THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M. A. F. R. S. 

CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY

TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SHORTHAND MANUSCRIPT IN THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARYMAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BY THE REV. MYNORS BRIGHT M. A. LATE FELLOWAND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE

(Unabridged)

WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE'S NOTES

1963

By Samuel Pepys

Edited With Additions By

Henry B. Wheatley F. S. A. 

 LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS YORK ST. COVENT GARDEN CAMBRIDGE DEIGHTON BELL & CO. 

 1893

JANUARY 1662-1663

January 1st, Lay with my wife at my Lord's lodgings, where I have beenthese two nights, till 10 o'clock with great pleasure talking, then Irose and to White Hall, where I spent a little time walking among thecourtiers, which I perceive I shall be able to do with great confidence, being now beginning to be pretty well known among them. Then to my wifeagain, and found Mrs. Sarah with us in the chamber we lay in. Amongother discourse, Mrs. Sarah tells us how the King sups at least four or[five] times every week with my Lady Castlemaine; and most often staystill the morning with her, and goes home through the garden all aloneprivately, and that so as the very centrys take notice of it and speakof it. She tells me, that about a month ago she [Lady Castlemaine]quickened at my Lord Gerard's at dinner, and cried out that she wasundone; and all the lords and men were fain to quit the room, and womencalled to help her. In fine, I find that there is nothing almostbut bawdry at Court from top to bottom, as, if it were fit, I couldinstance, but it is not necessary; only they say my Lord Chesterfield, groom of the stole to the Queen, is either gone or put away from theCourt upon the score of his lady's having smitten the Duke of York, soas that he is watched by the Duchess of York, and his lady is retiredinto the country upon it. How much of this is true, God knows, but it iscommon talk. After dinner I did reckon with Mrs. Sarah for what we haveeat and drank here, and gave her a crown, and so took coach, and to theDuke's House, where we saw "The Villaine" again; and the more I see it, the more I am offended at my first undervaluing the play, it being verygood and pleasant, and yet a true and allowable tragedy. The house wasfull of citizens, and so the less pleasant, but that I was willing tomake an end of my gaddings, and to set to my business for all the yearagain tomorrow. Here we saw the old Roxalana in the chief box, in avelvet gown, as the fashion is, and very handsome, at which I was glad. Hence by coach home, where I find all well, only Sir W. Pen they say illagain. So to my office to set down these two or three days' journall, and to close the last year therein, and so that being done, home tosupper, and to bed, with great pleasure talking and discoursing with mywife of our late observations abroad. 

2nd. Lay long in bed, and so up and to the office, where all the morningalone doing something or another. So dined at home with my wife, and inthe afternoon to the Treasury office, where Sir W. Batten was paying offtickets, but so simply and arbitrarily, upon a dull pretence of doingright to the King, though to the wrong of poor people (when I knowthere is no man that means the King less right than he, or would troublehimself less about it, but only that he sees me stir, and so he wouldappear doing something, though to little purpose), that I was weary ofit. At last we broke up, and walk home together, and I to see Sir W. Pen, who is fallen sick again. I staid a while talking with him, and soto my office, practising some arithmetique, and so home to supper andbed, having sat up late talking to my poor wife with great content. 

3rd. Up and to the office all the morning, and dined alone with my wifeat noon, and then to my office all the afternoon till night, puttingbusiness in order with great content in my mind. Having nothing nowin my mind of trouble in the world, but quite the contrary, much joy, except only the ending of our difference with my uncle Thomas, and thegetting of the bills well over for my building of my house here, whichhowever are as small and less than any of the others. Sir W. Pen itseems is fallen very ill again. So to my arithmetique again to-night, and so home to supper and to bed. 

4th (Lord's day). Up and to church, where a lazy sermon, and so hometo dinner to a good piece of powdered beef, but a little too salt. Atdinner my wife did propound my having of my sister Pall at my houseagain to be her woman, since one we must have, hoping that in thatquality possibly she may prove better than she did before, which I takevery well of her, and will consider of it, it being a very great troubleto me that I should have a sister of so ill a nature, that I must beforced to spend money upon a stranger when it might better be upon her, if she were good for anything. After dinner I and she walked, though itwas dirty, to White Hall (in the way calling at the Wardrobe to see howMr. Moore do, who is pretty well, but not cured yet), being much afeardof being seen by anybody, and was, I think, of Mr. Coventry, which sotroubled me that I made her go before, and I ever after loitered behind. She to Mr. Hunt's, and I to White Hall Chappell, and then up to walk upand down the house, which now I am well known there, I shall forbearto do, because I would not be thought a lazy body by Mr. Coventry andothers by being seen, as I have lately been, to walk up and down doingnothing. So to Mr. Hunt's, and there was most prettily and kindlyentertained by him and her, who are two as good people as I hardly knowany, and so neat and kind one to another. Here we staid late, and so tomy Lord's to bed. 

5th. Up and to the Duke, who himself told me that Sir J. Lawson was comehome to Portsmouth from the Streights, who is now come with great renownamong all men, and, I perceive, mightily esteemed at Court by all. The Duke did not stay long in his chamber; but to the King's chamber, whither by and by the Russia Embassadors come; who, it seems, have acustom that they will not come to have any treaty with our or any King'sCommissioners, but they will themselves see at the time the face of theKing himself, be it forty days one after another; and so they did to-dayonly go in and see the King; and so out again to the Council-chamber. The Duke returned to his chamber, and so to his closett, where SirG. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, Mr. Coventry, and myselfattended him about the business of the Navy; and after much discourseand pleasant talk he went away. And I took Sir W. Batten and CaptainAllen into the wine cellar to my tenant (as I call him, SerjeantDalton), and there drank a great deal of variety of wines, more thanI have drunk at one time, or shall again a great while, when I come toreturn to my oaths, which I intend in a day or two. Thence to my Lord'slodging, where Mr. Hunt and Mr. Creed dined with us, and were verymerry. And after dinner he and I to White Hall, where the Duke and theCommissioners for Tangier met, but did not do much: my Lord Sandwich notbeing in town, nobody making it their business. So up, and Creed andI to my wife again, and after a game or two at cards, to the Cockpitt, where we saw "Claracilla, " a poor play, done by the King's house (butneither the King nor Queen were there, but only the Duke and Duchess, who did show some impertinent and, methought, unnatural dalliancesthere, before the whole world, such as kissing, and leaning upon oneanother); but to my very little content, they not acting in any degreelike the Duke's people. So home (there being here this night Mrs. Turnerand Mrs. Martha Batten of our office) to my Lord's lodgings again, andto a game at cards, we three and Sarah, and so to supper and some applesand ale, and to bed with great pleasure, blessed be God!

6th (Twelfth Day). Up and Mr. Creed brought a pot of chocolate readymade for our morning draft, and then he and I to the Duke's, but I wasnot very willing to be seen at this end of the town, and so returned toour lodgings, and took my wife by coach to my brother's, where I set herdown, and Creed and I to St. Paul's Church-yard, to my bookseller's, andlooked over several books with good discourse, and then into St. Paul'sChurch, and there finding Elborough, my old schoolfellow at Paul's, nowa parson, whom I know to be a silly fellow, I took him out and walkedwith him, making Creed and myself sport with talking with him, and sosent him away, and we to my office and house to see all well, andthence to the Exchange, where we met with Major Thomson, formerly of ouroffice, who do talk very highly of liberty of conscience, which now hehopes for by the King's declaration, and that he doubts not that if hewill give him, he will find more and better friends than the Bishoppscan be to him, and that if he do not, there will many thousands in alittle time go out of England, where they may have it. But he says thatthey are well contented that if the King thinks it good, the Papists mayhave the same liberty with them. He tells me, and so do others, that Dr. Calamy is this day sent to Newgate for preaching, Sunday was se'nnight, without leave, though he did it only to supply the place; when otherwisethe people must have gone away without ever a sermon, they beingdisappointed of a minister but the Bishop of London will not take thatas an excuse. Thence into Wood Street, and there bought a fine table formy dining-room, cost me 50s. ; and while we were buying it, there was ascare-fire

 [Scar-fire or scarefire. An alarm of fire. One of the little pieces in Herrick's "Hesperides" is entitled "The Scar-fire, " but the word sometimes was used, as in the text, for the fire itself. Fuller, in his "Worthies, " speaks of quenching scare-fires. ]

in an ally over against us, but they quenched it. So to my brother's, where Creed and I and my wife dined with Tom, and after dinner to theDuke's house, and there saw "Twelfth Night"

 [Pepys saw "Twelfth Night" for the first time on September 11th, 1661, when he supposed it was a new play, and "took no pleasure at all in it. "]

acted well, though it be but a silly play, and not related at all to thename or day. Thence Mr. Battersby the apothecary, his wife, and I andmine by coach together, and setting him down at his house, he payinghis share, my wife and I home, and found all well, only myself somewhatvexed at my wife's neglect in leaving of her scarf, waistcoat, andnight-dressings in the coach today that brought us from Westminster, though, I confess, she did give them to me to look after, yet it washer fault not to see that I did take them out of the coach. I believe itmight be as good as 25s. Loss or thereabouts. So to my office, however, to set down my last three days' journall, and writing to my LordSandwich to give him an account of Sir J. Lawson's being come home, andto my father about my sending him some wine and things this week, forhis making an entertainment of some friends in the country, and sohome. This night making an end wholly of Christmas, with a mind fullysatisfied with the great pleasures we have had by being abroad fromhome, and I do find my mind so apt to run to its old want of pleasures, that it is high time to betake myself to my late vows, which I willto-morrow, God willing, perfect and bind myself to, that so I may, for agreat while, do my duty, as I have well begun, and increase my good nameand esteem in the world, and get money, which sweetens all things, andwhereof I have much need. So home to supper and to bed, blessing Godfor his mercy to bring me home, after much pleasure, to my house andbusiness with health and resolution to fall hard to work again. 

7th. Up pretty early, that is by seven o'clock, it being not yet lightbefore or then. So to my office all the morning, signing the Treasurer'sledger, part of it where I have not put my hand, and then eat a mouthfulof pye at home to stay my stomach, and so with Mr. Waith by water toDeptford, and there among other things viewed old pay-books, and foundthat the Commanders did never heretofore receive any pay for the riggingtime, but only for seatime, contrary to what Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten told the Duke the other day. I also searched all the ships in theWett Dock for fire, and found all in good order, it being very dangerousfor the King that so many of his ships lie together there. I was amongthe canvass in stores also, with Mr. Harris, the saylemaker, and learntthe difference between one sort and another, to my great content, and soby water home again, where my wife tells me stories how she hears thatby Sarah's going to live at Sir W. Pen's, all our affairs of my familyare made known and discoursed of there and theirs by my people, which dotrouble me much, and I shall take a time to let Sir W. Pen know how hehas dealt in taking her without our full consent. So to my office, andby and by home to supper, and so to prayers and bed. 

8th. Up pretty early, and sent my boy to the carrier's with some winefor my father, for to make his feast among his Brampton friends thisChristmas, and my muff to my mother, sent as from my wife. But before Isent my boy out with them, I beat him for a lie he told me, at which hissister, with whom we have of late been highly displeased, and warned herto be gone, was angry, which vexed me, to see the girl I loved so well, and my wife, should at last turn so much a fool and unthankful to us. So to the office, and there all the morning, and though without anda little against the advice of the officers did, to gratify him, sendThomas Hater to-day towards Portsmouth a day or two before the rest ofthe clerks, against the Pay next week. Dined at home; and there beingthe famous new play acted the first time to-day, which is called "TheAdventures of Five Hours, " at the Duke's house, being, they say, made ortranslated by Colonel Tuke, I did long to see it; and so made my wife toget her ready, though we were forced to send for a smith, to break openher trunk, her mayde Jane being gone forth with the keys, and so wewent; and though early, were forced to sit almost out of sight, at theend of one of the lower forms, so full was the house. And the play, in one word, is the best, for the variety and the most excellentcontinuance of the plot to the very end, that ever I saw, or think evershall, and all possible, not only to be done in the time, but in mostother respects very admittable, and without one word of ribaldry;and the house, by its frequent plaudits, did show their sufficientapprobation. So home; with much ado in an hour getting a coach home, and, after writing letters at my office, I went home to supper and tobed, now resolving to set up my rest as to plays till Easter, if notWhitsuntide next, excepting plays at Court. 

