Mr Brisband along with me as far as the Temple; and there looked upon a new book, set out by one Rycault, secretary to my Lord Winchelsea, of the policy and customs of the Turkes, which is it seems much cried up - but I could not stay'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Edward Stillingfleet : A rational account of the grounds of Protestant religion

'And by coach home, where I spent the evening in reading Stillingfleetes defence of the Archbishop, that part about Purgatory, a point I had never considered before what was said for it or against it. And though I do believe we are in the right, yet I do not see any great matter in this book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Philip Massinger : The Bondman

'and so home, I reading all the way to make an end of "The Bondman" (which the oftener I read, the more I like), and begin "The Duchesse of Malfy", which seems a good play.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Webster : The Duchesse of Malfy

'and so home, I reading all the way to make an end of "The Bondman" (which the oftener I read, the more I like), and begin "The Duchesse of Malfy", which seems a good play.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Potter : An interpretation of the number 666

'and so home, and there begun to read Potters discourse upon 666, which peases me mightily; and then broke off, and to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Webster : The Duchess of Malfy

'and after Dinner down alone by water to Depford, reading "Duchess of Malfy", the play, which is pretty good - and there did some business'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'I to dinner, and thence to my chamber to read, and so to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Francis Potter : An interpretation of the Number 666

'and then home and read an hour, to make an end of Potters discourse of the Number 666, which I like all along, but his close is most excellent; and whether it be right or wrong, is mighty ingenious.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Joseph Glanvill : Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches

'and then home to supper and then to read the late printed discourse of Witches by a member of Gresham College, and then to bed - the discourse being well writ in good style, but methinks not very convincing.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : London Gazette

'And the news-book makes that business nothing, but that they are all dispersed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Gazette

'This day in the gazette was the whole story of defeating the Scotch Rebells, and of the creation of the Duke of Cambridge Knight of the Guarter.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[n/a] : London Gazette

'Thence home to dinner; and there W. Hewer dined with me, and showed me a Gazett in Aprill last (which I wonder should never be remembered by anybody) which tells how several persons were then tried for their lives, and were found guilty of a design of killing the King and destroying the government; and as a means to it, to burn the City; and that the day entended for the plot was the 3rd of last September. And that fire did endeed break out on the 2nd of September - which is very strange me-thinks - and I shall remember it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to supper and to read, and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

: [vowes]

'And I to my closet, there to read and agree upon my vowes for next year; and so to bed - and slept mighty well.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

[Samuel and John] Pepys : [Catalogue of his books]

'And so home and to supper, and then saw the Catalogue of my books which my brother hath wrote out, now perfectly Alphabetical; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Henry More : An antidote against atheism, or, An appeal to the naturall faculties of the minde of man, whether there be not a God

'So home to supper, and then to read a little in Moore's "Antidote against Atheisme", a pretty book; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Andrew Marvell : Third Advice to a paynter

'And a little to my Lord Chancellors, where the King and Cabinet met, and there met Mr Brisband, with whom good discourse; to White-hall towards night, and there he did lend me the "Third Advice to a paynter", a bitter Satyr upon the service of the Duke of Albemarle the last year. I took it home with me and will copy it, having the former - being also mightily pleased with it. So after reading it, I to Sir W. Penn to discourse a little'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Desiderius Erasmus : De conscribendis epistolis

'so did not enlarge, but took leave and went down and sat in a low room reading Erasmus "de scribendis Epistolis", a very good book; especially, one letter of advice to a Courtier most true and good - which made me once resolve to tear out the two leaves that it was writ in - but I forebore it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then I home to supper, and to read a little and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so after supper and reading a little, and my wife's cutting off my hair short, which is grown too long upon the crown of my head, I to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Dryden : Annus Mirabilis: the year of wonders, 1666; an historical poem

'I am very well pleased this night with reading a poem I brought home with me last night from Westminster hall, of Driden's upon the present war - a very good poem.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Unknown

Dr George Hakewill : An apologie or declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the world

'how[ever], I fell to read a little in Hakewill's "apology", and did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world doth not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was as to Nature. I continued reading this book with great pleasure till supper'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [petty-warrants]

'and I read the petty-warrants all the day till late at night, that I was very weary, and troubled to have my private business of my office stopped to attend this - but mightily pleased at this falling out.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Ben Jonson : Every Man in his Humour

'and then went home and read a piece of a play (Every Man in his Humour, wherein is the greatest propriety of speech that ever I read in my life); and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Lloyd : The late apology in behalf of the papists, reprinted and answered in behalf of the royallists

