On ys day, I again trauelled with my lady daughter et her family to attend ye harvesting of apples et pompions, et the harvest is very good ys year. Et it is my wish to set my cooks to the prepeation of a moyle et a tarte and all other wholesome things as may be had. Et ye remainder of said apples shall be removed to ye cellars wherein are storfes those foods yt may last when kept cool. Et I have grete ease of ye mask I have received of ye surgeon, and hope yt I need never again write of a life without it.
Dame Merouda Pendray
her chronicle
This is both a research project and an experiment in creating a diary in the style of a Tudor-era woman. Research notes are usually found here, and my primary journal is here.
03 October 2009
17 September 2009
On ys day, I received of ye surgeon hys device, et it is a mask yt assists me to breathe. Et it is passing strange, but if it lets me sleep, I shall have no complaint of it. Et I am euer pleased yt this surgeon hath provided the help he swore he could provide, et hath done so quickly, unlike ye other grete learned men I had consulted through these many years. Et if this mask shall help me, then I shall swear off all ye other philosephers of medicine et cleave vnto ys one surgeon et hys helpers.
07 September 2009
On ys day, we arrived home from ye Grete Dragon Faire in ye Barony of South Down, et I am sore tired for ye gret distaunces trauelled et ye businesses conducted. I did have ye pleasure of visiting with many friends thereat, for I saw my lord's man Dana et our lady Susan et many others, but I am right well exhausted, et I pray yt ye surgeon's cure will assist in my affliction.
03 September 2009
Vpon ys date, I set my servants to prepare for a journey to ye New Kingdom of Meridies, for yr is a great gathering there, in ye Barony of South Downs, et my Lord is minded to do some business thereat 7 asks that I attend to ys with him. Et we departed as ye Midnight Office was beginning at ye cathedral.
01 September 2009
On ys date, I returned to Marihaus, hauing been watched by ye seruant as I slept, et already ye surgeon has sent a message vnto me with hys diagnosis et ye way how to cure it. Et I am to trauel again unto ye surgeon near ye ides of September, yt I may receive of the surgeon yt which shall allow me to again sleep.
31 August 2009
On ys date, I traulled unto ye surgeon, et was given a servant yt ye surgeon said shall watch me sleep that ye deuils that cause ye malise yt keeps me awake might be monitored et ye surgeon might devise a way to help me.
15 August 2009
On ys day, I attended ye grete fair yt comes to ys neighborhood each year, et spent many hours in amusement et ye antics of the performers, but felt no need to purchase any goods. Et I ate a strange food, being bacon covered with so kind of candy made with ye Italian powdre, et I did not like it, but as I did not purchase any grete quantity thereof, no harm is done. Et thereafter to Marihaus et I did little but allow my clown to entertain me, for I continue to struggle with this dread exhaustion.
