the diary of samuel pepys-第75部分

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　dressed　myself；　and　so　did　my　servant　Besse；　and　so　to　my　brother's　again：　　whither；　though　invited；　as　the　custom　is；　at　one　or　two　o'clock；　they　come　not　till　four　or　five。　　But　at　last　one　after　another　they　come；　many　more　than　I　bid：　　and　my　reckoning　that　I　bid　was　one　hundred　and　twenty；　but　I　believe　there　was　nearer　one　hundred　and　fifty。　　Their　service　was　six　biscuits　a…piece；　and　what　they　pleased　of　burnt　claret。　　My　cosen　Joyce　Norton　kept　the　wine　and　cakes　above；　and　did　give　out　to　them　that　served；　who　had　white　gloves　given　them。　　But　above　all；　I　am　beholden　to　Mrs。　Holding；　who　was　most　kind；　and　did　take　mighty　pains　not　only　in　getting　the　house　and　every　thing　else　ready；　but　this　day　in　going　up　and　down　to　see　the　house　filled　and　served；　in　order　to　mine　and　their　great　content；　I　think；　the　men　sitting　by　themselves　in　some　rooms；　and　the　women　by　themselves　in　others；　very　close；　but　yet　room　enough。　　Anon　to　church；　walking　out　into　the　street　to　the　Conduit；　and　so　across　the　street；　and　had　a　very　good　company　along　with　the　corps　and　being　come　to　the　grave　as　above；　Dr。　Pierson；　the　minister　of　the　parish；　did　read　the　service　for　buriall：　　and　so　I　saw　my　poor　brother　laid　into　the　grave。

21st。　　This　day　the　Houses　of　Parliament　met；　and　the　King　met　them；　with　the　Queene　with　him。　　And　he　made　a　speech　to　them：　among　other　things；　discoursing　largely　of　the　plots　abroad　against　him　and　the　peace　of　the　kingdom；　and　that　the　dissatisfied　party　had　great　hopes　upon　the　effect　of　the　Act　for　a　Triennial　Parliament　granted　by　his　father；　which　he　desired　them　to　peruse；　and；　I　think；　repeal。　　So　the　Houses　did　retire　to　their　own　House；　and　did　order　the　Act　to　be　read　to…morrow　before　them；　and　I　suppose　it　will　be　repealed；　though　I　believe　much　against　the　will　of　a　good　many　that　sit　there。

23rd。　　To　the　Trinity　House；　and　there　dined　very　well：　　and　good　discourse　among　the　old　men。　　Among　other　things；　they　observed；　that　there　are　but　two　seamen　in　the　Parliament；　viz。　Sir　W。　Batten　and　Sir　W。　Pen；　and　not　above　twenty　or　thirty　merchants；　which　is　a　strange　thing　in　an　island。

25th。　　To　White　Hall；　and　there　to　chapel；　where　it　was　most　infinite　full　to　hear　Dr。　Critton。　　＇Creighton。＇　　The　Doctor　preached　upon　the　thirty…first　of　Jeremy；　and　the　twenty…first　and　twenty…second　verses；　about　a　woman　compassing　a　man；　meaning　the　Virgin　conceiving　and　bearing　our　Saviour。　　It　was　the　worst　sermon　I　ever　heard　him　make；　I　must　confess；　and　yet　it　was　good；　and　in　two　places　very　bitter；　advising　the　King　to　do　as　the　Emperor　Severus　did；　to　hang　up　a　Presbyter　John　（a　short　coat　and　a　long　gowne　interchangeably）　in　all　the　Courts　of　England。　　But　the　story　of　Severus　was　pretty；　that　he　hanged　up　forty　senators　before　the　Senate…house；　and　then　made　a　speech　presently　to　the　Senate　in　praise　of　his　own　lenity；　and　then　decreed　that　never　any　senator　after　that　time　should　suffer　in　the　same　manner　without　consent　of　the　Senate：　　which　he　compared　to　the　proceeding　of　the　Long　Parliament　against　my　Lord　Strafford。　　He　said　the　greatest　part　of　the　lay　magistrates　in　England　were　Puritans；　and　would　not　do　justice；　and　the　Bishops'　powers　were　so　taken　away　and　lessened；　that　they　could　not　exercise　the　power　they　ought。　　He　told　the　King　and　the　ladies；　plainly　speaking　of　death　and　of　the　skulls　and　bones　of　dead　men　and　women；　how　there　is　no　difference；　that　nobody　could　tell　that　of　the　great　Marius　or　Alexander　from　a　pyoneer；　nor；　for　all　the　pains　the　ladies　take　with　their　faces；　he　that　should　look　in　a　charnel…house　could　not　distinguish　which　was　Cleopatra's；　or　fair　Rosamond's；　or　Jane　Shore's。