'I did this day, going by water, read the Answer to the "Apology for Papists", which did like me mightily, it being a thing as well writ as I think most things that ever I read in my life, and glad I am that I read it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Speed : The history of Great Britaine

'and then home to read the lives of Henry the 5th and 6th, very fine, in Speede; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : The church-history of Britain

'I home and there to read very good things in Fullers "Church History" and "Worthies", and so to supper'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Fuller : History of the worthies of England

'I home and there to read very good things in Fullers "Church History" and "Worthies", and so to supper'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Birchensha : Templum Musicum

'This day in the barge I took Berchensha's translation of Alsted his "Templum"; but the most ridiculous book, as he hath translated it, that I ever saw in my life; I declaring that I understood not three lines together, from one end of the book to the other.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Thomas Morely : A plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke

'and then up and to my chamber with a good fire and there spent an hour on Morly's "Introduction to Music", a very good but inmethodical book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Playford : A brief introduction to the skill of musick

'and then by water down to Greenwich and thence walked to Woolwich, all the way reading Playfords "Introduction to Musique", wherein are some things very pretty.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Rycault : The present state of the Ottoman empire

'So home to supper, and to read the book I bought yesterday of the Turkish Policy, which is a good book, well writ; and so owned by Dr Clerke yesterday to me, commending it mightily to me for my reading as the only book of that subject that ever was writ, yet so designedly.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

George Mackenzie : Religio Stoici, with a friendly addresse to the phanaticks of all sects and sorts

'and so back home again, all the way reading a little piece I lately bought, call[ed] "The Virtuoso or The Stoicke", proposing many things paradoxicall to our common opinions; wherein in some places he speaks well, but generally is but a sorry man.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to my chamber, having little left to do at my office, my eyes being a little sore by reason of my reading a small printed book the other day after it was dark'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Rycault : The present state of the Ottoman empire

'Up, and to read a little in my new History of Turky'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Rycault : The present state of the Ottoman empire

''and so home; and they home, and I to read with satisfaction in my book of Turky and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Richard Hooker : Works... in eight books of ecclesiastical polity

'So home to look on my new books that I have lately bought; and then to supper and to bed.' Pepys records the following in his diary the previous day (15 April): 'Thence I to my new bookseller's and there bought Hookers "Policy", the new edition, and Dugdale's history of the Inn's of Court, of which there was but a few saved out of the Fire - and Playford's new sketch-book, that hath a great many new fooleries in it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Dugdale : The Origines Juridiciales

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Playford : Catch that catch can, or The musical companion

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Dugdale : Origines Juridiciales

'and I to my chamber and there spent the night in reading my new book, "Origines Juridiciales", which pleases me. So to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Dugdale : Origines Juridiciales

'Up, and to read more in the Origines'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Rycault : The present state of the Ottoman empire

'and I to my chamber and there read a great deal in Rycault's Turks book with great pleasure, and so eat and to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Experiments and considerations touching colours

'After dinner by water, the day being mighty pleasant and the tide serving finely - I up (reading in Boyles book of Colours) as high as Barne Elmes'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Experiments and considerations touching colours

'and so home, and there to write down my Journall, and so to supper and to read and so to bed - mightily pleased with my reading Boyles book of Colours today; only, troubled that some part of it, endeed the greatest part, I am not able to understand for want of study.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : London Gazette

'and then to the Change, where for certain I hear, and the newsbook declares, a peace between France and Portugal.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Newspaper

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so after supper to read and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Paul Rycault : The present state of the Ottoman empire

'Then down to my chamber and made an end of Rycaults "History of the Turkes", which is a very good book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so a little at the office and home, to read a little and to supper and bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [table-book]

'and at noon all of us to Kent's at the Three Tun tavern and there dined well at Mr Gawden's charge. There the constable of the parish did show us the picklocks and dice that were found in the dead man's pockets, and but 18d in money - and a table-book, wherein were entered the names of several places where he was to go'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: table-book

Samuel Pepys : [report on the case of Mr Carcasse]

'and then did get Sir W. Batten, J. Mennes and W. Penn together, and read it [Pepys's report on the case of Mr Carcasse] over with all the many papers relating to the business; which they do wonder at, and the trouble that I have taken about it, and like the report, so as that they do unanimously resolve to sign it and stand by it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Samuel Pepys : [report on the case of Mr Carcasse]

'And by and by to Sir W. Batten, and there he and I and J. Mennes and W. Penn did read and sign with great liking'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Samuel Pepys : [report on the case of Mr Carcasse]

