Post on 13-Mar-2021
HM
S B
ELFA
ST: C
OD
E B
RE
AK
ER
S
Care
less ta
lks costs lives.
Make
do a
nd m
end.
Action
Sta
tions!
SA
M P
EPYS’ D
IAR
Y
What D
id Sam
Pepys R
eally Write?
2nd S
epte
mbe
r 1666
Jane ca
lled u
p a
bout th
ree in
the m
ornin
g, to tell u
s of a
great fire
in th
e C
ity. So I rose
, and slip
ped on
my n
ight-
gown a
nd w
ent to th
e w
indow
; but, be
ing u
nuse
d to su
ch
fires, I thou
ght it far en
ough
off, and so w
ent to bed again
.
By a
nd by Ja
ne te
lls me th
at sh
e h
ears th
at a
bove 3
00
hou
ses have been
burn
ed down ton
ight by th
e fire we saw
.
So I w
alke
d to th
e Tow
er; a
nd th
ere
I did
see th
e h
ouse
s
at th
e e
nd of th
e brid
ge a
ll on fire
. So d
own I w
ent, w
ith
my h
eart fu
ll of trouble
, to the Lie
ute
nant of th
e Tow
er,
who tells m
e that th
e fire began this m
ornin
g in th
e baker's
hou
se in
Puddin
g Lane, a
nd th
at it h
ath
burn
ed m
ost part
of Fish S
treet a
lready. S
o I rode d
own to th
e w
ate
rside,
and th
ere
saw
a la
menta
ble fire
. I went to W
hite
hall in
my boa
t; and I d
id give
them
an a
ccount [th
at]d
ismaye
d
them
all, and I did tell th
e Kin
g what I saw
; and th
at unless
His M
ajesty did comm
and h
ouses to be pu
lled down, n
othing
could
stop th
e fire
.
BO
AT B
ON
AN
ZA
Boa
t #2 a
nd #
8are
identica
l.
William
the C
onqueror
Henry I
Rich
ard
IIR
ichard
VH
enry V
III
Eliza
beth
IC
harle
s IIVictoria
George
VI
Eliza
beth
II
MO
NA
RC
H M
ATC
H U
P
MIS
SIN
G R
AV
EN
S
There
are
4 ra
vens h
idden in
the p
icture
.
SO
LU
TIO
NS
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