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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, From 1659 to 1669: With Memoir (Classic Reprint)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys From 1659 to 1669 With Memoir - Classic Reprint Author:Samuel Pepys Excerpt from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, From 1659 to 1669: With Memoir — Pepys's account of the Great Fire of London in 1666 is full as mi nute as that of Evelyn, but it is mingled with a greater number of per sonal and official circumstances, of popular interest the scene of dismay and confusion which it exhibits is almost beyond parallel. It is... more » observed and is true in the late Fire of London, says Pepys, that the fire burned just as many parish churches as there were hours from the beginning to the end of the Fire; and next, that there were just as many churches left standing in the rest of the city that was not burned, being, I think, thirteen in all of each which is pretty to ob serve. Again, Pepys was at this time clerk of the Acts of the Navy; his house and office were in Seething-lane, Crutched Friars; he was called up at three in the morning, Sept. 2, by his maid Jane, and so rose and slipped on his nightgown, and went to her window; but thought the fire far enough off, and so went to bed again, and to sleep. Next morning, Jane told him that she heard above 300 houses had been burnt down by the fire they saw, and that it was then burning down all Fish-street, by London Bridge. So, Pepys writes, I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower, and there got upon one of the high places, and saw the houses at that end of the bridge all on fire, and an infinite great fire at the other end of the bridge. On Sept. 5, he notes, About two in the morning my wife calls me up, and tells me of new cries of fire, it being come to Barking Church.
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