'I presented our report about Carcasse to the Duke of York, and did afterwards read it, with that success that the Duke of York was for punishing him, not only with turning him out of the office but what other punishment he could'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Isaak Walton : Life of Richard Hooker in an edition of Hooker's Works

'I took leave of him, and directly by water home; and there to read the Life of Mr Hooker, which pleases me as much as anything I have read in a great while'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Isaak Walton : Life of Richard Hooker in an edition of Hooker's Works

'They being gone, I to my book again and made an end of Mr Hooker's life, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to supper, and after a little reading, to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Madeleine de Scuderi : Artamene, ou Le grand Cyrus

'and then home to my wife, who is not well with her cold, and sat and read [a] piece of "Grand Cyrus" in English by her'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Evelyn : Publick enjoyment and an active life ... prefer's to solitude

'And after having been there so long, I away to my boat, and up with it as far as Barne Elmes, reading of Mr Eveling's late new book against Solitude, in which I do not find much excess of good matter, though it be pretty for a by-discourse.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Evelyn : Publick enjoyment and an active life ... prefer's to solitude

'I to boat again and to my book; and having done that, I took another book, Mr Boyles of Colours, and there read where I left [28 April?], finding many fine things worthy [of] observation.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Experiments and considerations touching colours

'I to boat again and to my book; and having done that, I took another book, Mr Boyles of Colours, and there read where I left [28 April?], finding many fine things worthy [of] observation.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After supper, I to read and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Experiments and considerations touching colours

'Being weary and almost blind with writing and reading so much today, I took boat at the Old Swan, and there up the River all alone, as high as Puttny almost; and then back again, all the way reading and finishing Mr Boyle's book of Colours, which is so Chymicall that I can understand but little of it, but understand enough to see that he is a most excellent man.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

George Cavendish : The life and death of Thomas Woolsey, Cardinal ... written by one of his own servants, being his gentleman usher

'And there finding them all at church, and thinking they dined as usual at Stepny, I turned back, having a good book in my hand (the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, wrote by his own servant), and to Ratcliffe'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : [gravestones]

'and so walked to Stepny and spent my time in the churchyard looking over the gravestones, expecting when the company would come'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Graffito

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and thence home, where to supper and then to read a little; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Hydrostatical Paradoxes

'But I fell to read a book (Boyle's "Hydrostatickes") aloud in my chamber and let her talk till she was tired, and vexed that I would not hear her'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home and there to the office a little; and thence to my chamber to read and supper, and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : A dialogue concerning the rights of His Most Christian Majesty

'This day I read (shown me by Mr Gibson) a discourse newly come forth, of the King of France his pretence to Flanders; which is a very fine discourse, and the turth is, hath so much of the Civil Law in it that I am not a fit judge of it; but as it appears to me, he hath a good pretence to it by right of his Queene. So to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Roger L'Estrange [translator] : The visions of Don Francisco de Quevedo

'and then to my boat again and home, reading and making an end of the book I lately bought, a merry Satyre called "The Visions", translated from Spanish by Le Strange; wherein there are many pretty things, but the translation is, as to the rendering it in English expression, the best that I ever saw, it being impossible almost to conceive that it should be a translation.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Hydrostatical Paradoxes

'So I homeward, as long as it was light reading Mr Boyles book of "Hydrostatickes", which is a most excellent book as ever I read; and I will take much pains to understand him through if I can, the doctrine being very useful.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Lilly : Merlini Anglici Ephemeris

'Thence we read and laughed at Lillys prophecies this month - in his almanac this year.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book, almanac

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home to my chamber to read and write; and then to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Sir Edward Coke : The third part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: concerning High Treason, and other pleas of the Crown

'Up, and I to my chamber, and there all morning reading in my Lord Cooke's "Pleas of the Crowne", very fine noble reading.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Andrew Marvell : The second and third advice to a painter, for drawing the history of our navall actions, the last two years

'and so away presently very merry, and fell to reading of the several "Advices to a Painter", which made us good sport; and endeed are very witty'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so we home to supper, and I read myself asleep and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home to supper and to read myself asleep, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Hydrostatical Paradoxes

'and so with very much pleasure down to Gravesend, all the way with extraordinary content reading of Boyl's "Hydrostatickes", which the more I read and understand, the more I admire as a most excellent piece of philosophy.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then to my chamber to read, and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Speed : The history of Great Britaine

'and so to my chamber and read the history of 88 in Speede, in order to my seeing the play thereof acted tomorrow at the King's House.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and to my chamber to read; and then to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and I home to supper and to read a little and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and after some little reading in my chamber, to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then home and to my chamber to read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Robert Boyle : Hydrostatical Paradoxes