9th. Waking in the morning, my wife I found also awake, and begunto speak to me with great trouble and tears, and by degrees from onediscourse to another at last it appears that Sarah has told somebodythat has told my wife of my meeting her at my brother's and making hersit down by me while she told me stories of my wife, about her givingher scallop to her brother, and other things, which I am much vexed at, for I am sure I never spoke any thing of it, nor could any body tellher but by Sarah's own words. I endeavoured to excuse my silence hereinhitherto by not believing any thing she told me, only that of thescallop which she herself told me of. At last we pretty good friends, and my wife begun to speak again of the necessity of her keepingsomebody to bear her company; for her familiarity with her otherservants is it that spoils them all, and other company she hath none, which is too true, and called for Jane to reach her out of her trunk, giving her the keys to that purpose, a bundle of papers, and pulls outa paper, a copy of what, a pretty while since, she had wrote in adiscontent to me, which I would not read, but burnt. She now read it, and it was so piquant, and wrote in English, and most of it true, of theretiredness of her life, and how unpleasant it was; that being wrote inEnglish, and so in danger of being met with and read by others, I wasvexed at it, and desired her and then commanded her to tear it. When shedesired to be excused it, I forced it from her, and tore it, and withaltook her other bundle of papers from her, and leapt out of the bed andin my shirt clapped them into the pocket of my breeches, that she mightnot get them from me, and having got on my stockings and breeches andgown, I pulled them out one by one and tore them all before her face, though it went against my heart to do it, she crying and desiring me notto do it, but such was my passion and trouble to see the letters ofmy love to her, and my Will wherein I had given her all I have in theworld, when I went to sea with my Lord Sandwich, to be joyned with apaper of so much disgrace to me and dishonour, if it should have beenfound by any body. Having torn them all, saving a bond of my uncleRobert's, which she hath long had in her hands, and our marriagelicense, and the first letter that ever I sent her when I was herservant, [The usual word at this time for a lover. We have continued the correlative term "mistress, " but rejected that of "servant. "]

I took up the pieces and carried them into my chamber, and there, aftermany disputes with myself whether I should burn them or no, and havingpicked up, the pieces of the paper she read to-day, and of my Will whichI tore, I burnt all the rest, and so went out to my office troubledin mind. Hither comes Major Tolhurst, one of my old acquaintance inCromwell's time, and sometimes of our clubb, to see me, and I could dono less than carry him to the Mitre, and having sent for Mr. Beane, amerchant, a neighbour of mine, we sat and talked, Tolhurst telling methe manner of their collierys in the north. We broke up, and I home todinner. And to see my folly, as discontented as I am, when my wife cameI could not forbear smiling all dinner till she began to speak bad wordsagain, and then I began to be angry again, and so to my office. Mr. Bland came in the evening to me hither, and sat talking to me aboutmany things of merchandise, and I should be very happy in his discourse, durst I confess my ignorance to him, which is not so fit for me to do. There coming a letter to me from Mr. Pierce, the surgeon, by my desireappointing his and Dr. Clerke's coming to dine with me next Monday, Iwent to my wife and agreed upon matters, and at last for my honour amforced to make her presently a new Moyre gown to be seen by Mrs. Clerke, which troubles me to part with so much money, but, however, it sets mywife and I to friends again, though I and she never were so heartilyangry in our lives as to-day almost, and I doubt the heartburning willnot [be] soon over, and the truth is I am sorry for the tearing of somany poor loving letters of mine from sea and elsewhere to her. So tomy office again, and there the Scrivener brought me the end of themanuscript which I am going to get together of things of the Navy, whichpleases me much. So home, and mighty friends with my wife again, and soto bed. 

10th. Up and to the office. From thence, before we sat, Sir W. Pen sentfor me to his bedside to talk (indeed to reproach me with my not owningto Sir J. Minnes that he had my advice in the blocking up of the gardendoor the other day, which is now by him out of fear to Sir J. Minnesopened again), to which I answered him so indifferently that I think heand I shall be at a distance, at least to one another, better than everwe did and love one another less, which for my part I think I need notcare for. So to the office, and sat till noon, then rose and to dinner, and then to the office again, where Mr. Creed sat with me till latetalking very good discourse, as he is full of it, though a cunning knavein his heart, at least not to be too much trusted, till Sir J. Minnescame in, which at last he did, and so beyond my expectation he waswilling to sign his accounts, notwithstanding all his objections, whichreally were very material, and yet how like a doting coxcomb hesigns the accounts without the least satisfaction, for which we bothsufficiently laughed at him and Sir W. Batten after they had signed themand were gone, and so sat talking together till 11 o'clock at night, andso home and to bed. 

11th (Lord's day). Lay long talking pleasant with my wife, then up andto church, the pew being quite full with strangers come along with SirW. Batten and Sir J. Minnes, so after a pitifull sermon of theyoung Scott, home to dinner. After dinner comes a footman of my LordSandwich's (my Lord being come to town last night) with a letter from myfather, in which he presses me to carry on the business for Tom with hislate mistress, which I am sorry to see my father do, it being so muchout of our power or for his advantage, as it is clear to me it is, which I shall think of and answer in my next. So to my office all theafternoon writing orders myself to have ready against to-morrow, thatI might not appear negligent to Mr. Coventry. In the evening to Sir W. Pen's, where Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, and afterwards came SirG. Carteret. There talked about business, and afterwards to Sir W. Batten's, where we staid talking and drinking Syder, and so I went awayto my office a little, and so home and to bed. 

12th. Up, and to Sir W. Batten's to bid him and Sir J. Minnes adieu, they going this day towards Portsmouth, and then to Sir W. Pen's to seeSir J. Lawson, who I heard was there, where I found him the same plainman that he was, after all his success in the Straights, with whichhe is come loaded home. Thence to Sir G. Carteret, and with him in hiscoach to White Hall, and first I to see my Lord Sandwich (being come nowfrom Hinchingbrooke), and after talking a little with him, he and Ito the Duke's chamber, where Mr. Coventry and he and I into the Duke'sclosett and Sir J. Lawson discoursing upon business of the Navy, andparticularly got his consent to the ending some difficulties in Mr. Creed's accounts. Thence to my Lord's lodgings, and with Mr. Creed tothe King's Head ordinary, but people being set down, we went to twoor three places; at last found some meat at a Welch cook's at CharingCross, and here dined and our boys. After dinner to the 'Change to buysome linen for my wife, and going back met our two boys. Mine had struckdown Creed's boy in the dirt, with his new suit on, and the boy takenby a gentlewoman into a house to make clean, but the poor boy was in apitifull taking and pickle; but I basted my rogue soundly. Thence to myLord's lodging, and Creed to his, for his papers against the Committee. I found my Lord within, and he and I went out through the garden towardsthe Duke's chamber, to sit upon the Tangier matters; but a lady calledto my Lord out of my Lady Castlemaine's lodging, telling him that theKing was there and would speak with him. My Lord could not tell what tobid me say at the Committee to excuse his absence, but that he was withthe King; nor would suffer me to go into the Privy Garden (which is nowa through-passage, and common), but bid me to go through some other way, which I did; so that I see he is a servant of the King's pleasures too, as well as business. So I went to the Committee, where we spent all thisnight attending to Sir J. Lawson's description of Tangier and the placefor the Mole, [The construction of this Mole or breakwater turned out a very costly undertaking. In April, 1663, it was found that the charge for one year's work was L13, 000. In March, 1665, L36, 000 had been spent upon it. The wind and sea exerted a very destructive influence over this structure, although it was very strongly built, and Colonel Norwood reported in 1668 that a breach had been made in the Mole, which cost a considerable sum to repair. ]

of which he brought a very pretty draught. Concerning the making ofthe Mole, Mr. Cholmely did also discourse very well, having had someexperience in it. Being broke up, I home by coach to Mr. Bland's, andthere discoursed about sending away of the merchant ship which hangsso long on hand for Tangier. So to my Lady Batten's, and sat with herawhile, Sir W. Batten being gone out of town; but I did it out of designto get some oranges for my feast to-morrow of her, which I did. So home, and found my wife's new gown come home, and she mightily pleased withit. But I appeared very angry that there were no more things got readyagainst to-morrow's feast, and in that passion sat up long, and wentdiscontented to bed. 

13th. So my poor wife rose by five o'clock in the morning, before day, and went to market and bought fowls and many other things for dinner, with which I was highly pleased, and the chine of beef was down alsobefore six o'clock, and my own jack, of which I was doubtfull, do carryit very well. Things being put in order, and the cook come, I wentto the office, where we sat till noon and then broke up, and I home, whither by and by comes Dr. Clerke and his lady, his sister, and ashe-cozen, and Mr. Pierce and his wife, which was all my guests. I hadfor them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, anda rare chine of beef. Next a great dish of roasted fowl, cost me about30s. , and a tart, and then fruit and cheese. My dinner was noble andenough. I had my house mighty clean and neat; my room below with agood fire in it; my dining-room above, and my chamber being made awithdrawing-chamber; and my wife's a good fire also. I find my new tablevery proper, and will hold nine or ten people well, but eight with greatroom. After dinner the women to cards in my wife's chamber, and the Dr. And Mr. Pierce in mine, because the dining-room smokes unless I keepa good charcoal fire, which I was not then provided with. At night tosupper, had a good sack posset and cold meat, and sent my guests awayabout ten o'clock at night, both them and myself highly pleased with ourmanagement of this day; and indeed their company was very fine, and Mrs. Clerke a very witty, fine lady, though a little conceited and proud. Soweary, so to bed. I believe this day's feast will cost me near L5. 

14th. Lay very long in bed, till with shame forced to rise, being calledup by Mr. Bland about business. He being gone I went and staid uponbusiness at the office and then home to dinner, and after dinner staida little talking pleasant with my wife, who tells me of another womanoffered by her brother that is pretty and can sing, to which I do listenbut will not appear over forward, but I see I must keep somebody forcompany sake to my wife, for I am ashamed she should live as she do. So to the office till 10 at night upon business, and numbering andexamining part of my sea-manuscript with great pleasure, my wife sittingworking by me. So home to supper and to bed. 

15th. Up and to my office preparing things, by and by we met and sat Mr. Coventry and I till noon, and then I took him to dine with me, I havinga wild goose roasted, and a cold chine of beef and a barrel of oysters. We dined alone in my chamber, and then he and I to fit ourselves forhorseback, he having brought me a horse; and so to Deptford, the waysbeing very dirty. There we walked up and down the Yard and Wett Dock, and did our main business, which was to examine the proof of our new wayof the call-books, which we think will be of great use. And so to horseagain, and I home with his horse, leaving him to go over the fields toLambeth, his boy at my house taking home his horse. I vexed, having leftmy keys in my other pocket in my chamber, and my door is shut, so that Iwas forced to set my boy in at the window, which done I shifted myself, and so to my office till late, and then home to supper, my mind beingtroubled about Field's business and my uncle's, which the term comingon I must think to follow again. So to prayers and to bed, and muchtroubled in mind this night in my dreams about my uncle Thomas and hisson going to law with us. 

16th. Lay long talking in bed with my wife. Up, and Mr. Battersby, theapothecary, coming to see me, I called for the cold chine of beef andmade him eat, and drink wine, and talked, there being with us CaptainBrewer, the paynter, who tells me how highly the Presbyters do talk inthe coffeehouses still, which I wonder at. They being gone I walkedtwo or three hours with my brother Tom, telling him my mind how it istroubled about my father's concernments, and how things would be withthem all if it should please God that I should die, and therefore desirehim to be a good husband and follow his business, which I hope he do. Atnoon to dinner, and after dinner my wife began to talk of a woman again, which I have a mind to have, and would be glad Pall might please us, butshe is quite against having her, nor have I any great mind to it, butonly for her good and to save money flung away upon a stranger. So to myoffice till 9 o'clock about my navy manuscripts, and there troubled inmy mind more and more about my uncle's business from a letter come thisday from my father that tells me that all his tenants are sued by myuncle, which will cost me some new trouble, I went home to supper and soto bed. 

17th. Waked early with my mind troubled about our law matters, but itcame into my mind that [sayings] of Epictetus, which did put me to agreat deal of ease, it being a saying of great reason. Up to the office, and there sat Mr. Coventry, Mr. Pett, new come to town, and I. I wassorry for signing a bill and guiding Mr. Coventry to sign a bill to Mr. Creed for his pay as Deputy Treasurer to this day, though the serviceended 5 or 6 months ago, which he perceiving did blot out his nameafterwards, but I will clear myself to him from design in it. Sattill two o'clock and then home to dinner, and Creed with me, and afterdinner, to put off my mind's trouble, I took Creed by coach and to theDuke's playhouse, where we did see "The Five Hours" entertainment again, which indeed is a very fine play, though, through my being out of order, it did not seem so good as at first; but I could discern it was notany fault in the play. Thence with him to the China alehouse, andthere drank a bottle or two, and so home, where I found my wife and herbrother discoursing about Mr. Ashwell's daughter, whom we are like tohave for my wife's woman, and I hope it may do very well, seeing thereis a necessity of having one. So to the office to write letters, andthen home to supper and to bed. 

18th (Lord's day). Up, and after the barber had done, and I had spokewith Mr. Smith (whom I sent for on purpose to speak of Field's business, who stands upon L250 before he will release us, which do trouble mehighly), and also Major Allen of the Victualling Office about his shipto be hired for Tangier, I went to church, and thence home to dinneralone with my wife, very pleasant, and after dinner to church again, andheard a dull, drowsy sermon, and so home and to my office, perfecting myvows again for the next year, which I have now done, and sworn to inthe presence of Almighty God to observe upon the respective penaltiesthereto annexed, and then to Sir W. Pen's (though much against my will, for I cannot bear him, but only to keep him from complaint to othersthat I do not see him) to see how he do, and find him pretty well, andready to go abroad again. 