26th。　　Sir　W。　Batten　told　me　how　Sir　Richard　Temple　hath　spoke　very　discontentful　words　in　the　house　about　the　Triennial　Bill；　but　it　hath　been　read　the　second　time　to…day；　and　committed；　and；　he　believes；　will　go　on　without　more　ado；　though　there　are　many　in　the　house　are　displeased　at　it；　though　they　dare　not　say　much。　But　above　all　expectation；　Mr。　Prin　is　the　man　against　it；　comparing　it　to　the　idoll　whose　head　was　of　gold；　and　his　body　and　legs　and　feet　of　different　metal。　　So　this　Bill　had　several　degrees　of　calling　of　Parliaments；　in　case　the　King；　and　then　the　Council；　and　then　the　Lord　Chancellor；　and　then　the　Sheriffes；　should　fail　to　do　it。　　He　tells　me　also；　how；　upon　occasion　of　some　'prentices　being　put　in　the　pillory　to…day　for　beating　of　their　masters　or　such　like　thing；　in　Cheapside；　a　company　of　'prentices　come　and　rescued　them；　and　pulled　down　the　pillory；　and　they　being　set　up　again；　did　the　like　again。

28th。　　The　great　matter　to…day　in　the　House　hath　been；　that　Mr。　Vaughan；　＇John　Vaughan；　afterwards　knighted；　and　made　Chief　Justice　of　the　Common　Pleas。＇　　the　great　speaker；　is　this　day　come　to　town；　and　hath　declared　himself　in　a　speech　of　an　hour　and　a　half　with　great　reason　and　eloquence；　against　the　repealing　of　the　Bill　for　Triennial　Parliaments；　but　with　no　successe：　　but　the　House　have　carried　it　that　there　shall　be　such　Parliaments；　but　without　any　coercive　power　upon　the　King；　if　he　will　bring　this　Act。　　But；　Lord！　　to　see　how　the　best　things　are　not　done　without　some　design；　for　I　perceive　all　these　gentlemen　that　I　was　with　to…day；　are　against　it　（though　there　was　reason　enough　on　their　side）；　yet　purely　I　could　perceive；　because　it　was　the　King's　mind　to　have　it；　and　should　he　demand　any　thing　else；　I　believe　they　would　give　it　him。

APRIL　1；　1664。　　To　White　Hall；　and　in　the　Gallery　met　the　Duke　of　York；　（I　also　saw　the　Queene　going　to　the　Park；　and　her　Maids　of　Honour：　　she　herself　looks　ill；　and　methinks　Mrs。　Stewart　is　grown　fatter；　and　not　so　fair　as　she　was：）　　and　he　called　me　to　him；　and　discoursed　a　good　while　with　me；　and　after　he　was　gone；　twice　or　thrice　staid　and　called　me　again　to　him；　the　whole　length　of　the　house：　　and　at　last　talked　of　the　Dutch；　and　I　perceive　do　much　wish　that　the　Parliament　will　find　reason　to　fall　out　with　them。

3rd。　　Called　up　by　W。　Joyce；　＇William　Joyce　had　married　Mr。　Pepys'　first　cousin；　Kate　Fenner。＇　　he　being　summonsed　to　the　House　of　Lords　to…morrow；　for　endeavouring　to　arrest　my　Lady　Peters　for　a　debt。　　＇Elizabeth；　daughter　of　John　Earl　Rivers；　and　first　wife　to　William　fourth　Lord　Petre；　who　was；　in　1678；　impeached　by　the　Commons　of　High　Treason；　and　died　under　confinement　in　the　Tower；　January　5th；　1683；　S。P。＇

