the diary of samuel pepys-第187部分

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n　the　King's　business　was　such　that　I　ought　not　to　be　denied　when　my　own　business　called　me　any　whither。　　To　my　Lord　Crewe's　to　visit　him；　from　whom　I　learn　nothing　but　that　there　hath　been　some　controversy　at　the　Council…　table　about　my　Lord　Sandwich's　signing；　where　some　would　not　have　had　him；　in　the　treaty　with　Portugall；　but　all；　I　think；　is　over　in　it。

4th。　　Mr。　Clerke　the　solicitor　dined　with　me　and　my　clerks。　After　dinner　I　carried　and　set　him　down　at；　the　Temple；　he　observing　to　me　how　St。　Sepulchre's　church　steeple　is　repaired　already　a　good　deal；　and　the　Fleet…bridge　is　contracted　for　by　the　City　to　begin　to　be　built　this　summer；　which　do　please　me　mightily。　　I　to　White　Hall；　and　walked　through　the　Park　for　a　little　ayre；　and　so　back　to　the　Council…chamber　to　the　Committee　of　the　Navy；　about　the　business　of　fitting　the　present　fleet　suitable　to　the　money　given；　which；　as　the　King　orders　it　and　by　what　appears；　will　be　very　little；　and　so　as　I　perceive　the　Duke　of　York　will　have　nothing　to　command；　nor　can　intend　to　go　abroad。　　But　it　is　pretty　to　see　how　careful　these　great　men　are　to　do　every　thing　so　as　they　may　answer　it　to　the　Parliament；　thinking　themselves　safe　in　nothing　but　where　the　Judges　（with　whom　they　often　advise）　do　say　the　matter　is　doubtful；　and　so　they　take　upon　themselves　then　to　be　the　chief　persons　to　interpret　what　is　doubtful。　　Thence　home；　and　all　the　evening　to　set　matters　in　order　against　my　going　to　Brampton　to…morrow；　being　resolved　upon　my　journey；　and　having　the　Duke　of　York's　leave　again　to…day；　though　I　do　plainly　see　that　I　can　very　ill　be　spared　now；　there　being　much　business；　especially　about　this　which　I　have　attended　the　Council　about；　and　I　the　man　that　am　alone　consulted　with；　and　besides；　my　Lord　Brouncker　is　at　this　time　ill；　and　Sir　W。　Pen。　　So　things　being　put　in　order　at　the　office；　I　home　to　do　the　like　there；　and　so　to　bed。

5th。　　＇The　Journal　from　this　time　to　the　17th　of　June　is　contained　on　five　leaves；　inserted　in　the　Book　and　after　them　follow　several　blank　pages。＇　　Friday。　　At　Barnet　for　milk；　6d。　On　the　highway；　to　menders　of　the　highway；　6d。　　Dinner　at　Stevenage；　5s。　6d。

6th。　　Saturday。　　Spent　at　Huntingdon　with　Bowles　and　Appleyard；　and　Shepley；　2s。

7th。　　Sunday。　　My　father；　for　money　lent；　and　horse…hire；　1l。　11s。

8th。　　Monday。　　Father's　servants　（father　having　in　the　garden　told　me　bad　stories　of　my　wife's　ill　words）；　14s。；　one　that　helped　at　the　horses；　1s。；　menders　of　the　highway；　2s。　　Pleasant　country　to　Bedford；　where；　while　they　stay；　I　rode　through　the　town；　and　a　good　country　town；　and　there　drinking；　1s。　　We　on　to　Newport；　and　there　I　and　W。　Hewer　to　the　church；　and　there　give　the　boy　1s。　　So　to　Buckingham；　a　good　old　town。　　Here　I　to　see　the　church；　which　very　good；　and　the　leads；　and　a　school　in　it：　did　give　the　sexton's　boy　1s。　　A　fair　bridge　here；　with　many　arches：　　vexed　at　my　people's　making　me　lose　so　much　time：　reckoning；　13s。　4d。　　Mightily　pleased　with　the　pleasure　of　the　ground　all　the　day。　　At　night　to　Newport　Pagnell；　and　there　a　good　pleasant　country…town；　but　few　people　in　it。　　A　very　fair　and　like　a　cathedral…church；　and　I　saw　the　leads；　and　a　vault　that　goes　far　under　ground：　　the　town；　and　so　most　of　this　country；　well　watered。　　Lay　here　well　and　rose　next　day　by　four　o'clock：　　few　people　in　the　town：　　and　so　away。　　Reckoning　for　supper；　19s。　6d。；　poor；　6d。　　Mischance　to　the　coach；　but　no　time　lost。