19th. Up and to White Hall, and while the Duke is dressing himself Iwent to wait on my Lord Sandwich, whom I found not very well, and Dr. Clerke with him. He is feverish, and hath sent for Mr. Pierce to let himblood, but not being in the way he puts it off till night, but he stirsnot abroad to-day. Then to the Duke, and in his closett discoursed as weuse to do, and then broke up. That done, I singled out Mr. Coventry intothe Matted Gallery, and there I told him the complaints I meet everyday about our Treasurer's or his people's paying no money, but atthe goldsmith's shops, where they are forced to pay fifteen or twentysometimes per cent. For their money, which is a most horrid shame, andthat which must not be suffered. Nor is it likely that the Treasurer(at least his people) will suffer Maynell the Goldsmith to go away withL10, 000 per annum, as he do now get, by making people pay after thismanner for their money. We were interrupted by the Duke, who called Mr. Coventry aside for half an hour, walking with him in the gallery, andthen in the garden, and then going away I ended my discourse with Mr. Coventry. But by the way Mr. Coventry was saying that there remainednothing now in our office to be amended but what would do of itselfevery day better and better, for as much as he that was slowest, Sir W. Batten, do now begin to look about him and to mind business. At which, God forgive me! I was a little moved with envy, but yet I am glad, andought to be, though it do lessen a little my care to see that the King'sservice is like to be better attended than it was heretofore. Thenceby coach to Mr. Povy's, being invited thither by [him] came a messengerthis morning from him, where really he made a most excellent and largedinner, of their variety, even to admiration, he bidding us, in afrolique, to call for what we had a mind, and he would undertake to giveit us: and we did for prawns, swan, venison, after I had thought thedinner was quite done, and he did immediately produce it, which Ithought great plenty, and he seems to set off his rest in this plentyand the neatness of his house, which he after dinner showed me, fromroom to room, so beset with delicate pictures, and above all, a piece ofperspective in his closett in the low parler; his stable, where was somemost delicate horses, and the very-racks painted, and mangers, with aneat leaden painted cistern, and the walls done with Dutch tiles, likemy chimnies. But still, above all things, he bid me go down into hiswine-cellar, where upon several shelves there stood bottles of all sortsof wine, new and old, with labells pasted upon each bottle, and inthe order and plenty as I never saw books in a bookseller's shop; andherein, I observe, he puts his highest content, and will accordinglycommend all that he hath, but still they deserve to be so. Here dinedwith me Dr. Whore and Mr. Scawen. Therewith him and Mr. Bland, whom wemet by the way, to my Lord Chancellor's, where the King was to meet myLord Treasurer, &c. , many great men, to settle the revenue of Tangier. I staid talking awhile there, but the King not coming I walked to mybrother's, where I met my cozen Scotts (Tom not being at home) and sentfor a glass of wine for them, and having drunk we parted, and I to theWardrobe talking with Mr. Moore about my law businesses, which I doubtwill go ill for want of time for me to attend them. So home, where Ifound Mrs. Lodum speaking with my wife about her kinswoman which isoffered my wife to come as a woman to her. So to the office and putthings in order, and then home and to bed, it being my great comfortthat every day I understand more and more the pleasure of following ofbusiness and the credit that a man gets by it, which I hope at last toowill end in profit. This day, by Dr. Clerke, I was told the occasionof my Lord Chesterfield's going and taking his lady (my Lord Ormond'sdaughter) from Court. It seems he not only hath been long jealous of theDuke of York, but did find them two talking together, though there wereothers in the room, and the lady by all opinions a most good, virtuouswoman. He, the next day (of which the Duke was warned by somebody thatsaw the passion my Lord Chesterfield was in the night before), went andtold the Duke how much he did apprehend himself wronged, in his pickingout his lady of the whole Court to be the subject of his dishonour;which the Duke did answer with great calmness, not seeming to understandthe reason of complaint, and that was all that passed but my Lord didpresently pack his lady into the country in Derbyshire, near the Peake;which is become a proverb at Court, to send a man's wife to the Devil'sarse a' Peake, when she vexes him. This noon I did find out Mr. Dixon atWhitehall, and discoursed with him about Mrs. Wheatly's daughter fora wife for my brother Tom, and have committed it to him to enquire thepleasure of her father and mother concerning it. I demanded L300. 

20th. Up betimes and to the office, where all the morning. Dined athome, and Mr. Deane of Woolwich with me, talking about the abuses ofthe yard. Then to the office about business all the afternoon with greatpleasure, seeing myself observed by every body to be the only man ofbusiness of us all, but Mr. Coventry. So till late at night, and thenhome to supper and bed. 

21st. Up early leaving my wife very ill in bed... And to my office tilleight o'clock, there coming Ch. Pepys

 [Charles Pepys was second son of Thomas Pepys, elder brother of Samuel's father. Samuel paid part of the legacy to Charles and his elder brother Thomas on May 25th, 1664. ]

to demand his legacy of me, which I denied him upon good reason ofhis father and brother's suing us, and so he went away. Then cameCommissioner Pett, and he and I by agreement went to Deptford, and aftera turn or two in the yard, to Greenwich, and thence walked to Woolwich. Here we did business, and I on board the Tangier-merchant, a shipfreighted by us, that has long lain on hand in her despatch to Tangier, but is now ready for sailing. Back, and dined at Mr. Ackworth's, wherea pretty dinner, and she a pretty, modest woman; but above all thingswe saw her Rocke, which is one of the finest things done by a woman thatever I saw. I must have my wife to see it. After dinner on board theElias, and found the timber brought by her from the forest of Deane tobe exceeding good. The Captain gave each of us two barrels of pickledoysters put up for the Queen mother. So to the Dock again, and took inMrs. Ackworth and another gentlewoman, and carried them to London, andat the Globe tavern, in Eastcheap, did give them a glass of wine, and soparted. I home, where I found my wife ill in bed all day, and her faceswelled with pain. My Will has received my last two quarters salary, ofwhich I am glad. So to my office till late and then home, and after thebarber had done, to bed. 

22nd. To the office, where Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes are comefrom Portsmouth. We sat till dinner time. Then home, and Mr. Dixon byagreement came to dine, to give me an account of his success with Mr. Wheatly for his daughter for my brother; and in short it is, that hisdaughter cannot fancy my brother because of his imperfection in hisspeech, which I am sorry for, but there the business must die, and wemust look out for another. There came in also Mrs. Lodum, with an answerfrom her brother Ashwell's daughter, who is likely to come to me, andwith her my wife's brother, and I carried Commissioner Pett in with me, so I feared want of victuals, but I had a good dinner, and mirth, andso rose and broke up, and with the rest of the officers to Mr. Russell'sburiall, where we had wine and rings, and a great and good companyof aldermen and the livery of the Skinners' Company. We went to St. Dunstan's in the East church, where a sermon, but I staid not, but wenthome, and, after writing letters, I took coach to Mr. Povy's, but he notwithin I left a letter there of Tangier business, and so to my Lord's, and there find him not sick, but expecting his fit to-night of an ague. Here was Sir W. Compton, Mr. Povy, Mr. Bland, Mr. Gawden and myself;we were very busy about getting provisions sent forthwith to Tangier, fearing that by Mr. Gawden's neglect they might want bread. Soamong other ways thought of to supply them I was empowered by theCommissioners of Tangier that were present to write to Plymouth anddirect Mr. Lanyon to take up vessels great or small to the quantity of150 tons, and fill them with bread of Mr. Gawden's lying ready there forTangier, which they undertake to bear me out in, and to see the freightpaid. This I did. About 10 o'clock we broke up, and my Lord's fit wascoming upon him, and so we parted, and I with Mr. Creed, Mr. Pierce, Win. Howe and Captn. Ferrers, who was got almost drunk this afternoon, and was mighty capricious and ready to fall out with any body, suppedtogether in the little chamber that was mine heretofore upon some fowlssent by Mr. Shepley, so we were very merry till 12 at night, and soaway, and I lay with Mr. Creed at his lodgings, and slept well. 

23rd. Up and hastened him in despatching some business relating toTangier, and I away homewards, hearing that my Lord had a bad fitto-night, called at my brother's, and found him sick in bed, of a painin the sole of one of his feet, without swelling, knowing not how itcame, but it will not suffer him to stand these two days. So to Mr. Moore, and Mr. Lovell, our proctor, being there, discoursed of my lawbusiness. Thence to Mr. Grant, to bid him come for money for Mr. Barlow, and he and I to a coffee-house, where Sir J. Cutler was;

 [Citizen and grocer of London; most severely handled by Pope. Two statues were erected to his memory--one in the College of Physicians, and the other in the Grocers' Hall. They were erected and one removed (that in the College of Physicians) before Pope stigmatized "sage Cutler. " Pope says that Sir John Cutler had an only daughter; in fact, he had two: one married to Lord Radnor; the other, mentioned afterwards by Pepys, the wife of Sir William Portman. --B. ]

and in discourse, among other things, he did fully make it out that thetrade of England is as great as ever it was, only in more hands; andthat of all trades there is a greater number than ever there was, byreason of men taking more 'prentices, because of their having more moneythan heretofore. His discourse was well worth hearing. Coming by TempleBar I bought "Audley's Way to be Rich, " a serious pamphlett and somegood things worth my minding. Thence homewards, and meeting Sir W. Batten, turned back again to a coffee-house, and there drunk more till Iwas almost sick, and here much discourse, but little to be learned, butof a design in the north of a rising, which is discovered, among somemen of condition, and they sent for up. Thence to the 'Change, and sohome with him by coach, and I to see how my wife do, who is pretty wellagain, and so to dinner to Sir W. Batten's to a cod's head, and so tomy office, and after stopping to see Sir W. Pen, where was Sir J. Lawsonand his lady and daughter, which is pretty enough, I came back to myoffice, and there set to business pretty late, finishing the margentingmy Navy-Manuscript. So home and to bed. 

24th. Lay pretty long, and by lying with my sheet upon my lip, as I haveof old observed it, my upper lip was blistered in the morning. To theoffice all the morning, sat till noon, then to the Exchange to look outfor a ship for Tangier, and delivered my manuscript to be bound at thestationer's. So to dinner at home, and then down to Redriffe, to see aship hired for Tangier, what readiness she was in, and found her readyto sail. Then home, and so by coach to Mr. Povy's, where Sir W. Compton, Mr. Bland, Gawden, Sir J. Lawson and myself met to settle thevictualling of Tangier for the time past, which with much ado we did, and for a six months' supply more. So home in Mr. Gawden's coach, andto my office till late about business, and find that it is business thatmust and do every day bring me to something. --[In earlier days Pepysnoted for us each few pounds or shillings of graft which he annexed ateach transaction in his office. ]--So home to supper and to bed. 

25th (Lord's day). Lay till 9 a-bed, then up, and being trimmed by thebarber, I walked towards White Hall, calling upon Mr. Moore, whom Ifound still very ill of his ague. I discoursed with him about my Lord'sestate against I speak with my Lord this day. Thence to the King's Headordinary at Charing Cross, and sent for Mr. Creed, where we dined veryfinely and good company, good discourse. I understand the King of Franceis upon consulting his divines upon the old question, what the power ofthe Pope is? and do intend to make war against him, unless he do righthim for the wrong his Embassador received;

 [On the 20th of August, the Duc de Crequi, then French ambassador at Rome, was insulted by the Corsican armed police, a force whose ignoble duty it was to assist the Sbirri; and the pope, Alexander VII. , at first refused reparation for the affront offered to the French. Louis, as in the case of D'Estrades, took prompt measures. He ordered the papal nuncio forthwith to quit France; he seized upon Avignon, and his army prepared to enter Italy. Alexander found it necessary to submit. In fulfilment of a treaty signed at Pisa in 1664, Cardinal Chigi, the pope's nephew, came to Paris, to tender the pope's apology to Louis. The guilty individuals were punished; the Corsicans banished for ever from the Roman States; and in front of the guard-house which they had occupied a pyramid was erected, bearing an inscription which embodied the pope's apology. This pyramid Louis permitted Clement IX. To destroy on his accession. -B. ]

and banish the Cardinall Imperiall, [Lorenzo Imperiali, of Genoa. He had been appointed Governor of Rome by Innocent X. , and he had acted in that capacity at the time of the tumult. --B. ]

which I understand this day is not meant the Cardinall belonging orchosen by the Emperor, but the name of his family is Imperiali. Thenceto walk in the Park, which we did two hours, it being a pleasantsunshine day though cold. Our discourse upon the rise of most men thatwe know, and observing them to be the results of chance, not policy, inany of them, particularly Sir J. Lawson's, from his declaring againstCharles Stuart in the river of Thames, and for the Rump. Thence to myLord, who had his ague fit last night, but is now pretty well, andI staid talking with him an hour alone in his chamber, about sundrypublique and private matters. Among others, he wonders what the projectshould be of the Duke's going down to Portsmouth just now with his Lady, at this time of the year: it being no way, we think, to increase hispopularity, which is not great; nor yet safe to do it, for that reason, if it would have any such effect. By and by comes in my Lady Wright, andso I went away, end after talking with Captn. Ferrers, who tells meof my Lady Castlemaine's and Sir Charles Barkeley being the greatfavourites at Court, and growing every day more and more; and that upona late dispute between my Lord Chesterfield, that is the Queen's LordChamberlain, and Mr. Edward Montagu, her Master of the Horse, who shouldhave the precedence in taking the Queen's upperhand abroad out ofthe house, which Mr. Montagu challenges, it was given to my LordChesterfield. So that I perceive he goes down the wind in honour as wellas every thing else, every day. So walk to my brother's and talked withhim, who tells me that this day a messenger is come, that tells us howCollonel Honiwood, who was well yesterday at Canterbury, was flung byhis horse in getting up, and broke his scull, and so is dead. So homeand to the office, despatching some business, and so home to supper, andthen to prayers and to bed. 