4th。　　Up；　and　walked　to　my　Lord　Sandwich's；　and　there　spoke　with　him　about　W。　Joyce；　who　tells　me　he　would　do　what　was　fit；　in　so　tender　a　point。　　I　to　the　Lords'　House　before　they　sat；　and　stood　within　it；　while　the　Duke　of　York　come　to　me　and　spoke　to　me　a　good　while　about　the　new　ship　at　Woolwich。　　Afterwards　I　spoke　with　my　Lord　Barkeley　and　my　Lord　Peterborough　about　it。　　And　so　staid　without　a　good　while；　and　saw　my　Lady　Peters；　an　impudent　jade；　soliciting　all　the　Lords　on　her　behalf。　　And　at　last　W。　Joyce　was　called　in；　and　by　the　consequences；　and　what　my　Lord　Peterborough　told　me；　I　find　that　he　did　speak　all　he　said　to　his　disadvantage；　and　so　was　committed　to　the　Black　Rod：　　which　is　very　hard；　he　doing　what　he　did　by　the　advice　of　my　Lord　Peter's　own　steward。　　But　the　Serjeant　of　the　Black　Rod　did　direct　one　of　his　messengers　to　take　him　in　custody；　and　peaceably　conducted　him　to　the　Swan　with　two　Necks；　in　Tuttle…street；　to　a　handsome　dining…room；　and　there　was　most　civilly　used。　　It　was　a　sad　sight；　methought；　to…day　to　see　my　Lord　Peters　coming　out　of　the　House；　fall　out　with　his　lady　（from　whom　he　is　parted）　about　this　business；　saying　that　she　disgraced　him。　　But　she　hath　been　a　handsome　woman；　and　is；　it　seems；　not　only　a　lewd　woman；　but　very　high…spirited。

5th。　　Lord　Peterborough　presented　a　petition　to　the　House　from　W。　Joyce：　　and　a　great　dispute；　we　hear；　there　was　in　the　House　for　and　against　it。　　At　last　it　was　carried　that　he　should　be　bayled　till　the　House　meets　again　after　Easter；　he　giving　bond　for　his　appearance。　　Anon　comes　the　King　and　passed　the　Bill　for　repealing　the　Triennial　Act；　and　another　about　Writs　of　Errour。　I　crowded　in　and　heard　the　King's　Speech　to　them；　but　he　speaks　the　worst　that　ever　I　heard　man　in　my　life：　　worse　than　if　he　read　it　all；　and　he　had　it　in　writing　in　his　hand。　　I　went　to　W。　Joyce；　where　I　found　the　order　come；　and　bayle　（his　father　and　brother）　given；　and　he　paying　his　fees；　which　come　to　above　12l。；　besides　5l。　he　is　to　give　one　man；　and　his　charges　of　eating　and　drinking　here；　and　10s。　a…day　as　many　days　as　he　stands　under　bayle：　　which；　I　hope；　will　teach　him　hereafter　to　hold　his　tongue　better　than　he　used　to　do。

8th。　　Home　to　the　only　Lenten　supper　I　have　had　of　wiggs　＇Buns；　still　called　wiggs　in　the　West　of　England。＇　and　ale。

15th。　　To　the　Duke's　house；　and　there　saw　〃The　German　Princesse〃　acted；　by　the　woman　herself；　but　never　was　any　thing　so　well　done　in　earnest；　worse　performed　in　jest　upon　the　stage。　　＇Mary　Moders；　alias　Stedman；　alias　Carleton；　a　celebrated　impostor；　who　had　induced　the　son　of　a　London　citizen　to　marry　her　under　the　pretence　that　she　was　a　German　Princess。　　She　next　became　an　actress；　after　having　been　tried　for　bigamy　and　acquitted。　　The　rest　of　her　life　was　one　continued　course　of　robbery　and　fr