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         Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
      
       
         
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             Mr. Pepys to the Right Honourable Sir Francis Child, Kt. Lord Mayor, and to the Court of Aldermen upon the present state of Christ-Hospital.
             Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
             Child, Francis, Sir, 1642-1713, recipient.
             City of London (England). Court of Common Council, recipient.
          
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             s.n.,
             [London :
             1699]
          
           
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           Mr.
           PEPYS
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Child
             ,
             Kt.
          
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Present
             State
          
           of
           CHRIST-HOSPITAL
           .
        
         
           
             York-Buildings
             ,
             
               March
               7
               th
               .
               1698
               /
               9.
               
            
          
           
             My
             Lord
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           THAT
           nothing
           may
           rest
           uncommunicated
           to
           this
           Court
           ,
           of
           what
           goes
           from
           me
           to
           that
           of
           Christ-Hospital
           ;
           any
           more
           than
           ,
           by
           your
           
             Allowance
             ,
             I
          
           with-hold
           from
           Them
           ,
           ought
           of
           what
           I
           offer
           You
           :
           I
           here
           tender
           you
           a
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           of
           mine
           thither
           ,
           of
           the
           25.
           of
           January
           .
        
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           which
           bearing
           my
           Farewel
           to
           Them
           ,
           as
           with
           all
           respect
           my
           purpose
           is
           in
           this
           to
           
             You
             ;
             I
          
           cannot
           but
           recommend
           the
           Perusal
           thereof
           to
           this
           Court
           ;
           as
           carrying
           with
           them
           such
           a
           Representation
           of
           the
           
             perishing
             State
          
           of
           that
           House
           ,
           in
           some
           fresh
           Particulars
           essential
           to
           the
           Well-being
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           render
           it
           a
           thing
           little
           less
           than
           hopeless
           for
           me
           (
           by
           ordinary
           Means
           ,
           at
           least
           )
           any
           longer
           to
           think
           of
           saving
           it
           :
           After
           finding
           my self
           put
           to
           above
           
             seven
             Months
          
           Labour
           ,
           in
           compassing
           only
           its
           
           Treasurer's
           Signing
           that
           
             one
             Article
          
           of
           his
           Account
           ,
           which
           you
           had
           before
           had
           from
           him
           Vnsign'd
           ;
           and
           more
           than
           ten
           ,
           in
           finding
           Passage
           only
           ,
           through
           this
           Court
           thither
           ,
           to
           my
           late
           Report
           of
           the
           State
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           What
           it
           is
           that
           may
           be
           look't-for
           from
           it
           ,
           even
           now
           it
           is
           there
           ,
           with
           a
           Committee
           of
           few
           less
           than
           forty
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           the
           Majority
           such
           ,
           as
           will
           find
           little
           Work
           for
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           
             Self-Arraignment
             ;
             I
          
           submit
           to
           your
           Lordship
           and
           this
           Court.
           
        
         
         
           Especially
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           reflect
           upon
           the
           present
           Circumstances
           of
           that
           
           House's
           Government
           ;
           viz.
           
           
             
               VNDER
               the
               Guidance
               of
               a
               President
               ,
               equal
               indeed
               to
               the
               worthiest
               of
               his
               Predecessors
               ,
               both
               in
               his
               general
               Virtues
               ,
               and
               special
               Munificence
               to
               that
               Place
               .
               But
               One
               ,
               whose
               Piety
               has
               out-liv'd
               his
               Strength
               for
               being
               otherwise
               personally
               aidful
               to
               it
               ,
               in
               any
               of
               the
               Weightier
               Duties
               of
               that
               Charge
               .
            
             
               VNDER
               a
               Treasurer
               ,
               who
               (
               besides
               what
               you
               have
               elsewhere
               before
               you
               concerning
               him
               )
               was
               also
               pleas'd
               to
               declare
               himself
               unable
               both
               in
               Mind
               and
               Body
               ,
               for
               the
               longer
               Execution
               of
               his
               Office
               ;
               and
               therefore
               made
               his
               formal
               Resignation
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               had
               it
               as
               formally
               accepted-of
               from
               him
               in
               Court
               there
               ,
               above
               
                 two
                 years
              
               since
               .
            