26th. Up and by water with Sir W. Batten to White Hall, drinking a glassof wormewood wine at the Stillyard, and so up to the Duke, and withthe rest of the officers did our common service; thence to my LordSandwich's, but he was in bed, and had a bad fit last night, and so Iwent to, Westminster Hall, it being Term time, it troubling me to thinkthat I should have any business there to trouble myself and thoughtswith. Here I met with Monsieur Raby, who is lately come from France. [He] tells me that my Lord Hinchingbroke and his brother do littleimprove there, and are much neglected in their habits and other things;but I do believe he hath a mind to go over as their tutour, and so I amnot apt to believe what he says therein. But I had a great deal of verygood discourse with him, concerning the difference between the Frenchand the Pope, and the occasion, which he told me very particularly, andto my great content; and of most of the chief affairs of France, whichI did enquire: and that the King is a most excellent Prince, doing allbusiness himself; and that it is true he hath a mistress, MademoiselleLa Valiere, one of the Princess Henriette's women, that he courts forhis pleasure every other day, but not so as to make him neglect hispublique affairs. He tells me how the King do carry himself nobly tothe relations of the dead Cardinall, --[Cardinal Mazarin died March 9th, 1661. ]--and will not suffer one pasquill to come forth against him; andthat he acts by what directions he received from him before his death. Having discoursed long with him, I took him by coach and set him down atmy Lord Crew's, and myself went and dined at Mr. Povy's, where OrlandoMassam, Mr. Wilks, a Wardrobe man, myself and Mr. Gawden, and had justsuch another dinner as I had the other day there. But above all thingsI do the most admire his piece of perspective especially, he opening methe closett door, and there I saw that there is nothing but only a plainpicture hung upon the wall. After dinner Mr. Gauden and I to settle thebusiness of the Tangier victualling, which I perceive none of them yethave hitherto understood but myself. Thence by coach to White Hall, andmet upon the Tangier Commission, our greatest business the discoursingof getting things ready for my Lord Rutherford to go about the middleof March next, and a proposal of Sir J. Lawson's and Mr. Cholmely'sconcerning undertaking the Mole, which is referred to another time. Soby coach home, being melancholy, overcharged with business, and methinksI fear that I have some ill offices done to Mr. Coventry, or else heobserves that of late I have not despatched business so as I did use todo, which I confess I do acknowledge. But it may be it is but my fearonly, he is not so fond as he used to be of me. But I do believe thatSir W. Batten has made him believe that I do too much crow upon havinghis kindness, and so he may on purpose to countenance him seem a littlemore strange to me, but I will study hard to bring him back again to thesame degree of kindness. So home, and after a little talk with my wife, to the office, and did a great deal of business there till very late, and then home to supper and to bed. 

27th. Up and to the office, where sat till two o'clock, and then hometo dinner, whither by and by comes Mr. Creed, and he and I talked of ourTangier business, and do find that there is nothing in the world donewith true integrity, but there is design along with it, as in myLord Rutherford, who designs to have the profit of victualling of thegarrison himself, and others to have the benefit of making the Mole, sothat I am almost discouraged from coming any more to the Committee, wereit not that it will possibly hereafter bring me to some acquaintance ofgreat men. Then to the office again, where very busy till past tenat night, and so home to supper and to bed. I have news this day fromCambridge that my brother hath had his bachelor's cap put on; but thatwhich troubles me is, that he hath the pain of the stone, and makesbloody water with great pain, it beginning just as mine did. I pray Godhelp him. 

28th. Up and all the morning at my office doing business, and at homeseeing my painters' work measured. So to dinner and abroad with mywife, carrying her to Unthank's, where she alights, and I to my LordSandwich's, whom I find missing his ague fit to-day, and is pretty well, playing at dice (and by this I see how time and example may alter a man;he being now acquainted with all sorts of pleasures and vanities, whichheretofore he never thought of nor loved, nor, it may be, hath allowed)with Ned Pickering and his page Laud. Thence to the Temple to my cozenRoger Pepys, and thence to Serjt. Bernard to advise with him and retainhim against my uncle, my heart and head being very heavy with thebusiness. Thence to Wotton's, the shoemaker, and there bought anotherpair of new boots, for the other I bought my last would not fit me, andhere I drank with him and his wife, a pretty woman, they broaching avessel of syder a-purpose for me. So home, and there found my wife comehome, and seeming to cry; for bringing home in a coach her new ferrandin

 [Ferrandin, which was sometimes spelt farendon, was a stuff made of silk mixed with some other material, like what is now called poplin. Both mohair and farendon are generally cheap materials; for in the case of Manby v. Scott, decided in the Exchequer Chamber in 1663, and reported in the first volume of "Modern Reports, " the question being as to the liability of a husband to pay for goods supplied against his consent to his wife, who had separated from him, Mr. Justice Hyde (whose judgment is most amusing) observes, in putting various supposed cases, that "The wife will have a velvet gown and a satin petticoat, and the husband thinks a mohair or farendon for a gown, and watered tabby for a petticoat, is as fashionable, and fitter for her quality. "--B. ]

waistecoate, in Cheapside, a man asked her whether that was the way tothe Tower; and while she was answering him, another, on the other side, snatched away her bundle out of her lap, and could not be recovered, butran away with it, which vexes me cruelly, but it cannot be helped. So tomy office, and there till almost 12 at night with Mr. Lewes, learningto understand the manner of a purser's account, which is very hard andlittle understood by my fellow officers, and yet mighty necessary. So atlast with great content broke up and home to supper and bed. 

29th. Lay chiding, and then pleased with my wife in bed, and didconsent to her having a new waistcoate made her for that which she lostyesterday. So to the office, and sat all the morning. At noon dined withMr. Coventry at Sir J. Minnes his lodgings, the first time that ever Idid yet, and am sorry for doing it now, because of obliging me to do thelike to him again. Here dined old Captn. Marsh of the Tower with us. So to visit Sir W. Pen, and then to the office, and there late uponbusiness by myself, my wife being sick to-day. So home and to supper andto bed. 

30th. A solemn fast for the King's murther, and we were forced to keepit more than we would have done, having forgot to take any victuals intothe house. I to church in the forenoon, and Mr. Mills made a good sermonupon David's heart smiting him for cutting off the garment of Saul. 

 [Samuel, chap. Xxiv. V. 5, "And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. "]

Home, and whiled away some of the afternoon at home talking with mywife. So to my office, and all alone making up my month's accounts, which to my great trouble I find that I am got no further than L640. But I have had great expenses this month. I pray God the next may bea little better, as I hope it will. In the evening my manuscript isbrought home handsomely bound, to my full content; and now I think Ihave a better collection in reference to the Navy, and shall have bythe time I have filled it, than any of my predecessors. So home and eatsomething such as we have, bread and butter and milk, and so to bed. 

31st. Up and to my office, and there we sat till noon. I home to dinner, and there found my plate of the Soverayne with the table to it come fromMr. Christopher Pett, of which I am very glad. So to dinner late, andnot very good, only a rabbit not half roasted, which made me angry withmy wife. So to the office, and there till late, busy all the while. Inthe evening examining my wife's letter intended to my Lady, and anotherto Mademoiselle; they were so false spelt that I was ashamed of them, and took occasion to fall out about them with my wife, and so she wrotenone, at which, however, I was, sorry, because it was in answer to aletter of Madam about business. Late home to supper and to bed. 

FEBRUARY 1662-1663

February 1st (Lord's day). Up and to church, where Mr. Mills, a goodsermon, and so home and had a good dinner with my wife, with which I waspleased to see it neatly done, and this troubled me to think of partingwith Jane, that is come to be a very good cook. After dinner walked tomy Lord Sandwich, and staid with him in the chamber talking almost allthe afternoon, he being not yet got abroad since his sickness. Manydiscourses we had; but, among others, how Sir R. Bernard is turned outof his Recordership of Huntingdon by the Commissioners for Regulation, &c. , at which I am troubled, because he, thinking it is done by my LordSandwich, will act some of his revenge, it is likely, upon me in mybusiness, so that I must cast about me to get some other counsel to relyupon. In the evening came Mr. Povey and others to see my Lord, and theygone, my Lord and I and Povey fell to the business of Tangier, as tothe victualling, and so broke up, and I, it being a fine frost, my boylighting me I walked home, and after supper up to prayers, and thenalone with my wife and Jane did fall to tell her what I did expect wouldbecome of her since, after so long being my servant, she had carriedherself so as to make us be willing to put her away, and desired God tobless [her], but bid her never to let me hear what became of her, for that I could never pardon ingratitude. So I to bed, my mindmuch troubled for the poor girl that she leaves us, and yet she notsubmitting herself, for some words she spoke boldly and yet I believeinnocently and out of familiarity to her mistress about us weeks ago, Icould not recall my words that she should stay with me. This day Creedand I walking in White Hall garden did see the King coming privatelyfrom my Lady Castlemaine's; which is a poor thing for a Prince to do;and I expressed my sense of it to Creed in terms which I should not havedone, but that I believe he is trusty in that point. 

2nd. Up, and after paying Jane her wages, I went away, because I couldhardly forbear weeping, and she cried, saying it was not her fault thatshe went away, and indeed it is hard to say what it is, but only her notdesiring to stay that she do now go. By coach with Sir J. Minnes andSir W. Batten to the Duke; and after discourse as usual with him in hisclosett, I went to my Lord's: the King and Duke being gone to chappell, it being collar-day, it being Candlemas-day; where I staid with him awhile until towards noon, there being Jonas Moore talking about somemathematical businesses, and thence I walked at noon to Mr. Povey's, where Mr. Gawden met me, and after a neat and plenteous dinner as isusual, we fell to our victualling business, till Mr. Gawden and I didalmost fall out, he defending himself in the readiness of his provision, when I know that the ships everywhere stay for them. Thence Mr. Poveyand I walked to White Hall, it being a great frost still, and after aturn in the Park seeing them slide, we met at the Committee for Tangier, a good full Committee, and agreed how to proceed in the dispatching ofmy Lord Rutherford, and treating about this business of Mr. Cholmely andSir J. Lawson's proposal for the Mole. Thence with Mr. Coventry down tohis chamber, where among other discourse he did tell me how he did makeit not only his desire, but as his greatest pleasure, to make himselfan interest by doing business truly and justly, though he thwarts othersgreater than himself, not striving to make himself friends by addresses;and by this he thinks and observes he do live as contentedly (nowhe finds himself secured from fear of want), and, take one time withanother, as void of fear or cares, or more, than they that (as his owntermes were) have quicker pleasures and sharper agonies than he. Thencewalking with Mr. Creed homewards we turned into a house and drank acup of Cock ale and so parted, and I to the Temple, where at my cozenRoger's chamber I met Madam Turner, and after a little stay led her homeand there left her, she and her daughter having been at the play to-dayat the Temple, it being a revelling time with them. 

 [The revels were held in the Inner Temple Hall. The last revel in any of the Inns of Court was held in the Inner Temple in 1733. ]

Thence called at my brother's, who is at church, at the buriall of youngCumberland, a lusty young man. So home and there found Jane gone, forwhich my wife and I are very much troubled, and myself could hardlyforbear shedding tears for fear the poor wench should come to any illcondition after her being so long with me. So to my office and settingpapers to rights, and then home to supper and to bed. This day at myLord's I sent for Mr. Ashwell, and his wife came to me, and by discourseI perceive their daughter is very fit for my turn if my family may be asmuch for hers, but I doubt it will be to her loss to come to me for sosmall wages, but that will be considered of. 

3rd. To the office all the morning, at noon to dinner, where Mr. Creeddined with me, and Mr. Ashwell, with whom after dinner I discoursedconcerning his daughter coming to live with us. I find that his daughterwill be very fit, I think, as any for our turn, but the conditions Iknow not what they will be, he leaving it wholly to her, which will beagreed on a while hence when my wife sees her. After an hour's discourseafter dinner with them, I to my office again, and there about businessof the office till late, and then home to supper and to bed. 

4th. Up early and to Mr. Moore, and thence to Mr. Lovell about my law

business, and from him to Paul's School, it being Apposition-day there. I heard some of their speeches, and they were just as schoolboys' usedto be, of the seven liberal sciences; but I think not so good as ourswere in our time. Away thence and to Bow Church, to the Court of Arches, where a judge sits, and his proctors about him in their habits, andtheir pleadings all in Latin. Here I was sworn to give a true answer tomy uncle's libells, and so paid my fee for swearing, and back again toPaul's School, and went up to see the head forms posed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, but I think they did not answer in any so well as we did, only in geography they did pretty well: Dr. Wilkins and Outram wereexaminers. So down to the school, where Dr. Crumlum did me much honourby telling many what a present I had made to the school, shewing myStephanus, in four volumes, cost me L4 10s. He also shewed us, upon mydesire, an old edition of the grammar of Colett's, where his epistleto the children is very pretty; and in rehearsing the creed it is said"borne of the cleane Virgin Mary. " Thence with Mr. Elborough (he beingall of my old acquaintance that I could meet with here) to a cook's shopto dinner, but I found him a fool, as he ever was, or worse. Thence tomy cozen Roger Pepys and Mr. Phillips about my law businesses, whichstand very bad, and so home to the office, where after doing somebusiness I went home, where I found our new mayde Mary, that is come inJane's place. 

