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there I met with Dr . Fuller , of Twickenham , newly come from Ireland , and took him to my Lord ' s , where he and I dined ; and he did give my Lord and me a good account of the condition of Ireland , and how it came to pass , through the joyning of the Fanatiques and the Presbyterians , that the latter and the former are in their declaration put together under the names of Fanatiques . " Ib . On the 13 th of this month Pepys witnessed the notable piece of kingcraft , which he had before attempted in rain to see : he felt but little reverence for the royal miracle-monger . ** Met my Lord with the Duke , and after a little talk with him , I went
to the Banquet-house , and there saw the King heale , the first time that ever I saw him do it ; which he did with great gravity , and it seemed to me to be an ugly office , and a simple one . " I . 100 . Pepys gives a very detailed account of the Coronation of Charles : the
spectacle delighted him not a little . He records with satisfaction an accident which befel Serjt . Glynne , one of the legal Proteuses of the day . t € 1660 , 1 , April 23 . Thus did the day end with joy every where ; ami , blessed be God . I have not heard of
any mischance to any body through it all , but only to Serjt . Glyniie , * whose horse fell upon him yesterday , and is like to kill him , which people do please themselves to see how just God is to
punish the rogue at such tune as this : he being now one of the King ' s Sergeants , and rode in the cavalcade with Msyo ^ rfl , to whom people wish the same ... fortune . " I . 105 .
Another of Pepys ' s e Lord ' s-day " entries relates to a popular preacher , and to a Nonconformist , who began to , give way , and to use the " Lord ' sday" for his pleasure .
" May 12 th . At the Savoy heard Dr . Fuller preach upon David's words , * I will wait with patience all the days of my appointed time untili my change comes , but inethougUt it was a , poor * " He had been Recorder of London ; and duihiff the Protectorate was made
Chief Justice of the Upper Bench . Nevertheless he did Charles Hud great service , and was in consequence knighted and appointed King ' s Serjeant , and hi * fcon created a Baronet . Ob . 1666 . "
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dry sermon . And I am afraid mT former high esteem of his preaching was more out of opinion than judg ment . Met with Mr . Creed , wit { whom I went and walked in Gray ' s , Inn-walks , and from thence to hYmgl ton , and there eat and drank at the house my father and we were wont of old to go to ; and after that walked
homeward , and parted in Smithfield : and so I home , much wondering to see how things are altered with Mr . Creed , who , twelvemonths ago , might have been got to hang himself almost as soon as to go to a drinkin g-house on a Sunday . " I . 106 .
It is well-known that the Puritans and their immediate descendants made conscience of not drinking healths . The scruple it seems actuated one of the most accomplished and polite of the Presbyterian ministers , " the silver-tongued Bates /*
" May 23 rd * Dinner at my Lord Mayor ' s with a great deal of honourable company , and great entertainment . At table I had very good discourse with Mr . Ashmole , wherein he did assure me that frogs and many insects
do often fall from the sky , ready formed . Dr . Bates ' s singularity in not rising up nor drinking the King ' s nor other healths at the table , was very much observed . " I . 10 S .
From another minute , relating to the same period , we learn that other religious scruples were yet somewhat vcsDected ; " May 26 th . Sir W . Batten toM me how Mr . Prin ( among the two or three that did refuse to-dav to receive
the sacrament upon their knees ) was offered by a mistake the drinke afterwards , which he did receive , being " denied the drink by Dr . Gunning , unless he would take it on his knees ; and after that by another the bread was brought him , and he did take it sitting , which is thought very preposterous . " Ib .
Mr . Prynn , whose singularity is described in the last extract , was yet a thorn in the sides of the bishops : " May 30 th . This day , I hear the Parliament have ordered a bill to be
brought in for restoring the bishops to tj * e House of Lords ; which they had not done so soon but to spite Mr . Prin , who is every day bo bitter against them in his discourse in the House . I . 109 .
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626 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys , Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1825, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2540/page/14/
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