             
               VNDER
               the
               Direction
               of
               Gentlemen
               acting
               indeed
               as
               Governours
               ,
               and
               to
               whom
               as
               such
               I
               have
               for
               more
               than
               23.
               years
               had
               the
               Honour
               of
               reckoning
               my self
               a
               Fellow-servant
               ;
               but
               are
               said
               to
               stand
               reported
               to
               You
               at
               this
               day
               by
               your
               Learned
               Council
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               such
               ,
               nor
               capable
               of
               being
               so
               ,
               without
               (
               what
               they
               have
               never
               yet
               had
               )
               the
               Confirmation
               of
               this
               Court.
               And
               lastly
               ,
            
             
               VNDER
               an
               Administration
               also
               on
               the
               part
               of
               your
               Lordship
               and
               your
               Honoured
               Brethren
               ,
               so
               Gentle
               ;
               as
               to
               have
               suffer'd
               your
               Orders
               thither
               ,
               even
               in
               Points
               the
               most
               important
               ,
               to
               lye
               7.
               
               Months
               together
               wholly
               neglected
               ,
               and
               your
               Authority
               as
               openly
               renounc'd
               ;
               without
               having
               yet
               thought
               fit
               to
               have
               ought
               done
               (
               within
               my
               Notice
               at
               least
               )
               in
               Assertion
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           A
           
             Reflection
             ,
             
               My
               Lord
            
          
           ,
           as
           hard
           to
           be
           accounted-for
           ,
           as
           in
           it self
           Grievous
           .
        
         
           Forasmuch
           as
           ,
           If
           after
           so
           uninterrupted
           a
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           always
           exercis'd
           by
           this
           Court
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Submission
           as
           constantly
           paid
           thereto
           from
           these
           Hospitals
           ;
           If
           after
           so
           long
           a
           Succession
           of
           Gifts
           and
           Bequests
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           to
           great
           Values
           ,
           in
           reliance
           upon
           the
           Credit
           and
           Authority
           of
           this
           Court
           alone
           for
           their
           Security
           ;
           If
           after
           so
           establish'd
           a
           Veneration
           acquir'd
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           Guardians
           of
           these
           Foundations
           ,
           and
           particularly
           as
           the
           
             Moral
             Fathers
          
           of
           the
           Orphans
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           when
           in
           your
           Easter
           and
           other
           Solemnities
           ,
           They
           ,
           as
           
             Your
             Children
          
           ,
           bear
           no
           small
           part
           in
           the
           Honour
           of
           your
           Processions
           ;
           And
           lastly
           ,
           If
           after
           what
           in
           my
           particular
           I
           have
           been
           endeavouring
           herein
           for
           
             Your
             Service
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Poor
           ;
           this
           Court
           shall
           appear
           to
           have
           been
           all
           this
           while
           thus
           credited
           and
           thus
           obey'd
           ,
           without
           Authority
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           under
           the
           greatest
           of
           their
           Miscarriages
           ,
           to
           visit
           and
           reform
           Them
           ;
           for
           so
           also
           your
           Learned
           Council
           are
           said
           to
           have
           
             determin'd
             .
             What
          
           must
           be
           thought
           of
           this
           mistake
           ?
           And
           particularly
           ,
           
             
               How
               will
               the
               Pious
               Credulity
               of
               our
               
                 Princely
                 Founders
              
               and
               
                 past
                 Benefactors
              
               be
               to
               be
               lamented
               ;
               and
               what
               more
               to
               be
               either
               hop'd
               or
               wish'd-for
               of
               Them
               ,
               on
               these
               Terms
               ,
               in
               time
               
                 to
                 come
              
               ?
            
             
               What
               must
               the
               Apprehensions
               now
               be
               of
               Those
               ,
               whose
               Subsistence
               rests
               upon
               the
               Authority
               only
               of
               
                 this
                 Court
              
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Payments
                 
                 that
                 House
              
               stands
               charg'd
               with
               to
               
                 their
                 Vse
              
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               larger
               Benevolences
               of
               their
               Charitable
               Auncestors
               ?
            
