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And in the end they had a prayer for the King, which they pronounced his name in Portugall; but the prayer, like the rest, in Hebrew.

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Their service all in a singing way, and in Hebrew. And anon their Laws that they take out of the press are carried by several men, four or five several burthens, and they do relieve one another; and whether it is that every one desires to have the carrying of it, I cannot tell.

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And at the putting on their vayles do say something, to which others that hear him do cry Amen, and the party do kiss his vayle.

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 22h

My wife and I, by Mr. Rawlinson’s conduct, to the Jewish Synagogue: where the men and boys in their vayles, and the women behind a lattice out of sight; and some things stand up, which I believe is their Law, in a press to which all coming in do bow.

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To my office, where Sir J. Minnes, as he do every thing else, like a fool, reading the Anatomy of the body to me, but so sillily as to the making of me understand any thing that I was weary of him.

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To supper and to bed, being mightily pleased with all my house and my red chamber, where my wife and I intend constantly to lie, and the having of our dressing room and mayds close by us without any interfering or trouble.

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My Lady Castlemaine, I hear, is in as great favour as ever, and the King supped with her the very first night he came from Bath.

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Home to my wife, with some ease and pleasure that I hope to be able to follow my business again, which by God’s leave I am resolved to return to with more and more eagerness.

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John Cole, my old friend, came to see and speak with me about a friend. I find him ingenious, but more and more discern his city pedantry; but however, I will endeavour to have his company now and then, for that he knows much of the temper of the City.

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Rose in good ease but only strain I put myself to to shit, more than I needed. But continued all the morning well, and in had a natural easily and dry stoole, the first I have had these five days or six, for which God be praised, and so am likely to continue well.

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Taking my usual walnut quantity of electuary at my going into bed I had about two stools in the night and pissed well. Voided some wind.

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It lay while I lay upon the bed above an hour, if not two, and then thinking it quite lost I rose, and by and by it began with my walking to work, and gave me three or four most excellent stools and carried away wind, put me in excellent ease.

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My wife did give me a clyster which Mr. Hollyard directed, viz., a pint of strong ale, 4 oz. of sugar, and 2 oz. of butter.

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When I came home and went to try to shit, the little straining which I thought was no strain at all at the present did by and by bring me some pain for a good while.

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To the Old Exchange, and there cheapened some laces for my wife, and then to the great laceman in Cheapside, and bought one cost me 4l. more by 20s. than I intended, but when I came to see them I was resolved to buy one worth wearing with credit.

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Home, and whether it be the jogging, or by having my mind more employed (which I believe is a great matter) I know not, but I do now piss with much less pain and I begin to be suddenly well, at least better than I was.

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The Duke wished we all had made more profit than he had of our places, and that we had all of us got as much as one man below stayres in the Court, which he presently named, and it was Sir George Lane!

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Up (though slept well) and made some water in the morning as I used to do, and a little pain returned to me, and some fears, but being forced to go to the Duke at St. James’s, I took coach and in my way called upon Mr. Hollyard and had his advice to take a glyster.

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After supper to bed as I use to be, in pain, without breaking wind and shitting.

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I staid at home discoursing and doing things in my chamber, altering chairs in my chamber, and set them above in the red room, they being Turkey work, and so put their green covers upon those that were above, not so handsome.

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The greatest of my pain I find to come by my straining to get something out backwards, which strains my yard and cods, so as to put me to a great and long pain after it, and my pain and frequent desire to make water; which I must therefore forbear.

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I finding myself neither to fart nor go to stool after one stool in the morning, the effect of my electuary last night.

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My wife forebore to make herself clean today, but continued in a sluttish condition.

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I was mightily pleased to see my house clean and in good condition, but something coming into my wife’s head, and mine, to be done more about bringing the green bed into our chamber, which is handsomer than the red one, though not of the colour of our hangings.

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Mr. Hollyard sends me an electuary to take (a walnut quantity of it) going to bed, which I did.

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Dined at home, my wife and house in the dirtiest pickle that ever she and it was in almost, but in order, I hope, this night to be very clean.

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Whether that or anything else of my draught this morning did it I cannot tell, but I had a couple of stools forced after it and did break a fart or two but whether I shall grow better upon it I cannot tell.

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I did, however, make shift to go to the office, where we sat, and there Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten did advise me to take some juniper water, and Sir W. Batten sent to his Lady for some for me, strong water made of juniper.

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Up, and not in any good ease yet, but had pain in making water, and some course. I see I must take besides keeping myself warm to make myself break wind and go freely to stool before I can be well, neither of which I can do yet.

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Most of this afternoon my wife and I did spend together in setting things in order in her closet, which indeed is, and will be, when I can get her some more things to put in it, a pleasant place, and is at present very pretty, and such as she, I hope, will find great content in.

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I did drink one of them, but it was a most loathsome draught, and did keep myself warm after it, and had still a stool or two, but in no plenty, nor any wind almost carried away.

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So he sent me two bottles of drink and some syrup, one bottle to take now and the other tomorrow morning.

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I sent word to Mr. Hollyard of my condition, that I could neither have a natural stool nor break wind, and by that means still in pain and frequent offering to make water.

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I did keep my bed most of this morning, my body I find being still bound and little wind, and so my pain returned again, though not so bad, but keeping my body with warm clothes very hot I made shift to endure it.

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I sat late up, till past eleven at night, with my wife in my chamber till it had done working, which was so weakly that I could hardly tell whether it did work or no.

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So to Mr. Holliard, and by his direction, he assuring me that it is nothing of the stone, but only my constitution being costive, and that, and cold from without, breeding and keeping the wind, I took some powder that he did give me in white wine.

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Home to dinner, my pain coming again by breaking no wind nor having any stool.

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lay in good ease all night, and pissed pretty well to the morning but no more wind came as it used to do plentifully, after it once begun, nor any inclination to stool.

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Whether the coach did me good or no I know not but having a good fire in my chamber, I begun to break six or seven small and great farts.

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I took coach and to Mr. Holliard’s, but he was not at home, and so home again.

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I did keep my bed, and my pain continued on me mightily that I kept within all day in great pain, and could break no wind nor have any stool after my physic had done working.

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Finding myself beginning to be troubled with wind as I used to be, and in pain in making water, I took a couple of pills that I had by me of Mr. Hollyard’s.

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My people had so little witt to send in our meat from abroad in that Cook’s dishes, which were marked with the name of the Cook upon them, by which, if they observed anything, they might know it was not my own dinner.

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Lewellin coming to me I took him and Deane, and there met my uncle Thomas, and we dined together, but was vexed that, it being washing-day, we had no meat dressed, but sent to the Cook’s.

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I told him that it was not so, but that he and Sir W. Batten were both abused, and I would prove it was as dear a bargain as had been made this half year, which occasioned high words between them and me, but I am able to prove it and will.

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We fell to talk of Warren’s goods, which Pett had said were generally bad. Sir J. Minnes told me angrily that Winter’s timber, bought for 33s. per load, was as good and in the same terms.

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