the diary of samuel pepys-第84节
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CHARMES。
FOR STENCHING OF BLOOD。
Sanguis mane in te; Sicut Christus fuit in se; Sanguis mane in tua vena Sicut Christus in sua poena; Sanguis mane fixus; Sicut Christus quando fuit crucifixus;
2。 A THORNE。
Jesus; that was of a Virgin born; Was pricked both with nail and thorn; It neither wealed nor belled; rankled nor boned In the name of Jesus no more shall this。
Or; thus:
Christ was of a Virgin born; And he was pricked with a thorn; And it did neither bell; nor swell; And I trust in Jesus this never will。
3。 A CRAMP。
Cramp be thou faintless; As our Lady was sinless; When she bare Jesus。
4。 A BURNING。
There came three Angells out of the East; The one brought fire; the other brought frost Out fire; in frost。 In the name of the Father and Son; and Holy Ghost。 AMEN。
1664…5。 (JANUARY 2。) To my Lord Brouncker's; by appointment; in the Piazza; in Covent…Garden; where I occasioned much mirth with a ballet 'The Earl of Dorset's song; 〃To all ye ladies now at land;〃 &c。' I brought with me; made from the seamen at sea to their ladies in town; saying Sir W。 Pen; Sir G。 Ascue; and Sir J。 Lawson made them。 Here a most noble French dinner and banquet。 The street full of footballs; it being a great frost。
4th。 To my Lord of Oxford's; but his Lordship was in bed at past ten o'clock: and; Lord help us! so rude a dirty family I never saw in my life。
9th。 I saw the Royal Society bring their new book; wherein is nobly writ their charter and laws; and comes to be signed by the Duke as a Fellow; and all the Fellows' hands are to be entered there; and lie as a monument; and the King hath put his with the word Founder。 Holmes was this day sent to the Tower; but I perceive it is made matter of jest only; but if the Dutch should be our masters; it may come to be of earnest to him; to be given over to them for a sacrifice; as Sir W。 Rawly was。 To a Tangier committee; where I was accosted and most highly complimented by my Lord Bellasses; our new governor; beyond my expectation; and I may make good use of it。 Our patent is renewed; and he and my Lord Barkeley; and Sir Thomas Ingram 'Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and a Privy Counsellor。 Ob。 1671。' put in as commissioners。
11th。 This evening; by a letter from Plymouth; I hear that two of our ships; the Leopard and another; in the Straights; are lost by running aground; and that three more had like to have been so; but got off; whereof Captain Allen one: and that a Dutch fleet are gone thither; and if they should meet with our lame ships; God knows what would become of them。 This I reckon most sad news; God make us sensible of it!
12th。 Spoke with a Frenchman who was taken; but released; by a Dutch man…of…war of thirty…six guns; (with seven more of the King's or greater ships); off the North Foreland; by Margett。 Which is a strange attempt; that they should come to our teeth; but the wind being easterly; the wind that should bring our force from Portsmouth; will carry them away home。
13th。 Yesterday's news confirmed; though a little different; but a couple of ships in the Straights we have lost; and the Dutch have been in Margret Road。 'QUERY Margate。'
14th。 To the King's house; there to see Vulpone; 'A Comedy by Ben Jonson。' a most excellent play: the best I think I ever saw; and well acted。
15th。 With Sir W。 Pen in his coach to my Lord Chancellor's; where by and by Mr。 Coventry; Sir W。 Pen; Sir J。 Lawson; Sir G。 Ascue; and myself were called in to the King; there being several of the Privy Council; and my Lord Chancellor lying at length upon a couch (of the goute I suppose); and there Sir W。 Pen spoke pretty well to dissuade the King from letting the Turkey ships go out: saying (in short) the King having resolved to have 130 ships out by the spring; he must have above 20 of them merchantmen。 Towards which; he in the whole River could find but 12 or 14; and of them the five ships taken up by these merchants were a part; and so could not be spared。 That we should need 30;000 sailors to man these 130 ships; and of them in service we have not above 16;000: so that we shall need 14;000 more。 That these ships will with their convoys carry about 2000 men; and those the best men that could be got; it being the men used to the Southward that are the best men of warr; though those bred in the North among the colliers are good for labour。 That it will not be safe for the merchants; nor honourable for the King; to expose these rich ships with his convoy of six ships to go; it not being enough to secure them against the Dutch; who; without doubt; will have a great fleet in the Straights。 