             
               Or
               Theirs
               ;
               whose
               Debts
               of
               more
               modern
               Date
               ,
               lye
               unpaid
               (
               many
               
                 Thousand
                 Pounds
              
               deep
               )
               by
               
                 that
                 Hospital
              
               at
               Interest
               ,
               upon
               no
               other
               Security
               ?
            
             
               What
               is
               there
               to
               be
               rely'd-on
               of
               Fruit
               from
               the
               Retrospections
               said
               to
               be
               now
               on
               foot
               there
               ,
               or
               those
               lying
               before
               your
               Lordship
               and
               
                 this
                 Court
              
               ,
               from
               
                 my
                 Report
              
               ?
            
             
               Or
               in
               a
               Word
               ;
               What
               to
               be
               hop'd-for
               either
               of
               Satisfaction
               for
               so
               much
               of
               our
               
               Poor's
               Stock
               and
               
               Benefactor
               's
               Bounties
               as
               has
               already
               miscarry'd
               ;
               or
               of
               better
               Provision
               in
               time
               to
               come
               ,
               for
               securing
               the
               Remainder
               ?
            
          
        
         
           What
           ,
           I
           say
           
             my
             Lord
          
           ,
           must
           the
           Result
           of
           all
           this
           be
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           be
           answerd-for
           ;
           should
           
             this
             Court
          
           be
           so
           unhappy
           ,
           as
           knowingly
           to
           permit
           such
           a
           Foundation
           and
           its
           Revenue
           to
           rest
           one
           day
           longer
           ,
           in
           Hands
           no
           otherwise
           qualify'd-for
           ,
           nor
           better
           intitled
           to
           the
           Trust
           of
           it
           ?
           While
           by
           a
           Resolution
           of
           its
           own
           ,
           not
           yet
           16.
           
           Months
           old
           ,
           you
           have
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           declare
           your selves
           
             standing
             Governours
          
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           such
           )
           required
           your
           being
           (
           as
           anciently
           )
           summon'd
           to
           every
           of
           its
           Courts
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           have
           ever
           since
           been
           so
           ,
           and
           now
           are
           :
           To
           the
           entitling
           Your selves
           (
           I
           fear
           )
           to
           a
           nearer
           Concernment
           in
           the
           Fate
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           may
           have
           been
           yet
           sufficiently
           reflected-on
           ;
           and
           possibly
           ,
           to
           an
           Accountableness
           with
           Them
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           or
           
             bad
             Events
          
           of
           their
           Managements
           there
           .
        
         
           A
           Consideration
           I
           am
           the
           more
           willingly
           your
           present
           Remembrancer
           in
           ,
           from
           the
           fresh
           Endeavours
           said
           to
           be
           now
           on
           foot
           there
           ,
           for
           resuming
           their
           Old
           Liberty
           of
           
             taking-in
             Children
          
           ,
           while
           unprovided
           of
           a
           Bit
           of
           Bread
           for
           those
           they
           now
           have
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           by
           running
           into
           
             new
             Debt
          
           ,
           or
           length'ning
           their
           Score
           of
           Interest
           upon
           the
           Old
           ;
           Besides
           sacrificing
           the
           Innocence
           of
           so
           many
           fresh
           Infants
           ,
           to
           the
           Dissoluteness
           of
           Manners
           now
           reigning
           ,
           among
           those
           they
           are
           to
           be
           there
           mixed-with
           .
           The
           Evil
           of
           whose
           Contagion
           ,
           and
           Pressure
           of
           which
           Debt
           ,
           I
           take
           to
           be
           no
           otherwise
           removable
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           total
           Stop
           to
           be
           for
           some
           time
           put
           ,
           to
           the
           Occasions
           of
           Both.
           
