The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Pepys's diary of 1660 to 1669, which records his view of George Downing's part in the arrest of the regicides.
ManuscriptSources & confidence: High confidence
Checked 8 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
The entry the essay quotes.
- Project Gutenberg: The Diary of Samuel Pepys, complete
Entry of 12 March 1661/62: Downing acted 'like a perfidious rogue, though the action is good and of service to the King'.
What this check doesn’t establish
- The essay quotes the phrase without linking the diary. The diary describes Downing's conduct as like that of a perfidious rogue; the essay compresses this to Pepys calling him one.
- Original diary dates and editions vary; only the Wheatley text was consulted.
Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works
Quoted, unlinked, in the essay's account of Downing. The phrase is in the entry of 12 March 1661/62, written when news arrived of the arrest of the regicides in Holland.
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