5th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and then hometo dinner, and found it so well done, above what I did expect frommy mayde Susan, now Jane is gone, that I did call her in and give hersixpence. Thence walked to the Temple, and there at my cozen RogerPepys's chamber met by appointment with my uncle Thomas and his sonThomas, and there I shewing them a true state of my uncle's estate ashe has left it with the debts, &c. , lying upon it, we did come to somequiett talk and fair offers against an agreement on both sides, though Ido offer quite to the losing of the profit of the whole estate for 8 or10 years together, yet if we can gain peace, and set my mind at a littleliberty, I shall be glad of it. I did give them a copy of this state, and we are to meet tomorrow with their answer. So walked home, it beinga very great frost still, and to my office, there late writing lettersof office business, and so home to supper and to bed. 

6th. Up and to my office about business, examining people what theycould swear against Field, and the whole is, that he has called uscheating rogues and cheating knaves, for which we hope to be even withhim. Thence to Lincoln's Inn Fields; and it being too soon to go todinner, I walked up and down, and looked upon the outside of the newtheatre, now a-building in Covent Garden, which will be very fine. Andso to a bookseller's in the Strand, and there bought Hudibras again, it being certainly some ill humour to be so against that which all theworld cries up to be the example of wit; for which I am resolved onceagain to read him, and see whether I can find it or no. So to Mr. Povy's, and there found them at dinner, and dined there, there being, among others, Mr. Williamson, Latin Secretary, who, I perceive, is apretty knowing man and a scholler, but, it may be, thinks himself tobe too much so. Thence, after dinner, to the Temple, to my cozen RogerPepys, where met us my uncle Thomas and his son; and, after many highdemands, we at last came to a kind of agreement upon very hard terms, which are to be prepared in writing against Tuesday next. But by theway promising them to pay my cozen Mary's' legacys at the time of hermarriage, they afterwards told me that she was already married, andmarried very well, so that I must be forced to pay it in some time. Mycozen Roger was so sensible of our coming to agreement that he could notforbear weeping, and, indeed, though it is very hard, yet I am glad tomy heart that we are like to end our trouble. So we parted for to-night, and I to my Lord Sandwich and there staid, there being a Committee tosit upon the contract for the Mole, which I dare say none of us thatwere there understood, but yet they agreed of things as Mr. Cholmely andSir J. Lawson demanded, who are the undertakers, and so I left them togo on to agree, for I understood it not. So home, and being called by acoachman who had a fare in him, he carried me beyond the Old Exchange, and there set down his fare, who would not pay him what was his due, because he carried a stranger with him, and so after wrangling he wasfain to be content with 6d. , and being vexed the coachman would notcarry me home a great while, but set me down there for the other 6d. , but with fair words he was willing to it, and so I came home and to myoffice, setting business in order, and so to supper and to bed, my mindbeing in disorder as to the greatness of this day's business that I havedone, but yet glad that my trouble therein is like to be over. 

7th. Up and to my office, whither by agreement Mr. Coventry camebefore the time of sitting to confer about preparing an account of theextraordinary charge of the Navy since the King's coming, more than isproperly to be applied and called the Navy charge. So by and by we sat, and so till noon. Then home to dinner, and in the afternoon some of usmet again upon something relating to the victualling, and thence to mywriting of letters late, and making my Alphabet to my new Navy bookvery pretty. And so after writing to my father by the post about theendeavour to come to a composition with my uncle, though a very bad one, desiring him to be contented therewith, I went home to supper and tobed. 

8th (Lord's day). Up, and it being a very great frost, I walked to WhiteHall, and to my Lord Sandwich's by the fireside till chapel time, and soto chappell, where there preached little Dr. Duport, of Cambridge, upon Josiah's words, --"But I and my house, we will serve the Lord. " Butthough a great scholler, he made the most flat dead sermon, both formatter and manner of delivery, that ever I heard, and very long beyondhis hour, which made it worse. Thence with Mr. Creed to the King's Headordinary, where we dined well, and after dinner Sir Thomas Willis andanother stranger, and Creed and I, fell a-talking; they of the erroursand corruption of the Navy, and great expence thereof, not knowing whoI was, which at last I did undertake to confute, and disabuse them: andthey took it very well, and I hope it was to good purpose, they beingParliament-men. By and by to my Lord's, and with him a good whiletalking upon his want of money, and ways of his borrowing some, &c. , and then by other visitants, I withdrew and away, Creed and I and Captn. Ferrers to the Park, and there walked finely, seeing people slide, wetalking all the while; and Captn. Ferrers telling me, among other Courtpassages, how about a month ago, at a ball at Court, a child was droppedby one of the ladies in dancing, but nobody knew who, it being takenup by somebody in their handkercher. The next morning all the Ladiesof Honour appeared early at Court for their vindication, so that nobodycould tell whose this mischance should be. But it seems Mrs. Wells

 [Winifred Wells, maid of honour to the Queen, who figures in the "Grammont Memoirs. " The king is supposed to have been father of the child. A similar adventure is told of Mary Kirke (afterwards married to Sir Thomas Vernon), who figures in the "Grammont Memoirs" as Miss Warmestre. ]

fell sick that afternoon, and hath disappeared ever since, so that it isconcluded that it was her. Another story was how my Lady Castlemaine, afew days since, had Mrs. Stuart to an entertainment, and at night begana frolique that they two must be married, and married they were, withring and all other ceremonies of church service, and ribbands and a sackposset in bed, and flinging the stocking; but in the close, it is saidthat my Lady Castlemaine, who was the bridegroom, rose, and the Kingcame and took her place with pretty Mrs. Stuart. This is said to be verytrue. Another story was how Captain Ferrers and W. Howe both have often, through my Lady Castlemaine's window, seen her go to bed and Sir CharlesBarkeley in the chamber all the while with her. But the other day Captn. Ferrers going to Sir Charles to excuse his not being so timely at hisarms the other day, Sir Charles swearing and cursing told him beforea great many other gentlemen that he would not suffer any man of theKing's Guards to be absent from his lodging a night without leave. Notbut that, says he, once a week or so I know a gentleman must go... , andI am not for denying it to any man, but however he shall be bound toask leave to lie abroad, and to give account of his absence, that wemay know what guard the King has to depend upon. The little Duke ofMonmouth, it seems, is ordered to take place of all Dukes, and so tofollow Prince Rupert now, before the Duke of Buckingham, or any else. Whether the wind and the cold did cause it or no I know not, but havingbeen this day or two mightily troubled with an itching all over mybody' which I took to be a louse or two that might bite me, I found thisafternoon that all my body is inflamed, and my face in a sad redness andswelling and pimpled, so that I was before we had done walking not onlysick but ashamed of myself to see myself so changed in my countenance, so that after we had thus talked we parted and I walked home with muchado (Captn. Ferrers with me as far as Ludgate Hill towards Mr. Mooreat the Wardrobe), the ways being so full of ice and water by peoples'trampling. At last got home and to bed presently, and had a very badnight of it, in great pain in my stomach, and in great fever. 

9th. Could not rise and go to the Duke, as I should have done with therest, but keep my bed and by the Apothecary's advice, Mr. Battersby, I am to sweat soundly, and that will carry all this matter away whichnature would of itself eject, but they will assist nature, it being somedisorder given the blood, but by what I know not, unless it be by mylate quantitys of Dantzic-girkins that I have eaten. In the evening cameSir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten to see me, and Sir J. Minnes advisesme to the same thing, but would not have me take anything from theapothecary, but from him, his Venice treacle being better than theothers, which I did consent to and did anon take and fell into a greatsweat, and about 10 or 11 o'clock came out of it and shifted myself, andslept pretty well alone, my wife lying in the red chamber above. 

10th. In the morning most of my disease, that is, itching and pimples, were gone. In the morning visited by Mr. Coventry and others, and veryglad I am to see that I am so much inquired after and my sickness takennotice of as I did. I keep my bed all day and sweat again at night, bywhich I expect to be very well to-morrow. This evening Sir W. Warrencame himself to the door and left a letter and box for me, and went hisway. His letter mentions his giving me and my wife a pair of gloves;but, opening the box, we found a pair of plain white gloves for my hand, and a fair state dish of silver, and cup, with my arms, ready cut uponthem, worth, I believe, about L18, which is a very noble present, andthe best I ever had yet. So after some contentful talk with my wife, sheto bed and I to rest. 

11th. Took a clyster in the morning and rose in the afternoon. My wifeand I dined on a pullet and I eat heartily, having eat nothing sinceSunday but water gruel and posset drink, but must needs say that our newmaid Mary has played her part very well in her readiness and discretionin attending me, of which I am very glad. In the afternoon severalpeople came to see me, my uncle Thomas, Mr. Creed, Sir J. Minnes (whohas been, God knows to what end, mighty kind to me and careful of me inmy sickness). At night my wife read Sir H. Vane's tryall to me, whichshe began last night, and I find it a very excellent thing, worthreading, and him to have been a very wise man. So to supper and to bed. 

12th. Up and find myself pretty well, and so to the office, and thereall the morning. Rose at noon and home to dinner in my green chamber, having a good fire. Thither there came my wife's brother and broughtMary Ashwell with him, whom we find a very likely person to please us, both for person, discourse, and other qualitys. She dined with us, andafter dinner went away again, being agreed to come to us about threeweeks or a month hence. My wife and I well pleased with our choice, onlyI pray God I may be able to maintain it. Then came an old man from Mr. Povy, to give me some advice about his experience in the stone, which I[am] beholden to him for, and was well pleased with it, his chief remedybeing Castle soap in a posset. Then in the evening to the office, latewriting letters and my Journall since Saturday, and so home to supperand to bed. 

13th. Lay very long with my wife in bed talking with great pleasure, and then rose. This morning Mr. Cole, our timber merchant, sent me fivecouple of ducks. Our maid Susan is very ill, and so the whole trouble ofthe house lies upon our maid Mary, who do it very contentedly and mightywell, but I am sorry she is forced to it. Dined upon one couple of ducksto-day, and after dinner my wife and I by coach to Tom's, and I to theTemple to discourse with my cozen Roger Pepys about my law business, andso back again, it being a monstrous thaw after the long great frost, sothat there is no passing but by coach in the streets, and hardly that. Took my wife home, and I to my office. Find myself pretty well butfearful of cold, and so to my office, where late upon business; Mr. Bland sitting with me, talking of my Lord Windsor's being come home fromJamaica, unlooked-for; which makes us think that these young Lords arenot fit to do any service abroad, though it is said that he could nothave his health there, but hath razed a fort of the King of Spain uponCuba, which is considerable, or said to be so, for his honour. So hometo supper and to bed. This day I bought the second part of Dr. Bates'sElenchus, which reaches to the fall of Richard, and no further, forwhich I am sorry. This evening my wife had a great mind to chooseValentines against to-morrow, I Mrs. Clerke, or Pierce, she Mr. Hunt orCaptain Ferrers, but I would not because of getting charge both to mefor mine and to them for her, which did not please her. 

14th. Up and to my office, where we met and sate all the morning, onlyMr. Coventry, which I think is the first or second time he has missedsince he came to the office, was forced to be absent. So home to dinner, my wife and I upon a couple of ducks, and then by coach to the Temple, where my uncle Thomas, and his sons both, and I, did meet at mycozen Roger's and there sign and seal to an agreement. Wherein I wasdispleased at nothing but my cozen Roger's insisting upon my beingobliged to settle upon them as the will do all my uncle's estate that hehas left, without power of selling any for the payment of debts, but Iwould not yield to it without leave of selling, my Lord Sandwich himselfand my cozen Thos. Pepys being judges of the necessity thereof, whichwas done. One thing more that troubles me was my being forced to promiseto give half of what personal estate could be found more than L372, which I reported to them, which though I do not know it to be less thanwhat we really have found, yet he would have been glad to have been atliberty for that, but at last I did agree to it under my own handwritingon the backside of the report I did make and did give them of theestate, and have taken a copy of it upon the backside of one that Ihave. All being done I took the father and his son Thos. Home by coach, and did pay them L30, the arrears of the father's annuity, and withgreat seeming love parted, and I presently to bed, my head akeingmightily with the hot dispute I did hold with my cozen Roger and them inthe business. 

15th (Lord's day). This morning my wife did wake me being frighted withthe noise I made in my sleep, being a dream that one of our sea maistersdid desire to see the St. John's Isle of my drawing, which methoughtI showed him, but methought he did handle it so hard that it put me tovery horrid pain.... Which what a strange extravagant dream it was. Soto sleep again and lay long in bed, and then trimmed by the barber, andso sending Will to church, myself staid at home, hanging up in my greenchamber my picture of the Soveraigne, and putting some things in orderthere. So to dinner, to three more ducks and two teals, my wife andI. Then to Church, where a dull sermon, and so home, and after walkingabout the house awhile discoursing with my wife, I to my office there toset down something and to prepare businesses for tomorrow, having in themorning read over my vows, which through sicknesse I could not do thelast Lord's day, and not through forgetfulness or negligence, so thatI hope it is no breach of my vow not to pay my forfeiture. So home, andafter prayers to bed, talking long with my wife and teaching her thingsin astronomy. 

