the diary of samuel pepys-第112节

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ife　and　Mercer　＇Mrs。　Pepys's　maid。＇　　in　the　garden；　and　coming　in　I　find　my　wife　plainly　dissatisfied　with　me；　that　I　can　spend　so　much　time　with　Mercer；　teaching　her　to　sing；　and　could　never　take　the　pains　with　her。　　Which　I　acknowledge；　but　it　is　because　that　the　girl　do　take　musick　mighty　readily；　and　she　do　not；　and　musick　is　the　thing　of　the　world　that　I　love　most；　and　all　the　pleasure　almost　that　I　can　now　take。　　So　to　bed　in　some　little　discontent；　but　no　words　from　me。

31st。　　The　court　empty；　the　King　being　gone　to　Tunbridge；　and　the　Duke　of　York　a…hunting。　　I　had　some　discourse　with　Povy；　who　is　mightily　discontented；　I　find；　about　his　disappointments　at　Court；　and　says；　of　all　places；　if　there　be　hell；　it　is　here。　　No　faith；　no　truth；　no　love；　nor　any　agreement　between　man　and　wife；　nor　friends。　　He　would　have　spoke　broader；　but　I　put　it　off　to　another　time；　and　so　parted；　Povy　discoursed　with　me　about　my　Lord　Peterborough's　50l。　which　his　man　did　give　me　from　him；　the　last　year's　salary　I　paid　him；　which　he　would　have　Povy　pay　him　again；　but　I　have　not　taken　it　to　myself　yet；　and　therefore　will　most　heartily　return　him；　and　mark　him　put　for　a　coxcomb。　　Povy　went　down　to　Mr。　Williamson's；　and　brought　me　up　this　extract　out　of　the　Flanders'　letters　to　day　come：That　Admiral　Everson；　and　the　Admiral　and　Vice…Admiral　of　Freezeland　with　many　captains　and　men；　are　slain；　that　De　Ruyter　is　safe；　but　lost　250　men　out　of　his　own　ship；　but　that　he　is　in　great　disgrace；　and　Trump　in　better　favour；　that　Bankert's　ship　is　burned；　himself　hardly　escaping　with　a　few　men　on　board　De　Haes；　that　fifteen　captains　are　to　be　tried　the　seventh　of　August；　and　that　the　hangman　was　sent　from　Flushing　to　assist　the　Council　of　Warr。　　How　much　of　this　is　true；　time　will　show。

August　1；　1666。　　Walked　over　the　Park　with　Sir　W。　Coventry；　who　I　clearly　see　is　not　thoroughly　pleased　with　the　late　management　of　the　fight；　nor　with　any　thing　that　the　Generalls　do；　only　is　glad　to　hear　that　De　Ruyter　is　out　of　favour；　and　that　this　fight　hath　cost　them　5000　men；　as　they　themselves　do　report。　　And　it　is　a　strange　thing；　as　he　observes；　how　now　and　then　the　slaughter　runs　on　one　hand；　there　being　5000　killed　on　theirs；　and　not　above　400　or　500　killed　and　wounded　on　ours；　and　as　many　flag…　officers　on　theirs　as　ordinary　captains　in　ours。

3rd。　　The　death　of　Everson；　and　the　report　of　our　success；　beyond　expectation；　in　the　killing　of　so　great　a　number　of　men；　hath　raised　the　estimation　of　the　late　victory　considerably；　but　it　is　only　among　fools：　　for　all　that　was　but　accidental。　　But　this　morning；　getting　Sir　W。　Pen　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；　and　more；　that　we　might　have　run　before　the　wind　as　well　as　they；　and　have　overtaken　their　ships　in　the　pursuite；　in　all　the　while。

4th。　　This　evening；　Sir　W。　Pen　come　into　the　garden；　and　walked　with　me；　and　told　me　that　he　had　certain　notice　that　at　Flushing　they　are　in　great　distraction。　　De　Ruyter　dares　not　come　on　shore　for　fear　of　the　people：　　nor　any　body　open　their　houses　or　shops　for　fear　of　the　tumult：　　which　is　a　very　good　hearing。