9th。　Tuesday。　　We　came　to　Oxford；　a　very　sweet　place：　　paid　our　guide　1l。　2s。　6d。；　barber；　2s。　6d。；　book　（Stonhenge；）　4s。；　boy　that　showed　me　the　colleges　before　dinner；　1s。　　To　dinner；　and　then　out　with　my　wife　and　people；　and　landlord；　and　to　him　that　showed　us　the　schools　and　library；　10s。；　to　him　that　showed　us　All　Souls'　College　and　Chichly's　picture；　5s。　　So　to　see　Christ　Church　with　my　wife；　I　seeing　several　others　very　fine　alone　before　dinner；　and　did　give　the　boy　that　went　with　me；　1s。　Strawberries；　1s。　2d。　　Dinner　and　servants；　1l。　0s。　6d。　　After　coming　home　from　the　schools；　I　out　with　the　landlord　to　Brazen…　nose　College　to　the　butteries；　and　in　the　cellar　find　the　hand　of　the　child　of　Hales；　long　butler；　2s。　　＇Does　this　mean　〃slipped　2s。　into　the　child's　hand？〃＇　　Thence　with　coach　and　people　to　Physic…garden；　1s。　　So　to　Friar　Bacon's　study：　　I　up　and　saw　it；　and　gave　the　man　1s。Bottle　of　sack　for　landlord；　2s。　　Oxford　mighty　fine　place；　and　well　seated；　and　cheap　entertainment。　　At　night　came　to　Abingdon；　where　had　been　a　fair　of　custard；　and　met　many　people　and　scholars　going　home；　and　there　did　get　some　pretty　good　musick；　and　sang　and　danced　till　supper：　　5s。

10th。　　Wednesday。　　Up；　and　walked　to　the　hospitall：　　very　large　and　fine；　and　pictures　of　founders　and　the　History　of　the　hospitall；　and　is　said　to　be　worth　700l。　per　annum；　and　that　Mr。　Foly　was　here　lately　to　see　how　their　lands　were　settled。　　And　here；　in　old　English；　the　story　of　the　occasion　of　it；　and　a　rebus　at　the　bottom。　　So　did　give　the　poor；　which　they　would　not　take　but　in　their　box；　2s。　8d。　　So　to　the　inn；　and　paid　the　reckoning　and　what　not；　13s。　　So　forth　towards　Hungerford。　　Led　this　good　way　by　our　landlord；　one　Heart；　an　old　but　very　civil　and　well…spoken　man；　more　than　I　ever　heard；　of　his　quality。　　He　gone；　we　forward；　and　I　vexed　at　my　people's　not　minding　the　way。　So　come　to　Hungerford；　where　very　good　trouts；　eels；　and　cray…　fish。　　Dinner：　　a　mean　town。　　At　dinner　there；　12s。　　Thence　set　out　with　a　guide；　who　saw　us　to　Newmarket…heath；　and　then　left　us；　3s。　6d。　　So　all　over　the　plain　by　the　sight　of　the　steeple　（the　plain　high　and　low）　to　Salisbury　by　night；　but　before　I　came　to　the　town；　I　saw　a　great　fortification；　and　there　light；　and　to　it　and　in　it；　and　find　it　prodigious；　so　as　to　fright　me　to　be　in　it　all　alone　at　that　time　of　night；　it　being　dark。　　I　understand　since　it　to　be　that　that　is　called　Old　Sarum。　　Come　to　the　George　Inne；　where　lay　in　a　silk　bed；　and　very　good　diet。　　To　supper；　then　to　bed。

