Nothing is too minute or trifling for our journalist, whether it concern his breakfast or his worldly prosperity. The following extract is to the point; yet we cannot but admire the thankfulness of heart which the reader will have occasion to notice throughout the volume:

"30th May, 1660.—I did eat a dish of mackarel, newly catched, for my breakfast. All this morning making up my accounts, in which I counted that I had made myself now worth about 80%., at which my ` heart was glad, and blessed God."

Under the date of the 31st of the same month, we find our author rejoicing in the possession of a pair of blue silk stockings, which seems to have put him in good humour with himself and all the world.

Captain Sparling, of the Assistance, brought me a pair of silk stockings of a light blue, which I was much pleased with. This day the month ends. I, in very good health, and all the world in a merry mood, because of the King's coming. I begin to teach Mr. Edward, who has a very good foundation laid for his Latin by Mr. Fuller."

The "Mr. Edward" here alluded to was the son of his patron, Montagu. The Duke of York appears to have been liberal in the way of largesse to the friends of the Restoration. We quote the passage which records the fact; affording proof, at the same time, that the "vice-admiral, rear-admiral, and the captain" did not belong to a "temperance ship :”—

"Of the money that the Duke of York did give my lord's servants, twenty-two ducateens came to my share. I did give Mr. Shepley the fine pair of buckskin gloves that I bought for myself five years ago. Many Dover men came to dine with my lord. My lord at nine pins in the afternoon. Mr. Shepley tells me how my lord hath put me down for seventy guilders among the money given to my lord's servants, which my heart did much rejoice at. Sir R. Stayner told us how some of his men did grumble that no more of the duke's money do come to their share, and so would not receive any; whereupon he called up those that had taken it, and give them three shares a-piece more, which made good sport among the seamen. At night Mr. Cooke comes from London with letters, leaving all things there very gallant and joyful; and brought us word that the Parliament had ordered the 27th of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny, and the King's return to his government, he entering London that day. My poor wife has not been well she would fain see me, and be at her house again, but we must be content. She writes how there was a talk that I should be knighted by the King, which they (the Joyces) laugh at; but I think myself happier in my wife and estate than they are. The captain came on board quite fuddled; the vice-admiral, rear-admiral, and he, had been drinking all day. Mr. Lord being now to sit in the House of

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Peers, he endeavours to get Mr. Edward Montagu for Weymouth, and Mr. George for Dover."

June 2, 1660.-Pepys acknowledges his gratitude to his patron for the share assigned to him of the duke's bounty: indeed, Montagu would appear to have been a very sincere friend to his dependent, to whom he says, "We must have a little patience and we will rise together." Under the same date our worthy secretary counts the cost of the expedition to bring home the exiled monarch. The "sum total" is 6,5387.-he naively adds, "I wish we had the money."

That our journalist was not inaccessible to a bribe will be found in more than one passage of his history. Take an instance:

"Much business at my lord's. This morning my lord went into the House of Commons, and there had the thanks of the house, in the name of the Parliament and Commons of England, for his late service to his King and country. A motion was made for a reward for him; but it was quashed by Mr. Annesly, who, above most men, is engaged to my lord, and craves favours. Lady Pickering told me the story of her husband's case, and desired my assistance with my lord, and did give me, wrapped up in paper, five pounds in silver. With my lord to Whitehall, and my Lady Pickering. My lord went at night with the King to Baynard's Castle to supper, and I home. My wife, and the girl, and dog came home to-day. I found a quantity of chocolate left for me, I know not from whom."

The instance recorded under the date of the 21st June, 1660, is more in the way of business :

"At the Dog Tavern, Captain Curle, late of the Maria, gave me five pieces in gold, and a silver can for my wife, for the commission I did give him this day."

Jobbing, however, would not appear to be confined to the ruder sex; ex. gr. :—

"Thence to my lord's, and had the great coach to Brigham's, who give me a case of good julep, and told me how my lady Montri deals with him and others for their places, asking him five hundred pounds, though he was formerly the king's coachmaker, and sworn to it."

The uncertainty of his tenure of an appointment, the duties of which it is admitted on all hands he filled with unimpeachable ability and zeal, will be gathered from the following narrative:

"July 12th.-Up early, and by coach to Whitehall with Commissioner Pett, where, after we had talked with my lord, I went to the Privy Seal and got my bill perfected there, and at the Signet, and to the House of Lords, and met with Mr. Kipps, who directed me to

Mr. Beale to get my patent engrossed; but, he not having time to get it done in Chancery-hand, I was forced to run all up and down Chancery-lane and the six clerks' office, but could find none that could write the hand that were at leisure; and so, in despair, went to the Admiralty, where we met, the first time there, my Lord Montagu, my Lord Barkley (of Strattan), Mr. Coventry, and all the rest of the principal officers and commissioners, except only the comptroller, who is not yet chosen. 13th.-Up early; the first day put on my black camlet coat with silver buttons. To Mr. Spong, whom I found in his night-gown writing of my patent. It being done, we carried it to Worcester House,* to the Chancellor, where Mr. Kipps (a strange providence that he should now be in a condition to do me a kindness) got me the Chancellor's recipe to my bill, and so carried it to Mr. Beale for a dockett; but he was very angry and unwilling to do it, because he said it was ill writ (because I had got it writ by another hand and not by him); but, by much importunity, I got Mr. Spong to go to his office and make an end of my patent; and, in the meantime, Mr. Beale to be preparing my dockett, which being done I did give him two pieces, after which it was strange how civil and tractable he was to me. Met with Mr. Spong, who still would be giving me counsel of getting my patent out, for fear of another change and my Lord Montagu's fall. At the Navy-office I got leave to have a door made me into the leads. After that to Worcester House, where, by Mr. Kipps' means and my pressing in General Montagu's name to the Chancellor, I did, beyond all expectation, get my seal passed; and, while it was doing in one room, I was forced to keep Sir G. Carteret (who by chance met me there, ignorant of my business) in talk. To my wife, whom I had left in a coach, and presented her with my patent, at which she was overjoyed."

