April 1677

Thursday, 1 April 1677, n.s.

22 March 1677, o.s.

“From Verdune to Avillar [Auvillar] 6 leagues. … From Avillar to Bouér [Boé] 4 leagues …” — [Journal 1677, page 96]

Journal entries: Avillar, Vines, Boüe — [Lough]

Friday, 2 April 1677, n.s.

23 March 1677, o.s.

“From Boüé to Agen half league.” — [Journal: MS. Locke f. 2, p. 96]
“Frid Apr 2 I was taken ill at Agen …” — [Journal 1677, page 96]

Journal entries: Agen, Febris — [Lough]

Saturday, 3 April 1677, n.s.

24 March 1677, o.s.

“From Agen to Tonneins 4 leagues.” — [Journal 1677, page 97]

Journal entries: Agen, Tonneins — [Lough]

Sunday, 4 April 1677, n.s.

25 March 1677, o.s.

“From Tonneins to Cadillac 7 leagues. We hired a boat with 4 watermen to Langon, 2 leagues above Cadiliac” — [Journal 1677, page 97]

Journal entries: Cadiliac, Langon — [Lough]

Letter dated: From Sir John Banks. — [De Beer, i. 330]

Monday, 5 April 1677, n.s.

26 March 1677, o.s.

“From Cadillac to Bourdeaux 5 leagues.” — [Journal 1677, page 97]

Journal entry: Bourdeaux — [Lough]

Wednesday, 14 April 1677, n.s.

4 April 1677, o.s.

At Bourdeaux.

Letter dated: From Jacques Selapris. — [De Beer, i. 332]

Monday, 19 April 1677, n.s.

9 April 1677, o.s.

At Bourdeaux.

Letter dated: From Thomas Stringer. — [De Beer, i. 333]

Undated journal entries, between 27 Mar/6 Apr and 29 Apr/9 May 1677

Locke arrived in Bourdeaux on 26 March/5 April 1677, on his way to Paris to meet his new pupil Caleb Banks. Unfortunately, the journey left Locke injured (a blow to the head) and sick (“a tertian ague”) and he spent the next six weeks recovering before resuming his journey on 8/18 May.

There is a gap in Locke’s Journal between 26 March/5 April and 30 Apr/10 May. However, Locke was not completely inactive during this time; the 35 pages of his journal contain the following undated entries:

Revenue — [Lough; shorthand]

Vulneravia — [Dewhurst]

Diuretica — [Dewhurst]

Things sent home — [Lough]
“These things all packd up in a litle deal Box marked M H & put into Mr. Sauvage’s hands at Bourdeaux 10 Apr. to be sent away to Mr. Hunt. They were shipd on the Edward & Elizabeth of Dover 6/16 April, bound for London & consignd to Mr. Hunt. The master Charles Mantell.

Haemorrhagia — [Dewhurst]

Study [repeated on pages 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132] — [Axtell]

Cookery — [Lough]

Dentes — [Dewhurst]

Gingivae — [Dewhurst]

Herb potage — [Lough]

Wine — [Lough]

Brandy — [Lough]

Sources:
Journal 1677 = MS. Locke f. 2, as transcribed in:

Lough = Locke’s travels in France, 1675-1679 : as related in his journals, correspondence and other papers / edited with an introduction and notes by John Lough. – Cambridge : University Press, 1953.

Dewhurst = John Locke (1632-1704), physician and philosopher : a medical biography : with an edition of the medical notes in his journals / by Kenneth Dewhurst. – London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963.

Axtell = The educational writings of John Locke : a critical edition / with introduction and notes by James L. Axtell. – Cambridge : University Press, 1968.

De Beer = The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – 8 vols. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)