For the rest, I recommend you to God’s Almighty Protectio augure you in a happy journey, and kissing you Lady’s Hands remain, You will easily be acquainted with the best Painters, especially LeBrun, who is chief of them and it would not be amiss to be present at their Acadamie., in which Monsieur du Bosse (a principal member) will conduct you. Israel, Sylvestre, Morin, Chaveau, are great Masters, both for things of the kind extant, and Inventions extreamly pleasant. “Pray forget not to visit the Taille-Douce shops, and make Collection of what they have excellent, especially the Draughts of their Palaces, Churches, and Gardens, and the particulars you will have seen they will greatly refresh you in your Study, and by the fire side, when you are many years return’d. In his letter to Sam dated 21 August 1669, John shared with Sam some wonderful “must see” locations. The following three letters are excerpts from Howarth’s book, which is cited below. In preparation for that trip Sam and his friend John Evelyn exchanged letters regarding Sam’s upcoming travels. Shortly after the Diary ended, Elizabeth and Sam traveled together to Paris with her brother Balty. Further details of their relationship during the Diary years will not be presented here. Sam never fathered any children with any of his mistresses during his lifetime.įor the sake of spoilers, it is up to the readers of the Diary to assess the relationship as based on Sam’s perspective. The couple had no children, and the cause of the infertility could easily have been Sam’s, perhaps due to his operation to remove his stone. She often suffered from a recurring abscess, believed to be a Bartholin’s cyst, which often made sexual relations difficult for the couple. The couple also shared warm and tender moments together, and Sam truly missed her when they were apart.Įlizabeth’s health was an ongoing issue throughout the Diary. In spite of any jealousy, Sam’s intense feelings of love for Elizabeth were also evoked from time to time, as seen during a sudden illness, which caused such a fear in Sam that he wrote “I thought she would have died, and so in great horror, and having a great tryall of my true love and passion for her”. Sam was unfaithful to Elizabeth and although there was no indication that she was ever unfaithful to him, he often let his jealousy get the best of him, as seen during the months of her dancing classes with Mr. Periods of jealousy appeared on both sides. The marriage was not “smooth” for either of them. Elizabeth in the DiaryĮlizabeth’s role in the Diary is seen solely through the eyes of Sam as none of her letters survive. By the start of the Diary, the two were reunited and living in Axe Yard. It is believed that Sam’s jealousy, an issue that would continue for him throughout the Diary, was the cause of this split. Shortly after their marriage, but prior to the Diary, the couple had unspecified differences and separated for several months. It is not known how Sam and Elizabeth met, but Elizabeth’s beauty and charm evoked such passion in Sam that the couple married when Elizabeth was 15 years old. Details of her childhood and life after the Diary are quite limited but presented here. Elizabeth was born 23 October 1640 at or around Bideford. She was the daughter of Alexandre and Dorothea St. Olave’s here and eulogized here, was the wife of Samuel Pepys. Share specific Sidenotes to Facebook or Twitter by clicking the ellipses that appear when hovering over the note.Elizabeth Pepys, as beautifully depicted by artist James Thomson, after John Hayls here, as “immortalized” at St. Vote on the helpfulness of notes, and thereby push more helpful notes to the top of the list of annotations. Read others’ comments, by clicking the Livefyre thought bubble that shows the number of comments included for any part of the page. Sharing highlighted content allows users to edit the text that will be shared, and sends a link to the original content with the share. Share text to Facebook or Twitter, by selecting text, then clicking the Share to Facebook or Share to Twitter icon. Respond to any part of a paragraph, by highlighting the text they wish to comment on, then clicking the pencil icon to write their Sidenote.Īdd Sidenotes to a paragraph, by clicking the Sidenotes icon that appears at the end of the paragraph, and adding their commentĬomment on an image, by clicking the Sidenotes icon at the corner of the image, and adding their comment.
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