This; Sir J。Lawson enlarged upon。 Sir G。 Ascue chiefly spoke that the warr and trade could not be supported together。 Mr。 Coventry showed how the medium of the men the King hath one year with another employed in his Navy since his coming; hath not been above 3000 men; or at most 4000 men; and now having occasion of 30;000; the remaining 26;000 must be found out of the trade of the nation。 He showed how the cloaths; sending by these merchants to Turkey; are already bought and paid for to the workmen; and are as many as they would send these twelve months or more; so the poor do not suffer by their not going; but only the merchant; upon whose hands they lie dead; and so the inconvenience is the less。 And yet for them he propounded; either the King should; if his Treasurer would suffer it; buy them; and showed the loss would not be so great to him: or; dispense with the Act of Navigation; and let them be carried out by strangers; and ending that he doubted not but when the merchants saw there was no remedy; they would and could find ways of sending them abroad to their profit。 All ended with a conviction (unless future discourse with the merchants should alter it;) that it was not fit for them to go out; though the ships be loaded。 So we withdrew; and the merchants were called in。 Staying without; my Lord FitzHarding come thither; and fell to discourse of Prince Rupert's disease; 'Morbus; scil; Gallicus。' telling the horrible degree of its breaking out on his head。 He observed also from the Prince; that courage is not what men take it to be; a contempt of death; for; says he; how chagrined the Prince was the other day when he thought he should die。
16th。 To a Tangier committee; where my Lord Ashly; I observe; is a most clear man in matters of accounts; and most ingeniously did discourse and explain all matters。
19th; This day was buried; (but I could not be there) my cosen Percivall Angler: and yesterday I received the news that Dr。 Tom Pepys is dead; at Impington。
21st。 Mr。 Povy carried me to Somerset House; and there showed me the Queene…Mother's chamber and closet; most beautiful places for furniture and pictures; and so down the great stone stairs to the garden; and tried the brave echo upon the stairs; which continues a voice so long as the singing three notes; concords; one after another; they all three shall sound in consort together a good while most pleasantly。
23rd。 Up; and with Sir W。 Batten and Sir W。 Pen to White Hall; but there finding the Duke gone to his lodgings in St; James's for alltogether; his Duchesse being ready to lie in; we to him; and there did our usual business。 and here I met the great news confirmed by the Duke's own relation; by a letter from Captain Allen。 First; of our own loss of two ships; the Phoenix and Nonsuch; in the Bay of Gibraltar: then of his and his seven ships with him; in the Bay of Cales; or thereabouts; fighting with the 34 Dutch Smyrna fleet; sinking the King Salamon; a ship worth a 150;000l。 or more; some say 200;000l。 and another; and taking of three merchant…ships。 Two of our ships were disabled; by the Dutch unfortunately falling against their will against them; the Advice; Captain W。 Poole; and Antelope; Captain Clerke。 The Dutch men of war did little service。 Captain Allen; before he would fire one gun; come within pistol…shot of the enemy。 The Spaniards; at Cales; did stand laughing at the Dutch; to see them run away and flee to the shore; 34 or thereabouts; against eight Englishmen at most。 I do purpose to get the whole relation; if I live; of Captain Allen himself。 In our loss of the two ships in the Bay of Gibraltar; the world do comment upon the misfortune of Captain Moone of the Nonsuch; (who did lose; in the same manner; the Satisfaction;) as a person that hath ill…luck attending him; without…considering that the whole fleet was ashore。 Captain Allen led the way; and himself writes that all the masters of the fleet; old and young; were mistaken; and did carry their ships aground。 But I think I heard the Duke say that Moone; being put into Oxford; had in this conflict regained his credit; by sinking one and taking another。 Captain Seale of the Milford hath done his part very well; in boarding the King Salamon; which held out half an hour after she was boarded; and his men kept her an hour after they did master her; and then she sunk; and drowned about 17 of her men。
24th。 The Dutch have; by consent of all the Provinces; voted no trade to be suffered for eighteen months; but that they apply themselves wholly to the war。 'This statement of a total prohibiti