'and so walked to Barne Elmes, whither I sent Russell, reading of Mr Boyles "Hydrostatickes", which are of infinite delight.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Katherine Phillips : Poems

'and so parted at the New Exchange, where I stayed reading Mrs Phillips's poems till my wife and Mercer called me to Mrs Pierce's by invitation to dinner'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Andrew Marvell : Directions to a painter for describing our naval business ... by an unknown author

'Only, here I met with a fourth "Advice to the painter", upon the coming in of the Dutch to the River and end of the war, that made my heart ake to read, it being too sharp and so true.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : London's Flames, or The discovery of such evidence as were deposed before the Committee of Parliament etc, with the insolences of the Popish party

'Here I also saw a printed account of the examinations taking touching the burning of the City of London, showing the plots of the papists therein; which it seems hath been ordered and hath been burnt by the hands of the hangman in Westminster Palace - I will try to get one of them.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Richard Rhodes : Flora's Vagaries

'and here I read the Qu's to Knepp while she answered me, through all her part of "Flora's Figarys", which was acted today' [She = Nell Gwyn]

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

John Speed : The history of Great Britaine

'and then to my chamber to read the true story in Speed of the Black Prince; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Richard Garnet : The book of oaths ... very useful for all persons whatsoever, especially those that undertake any office of magistracy or publique employment

'and so away back home again, reading all the way the book of the Collection of Oaths in the several offices in this nation, which is worth a man's reading'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : [letter to Sir Robert Brookes]

'all morning at the office finishing my letter to Sir Rob Brookes, which I did with great content; and yet at noon, when I came home to dinner, I read it over again after it was sealed and delivered to the messenger, and read it to my clerks who dined with me, and there I did resolve upon some alteration and caused it to be new writ'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

David Lloyd : Memories of the lives ... of those noble ... personages

'After dinner by coach as far as the Temple and there saw a new book in Folio of all that suffered for the King in the late times - which I will buy; it seems well writ.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'Then home to read, sup and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Miguel de Cervantes : Don Quixote

'It is one of the most extraordinary accidents in my life, and gives ground to think of Don Quixot's adventures how people may be surprized'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[n/a] : [office letters]

'he and I all the afternoon to read over our office letters, to see what matter can be got for our advantage or disadvantage therein'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

John Davies [transl] : The history of Algiers and its slavery

'I read to her out of the "History of Algiers", which is mighty pretty reading'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'After dinner, up to my wife again, who is in great pain still with her tooth and cheek; and there, they gone, I spent most of the afternoon and night reading and talking to bear her company, and so to supper and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Michel Millot : L'escolle des filles, ou La philosophie des dames, divis?e en deux dialogues

'Thence homeward by coach, and stopped at Martins my bookseller, where I saw the French book which I did think to have had for my wife to translate, called "L'escholle de Filles", but when I came to look into it, it is the most bawdy, lewd book that I ever saw, rather worse than "putana errante" - so that I was ashamed of reading in it'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so I walked away homeward, and there reading all the evening; and so to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So he gone, I to read a little in my chamber, and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Michel Millot : L'escolle des filles, ou La philosophie des dames, divis?e en deux dialogues

'Up, and at my chamber all the morning and the office, doing business and also reading a little of "L'escolle des Filles", which is a mighty lewd book, but yet not amiss for a sober man to read over to inform himself in the villainy of the world.' The previous day Pepys bought the book, writing in his diary: 'which I have bought in plain binding (avoiding the buying of it better bound) because I resolve, as soon as I have read it, to burn it, that it may not stand in the list of books, nor among them, to disgrace them if it should be found.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Michel Millot : L'escolle des filles, ou La philosophie des dames, divis?e en deux dialogues

'and then they parted and I to my chamber, where I did read through "L'escholle des Filles"; a lewd book, but what doth me no wrong to read for information sake (but it did hazer my prick para stand all the while, and una vez to decharger); and after I had done it, I burned it, that it might not be among my books to my shame; and so at night to supper and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and then to my chamber and read most of the evening till pretty late, when, my wife not being well, I did lie below stairs in our great chamber'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'He gone, we home and there I to read, and my belly being full of my dinner today, I anon to bed'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home to supper and to read, and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : Memorandums and Conclusions of the Navy Board

'And with great joy I do find, looking over my Memorandum-books, which are now of great use to me and do fully reward me for all my care in keeping them, that I am not likely to be troubled for anything of that kind but what I shall either be able beforehand to prevent, or if discovered, be able to justify myself in.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and there took a hackney and home and there to read and talk with my wife'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Duchess of Newcastle : The life of the thrice noble, high and puissant prince, William Cavendishe, Duke ... of Newcastle .. written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, Duchess of Newcastle, his wife