6th。　　In　Fenchurch…street　met　with　Mr。　Battersby；　says　he；　〃Do　you　see　Dan　Rawlinson's　door　shut　up？〃　　（which　I　did；　and　wondered。）　〃Why；〃　says　he；　〃after　all　this　sickness；　and　himself　spending　all　the　last　year　in　the　country；　one　of　his　men　is　now　dead　of　the　plague；　and　his　wife　and　one　of　his　maids　sick；　and　himself　shut　up；〃　which　troubles　me　mightily。　　So　home；　and　there　do　hear　also　from　Mrs。　Sarah　Daniel；　that　Greenwich　is　at　this　time　much　worse　than　ever　it　was；　and　Deptford　too：　　and　she　told　us　that　they　believed　all　the　town　would　leave　the　town；　and　come　to　London；　which　is　now　the　receptacle　of　all　the　people　from　all　infected　places。　　God　preserve　us！

7th。　　I　receive　fresh　intelligence　that　Deptford　and　Greenwich　are　now　afresh　exceedingly　afflicted　with　the　sickness　more　than　ever。

8th。　　Discoursed　with　Mr。　Hooke　about　the　nature　of　sounds；　and　he　did　make　me　understand　the　nature　of　musicall　sounds　made　by　strings；　mighty　prettily；　and　told　me　that　having　come　to　a　certain　number　of　vibrations　proper　to　make　any　tone；　he　is　able　to　tell　how　many　strokes　a　fly　makes　with　her　wings；　（those　flies　that　hum　in　their　flying　by　the　note　that　it　answers　to　in　musique；　during　their　flying。　　That；　I　suppose；　is　a　little　too　much　refined；　but　his　discourse　in　general　of　sound　was　mighty　fine。　　To　St。　James's；　where　we　attended　with　the　rest　of　my　fellows　on　the　Duke；　whom　I　found　with　two　or　three　Patches　upon　his　nose　and　about　his　right　eye；　which　came　from　his　being　struck　with　the　bough　of　a　tree　the　other　day　in　his　hunting；　and　it　is　a　wonder　it　did　not　strike　out　his　eye。　　To　Bow；　to　my　Lady　Pooly's；　＇Wife　of　Sir　Edmund　Pooly；　mentioned　before。＇　　where　my　wife　was　with　Mr。　Batelier　and　his　sisters；　and　there　I　found　a　noble　supper。　　About　ten　o'clock　we　rose　from　table；　and　sang　a　song；　and　so　home　in　two　coaches；　（Mr。　Batelier　and　his　sister　Mary　and　my　wife　and　I　in　one；　and　Mercer　alone　in　the　other）；　and　after　being　examined　at　Allgate　whether　we　were　husbands　and　wives；　home。　　So　to　bed　mighty　sleepy；　but　with　much　pleasure。　Reeves　lying　at　my　house；　and　mighty　proud　I　am　（and　ought　to　be　thankful　to　God　Almighty）　that　I　am　able　to　have　a　spare　bed　for　my　friends。

9th。　　In　the　evening　to　Lumbard…street；　about　money；　to　enable　me　to　pay　Sir　G。　Carteret's　3000l。　which　he　hath　lodged　in　my　hands；　in　behalf　of　his　son　and　my　Lady　Jemimah；　towards　their　portion。　Mrs。　Rawlinson　is　dead　of　the　sickness；　and　her　maid　continues　mighty　ill。　　He　himself　is　got　out　of　the　house。　　I　met　with　Mr。　Evelyn　in　the　street；　who　tells　me　the　sad　condition　at　this　very　day　at　Deptford；　for　the　plague；　and　more　at　Deale；　（within　his　precinct　as　one　of　the　Commissioners　for　sick　and　wounded　seamen；）　that　the　towne　is　almost　quite　depopulated。

10th。　　Homeward；　and　hear　in　Fenchurch…street；　that　now　the　maid　also　is　dead　at　Mr。　Rawlinson's；　so　that　there　are　three　dead　in　all；　the　wife；　a　man…servant；　and　maid…servant。

