Excerpt from Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S, Vol. 4: From His Ms. Cypher in the Pepsyian Library; November 1, 1663 March 31, 1665 Nov. Rsr, 1663. (lord's day.) This morning my brother's man brought me a new black baize waiste coate, faced with silke, which I put on from this day, laying by half-shirts for this winter. He brought me also my new gowne of purple shagg, trimmed with gold, very handsome also as a gift from my brother, a velvet hat, ' very fine to ride in, and the fashion, which pleases me very well, to which end, I believe, he sent it me, for he knows I had lately been angry with him. Up and to church with my wife, and at noon dined at home alone, a good calve's head boiled and dumplings, an excellent dinner methought it was. Then to church again, whither Sir W. Pen came, the first time he has been at church these several months, he having been sicke all the while. Home and to my office, where I taught my wife some part of substrac tion. After supper another bout at arithmetique with my wife, and so to prayers, and then to read my vowes, and to bed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.