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         Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
      
       
         
           1698
        
      
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             Mr. Pepys to the Lord Mayor upon the present state of Christ-Hospital. To the Right Honourable Sir Humphry Edwin, Lord Mayor
             Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
             Edwin, Humphrey, Sir, 1642-1707, recipient.
          
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             s.n.,
             [London :
             1698]
          
           
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             Dated at head: Tuesday, Octob. 25. 1698. York-Buildings.
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           upon
           the
           State
           of
           Christ-Hospital
           .
        
         
           〈…〉
           per
           1
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Mr.
           PEPYS
           to
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           Upon
           the
           Present
           State
           of
           CHRIST-HOSPITAL
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           Humphry
           Edwin
           ,
           Lord
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           
             
               Tuesday
               ,
               Octob.
               25.
               1698.
               
            
             York-Buildings
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           ANother
           
             Three
             Months
          
           are
           now
           run-out
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           twelve
           of
           your
           
             Lordship's
             Great
             Office
          
           at
           the
           Eve
           of
           their
           Expiring
           ;
           while
           our
           poor
           Orphans
           remain
           in
           the
           same
           reliefless
           State
           I
           left
           them
           in
           with
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           in
           my
           Letter
           of
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           April
           last
           .
           Wherein
           nothing
           more
           was
           propos'd
           of
           Trouble
           to
           your
           Lordship
           towards
           the
           remedying
           it
           (
           and
           that
           too
           of
           your
           
           Lordship
           's
           own
           seeking
           )
           than
           the
           accompanying
           with
           your
           Authority
           my
           Report
           thereof
           to
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           Christ-Hospital
           (
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           specially
           directed
           )
           and
           to
           the
           Body-Corporate
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           heretofore
           noted
           ,
           stands
           originally
           answerable
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           In
           neither
           of
           which
           ,
           though
           abundantly
           apply'd-to
           in
           both
           ,
           has
           your
           Lordship
           thought
           fit
           to
           express
           any
           regard
           to
           your
           Vndertaking
           to
           me
           .
           But
           so
           much
           the
           contrary
           ;
           as
           to
           have
           arraign'd
           my
           late
           Memorial
           to
           you
           concerning
           it
           (
           even
           after
           your
           Own
           and
           the
           
             Court
             of
          
           Aldermen's
           solemn
           Thanks
           to
           me
           for
           it
           )
           as
           a
           Libel
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Occasion
           of
           the
           No-Voice
           given
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           at
           the
           late
           Parliament-Election
           for
           the
           City
           .
           And
           this
           deliver'd
           me
           from
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           my
           
             Lady
             Mayoress
          
           too
           ,
           as
           your
           Joint-Message
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Worthy
           Citizen
           ,
           and
           Member
           both
           of
           your
           
             Common
             Council
          
           and
           Hospital
           ,
           whom
           your self
           was
           first
           pleased
           to
           employ
           to
           me
           ,
           on
           those
           Pious
           Errands
           I
           was
           misled
           by
           ,
           to
           the
           submitting
           the
           Execution
           of
           this
           Matter
           singly
           to
           your
           Lordship
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           offer
           at
           the
           asking-after
           ,
           or
           even
           aiming
           at
           the
           Ground
           of
           this
           your
           so
           extraordinary
           Dealing
           ,
           in
           a
           Cause
           of
           so
           Religious
           an
           Import
           ;
           as
           leaving
           that
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           your
           Self
           ,
           to
           be
           reckon'd-for
           .
           It
           shall
           suffice
           me
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           to
           observe
           ,
           That
           it
           has
           arisen
           from
           neither
           of
           those
           Causes
           ,
           whereto
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           were
           led
           to
           joyn
           with
           your
           Lordship
           in
           the
           assigning
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           yet
           unperform'd
           Undertaking
           for
           its
           Recovery
           ;
           your
           Sickness
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           and
           Sir
           Tho.
           Stamp's
           Absence
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           only
           ,
           to
           bewail
           the
           Consequences
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Poor
           ;
           whatever
           it
           may
           end-in
           to
           the
           City
           .
           Namely
           ,
           the
           Continuance
           hereby
           occasion'd
           to
           the
           Imposure
           upon
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Hospital
           ;
           whose
           better
           Information
           could
           not
           but
           e're
           this
           have
           produc'd
           some
           good
           Effects
           towards
           its
           Relief
           .
           Next
           ,
           the
           more
           confirm'd
           Admission
           of
           their
           Methods
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           (
           and
           therefore
           Business
           )
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           suppress
           that
           Information
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           the
           rend'ring
           the
           