        
         
           An
           Expedient
           ,
           that
           I
           well
           know
           will
           at
           the
           first
           hearing
           be
           thought
           as
           Impracticable
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           Respects
           Extraordinary
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Case
           is
           Extraordinary
           too
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           to
           restrain
           its
           Remedy
           to
           
             Ordinary
             Methods
          
           only
           ,
           is
           little
           other
           ,
           than
           to
           leave
           it
           Remedy-less
           .
           Which
           I
           cannot
           think
           any
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           hath
           the
           Honour
           and
           Trust
           of
           a
           Governour
           there
           ,
           will
           contentedly
           sit-down
           with
           ,
           while
           furnish'd
           with
           any
           thing
           to
           offer
           towards
           the
           Saving
           it
           ,
           as
           (
           for
           want
           of
           better
           )
           I
           do
           this
           :
           And
           yet
           with
           an
           Opinion
           so
           far
           from
           deeming
           it
           Impracticable
           ,
           as
           to
           reckon
           it
           a
           Work
           neither
           of
           Length
           nor
           Difficulty
           ;
           if
           ,
           in
           Atonement
           for
           that
           Misconduct
           of
           ours
           ,
           by
           which
           ,
           from
           the
           Prosperity
           this
           House
           was
           in
           while
           under
           the
           Care
           but
           of
           16.
           
           Governours
           with
           500.
           
           Children
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           brought
           into
           the
           Condition
           it
           now
           lies
           with
           400.
           
           Governours
           (
           little
           more
           or
           less
           )
           and
           
           but
           400.
           
           Children
           ;
           if
           (
           I
           say
           )
           in
           Atonement
           for
           that
           Misconduct
           ,
           we
           would
           improve
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           this
           nearness
           in
           our
           Numbers
           ,
           to
           the
           easing
           the
           House
           at
           once
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           by
           every
           Governour
           's
           taking
           to
           himself
           One
           :
           Thereby
           leaving
           the
           Income
           of
           it
           entirely
           free
           to
           the
           Discharge
           of
           its
           Debts
           ,
           doing
           Right
           to
           its
           
             Founders
             and
             Benefactors
          
           ,
           and
           that
           being
           done
           ,
           to
           the
           setting-out
           afresh
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Revenue
             clear'd
          
           ,
           its
           
             Discipline
             reform'd
          
           ,
           and
           Provision
           made
           for
           its
           future
           better
           Conduct
           through
           the
           Whole
           .
           And
           this
           I
           lay
           with
           all
           Deference
           before
           your
           Lordship
           and
           this
           Court
           ,
           as
           that
           without
           which
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           Aequivalent
           ,
           I
           must
           avow
           my
           Despair
           of
           ever
           seeing
           this
           unhappy
           House
           in
           the
           State
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ;
           and
           therefore
           would
           be
           glad
           ,
           with
           your
           Concurrence
           and
           the
           Concurrence
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           that
           Body
           ,
           to
           be
           doing
           my
           part
           ,
           either
           in
           this
           or
           any
           other
           Effectual
           Proposition
           ,
           towards
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           well
           aware
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Censure
           this
           Fervor
           of
           mine
           may
           expose
           me
           to
           ,
           as
           One
           overpressing
           in
           a
           Cause
           ,
           wherein
           Others
           neither
           less
           interested
           nor
           less
           discerning
           than
           my self
           ,
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           shew
           so
           little
           of
           the
           Dissatisfaction
           I
           do
           ;
           and
           without
           any
           surprise
           on
           my
           side
           at
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           remembring
           how
           little
           different
           
             my
             own
             Sentiments
          
           were
           of
           it
           ,
           while
           
             my
             Knowledge
          
           thereof
           (
           like
           theirs
           )
           had
           no
           other
           Direction
           ,
           than
           the
           Information
           of
           Others
           .
           Whereas
           no
           sooner
           was
           I
           engaged
           in
           the
           closer
           and
           more
           deliberate
           Enquiries
           apply'd
           thereto
           of
           
             my
             own
          
           ,
           but
           
             that
             Indifference
          
           of
           mine
           was
           awaken'd
           to
           the
           Degree
           of
           Concernment
           I
           now
           profess
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           on
           like
           Conviction
           ,
           would
           be
           no
           less
           in
           any
           other
           ,
           whose
           Morals
           (
           like
           mine
           )
           know
           no
           middle
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           Trust
           at
           least
           ,
           between
           scrupulously
           Iust
           ,
           and
           down-right
           the
           contrary
           .
           Or
           to
           speak
           more
           plainly
           ;
           between
           mixing
           
             my
             own
          
           Hand
           in
           the
           Ruin
           of
           this
           Religious
           House
           ,
           and
           sitting
           silently
           within
           View
           of
           its
           being
           brought-about
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Vanitie
             ,
             Supineness
             ,
             Prodigality
          
           ,
           or
           Self-interest
           of
           Others
           .
        