'Thence home; and there, in favour to my eyes, stayed at home reading the ridiculous history of my Lord Newcastle, wrote by his wife, which shows her to be a mad, conceited, ridiculous woman, and he an asse to suffer [her] to write what she writes to him and of him. Betty Turner sent my wife the book to read; and it being a fair print, to ease my eyes, which would be reading, I read that.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Duchess of Newcastle : The life of the thrice noble, high and puissant prince, William Cavendishe, Duke ... of Newcastle .. written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, Duchess of Newcastle, his wife

'and so home to read a little more in last night's book with much sport, it being a foolish book.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and she being gone, I to my chamber to read a little again, and then after supper to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [street ballads]

'But Lord, to see among the young commanders and Tho Killigrew and others that came, how unlike a burial this was, Obrian taking out some ballets from his pocket, which I read and the rest came about me to hear; and there very merry we were all, they being new ballets.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Broadsheet, Handbill

Samuel Pepys : [Report]

'and then up about 7 and to White-hall, where read over my report to Lord Arlington and Berkely and then afterward at the Council Board, with great good liking'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Samuel Pepys : [Report]

'and then up about 7 and to White-hall, where read over my report to Lord Arlington and Berkely and then afterward at the Council Board, with great good liking'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : Principal Officer's instructions

'Thence home and there with Mr Hater and W Hewer late, reading over all the Principal Officers' instructions in order to my great work upon my hand.'

Unknown

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys

Peter Heylyn : Cyprianus Anglicus, or The history of the life and death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

'I walked to the Temple and stayed at Starky's my bookseller's (looking over Dr Heylins new book of the life of Bishop Laud, a strange book of church history of his time) till Mr Wren comes by'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [paper on the faults of the Navy]

'and the Duke of York and Wren and I, it being now candle-light, into the Duke of York's closet in White-hall and there read over this paper of my Lord Keeper's; wherein is laid down the faults of the Navy, so silly and the remedies so ridiculous, or else the same that are now already provided, that we thought it not to need any answer, the Duke of York being able himself to do it'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Samuel Pepys : [letter]

'Walked to St James and Pell Mell, and read over with Sir W. Coventry my long letter to the Duke of York and what the Duke of York hath from mine wrote to the board; wherein he is mightily pleased, and I perceive to put great value upon me.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

[unknown] : [draft of the victualler's contract]

'and so W. Penn and Lord Brouncker and I at the lodging of the latter to read over our new draft of the victualler's contract'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

Abraham Wright : Five sermons in five several styles

'Going down I spent reading of the "Five Sermons of Five Several Styles"; worth comparing one with another, but I do think when all is done, that contrary to the design of the book, the Presbyterian style and the Independent are the best of the five for sermons to be preached in; this I do by the best of my present judgement think.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [book of warrants in Cromwell's war, 1652-4]

'And coming back I spent reading of the book of warrants of our office in the first Dutch war, and do find that my letters and warrants and method will be found another-gate's business than this that the world so much adores - and I am glad for my own sake to find it so.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'And so home and to my business, and to read again and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and away home myself, and there to read again and sup with Gibson; and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home to read and sup; and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

William Penn : Truth exalted; in a short, but sure, testimony against those religions, faiths and worships that have been formed and followed in the darkness of apostacy

'and after supper to read a ridiculous nonsensical book set out by Will Pen for the Quakers; but so full of nothing but nonsense that I was ashamed to read in it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : [paper on naval business]

'and there to Mr Wren at his chamber at White-hall ... And there he and I did read over my paper that I have with so much labour drawn up about the several answers of the Officers of this office to the Duke of York's reflections, and did debate a little what advice to give the Duke of York when he comes to town upon it.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Unknown

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So to read and talk with my wife, till by and by called to the office'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Samuel Pepys : [letter with corrections by Matthew Wren]

'This evening comes Mr Billup to me to read over Mr Wren's alterations of my draft of a letter for the Duke of York to sign, to the board; which I like mighty well, they being not considerable, only in mollifying some hard terms which I had thought fit to put in.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Manuscript: Letter

unknown : [unknown]

'and then home to supper and read a little, and to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'So home and to supper and read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home, and there with pleasure to read and talk'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so my wife and I spent the rest of the evening in talk and reading, and so with great pleasure to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and to dinner and then to read and talk, my wife and I alone'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so home and to supper and read'

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

[unknown] : [unknown]

'and so to read and to supper, and so to bed.'

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

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Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book

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