16th. Up and by coach with Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes to WhiteHall, and, after we had done our usual business with the Duke, to myLord Sandwich and by his desire to Sir W. Wheeler, who was brought downin a sedan chair from his chamber, being lame of the gout, to borrowL1000 of him for my Lord's occasions, but he gave me a very kind denialthat he could not, but if any body else would, he would be bond with myLord for it. So to Westminster Hall, and there find great expectationwhat the Parliament will do, when they come two days hence to sit again, in matters of religion. The great question is, whether the Presbyterswill be contented to have the Papists have the same liberty ofconscience with them, or no, or rather be denied it themselves: andthe Papists, I hear, are very busy designing how to make the Presbytersconsent to take their liberty, and to let them have the same with them, which some are apt to think they will. It seems a priest was takenin his vests officiating somewhere in Holborn the other day, and wascommitted by Secretary Morris, according to law; and they say the Bishopof London did give him thanks for it. Thence to my Lord Crew's and dinedthere, there being much company, and the above-said matter is now thepresent publique discourse. Thence about several businesses to Mr. Phillips my attorney, to stop all proceedings at law, and so to theTemple, where at the Solicitor General's I found Mr. Cholmely and Creedreading to him the agreement for him to put into form about the contractfor the Mole at Tangier, which is done at 13s. The Cubical yard, though upon my conscience not one of the Committee, besides the partiesconcerned, do understand what they do therein, whether they givetoo much or too little. Thence with Mr. Creed to see Mr. Moore, whocontinues sick still, within doors, and here I staid a good while afterhim talking of all the things either business or no that came into mymind, and so home and to see Sir W. Pen, and sat and played at cardswith him, his daughter, and Mrs. Rooth, and so to my office a while, andthen home and to bed. 

17th. Up and to my office, and there we sat all the morning, and atnoon my wife being gone to Chelsey with her brother and sister and Mrs. Lodum, to see the wassell at the school, where Mary Ashwell is, I tookhome Mr. Pett and he dined with me all alone, and much discourse we hadupon the business of the office, and so after dinner broke up and withmuch ado, it raining hard, which it has not done a great while now, but only frost a great while, I got a coach and so to the Temple, wherediscoursed with Mr. W. Montagu about borrowing some money for my Lord, and so by water (where I have not been a good while through cold) toWestminster to Sir W. Wheeler's, whom I found busy at his own house withthe Commissioners of Sewers, but I spoke to him about my Lord's businessof borrowing money, and so to my Lord of Sandwich, to give him anaccount of all, whom I found at cards with Pickering; but he made an endsoon: and so all alone, he and I, after I had given him an account, he told me he had a great secret to tell me, such as no flesh knew buthimself, nor ought; which was this: that yesterday morning Eschar, Mr. Edward Montagu's man, did come to him from his master with some of theClerks of the Exchequer, for my Lord to sign to their books for theEmbassy money; which my Lord very civilly desired not to do till he hadspoke with his master himself. In the afternoon, my Lord and my LadyWright being at cards in his chamber, in comes Mr. Montagu; and desiringto speak with my Lord at the window in his chamber, he begun to chargemy Lord with the greatest ingratitude in the world: that he that hadreceived his earldom, garter, L4000 per annum, and whatever he is in theworld, from him, should now study him all the dishonour that he could;and so fell to tell my Lord, that if he should speak all that he knew ofhim, he could do so and so. In a word, he did rip up all that could besaid that was unworthy, and in the basest terms they could be spokenin. To which my Lord answered with great temper, justifying himself, but endeavouring to lessen his heat, which was a strange temper in him, knowing that he did owe all he hath in the world to my Lord, and that heis now all that he is by his means and favour. But my Lord did forbearto increase the quarrel, knowing that it would be to no good purposefor the world to see a difference in the family; but did allay him soas that he fell to weeping. And after much talk (among other things Mr. Montagu telling him that there was a fellow in the town, naming me, thathad done ill offices, and that if he knew it to be so, he would havehim cudgelled) my Lord did promise him that, if upon account he saw thatthere was not many tradesmen unpaid, he would sign the books; but ifthere was, he could not bear with taking too great a debt upon him. Sothis day he sent him an account, and a letter assuring him there was notabove L200 unpaid; and so my Lord did sign to the Exchequer books. Uponthe whole, I understand fully what a rogue he is, and how my Lord dothink and will think of him for the future; telling me that thus hehas served his father my Lord Manchester, and his whole family, and nowhimself: and which is worst, that he hath abused, and in speeches everyday do abuse, my Lord Chancellor, whose favour he hath lost; and hathno friend but Sir H. Bennet, and that (I knowing the rise of thefriendship) only from the likeness of their pleasures, and acquaintance, and concernments, they have in the same matters of lust and baseness;for which, God forgive them! But he do flatter himself, from promises ofSir H. Bennet, that he shall have a pension of L2000 per annum, and bemade an Earl. My Lord told me he expected a challenge from him, but toldme there was no great fear of him, for there was no man lies under suchan imputation as he do in the business of Mr. Cholmely, who, though asimple sorry fellow, do brave him and struts before him with the Queen, to the sport and observation of the whole Court. He did keep my Lord atthe window, thus reviling and braving him above an hour, my Lady Wrightbeing by; but my Lord tells me she could not hear every word, but didwell know what their discourse was; she could hear enough to know that. So that he commands me to keep it as the greatest secret in the world, and bids me beware of speaking words against Mr. Montagu, for fear Ishould suffer by his passion thereby. After he had told me this I tookcoach and home, where I found my wife come home and in bed with hersister in law in the chamber with her, she not being able to stay to seethe wassel, being so ill... , which I was sorry for. Hither we sent forher sister's viall, upon which she plays pretty well for a girl, butmy expectation is much deceived in her, not only for that, but in herspirit, she being I perceive a very subtle witty jade, and one that willgive her husband trouble enough as little as she is, whereas I took herheretofore for a very child and a simple fool. I played also, which Ihave not done this long time before upon any instrument, and at lastbroke up and I to my office a little while, being fearful of being toomuch taken with musique, for fear of returning to my old dotage thereon, and so neglect my business as I used to do. Then home and to bed. Cominghome I brought Mr. Pickering as far as the Temple, who tells me thestory is very true of a child being dropped at the ball at Court; andthat the King had it in his closett a week after, and did dissect it;and making great sport of it, said that in his opinion it must have beena month and three hours old; and that, whatever others think, he haththe greatest loss (it being a boy, as he says), that hath lost a subjectby the business. He tells me, too, that the other story, of my LadyCastlemaine's and Stuart's marriage, is certain, and that it was inorder to the King's coming to Stuart, as is believed generally. He tellsme that Sir H. Bennet is a Catholique, and how all the Court almost ischanged to the worse since his coming in, they being afeard of him. Andthat the Queen-Mother's Court is now the greatest of all; and that ourown Queen hath little or no company come to her, which I know also to bevery true, and am sorry to see it. 

18th. Up, leaving my wife sick as last night in bed. I to my office allthe morning, casting up with Captain Cocke their accounts of 500 tonsof hemp brought from Riga, and bought by him and partners upon account, wherein are many things worth my knowledge. So at noon to dinner, takingMr. Hater with me because of losing them, and in the afternoon he andI alone at the office, finishing our account of the extra charge of theNavy, not properly belonging to the Navy, since the King's coming in toChristmas last; and all extra things being abated, I find that the truecharge of the Navy to that time hath been after the rate of L374, 743a-year. I made an end by eleven o'clock at night, and so home to bedalmost weary. This day the Parliament met again, after their longprorogation; but I know not any thing what they have done, being withindoors all day. 

19th. Up and to my office, where abundance of business all the morning. Dined by my wife's bedside, she not being yet well. We fell out almostupon my discourse of delaying the having of Ashwell, where my wifebelieving that I have a mind to have Pall, which I have not, though Icould wish she did deserve to be had. So to my office, where by and bywe sat, this afternoon being the first we have met upon a great while, our times being changed because of the parliament sitting. Being rose, Ito my office till twelve at night, drawing out copies of the overchargeof the Navy, one to send to Mr. Coventry early to-morrow. So home and tobed, being weary, sleepy, and my eyes begin to fail me, looking so longby candlelight upon white paper. This day I read the King's speech tothe Parliament yesterday; which is very short, and not very obliging;but only telling them his desire to have a power of indulging tenderconsciences, not that he will yield to have any mixture in theuniformity of the Church's discipline; and says the same for thePapists, but declares against their ever being admitted to have anyoffices or places of trust in the kingdom; but, God knows, too manyhave. 

20th. Up and by water with Commissioner Pett to Deptford, and therelooked over the yard, and had a call, wherein I am very highly pleasedwith our new manner of call-books, being my invention. Thence thinkingto have gone down to Woolwich in the Charles pleasure boat, but sherun aground, it being almost low water, and so by oars to the town, andthere dined, and then to the yard at Mr. Ackworth's, discoursing withthe officers of the yard about their stores of masts, which was ourchief business, and having done something therein, took boat and to thepleasure boat, which was come down to fetch us back, and I could havebeen sick if I would in going, the wind being very fresh, but verypleasant it was, and the first time I have sailed in any one of them. Itcarried us to Cuckold's Point, and so by oars to the Temple, it raininghard, where missed speaking with my cosen Roger, and so walked home andto my office; there spent the night till bed time, and so home to supperand to bed. 

21st. Up and to the office, where Sir J. Minnes (most of the rest beingat the Parliament-house), all the morning answering petitions andother business. Towards noon there comes a man in as if upon ordinarybusiness, and shows me a writ from the Exchequer, called a Commissionof Rebellion, and tells me that I am his prisoner in Field's business;which methought did strike me to the heart, to think that we could notsit in the middle of the King's business. I told him how and where wewere employed, and bid him have a care; and perceiving that we werebusy, he said he would, and did withdraw for an hour: in which time SirJ. Minnes took coach and to Court, to see what he could do from thence;and our solicitor against Field came by chance and told me that he wouldgo and satisfy the fees of the Court, and would end the business. So hewent away about that, and I staid in my closett, till by and by the manand four more of his fellows came to know what I would do; I told themstay till I heard from the King or my Lord Chief Baron, to both whomI had now sent. With that they consulted, and told me that if I wouldpromise to stay in the house they would go and refresh themselves, andcome again, and know what answer I had: so they away, and I home todinner, whither by chance comes Mr. Hawley and dined with me. Before Ihad dined, the bayleys come back again with the constable, and at theoffice knock for me, but found me not there; and I hearing in whatmanner they were come, did forbear letting them know where I was; sothey stood knocking and enquiring for me. By and by at my parler-windowcomes Sir W. Batten's Mungo, to tell me that his master and lady wouldhave me come to their house through Sir J. Minnes's lodgings, which Icould not do; but, however, by ladders, did get over the pale betweenour yards, and so to their house, where I found them (as they havereason) to be much concerned for me, my lady especially. The fellowsstaid in the yard swearing with one or two constables, and some time welocked them into the yard, and by and by let them out again, and so keptthem all the afternoon, not letting them see me, or know where I was. One time I went up to the top of Sir W. Batten's house, and out of oneof their windows spoke to my wife out of one of ours; which methought, though I did it in mirth, yet I was sad to think what a sad thing itwould be for me to be really in that condition. By and by comes Sir J. Minnes, who (like himself and all that he do) tells us that he can dono good, but that my Lord Chancellor wonders that we did not cause theseamen to fall about their ears: which we wished we could have donewithout our being seen in it; and Captain Grove being there, he did givethem some affront, and would have got some seamen to have drubbed them, but he had not time, nor did we think it fit to have done it, theyhaving executed their commission; but there was occasion given that hedid draw upon one of them and he did complain that Grove had pricked himin the breast, but no hurt done; but I see that Grove would have doneour business to them if we had bid him. By and by comes Mr. Clerke, oursolicitor, who brings us a release from our adverse atturney, we payingthe fees of the commission, which comes to five marks, and pay thecharges of these fellows, which are called the commissioners, but arethe most rake-shamed rogues that ever I saw in my life; so he showedthem this release, and they seemed satisfied, and went away with him totheir atturney to be paid by him. But before they went, Sir W. Battenand my lady did begin to taunt them, but the rogues answered them ashigh as themselves, and swore they would come again, and called me rogueand rebel, and they would bring the sheriff and untile his house, beforehe should harbour a rebel in his house, and that they would be hereagain shortly. Well, at last they went away, and I by advice tookoccasion to go abroad, and walked through the street to show myselfamong the neighbours, that they might not think worse than the businessis. Being met by Captn. Taylor and Bowry, whose ship we have hiredfor Tangier, they walked along with me to Cornhill talking about theirbusiness, and after some difference about their prices we agreed, and sothey would have me to a tavern, and there I drank one glass of wineand discoursed of something about freight of a ship that may bring mea little money, and so broke up, and I home to Sir W. Batten's again, where Sir J. Lawson, Captain Allen, Spragg, and several others, and allour discourse about the disgrace done to our office to be liable to thistrouble, which we must get removed. Hither comes Mr. Clerke by and by, and tells me that he hath paid the fees of the Court for the commission;but the men are not contented with under; L5 for their charges, whichhe will not give them, and therefore advises me not to stir abroad tillMonday that he comes or sends to me again, whereby I shall not beable to go to White Hall to the Duke of York, as I ought. Here I staidvexing, and yet pleased to see every body, man and woman, my Lady andMr. Turner especially, for me, till 10 at night; and so home, where mypeople are mightily surprized to see this business, but it troubles menot very much, it being nothing touching my particular person or estate. Being in talk to-day with Sir W. Batten he tells me that little is doneyet in the Parliament-house, but only this day it was moved and orderedthat all the members of the House do subscribe to the renouncing of theCovenant, which is thought will try some of them. There is also a billbrought in for the wearing of nothing but cloth or stuffs of our ownmanufacture, and is likely to be passed. Among other talk this evening, my lady did speak concerning Commissioner Pett's calling the presentKing bastard, and other high words heretofore; and Sir W. Batten didtell us, that he did give the Duke or Mr. Coventry an account of thatand other like matters in writing under oath, of which I was ashamed, and for which I was sorry, but I see there is an absolute hatred neverto be altered there, and Sir J. Minnes, the old coxcomb, has got it bythe end, which troubles me for the sake of the King's service, thoughI do truly hate the expressions laid to him. To my office and set downthis day's journall, and so home with my mind out of order, though notvery sad with it, but ashamed for myself something, and for the honourof the office much more. So home and to bed. 