11th。　　Thursday。　　Up；　and　W。　Hewer　and　I　up　and　down　the　town；　and　find　it　a　very　brave　place。　　The　river　goes　through　every　street；　and　a　most　capacious　market…place。　　The　city　great；　I　think　greater　than　Hereford。　　But　the　minster　most　admirable；　as　big；　I　think；　and　handsomer　than　Westminster：　　and　a　most　large　close　about　it；　and　horses　for　the　officers　thereof；　and　a　fine　palace　for　the　Bishop。　　So　to　my　lodging　back；　and　took　out　my　wife　and　people　to　show　them　the　town　and　church；　but　they　being　at　prayers；　we　could　not　be　shown　the　quire。　　A　very　good　organ；　and　I　looked　in　and　saw　the　Bishop；　my　friend　Dr。　Ward。　　Thence　to　the　inns；　and　there　not　being　able　to　hire　coach…horses；　and　not　willing　to　use　our　own；　we　got　saddle…horses；　very　dear。　　Boy　that　went　to　look　for　them　6d。　　So　the　three　women　behind　W。　Hewer；　Murford；　and　our　guide；　and　I　single　to　Stonehenge；　over　the　plain　and　some　great　hills；　even　to　fright　us。　　Come　thither；　and　find　them　as　prodigious　as　any　tales　I　ever　heard　of　them；　and　worth　going　this　journey　to　see。　　God　knows　what　their　use　was：　　they　are　hard　to　tell；　but　yet　may　be　told。　　Gave　the　shepherd…woman；　for　leading　our　horses；　4d。　　So　back　by　Wilton；　my　Lord　Pembroke's　house；　which　we　could　not　see；　he　being　just　coming　to　town；　but　the　situation　I　do　not　like；　nor　the　house　at　present　much；　it　being　in　a　low　but　rich　valley。　　So　back　home；　and　there　being　light　we　to　the　church；　and　there　find　them　at　prayers　again；　so　could　not　see　the　quire；　but　I　sent　the　women　home；　and　I　did　go　in　and　saw　very　many　fine　tombs；　and　among　the　rest　some　very　ancient　of　the　Montagus。　　So　home　to　dinner；　and　that　being　done；　paid　the　reckoning；　which　was　so　exorbitant；　and　particular　in　rate　of　my　horses；　and　7s。　6d。　for　bread　and　beer；　that　I　was　mad；　and　resolve　to　trouble　the　mistress　about　it；　and　get　something　for　the　poor；　and　come　away　in　that　humour：　　2l。　5s。　6d。　　Servants；　1s。　6d。；　poor；　1s。；　guide　to　the　Stones；　2s。；　poor　woman　in　the　street；　1s。；　ribbands；　9d。；　wash…woman；　1s。；　sempstress　for　W。　Hewer；　3s。；　lent　W。　Hewer；　2s。　　Thence　about　six　o'clock；　and　with　a　guide　went　over　the　smooth　plain　indeed　till　night；　and　then　by　a　happy　mistake；　and　that　looked　like　an　adventure；　we　were　carried　out　of　our　way　to　a　town　where　we　would　lie；　since　we　could　not　go　as　far　as　we　would。　　By　and　by　to　bed；　glad　of　this　mistake；　because　it　seems；　had　we　gone　on　as　me　pretended；　we　could　not　have　passed　with　our　coach；　and　must　have　lain　on　the　plain　all　night。　　This　day　from　Salisbury　I　wrote　by　the　post　my　excuse　for　not　coming　home；　which　I　hope　will　do；　for　I　am　resolved　to　see　the　Bath；　and；　it　may　be；　Bristol。

12th。　　Friday。　　Up；　finding　our　beds　good；　but　lousy；　which　made　us　merry。　　We　set　out；　the　reckoning　and　servants　coming　to　9s。　6d。；　my　guide　thither；　2s。；　coachman　advanced；　10s。　　So　rode　a　very　good　way；　led　to　my　great　content　by　our　landlord　to　Philips…Norton；　with　great　pleasure；　being　now　come　into　Somersetshire；　where　my　wife　and　Deb。　mightily　joyed　thereat；　＇They　were　natives　of　that　county。＇　　I　commending　the　country；　as　indeed　it　deserves。　　And　the　first　town　we　came　to　was　Brekington；　where　we　stopping　for　something　for　the　horses；　we　called　two　or　three　little　boys　to　us；　and　please