Under the date of 14th July, 1660, we find our author becoming a great man, and a poet dedicates a book to him.

"Comes in Mr. [Payne] Fisher, the poet, and promises me, what he had long ago done, a book in praise of the King of France, with my arms, and a dedication to me: very handsome.'

Mr. Payne Fisher, if he had not the genius of a poet, shared the fate of his tribe; for we gather from a note that "he was frequently imprisoned for debt." His impartiality is beyond all question, inasmuch as he employed his sword at the battle of Marston Moor in the cause of the King; and, subsequently, his pen in the service of Cromwell, with whom he became, we are told, a great favourite.

Pepys would appear to have been a patron of art, in a small way; the entry of the 20th of July, 1660, being

The Earls of Worcester had a large house between Durham-place and the Savoy, which Lord Clarendon rented while his own was building

"I sent my wife to my father's, and he is to buy 57. worth of pic

tures."

Another characteristic trait of our friend the poet

"A boy brought me a letter from poet Fisher, who tells me that he is upon a panegyric of the king, and desired to borrow a piece of me; and I sent him half-a-piece."

Commend us to such a patron!-say we.

Joint stock companies under high patronage are not confined to our own speculative times- ex. gr.:

"This day I heard the duke speak of a great design that he and my Lord of Pembroke have, and a great many others, of sending a venture to some part of Africa to dig for gold ore there. They intend to admit as many as will venture their money-250l. is the lowest share for every man."

The following passage has a melancholy historic interest:"Oct. 10, 1660.-At night comes Mr. Moore and tells me how Sir Hards. Waller (who only pleads guilty), Scott, Coke,+ Peters,‡ Harrison, &c., were this day arraigned at the bar of the Sessions House, there being upon the bench the Lord Mayor, General Monk, my Lord of Sandwich, &c.-such a bench of noblemen as had not been ever seen in England! They all seemed to be dismayed, and will all be condemned without question. In Sir Orlando Bridgman's charge he did wholly rip up the unjustness of the war against the king from the beginning; and so it much reflects upon all the Long Parliament: though the King had pardoned them, yet they must hereby confess that the King do look upon them as traitors. Tomorrow they are to plead what they have to say."

In quoting the sad sequel we may be pardoned for expressing our wonder that the barbarism of drawing and quartering has not long since been expunged from our statutes:

"I went to Charing-cross to see Major-General Harrison|| hanged, drawn, and quartered, which was done there he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. He was presently cut down and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there were great shouts of joy. It is said that he said he was sure to come shortly at

*Sir Hardress Waller, Knight, one of Charles I.'s judges. His sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life.

Coke was solicitor to the people of England.

Hugh Peters, the fanatical preacher.

Eldest son of John Bridgman, Bishop of Chester: became, after the Restoration, successively Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal; and was created a baronet. He is ancestor of the present Earl of Bradford.

Thomas Harrison, son of a butcher at Newcastle-under-Lyne, appointed by Cromwell to convey Charles I. from Windsor to Whitehall, in order to take his trial, and afterwards sat as one of his judges.

the right hand of Christ to judge them that now had judged him, and that his wife do expect his coming again. Thus, it was my chance to see the King beheaded at Whitehall, and to see the first blood shed in revenge for the King at Charing-cross. Setting up shelves in my study.'

That our journalist's loyalty was one of the habits which, to quote the words of a witty modern writer, "had lately come to him, will be gathered from the entry of the 26th October, 1660:

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"This morning Sir W. Penn and I were mounted early, and had very merry discourse all the way, he being very good company. We came to Sir W. Batten's, where he lives like a prince, and we were made very welcome. Among other things, he showed me my lady's closet, wherein was great store of rarities; as also a chair, which he calls King Harry's chair,' where he that sits down is catched with two irons that come round about him, which makes good sport. Here dined with us two or three more country gentlemen; among the rest, Mr. Christmas, my old schoolfellow, with whom I had much talk. He did remember that I was a great Roundhead when I was a boy; and I was much afraid that he would have remembered the words that I said the day the King was beheaded, that, were I to preach upon him, my text should be- The memory of the wicked shall rot" but I found afterwards that he did go away from school before that time. He did make us good sport in imitating Mr. Case,* Ash, and Nye, the ministers; but a deadly drinker he is and grown very fat."

The custom of sales by inch of candle, if not still existing, was of daily occurrence within our own recollection: we were not aware of its being of such antiquity as to have obtained in the days of Charles II. It would seem to have been new to Pepys :

"Mr. Chetwind told me that he did fear that this late business of the Duke of York's would prove fatal to my Lord Chancellor. To our office, where we met all, for the sale of two ships, by an inch of candle(the first time that ever I saw any of this kind)-where I observed how they do invite one another, and at last how they all do cry (i.e., bid); and we have much to do to tell who did cry last. The ships were the Indian, sold for 1,300l., and the Half-Moon, sold for. 8301. Fell a-reading of the tryalls of the late men that were hanged for the King's death, and found good satisfaction in reading thereof."

The concluding sentence reflects little credit on our diarist's humanity, especially when we take into account his warm par

Thomas Case, one of the Assembly of Divines and some time rector of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, æt., 1682, eighty-four. Simeon Ash, one of the leading Presbyterian ministers. Philip Nye, who had been minister of Kimbolton and rector of Acton, Middlesex, retired after his nonconformity, and died in 1672