22d (Lord's day). Lay long in bed and went not out all day; but afterdinner to Sir W. Batten's and Sir W. Pen's, where discoursing much ofyesterday's trouble and scandal; but that which troubled me most wasSir J. Minnes coming from Court at night, and instead of bringing greatcomfort from thence (but I expected no better from him), he tells methat the Duke and Mr. Coventry make no great matter of it. So at nightdiscontented to prayers, and to bed. 

23d. Up by times; and not daring to go by land, did (Griffin going alongwith me for fear), slip to White Hall by water; where to Mr. Coventry, and, as we used to do, to the Duke; the other of my fellows being come. But we said nothing of our business, the Duke being sent for to theKing, that he could not stay to speak with us. This morning came my LordWindsor to kiss the Duke's hand, being returned from Jamaica. He tellsthe Duke, that from such a degree of latitude going thither he begun tobe sick, and was never well till his coming so far back again, and thenpresently begun to be well. He told the Duke of their taking the fort ofSt. Jago, upon Cuba, by his men; but, upon the whole, I believe that hedid matters like a young lord, and was weary of being upon service outof his own country, where he might have pleasure. For methought it was ashame to see him this very afternoon, being the first day of his comingto town, to be at a playhouse. Thence to my Lord Sandwich, who though hehas been abroad again two or three days is falling ill again, and is letblood this morning, though I hope it is only a great cold that he hasgot. It was a great trouble to me (and I had great apprehensions ofit) that my Lord desired me to go to Westminster Hall, to theParliament-house door, about business; and to Sir Wm. Wheeler, which Itold him I would do, but durst not go for fear of being taken by theserogues; but was forced to go to White Hall and take boat, and so landbelow the Tower at the Iron-gate; and so the back way over Little TowerHill; and with my cloak over my face, took one of the watermen alongwith me, and staid behind a wall in the New-buildings behind our garden, while he went to see whether any body stood within the Merchants' Gate, under which we pass to go into our garden, and there standing but alittle dirty boy before the gate, did make me quake and sweat to thinkhe might be a Trepan. But there was nobody, and so I got safe into thegarden, and coming to open my office door, something behind it fellin the opening, which made me start. So that God knows in what a sadcondition I should be in if I were truly in the condition that many apoor man is for debt: and therefore ought to bless God that I haveno such reall reason, and to endeavour to keep myself, by my gooddeportment and good husbandry, out of any such condition. At home Ifound Mr. Creed with my wife, and so he dined with us, I finding by anote that Mr. Clerke in my absence hath left here, that I am free; andthat he hath stopped all matters in Court; I was very glad of it, andimmediately had a light thought of taking pleasure to rejoice my heart, and so resolved to take my wife to a play at Court to-night, and therather because it is my birthday, being this day thirty years old, forwhich let me praise God. While my wife dressed herself, Creed andI walked out to see what play was acted to-day, and we find it "TheSlighted Mayde. " But, Lord! to see that though I did know myself to beout of danger, yet I durst not go through the street, but round by thegarden into Tower Street. By and by took coach, and to the Duke's house, where we saw it well acted, though the play hath little good in it, being most pleased to see the little girl dance in boy's apparel, shehaving very fine legs, only bends in the hams, as I perceive all womendo. The play being done, we took coach and to Court, and there got goodplaces, and saw "The Wilde Gallant, " performed by the King's house, butit was ill acted, and the play so poor a thing as I never saw in my lifealmost, and so little answering the name, that from beginning to end, I could not, nor can at this time, tell certainly which was the WildGallant. The King did not seem pleased at all, all the whole play, norany body else, though Mr. Clerke whom we met here did commend it tous. My Lady Castlemaine was all worth seeing tonight, and littleSteward. --[Mrs. Stuart]--Mrs. Wells do appear at Court again, and lookswell; so that, it may be, the late report of laying the dropped child toher was not true. It being done, we got a coach and got well home about12 at night. Now as my mind was but very ill satisfied with these twoplays themselves, so was I in the midst of them sad to think of thespending so much money and venturing upon the breach of my vow, whichI found myself sorry for, I bless God, though my nature would well becontented to follow the pleasure still. But I did make payment of myforfeiture presently, though I hope to save it back again by forbearingtwo plays at Court for this one at the Theatre, or else to forbear thatto the Theatre which I am to have at Easter. But it being my birthdayand my day of liberty regained to me, and lastly, the last play that islikely to be acted at Court before Easter, because of the Lent comingin, I was the easier content to fling away so much money. So to bed. This day I was told that my Lady Castlemaine hath all the King'sChristmas presents, made him by the peers, given to her, which is amost abominable thing; and that at the great ball she was much richer injewells than the Queen and Duchess put both together. 

24th. Slept hard till 8 o'clock, then waked by Mr. Clerke's being cometo consult me about Field's business, which we did by calling him upto my bedside, and he says we shall trounce him. Then up, and tothe office, and at 11 o'clock by water to Westminster, and to Sir W. Wheeler's about my Lord's borrowing of money that I was lately upon withhim, and then to my Lord, who continues ill, but will do well I doubtnot. Among other things, he tells me that he hears the Commons will notagree to the King's late declaration, nor will yield that the Papistshave any ground given them to raise themselves up again in England, which I perceive by my Lord was expected at Court. Thence home againby water presently, and with a bad dinner, being not looked for, tothe office, and there we sat, and then Captn. Cocke and I upon his hempaccounts till 9 at night, and then, I not very well, home to supper andto bed. My late distemper of heat and itching being come upon me again, so that I must think of sweating again as I did before. 

25th. Up and to my office, where with Captain Cocke making an end of hislast night's accounts till noon, and so home to dinner, my wife beingcome in from laying out about L4 in provision of several things againstLent. In the afternoon to the Temple, my brother's, the Wardrobe, toMr. Moore, and other places, called at about small businesses, and soat night home to my office and then to supper and to bed. The Commons inParliament, I hear, are very high to stand to the Act of Uniformity, andwill not indulge the Papists (which is endeavoured by the Court Party)nor the Presbyters. 

26th. Up and drinking a draft of wormewood wine with Sir W. Batten atthe Steelyard, he and I by water to the Parliament-house: he wentin, and I walked up and down the Hall. All the news is the great oddsyesterday in the votes between them that are for the Indulgence to thePapists and Presbyters, and those that are against it, which did carryit by 200 against 30. And pretty it is to consider how the King wouldappear to be a stiff Protestant and son of the Church; and yet wouldappear willing to give a liberty to these people, because of his promiseat Breda. And yet all the world do believe that the King would not havethis liberty given them at all. Thence to my Lord's, who, I hear, hashis ague again, for which I am sorry, and Creed and I to the King's Headordinary, where much good company. Among the rest a young gallant latelycome from France, who was full of his French, but methought not verygood, but he had enough to make him think himself a wise man a greatwhile. Thence by water from the New Exchange home to the Tower, and sosat at the office, and then writing letters till 11 at night. Troubledthis evening that my wife is not come home from Chelsey, whither sheis gone to see the play at the school where Ashwell is, but she cameat last, it seems, by water, and tells me she is much pleased withAshwell's acting and carriage, which I am glad of. So home and to supperand bed. 

27th. Up and to my office, whither several persons came to me aboutoffice business. About 11 o'clock, Commissioner Pett and I walked toChyrurgeon's Hall (we being all invited thither, and promised to dinethere); where we were led into the Theatre; and by and by comes thereader, Dr. Tearne, with the Master and Company, in a very handsomemanner: and all being settled, he begun his lecture, this being thesecond upon the kidneys, ureters, &c. , which was very fine; and hisdiscourse being ended, we walked into the Hall, and there being greatstore of company, we had a fine dinner and good learned company, manyDoctors of Phisique, and we used with extraordinary great respect. Amongother observables we drank the King's health out of a gilt cup given byKing Henry VIII. To this Company, with bells hanging at it, which everyman is to ring by shaking after he hath drunk up the whole cup. There isalso a very excellent piece of the King, done by Holbein, stands up inthe Hall, with the officers of the Company kneeling to him to receivetheir Charter. After dinner Dr. Scarborough took some of his friends, and I went along with them, to see the body alone, which we did, whichwas a lusty fellow, a seaman, that was hanged for a robbery. I did touchthe dead body with my bare hand: it felt cold, but methought it wasa very unpleasant sight. It seems one Dillon, of a great family, was, after much endeavours to have saved him, hanged with a silken halterthis Sessions (of his own preparing), not for honour only, but it seems, it being soft and sleek, it do slip close and kills, that is, stranglespresently: whereas, a stiff one do not come so close together, and sothe party may live the longer before killed. But all the Doctors attable conclude, that there is no pain at all in hanging, for that it dostop the circulation of the blood; and so stops all sense and motion inan instant. Thence we went into a private room, where I perceive theyprepare the bodies, and there were the kidneys, ureters [&c. ], uponwhich he read to-day, and Dr. Scarborough upon my desire and thecompany's did show very clearly the manner of the disease of the stoneand the cutting and all other questions that I could think of... How thewater [comes] into the bladder through the three skins or coats just aspoor Dr. Jolly has heretofore told me. Thence with great satisfactionto me back to the Company, where I heard good discourse, and so to theafternoon Lecture upon the heart and lungs, &c. , and that being done webroke up, took leave, and back to the office, we two, Sir W. Batten, whodined here also, being gone before. Here late, and to Sir W. Batten'sto speak upon some business, where I found Sir J. Minnes pretty wellfuddled I thought: he took me aside to tell me how being at my LordChancellor's to-day, my Lord told him that there was a Great Sealpassing for Sir W. Pen, through the impossibility of the Comptroller'sduty to be performed by one man; to be as it were joynt-comptroller withhim, at which he is stark mad; and swears he will give up his place, and do rail at Sir W. Pen the cruellest; he I made shift to encourageas much as I could, but it pleased me heartily to hear him rail againsthim, so that I do see thoroughly that they are not like to be greatfriends, for he cries out against him for his house and yard and Godknows what. For my part, I do hope, when all is done, that my followingmy business will keep me secure against all their envys. But to seehow the old man do strut, and swear that he understands all his duty aseasily as crack a nut, and easier, he told my Lord Chancellor, forhis teeth are gone; and that he understands it as well as any man inEngland; and that he will never leave to record that he should be saidto be unable to do his duty alone; though, God knows, he cannot do itmore than a child. All this I am glad to see fall out between them andmyself safe, and yet I hope the King's service well done for allthis, for I would not that should be hindered by any of our privatedifferences. So to my office, and then home to supper and to bed. 

28th. Waked with great pain in my right ear (which I find myself muchsubject to) having taken cold. Up and to my office, where we sat allthe morning, and I dined with Sir W. Batten by chance, being in businesstogether about a bargain of New England masts. Then to the Temple tomeet my uncle Thomas, who I found there, but my cozen Roger notbeing come home I took boat and to Westminster, where I found him inParliament this afternoon. The House have this noon been with theKing to give him their reasons for refusing to grant any indulgenceto Presbyters or Papists; which he, with great content and seemingpleasure, took, saying, that he doubted not but he and they shouldagree in all things, though there may seem a difference in judgement, he having writ and declared for an indulgence: and that he did believenever prince was happier in a House of Commons, than he was in them. Thence he and I to my Lord Sandwich, who continues troubled with hiscold. Our discourse most upon the outing of Sir R. Bernard, and myLord's being made Recorder of Huntingdon in his stead, which he seemswell contented with, saying, that it may be for his convenience to havethe chief officer of the town dependent upon him, which is very true. Thence he and I to the Temple, but my uncle being gone we parted, and Iwalked home, and to my office, and at nine o'clock had a good supper ofan oxe's cheek, of my wife's dressing and baking, and so to my officeagain till past eleven at night, making up my month's account, and findthat I am at a stay with what I was last, that is L640. So home and tobed. Coming by, I put in at White Hall, and at the Privy Seal I did seethe docquet by which Sir W. Pen is made the Comptroller's assistant, asSir J. Minnes told me last night, which I must endeavour to prevent. 

