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Past exhibitionsPepys' London
'This (day) dyed Mr. Sam: Pepys, a very worthy, Industrious, & curious person,
none in England exceeding him in the
Knowledge of the Navy ... universally
beloved, Hospitable, Generous,
Learned in many things, skill’d in Musick,
a very greate Cherisher of Learned men ... '


JOHN EVELYN, 26 MAY 1703