             Poverty
             ,
             Disorders
          
           ,
           and
           Impieties
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           so
           much
           less
           superable
           than
           they
           appear'd
           to
           me
           when
           first
           laid
           before
           your
           Lordship
           ;
           as
           to
           put
           me
           beyond
           all
           Hopes
           of
           their
           Redress
           ,
           from
           any
           lower
           Hand
           than
           that
           of
           a
           
             Royal
             Visitation
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Power
           of
           which
           (
           after
           so
           glorious
           a
           Proof
           of
           it
           as
           I
           have
           lately
           seen
           ,
           to
           the
           lasting
           Honour
           of
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           the
           present
           
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             St.
             Katherines
          
           )
           I
           cannot
           ,
           on
           behalf
           of
           our
           distress'd
           Orphans
           ,
           and
           in
           right
           to
           their
           Holy
           Benefactors
           ,
           but
           bless
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           for
           ;
           and
           henceforward
           direct
           my self
           wholly
           to
           ;
           without
           offering
           either
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           my
           
             Lord
             Elect
          
           your
           Honourable
           Successor
           ,
           his
           Brethren
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           or
           my Self
           ,
           the
           Interruptions
           I
           have
           been
           so
           long
           driven
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           every
           Three
           Months
           ,
           fruitlesly
           to
           repeat
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
           But
           apply
           my self
           to
           the
           speedy
           bringing-up
           to
           this
           Day
           what
           is
           now
           behind
           of
           my
           Report
           ,
           for
           the
           Six
           Months
           your
           Lordship
           has
           thus
           unhappily
           added
           to
           the
           Time
           I
           had
           last
           adjusted
           it
           to
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Moral
           Part
           of
           this
           
             House's
             Misery
             :
          
           In
           order
           to
           such
           Vse
           to
           be
           made
           thereof
           ,
           as
           a
           like
           
             Royal
             Inspection
          
           may
           ,
           I
           trust
           ,
           find
           it
           convertible
           to
           .
        
         
           
             It
             remains
          
           ;
           That
           in
           taking
           my
           Leave
           of
           your
           Lordship
           (
           which
           I
           would
           do
           with
           all
           the
           Respect
           due
           to
           your
           
           Lordship's
           Just
           Character
           )
           I
           beg
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           Whether
           what
           I
           either
           have
           done
           ,
           am
           now
           doing
           ,
           or
           may
           have
           further
           to
           do
           ,
           in
           Exposing
           my
           Observations
           and
           Sentiments
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           be
           either
           more
           or
           other
           ,
           than
           what
           my
           Cha●ge
           as
           a
           Governour
           obliges
           me
           to
           ;
           and
           what
           my self
           alone
           ,
           through
           my
           closer
           Applications
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           am
           inlighten'd
           to
           do
           ;
           or
           otherwhere
           ,
           than
           by
           my
           immediate
           Duty
           I
           am
           bound
           ;
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           ,
           in
           
             any
             other
             manner
          
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           alone
           left
           me
           to
           do
           it
           in
           .
        
         
           Especially
           ,
           after
           the
           Miscarriage
           of
           all
           other
           
             Methods
             (
             Personal
          
           and
           Written
           )
           employ'd
           by
           me
           with
           those
           I
           thought
           most
           concern'd
           to
           improve
           them
           ;
           whether
           at
           their
           Committees
           and
           Courts
           ,
           or
           separately
           as
           
             Private
             Governours
          
           and
           
             Superior
             Ministers
          
           ;
           viz.
           the
           
             Treasurer
             ,
             President
          
           ,
           and
           last
           of
           all
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           both
           alone
           ,
           and
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           your
           Brethren
           the
           Aldermen
           :
           For
           preventing
           (
           
             if
             possible
          
           )
           the
           obvious
           Consequences
           of
           my
           being
           compell'd
           to
           the
           carrying
           them
           elsewhere
           .
        
         
           And
           even
           this
           too
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           Tenderness
           ,
           as
           ,
           after
           all
           that
           has
           been
           said
           of
           its
           being
           made
           the
           Entertainment
           of
           Coffee-houses
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           Offence
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           of
           my
           Lady
           Mayoress
           as
           well
           as
           your
           Self
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           little
           to
           my
           own
           too
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           )
           to
           stand
           ready
           with
           a
           Reward
           of
           
             Five
             Pounds
          
           to
           whoever
           shall
           shew
           me
           any
           one
           of
           my
           
             Printed
             Copies
          
           ,
           other
           than
           what
           were
           strictly
           deliver'd
           by
           Mr.
           Town-Clerk
           to
           Your Self
           ,
           the
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           the
           Assistants
           of
           that
           Court
           ;
           and
           those
           severally
           indors'd
           by
           a
           Hand
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           with
           the
           Name
           of
           each
           Person
           intitled
           to
           the
           same
           .
        
