Título: Samuel Pepys
Seção: Personal life
Background: Pepys was born in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London on 23 February 1633, the son of John Pepys (1601-1680), a tailor, and Margaret Pepys (nee Kite; died 1667), daughter of a Whitechapel butcher. His great uncle Talbot Pepys was Recorder and briefly Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge in 1625. His father's first cousin Sir Richard Pepys was elected MP for Sudbury in 1640, appointed Baron of the Exchequer on 30 May 1654, and appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland on 25 September 1655. Pepys was the fifth of eleven children, but child mortality was high and he was soon the oldest survivor.

Conteúdo: The diary gives a detailed account of Pepys' personal life. He liked wine, plays, and the company of other people. He also spent time evaluating his fortune and his place in the world. He was always curious and often acted on that curiosity, as he acted upon almost all his impulses. Periodically, he would resolve to devote more time to hard work instead of leisure. For example, in his entry for New Year's Eve, 1661, he writes: "I have newly taken a solemn oath about abstaining from plays and wine..." The following months reveal his lapses to the reader; by 17 February, it is recorded, "Here I drank wine upon necessity, being ill for the want of it." Pepys was one of the most important civil servants of his age, and was also a widely cultivated man, taking an interest in books, music, the theatre and science. He was passionately interested in music; he composed, sang, and played for pleasure, and even arranged music lessons for his servants. He played the lute, viol, violin, flageolet, recorder and spinet to varying degrees of proficiency. He was also a keen singer, performing at home, in coffee houses, and even in Westminster Abbey. He and his wife took flageolet lessons from master Thomas Greeting. He also taught his wife to sing and paid for dancing lessons for her (although these stopped when he became jealous of the dancing master). Pepys was known to be brutal to his servants, once beating a servant Jane with a broom until she cried. He kept a boy servant whom he frequen

user: Did Pepys have a wife?

assistant: He and his wife took flageolet lessons from master Thomas Greeting.

user: Does he have any children?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What did he do in his personal life?

assistant: He liked wine, plays, and the company of other people. He also spent time evaluating his fortune and his place in the world.

user: Was he a business man?

assistant: Pepys was one of the most important civil servants of his age,

user: What was he also?

assistant: He was passionately interested in music; he composed, sang, and played for pleasure, and even arranged music lessons for his servants.

user: What was he passionately interested in?

assistant: music; he composed, sang, and played for pleasure, and even arranged music lessons for his servants.

user: What instruments did he play?

assistant: He played the lute, viol, violin, flageolet, recorder and spinet to varying degrees of proficiency.

user: Was he wealthy?

assistant: Pepys was known to be brutal to his servants,

user: Did he have any other interest?

assistant: He also taught his wife to sing and paid for dancing lessons for her (although these stopped when he became jealous of the dancing master).

user: Why did the dancing lessons stop?

assistant: he became jealous of the dancing master

user: What else is notable about his personal life?

assistant: He kept a boy servant whom he frequently beat with a cane, a birch rod, a whip or a rope's end.