         
           Indulge
           me
           therefore
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           of
           this
           One
           only
           closing
           Note
           to
           Your
           Lordship
           upon
           this
           Subject
           .
           Namely
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           Direction
           of
           the
           Hospitals
           ,
           has
           in
           all
           times
           hitherto
           been
           undeniably
           exercised
           by
           your
           Honourable
           Predecessors
           ,
           in
           this
           Place
           ;
           and
           as
           uninterruptedly
           submitted-to
           .
           So
           is
           it
           no
           less
           evident
           ,
           that
           however
           an
           Occasion
           has
           now
           (
           after
           
             sevenscore
             years
          
           Practice
           )
           been
           administred
           to
           the
           questioning
           it
           ;
           Your
           said
           Predecessors
           ,
           (
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Commonalty
          
           ,
           and
           Citizens
           of
           London
           )
           upon
           Covenants
           first
           by
           Them
           entered-into
           with
           
             K.
             Edward
          
           VI.
           for
           the
           good
           Government
           of
           Them
           ,
           were
           by
           his
           special
           Charter
           of
           Incorporation
           as
           Governours
           thereof
           ,
           furnished
           with
           all
           the
           Powers
           requisite
           to
           the
           enabling
           them
           to
           make-good
           those
           Covenants
           .
        
         
           In
           consideration
           of
           which
           ,
           and
           in
           Duty
           to
           Your
           Lordship
           ,
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           this
           Court
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           I
           cannot
           (
           as
           a
           Servant
           to
           all
           )
           but
           most
           earnestly
           pray
           ;
           that
           this
           Matter
           may
           without
           delay
           ,
           be
           laid
           for
           Remedy
           before
           
             that
             
               Body
               Corporate
            
          
           ,
           where-ever
           it
           now
           rests
           ;
           in
           order
           to
           the
           preventing
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           any
           unnecessary
           recourse
           to
           
             Methods
             Extraordinary
          
           ,
           for
           what
           should
           be
           thought
           attainable
           by
           Ordinary
           .
           Especially
           
           while
           ,
           Sitting
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           so
           many
           of
           your
           own
           Number
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Hospital's
             ,
             Members
          
           therein
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Bill
           already
           (
           I
           take
           it
           )
           before
           Them
           ,
           relating
           to
           
             Charitable
             Uses
          
           ▪
           no
           reasonable
           Supplement
           ought
           to
           be
           doubted
           from
           it
           ,
           to
           that
           
             Ordinary
             Power
          
           :
           If
           any
           such
           can
           be
           judg'd
           wanting
           ,
           after
           so
           illustrious
           a
           Proof
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           sometime
           since
           given
           you
           ,
           of
           the
           issue
           of
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           the
           present
           
             Lord
             Chancellor's
             Proceeding
          
           in
           the
           late
           Memorable
           Case
           of
           St.
           Katharines
           〈◊〉
           Proceeding
           I
           cannot
           but
           remind
           you
           of
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Check
           put
           but
           few
           years
           before
           at
           the
           
             Great
             Seal
          
           ,
           to
           a
           Visitation
           then
           offered-at
           ,
           in
           a
           Method
           less
           regular
           ,
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             St.
             Thomas's
          
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           this
           Calamity
           of
           ours
           in
           our
           Hospital-concernment
           is
           a
           Spot
           not
           to
           be
           cover'd
           in
           our
           Feasts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           once
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           City
           .
           And
           a
           Spot
           not
           at
           the
           worst
           neither
           ,
           but
           daily
           spreading
           ,
           and
           daily
           deepening
           too
           ,
           through
           every
           part
           of
           it
           .
           Witness
           its
           Appearance
           (
           where
           least
           to
           have
           been
           lookt-for
           )
           in
           the
           very
           last
           act
           of
           our
           
             Treasurer's
             signing
          
           this
           Account
           ;
           as
           giving
           you
           therein
           ,
           his
           own
           Hand
           in
           Evidence
           against
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           you
           had
           had
           before
           from
           him
           Vnsign'd
           ;
           and
           in
           which
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           its
           former
           Editions
           ,
           to
           my self
           ,
           to
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           suppress'd
           in
           the
           single
           Article
           of
           
