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30th. I after dinner to even all my accounts of this month; and
bless God, I find myself, notwithstanding great expences of late;
viz. 80l. now to pay for a necklace; near 40l. for a set of
chairs and couch; near 40l. for my three pictures: yet I do
gather, and am worth 5200l. My wife comes home by and by, and
hath pitched upon a necklace with three rows, which is a very
good one, and 80l. is the price. So ends this month with great
layings-out. Good health and gettings, and advanced well in the
whole of my estate, for which God make me thankful!
May 1, 1666. At noon, my cosen Thomas Pepys did come to me, to
consult about the business of his being a Justice of the Peace,
which he is much against; and among other reasons, tells me, as a
confidant, that he is not free to exercise punishment according
to the Act against Quakers and other people, for religion. Nor
do he understand Latin, and so is not capable of the place as
formerly, now all warrants do run in Latin. Nor he in Kent,
though he be of Deptford parish, his house standing in Surry.


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