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... so I to Sir W. Batten to dinner, and had a good dinner of Ling and herring pie, very good meat---best of that kind that ever I had ... -- Pepys' … pepys/267

Here we fell into talk with Sir St. Fox; and among other things, of the Spanish manner of walking when three are together; and showed me how, which was … pepys/265

Having done here, Sir W. Batten and I home by coach; and though the sermon at our church was begun, yet he would light and go home and eat a slice of … pepys/259

Nay, Evens, the famous man upon the Harp, having not his equal in the world, did the other day die for mere want, and was fain to be buried at the almes … pepys/245

Sir W. Batten, not knowing how to remove his wind [wine], did dig a pit in the garden and laid it in there; and I took the opportunity of laying all the … pepys/225

This day Sir W. Batten, who hath been sick four or five days, is now very bad, so as that people begin to fear his death---and I at a loss whether it … pepys/142

Among other things they [the old men of Trinity house] observed that there are but two seamen in the Parliament house, _viz._, Sir W. Batten and Sir W. … pepys/110

Sir W. Batten, Sir J. Mennes, my Lady Batten and I by coach to Bednall green to Sir W. Riders to dinner ... The greatest Quantity of Strawberrys I ever … pepys/90

A most tedious, unseasonable, and impertinent sermon by an Irish Doctor. His text was "Scatter them, O Lord, that delight in warr." Sir Wm. Batten and … pepys/37

This morning one came to me to advise with me where to make me a window into my cellar in lieu of one that Sir W. Batten had stopped up; and going down … pepys/19