14th。　　Povy　tells　me　how　mad　my　letter　makes　my　Lord　Peterborough；　and　what　a　furious　letter　he　writ　to　me　in　answer；　though　it　is　not　come　yet。　　This　did　trouble　me；　for　though　there　be　no　reason；　yet　to　have　a　nobleman's　mouth　open　against　a　man；　may　do　a　man　hurt；　so　I　endeavoured　to　have　found　him　out　and　spoke　with　him；　but　could　not。　　After　dinner　with　my　wife　and　Mercer　to　the　Beare…garden；　where　I　have　not　been；　I　think；　of　many　years；　and　saw　some　good　sport　of　the　bull's　tossing　of　the　dogs：　　one　into　the　very　boxes。　　But　it　is　a　very　rude　and　nasty　pleasure。　　We　had　a　great　many　hectors　in　the　same　box　with　us；　（and　one　very　fine　went　into　the　pit；　and　played　his　dog　for　a　wager；　which　was　a　strange　sport　for　a　gentleman；）　where　they　drank　wine；　and　drank　Mercer's　health　first；　which　I　pledged　with　my　hat　off。　　We　supped　at　home；　and　very　merry。　　And　then　about　nine　o'clock　to　Mrs。　Mercer's　gate；　where　the　fire　and　boys　expected　us；　and　her　son　had　provided　abundance　of　serpents　and　rockets；　and　there　mighty　merry　（my　Lady　Pen　and　Pegg　going　thither　with　us；　and　Nan　Wright；）　till　about　twelve　at　night；　flinging　our　fireworks；　and　burning　one　another　and　the　people　over　the　way。　　And　at　last　our　businesses　being　most　spent；　we　into　Mrs。　Mercer's；　and　there　mighty　merry；　smutting　one　another　with　candle　grease　and　soot；　till　most　of　us　were　like　devils。　And　that　being　done；　then　we　broke　up；　and　to　my　house；　and　there　I　made　them　drink；　and　upstairs　we　went；　and　then　fell　into　dancing；　（W。　Batelier　dancing　well；）　and　dressing　him　and　I　and　one　Mr。　Banister　（who　with　my　wife　come　over　also　with　us）　like　women；　and　Mercer　put　on　a　suit　of　Tom's；　like　a　boy；　and　mighty　mirth　we　had；　and　Mercer　danced　a　jigg；　and　Nan　Wright　and　my　wife　and　Pegg　Pen　put　on　perriwigs。　　Thus　we　spent　till　three　or　four　in　the　morning；　mighty　merry；　and　then　parted；　and　to　bed。

15th。　　Mighty　sleepy；　slept　till　past　eight　of　the　clock；　and　was　called　up　by　a　letter　from　Sir　W。　Coventry；　which　among　other　things；　tells　me　how　we　have　burned　one　hundred　and　sixty　ships　of　the　enemy　within　the　Fly。　　I　up；　and　with　all　possible　haste；　and　in　pain　for　fear　of　coming　late；　it　being　our　day　of　attending　the　Duke　of　York；　to　St。　James's；　where　they　are　full　of　the　particulars；　how　they　are　generally　good　merchant…ships；　some　of　them　laden　and　supposed　rich　ships。　　We　spent　five　fire…　ships　upon　them。　　We　landed　on　the　Schelling；　（Sir　Philip　Howard　with　some　men；　and　Holmes；　I　think；　with　others；　about　1000　in　all；）　and　burned　a　town；　and　so　come　away。　　By　and　by　the　Duke　of　York　with　his　books　showed　us　the　very　place　and　manner；　and　that　it　was　not　our　design　and　expectation　to　have　done　this；　but　only　to　have　landed　on　the　Fly　and　burned　some　of　their　stores；　but　being　come　in；　we　spied　those　ships；　and　with　our　long　boats；　one　by　one；　fired　them；　our　ships　running　all　a…ground；　it　being　so　shoal　water。　　We　were　led　to　this　by　it　seems；　a　renegado　captain　of　the　Hollanders；　who　found　himself　ill　used　by　De　Ruyter　for　his　good　service；　an