             Sea
             Wages
          
           ,
           a
           Sum
           no
           less
           than
           1400
           l.
           besides
           others
           of
           greater
           Moment
           yet
           behind
           .
           And
           this
           too
           ,
           notwithstanding
           repeated
           Cautions
           to
           them
           concerning
           it
           ;
           and
           particularly
           in
           
             my
             last
          
           ,
           whereof
           this
           brings
           you
           a
           Copy
           .
           And
           since
           which
           (
           as
           fresh
           at
           it
           is
           )
           they
           have
           nevertheless
           adventur'd
           to
           ask
           ,
           and
           actually
           received
           more
           than
           700
           l.
           upon
           that
           very
           Head
           on
           which
           the
           Treasurer
           has
           so
           lately
           own'd
           his
           having
           twice
           that
           Sum
           of
           the
           
           King
           's
           in
           his
           Hand
           ,
           yet
           to
           be
           accounted-for
           .
        
         
           Be
           pleased
           therefore
           to
           think
           of
           some
           speedy
           Prevention
           to
           the
           Growth
           of
           this
           our
           Reproach
           .
           And
           towards
           it
           ,
           permit
           me
           only
           to
           say
           ;
           That
           as
           uneasy
           as
           the
           Vndertaking
           may
           appear
           to
           others
           ;
           I
           see
           no
           Cause
           of
           apprehending
           any
           thing
           of
           more
           difficulty
           needful
           towards
           it
           (
           whether
           as
           to
           the
           due
           animadverting
           upon
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           or
           better
           providing
           for
           what
           is
           
             to
             come
          
           )
           than
           a
           
             Right
             Choice
             of
             a
             very
             few
             Hands
             to
             be
             assign'd
             thereto
             ,
             supported
             with
             an
             Authority
             suited
             to
             the
             Work
             ,
             and
             Powers
             requisite
             to
             the
             rendring
             their
             Labours
             and
             Determinations
             therein
             Effectual
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           being
           adjusted
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           ;
           I
           should
           with
           great
           assurance
           of
           success
           ,
           both
           readily
           and
           gladly
           pay
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           
             personal
             Service
          
           to
           the
           
             Gentlemen
             so
             commission'd
          
           ;
           as
           well
           in
           detecting
           the
           Errors
           of
           my
           own
           Calculations
           (
           and
           which
           for
           the
           
           Poor's
           sake
           I
           could
           wish
           more
           ,
           than
           I
           dare
           yet
           hope
           them
           to
           be
           )
           as
           suggesting
           and
           applying
           adequate
           Remedies
           ,
           to
           what
           those
           Gentlemen
           in
           their
           happyer
           Enquirys
           may
           find
           
             truly
             needing
          
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           after
           all
           (
           which
           God
           avert
           )
           it
           should
           be
           our
           Infelicity
           ,
           even
           with
           the
           aid
           of
           that
           Charter
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           wherewith
           of
           our
           own
           to
           help
           our selves
           herein
           .
           The
           Cause
           nevertheless
           is
           too
           sacred
           ,
           both
           in
           it
           self
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           the
           
           King
           's
           ,
           to
           be
           permitted
           to
           sink
           ,
           while
           within
           
           the
           support
           I
           have
           so
           often
           mention'd
           ,
           of
           his
           Own
           
             Soveraign
             Visitation
          
           ;
           And
           more
           particularly
           in
           what
           relates
           to
           Himself
           within
           
             our
             Care
          
           in
           the
           
             Mathematical
             Foundation
          
           ;
           by
           translating
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           Hands
           in
           which
           it
           now
           languishes
           ,
           to
           those
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           intrust
           with
           that
           of
           his
           Own
           later
           Erection
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           
             Royal
             Purpose
          
           in
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Navigation
           ,
           within
           his
           
             Own
             Palace
          
           and
           Inspection
           at
           Greenwich
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             in
             most
             respectful
             manner
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           
             Your
             ever
             most
             faithful
             and
             obedient
             Servant
             ,
             S.
             Pepys
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