         
         
           And
           if
           this
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           be
           a
           Libel
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           undertake
           for
           its
           being
           my
           last
           ,
           where
           nothing
           gentler
           will
           be
           hearken'd
           to
           ;
           rather
           than
           be
           conscious
           of
           an
           approaching
           Ruin
           to
           a
           Foundation
           like
           this
           I
           'm
           
             concern'd
             for
          
           ,
           and
           be
           Dumb.
           
        
         
           Next
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           for
           avoiding
           any
           unnecessary
           Repetition
           of
           Trouble
           to
           the
           Court
           now
           sitting
           ,
           where
           Your
           Lordship
           has
           yet
           the
           Honour
           of
           Presiding
           ;
           permit
           me
           to
           pray
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Notice
           you
           may
           see
           reasonable
           to
           take
           there
           ,
           of
           this
           Paper
           :
           You
           will
           please
           to
           be
           its
           Remenbrancer
           ,
           in
           what
           ,
           for
           the
           Considerations
           assign'd
           in
           my
           last
           ,
           I
           then
           bespoke
           its
           Favour
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           disburthening
           me
           of
           a
           Charge
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           am
           at
           the
           end
           of
           any
           Hopes
           of
           seeing
           my self
           further
           serviceable
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           no
           Offence
           to
           Your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           I
           end
           with
           an
           Observation
           ,
           impossible
           for
           me
           to
           over-look
           .
           Namely
           ;
           That
           while
           I
           am
           here
           lamenting
           the
           Misfortune
           of
           our
           Poor
           ,
           from
           the
           Suppression
           of
           this
           Report
           of
           mine
           ,
           calculated
           for
           their
           Relief
           ;
           I
           find
           so
           much
           of
           it
           (
           and
           so
           much
           only
           )
           as
           seemed
           to
           me
           the
           properest
           Introduction
           to
           it
           ,
           in
           Advancement
           of
           Charity
           ;
           transferr'd
           
             in
             terminis
          
           to
           the
           Head
           of
           a
           Sermon
           and
           made
           the
           Text
           of
           it
           ,
           preach'd
           before
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           published
           by
           
             Your
             Command
          
           ,
           in
           express
           Diminution
           thereof
           .
           And
           not
           that
           only
           ;
           but
           to
           the
           doing
           violence
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           One
           (
           scarce
           yet
           Cold
           in
           his
           Grave
           )
           whose
           
             Good
             Works
          
           have
           been
           too
           many
           and
           too
           conspicuous
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           covered
           Errors
           of
           a
           much
           greater
           Magnitude
           (
           for
           no
           Man
           thought
           him
           Infallible
           )
           than
           any
           I
           hear
           him
           charg'd
           with
           .
           Especially
           ,
           in
           a
           Point
           of
           Faith
           ;
           wherein
           't
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           ,
           which
           raised
           the
           greater
           Dust
           ,
           and
           most
           to
           the
           offence
           of
           
             Weaker
             Eyes
          
           :
           His
           single
           Departure
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Our
             Church
          
           ,
           towards
           the
           Wrong
           ;
           or
           that
           of
           
             our
             own
             Doctors
          
           from
           
             One
             another
          
           ,
           in
           their
           Determinations
           touching
           the
           Right
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           only
           I
           shall
           adventure
           to
           interpose
           ,
           in
           the
           particular
           Doctrine
           advanced
           in
           this
           Sermon
           by
           Your
           Lordship's
           Chaplain
           (
           whom
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           first
           that
           ever
           raised
           it
           from
           that
           Text
           )
           as
           with
           all
           deference
           to
           recommend
           it
           back
           to
           Your
           Lordship
           ,
           with
           this
           only
           Improvement
           ,
           for
           the
           rendring
           it
           more
           apposite
           and
           edifying
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           ;
           Viz.
           
             That
             the
          
           Neglect
           
             of
             the
          
           Poor
           
             is
             as
             little
             an
          
           Evidence
           
             of
             a
          
           True
           Faith
           ,
           
             in
             any
          
           Body
           
             else
             ;
             as
             the
          
           Care
           
             of
             them
             is
             a
          
           Justification
           
             of
             a
          
           Mistaken
           one
           ,
           
             in
             
               Mr.
               Fermin
            
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           ,
           most
           respectfully
           ,
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordship
             's
             most
             obedient
             Servant
             ,
             S.
             Pepys
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