MARCH 1662-1663

March 1st (Lord's day). Up and walked to White Hall, to the Chappell, where preached one Dr. Lewes, said heretofore to have been a great witt;but he read his sermon every word, and that so brokenly and so low, thatnobody could hear at any distance, nor I anything worth hearing thatsat near. But, which was strange, he forgot to make any prayer beforesermon, which all wonder at, but they impute it to his forgetfulness. After sermon a very fine anthem; so I up into the house among thecourtiers, seeing the fine ladies, and, above all, my Lady Castlemaine, who is above all, that only she I can observe for true beauty. The Kingand Queen being set to dinner I went to Mr. Fox's, and there dined withhim. Much genteel company, and, among other things, I hear for certainthat peace is concluded between the King of France and the Pope; andalso I heard the reasons given by our Parliament yesterday to the Kingwhy they dissent from him in matter of Indulgence, which are very goodquite through, and which I was glad to hear. Thence to my Lord Sandwich, who continues with a great cold, locked up; and, being alone, we fellinto discourse of my uncle the Captain's death and estate, and I tookthe opportunity of telling my Lord how matters stand, and read hiswill, and told him all, what a poor estate he hath left, at all which hewonders strangely, which he may well do. Thence after singing some newtunes with W. Howe I walked home, whither came Will. Joyce, whom I havenot seen here a great while, nor desire it a great while again, he is soimpertinent a coxcomb, and yet good natured, and mightily concerned formy brother's late folly in his late wooing at the charge to no purpose, nor could in any probability a it. He gone, we all to bed, withoutprayers, it being washing day to-morrow. 

2nd. Up early and by water with Commissioner Pett to Deptford, and theretook the Jemmy yacht (that the King and the Lords virtuosos built theother day) down to Woolwich, where we discoursed of several matters boththere and at the Ropeyard, and so to the yacht again, and went down fouror five miles with extraordinary pleasure, it being a fine day, and abrave gale of wind, and had some oysters brought us aboard newly taken, which were excellent, and ate with great pleasure. There also cominginto the river two Dutchmen, we sent a couple of men on board and boughtthree Hollands cheeses, cost 4d. A piece, excellent cheeses, whereof Ihad two and Commissioner Pett one. So back again to Woolwich, and goingaboard the Hulke to see the manner of the iron bridles, which we aremaking of for to save cordage to put to the chain, I did fall from theshipside into the ship (Kent), and had like to have broke my left hand, but I only sprained some of my fingers, which, when I came ashore I sentto Mrs. Ackworth for some balsam, and put to my hand, and was prettywell within a little while after. We dined at the White Hart withseveral officers with us, and after dinner went and saw the Royal Jamesbrought down to the stern of the Docke (the main business we came for), and then to the Ropeyard, and saw a trial between Riga hemp and a sortof Indian grass, which is pretty strong, but no comparison between itand the other for strength, and it is doubtful whether it will taketarre or no. So to the yacht again, and carried us almost to London, soby our oars home to the office, and thence Mr. Pett and I to Mr. Grant'scoffee-house, whither he and Sir J. Cutler came to us and had muchdiscourse, mixed discourse, and so broke up, and so home where I foundmy poor wife all alone at work, and the house foul, it being washingday, which troubled me, because that tomorrow I must be forced to havefriends at dinner. So to my office, and then home to supper and to bed. 

3rd (Shrove Tuesday). Up and walked to the Temple, and by promisecalling Commissioner Pett, he and I to White Hall to give Mr. Coventryan account of what we did yesterday. Thence I to the Privy Seal Office, and there got a copy of Sir W. Pen's grant to be assistant to Sir J. Minnes, Comptroller, which, though there be not much in it, yet I intendto stir up Sir J. Minnes to oppose, only to vex Sir W. Pen. Thence bywater home, and at noon, by promise, Mrs. Turner and her daughter, andMrs. Morrice, came along with Roger Pepys to dinner. We were as merryas I could be, having but a bad dinner for them; but so much the better, because of the dinner which I must have at the end of this month. Andhere Mrs. The. Shewed me my name upon her breast as her Valentine, whichwill cost me 20s. After dinner I took them down into the wine-cellar, and broached my tierce of claret for them. Towards the evening weparted, and I to the office awhile, and then home to supper and to bed, the sooner having taken some cold yesterday upon the water, which bringsme my usual pain. This afternoon Roger Pepys tells me, that for certainthe King is for all this very highly incensed at the Parliament's lateopposing the Indulgence; which I am sorry for, and fear it will breedgreat discontent. 

4th. Lay long talking with my wife about ordering things in our family, and then rose and to my office, there collecting an alphabet for myNavy Manuscript, which, after a short dinner, I returned to and by nightperfected to my great content. So to other business till 9 at night, andso home to supper and to bed. 

5th. Rose this morning early, only to try with intention to begin mylast summer's course in rising betimes. So to my office a little, andthen to Westminster by coach with Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, inour way talking of Sir W. Pen's business of his patent, which I thinkI have put a stop to wholly, for Sir J. Minnes swears he will neverconsent to it. Here to the Lobby, and spoke with my cozen Roger, who isgoing to Cambridge to-morrow. In the Hall I do hear that the Catholiquesare in great hopes for all this, and do set hard upon the King to getIndulgence. Matters, I hear, are all naught in Ireland, and that theParliament has voted, and the people, that is, the Papists, do cry outagainst the Commissioners sent by the King; so that they say the Englishinterest will be lost there. Thence I went to see my Lord Sandwich, whoI found very ill, and by his cold being several nights hindered fromsleep, he is hardly able to open his eyes, and is very weak and sadupon it, which troubled me much. So after talking with Mr. Cooke, whomI found there, about his folly for looking and troubling me and otherfriends in getting him a place (that is, storekeeper of the Navy atTangier) before there is any such thing, I returned to the Hall, andthence back with the two knights home again by coach, where I found Mr. Moore got abroad, and dined with me, which I was glad to see, he havingnot been able to go abroad a great while. Then came in Mr. Hawley anddined with us, and after dinner I left them, and to the office, wherewe sat late, and I do find that I shall meet with nothing to oppose mygrowing great in the office but Sir W. Pen, who is now well again, andcomes into the office very brisk, and, I think, to get up his timethat he has been out of the way by being mighty diligent at the office, which, I pray God, he may be, but I hope by mine to weary him out, forI am resolved to fall to business as hard as I can drive, God giving mehealth. At my office late, and so home to supper and to bed. 

6th. Up betimes, and about eight o'clock by coach with four horses, withSir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, to Woolwich, a pleasant day. There atthe yard we consulted and ordered several matters, and thence to therope yard and did the like, and so into Mr. Falconer's, where we hadsome fish, which we brought with us, dressed; and there dined with ushis new wife, which had been his mayde, but seems to be a genteel woman, well enough bred and discreet. Thence after dinner back to Deptford, where we did as before, and so home, good discourse in our way, Sir J. Minnes being good company, though a simple man enough as to the businessof his office, but we did discourse at large again about Sir W. Pen'spatent to be his assistant, and I perceive he is resolved never to letit pass. To my office, and thence to Sir W. Batten's, where Major Holmeswas lately come from the Streights, but do tell me strange stories ofthe faults of Cooper his master, put in by me, which I do not believe, but am sorry to hear and must take some course to have him removed, though I believe that the Captain is proud, and the fellow is not suppleenough to him. So to my office again to set down my Journall, and sohome and to bed. This evening my boy Waynman's brother was with me, andI did tell him again that I must part with the boy, for I will not keephim. He desires my keeping him a little longer till he can provide forhim, which I am willing for a while to do. This day it seems the Houseof Commons have been very high against the Papists, being incensed bythe stir which they make for their having an Indulgence; which, withoutdoubt, is a great folly in them to be so hot upon at this time, whenthey see how averse already the House have showed themselves from it. This evening Mr. Povy was with me at my office, and tells me that myLord Sandwich is this day so ill that he is much afeard of him, whichputs me to great pain, not more for my own sake than for his poorfamily's. 

7th. Up betimes, and to the office, where some of us sat all themorning. At noon Sir W. Pen began to talk with me like a counterfeitrogue very kindly about his house and getting bills signed for all ourworks, but he is a cheating fellow, and so I let him talk and answerednothing. So we parted. I to dinner, and there met The. Turner, who iscome on foot in a frolique to beg me to get a place at sea for John, their man, which is a rogue; but, however, it may be, the sea may dohim good in reclaiming him, and therefore I will see what I can do. Shedined with me; and after dinner I took coach, and carried her home; inour way, in Cheapside, lighting and giving her a dozen pair of whitegloves as my Valentine. Thence to my Lord Sandwich, who is gone to SirW. Wheeler's for his more quiet being, where he slept well last night, and I took him very merry, playing at cards, and much company with him. So I left him, and Creed and I to Westminster Hall, and there walked agood while. He told me how for some words of my Lady Gerard's

 [Jane, wife of Lord Gerard (see ante, January 1st, 1662-63). The king had previously put a slight upon Lady Gerard, probably at the instigation of Lady Castlemaine, as the two ladies were not friends. On the 4th of January of this same year Lady Gerard had given a supper to the king and queen, when the king withdrew from the party and proceeded to the house of Lady Castlemaine, and remained there throughout the evening (see Steinman's "Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, " 1871, p. 47). ]

against my Lady Castlemaine to the Queen, the King did the other dayaffront her in going out to dance with her at a ball, when she desiredit as the ladies do, and is since forbid attending the Queen by theKing; which is much talked of, my Lord her husband being a greatfavourite. Thence by water home and to my office, wrote by the post andso home to bed. 

8th (Lord's day). Being sent to by Sir J. Minnes to know whether I wouldgo with him to White Hall to-day, I rose but could not get ready beforehe was gone, but however I walked thither and heard Dr. King, Bishop ofChichester, make a good and eloquent sermon upon these words, "They thatsow in tears, shall reap in joy. " Thence (the chappell in Lent beinghung with black, and no anthem sung after sermon, as at other times), tomy Lord Sandwich at Sir W. Wheeler's. I found him out of order, thinkinghimself to be in a fit of an ague, but in the afternoon he was verycheery. I dined with Sir William, where a good but short dinner, notbetter than one of mine commonly of a Sunday. After dinner up to myLord, there being Mr. Kumball. My Lord, among other discourse, did tellus of his great difficultys passed in the business of the Sound, andof his receiving letters from the King there, but his sending them byWhetstone was a great folly; and the story how my Lord being at dinnerwith Sydney, one of his fellow plenipotentiarys and his mortal enemy, did see Whetstone, and put off his hat three times to him, but thefellow would not be known, which my Lord imputed to his coxcombly humour(of which he was full), and bid Sydney take notice of him too, when atthe very time he had letters in his pocket from the King, as it provedafterwards. And Sydney afterwards did find it out at Copenhagen, theDutch Commissioners telling him how my Lord Sandwich had hired oneof their ships to carry back Whetstone to Lubeck, he being come fromFlanders from the King. But I cannot but remember my Lord's aequanimityin all these affairs with admiration. Thence walked home, in my waymeeting Mr. Moore, with whom I took a turn or two in the street amongthe drapers in Paul's Churchyard, talking of business, and so home tobed. 

9th. Up betimes, to my office, where all the morning. About noon Sir J. Robinson, Lord Mayor, desiring way through the garden from the Tower, called in at the office and there invited me (and Sir W. Pen, whohappened to be in the way) to dinner, which we did; and there had agreat Lent dinner of fish, little flesh. And thence he and I in hiscoach, against my will (for I am resolved to shun too great fellowshipwith him) to White Hall, but came too late, the Duke having been withour fellow officers before we came, for which I was sorry. Thence heand I to walk one turn in the Park, and so home by coach, and I to myoffice, where late, and so home to supper and bed. There dined with usto-day Mr. Slingsby, of the Mint, who showed us all the new pieces bothgold and silver (examples of them all), that are made for the King, by Blondeau's' way; and compared them with those made for Oliver. Thepictures of the latter made by Symons, and of the King by one Rotyr, aGerman, I think, that dined with us also. He extolls those of Rotyr'sabove the others; and, indeed, I think they are the better, because thesweeter of the two; but, upon my word, those of the Protector are morelike in my mind, than the King's, but both very well worth seeing. Thecrowns of Cromwell are now sold, it seems, for 25s. And 30s. Apiece. 

10th. Up and to my office all the morning, and great pleasure it is tobe doing my business betimes. About noon Sir J. Minnes came to me andstaid half an hour with me in my office talking about his business withSir W. Pen, and (though with me an old doter) yet he told me freely howsensible he is of Sir W. Pen's treachery in this business, and what poorways he has taken all along to ingratiate himself by making Mr. Turnerwrite out things for him and then he gives them to the Duke, and howhe directed him to give Mr. Coventry L100 for his place, but that Mr. Coventry did give him L20 back again. All this I am pleased to hear thathis knavery is found out. Dined upon a poor Lenten dinner at home, mywife being vexed at a fray this morning with my Lady Batten about myboy's going thither to turn the watercock with their maydes' leave, butmy Lady was mighty high upon it and she would teach his mistress bettermanners, which my wife answered aloud that she might hear, that shecould learn little manners of her. After dinner to my office, and therewe sat all the afternoon till 8 at night, and so wrote my letters bythe post and so before 9 home, which is rare with me of late, I stayinglonger, but with multitude of business my head akes, and so I can stayno longer, but home to supper and to bed. 

11th. Up betimes, and to my office, walked a little in the garden withSir W. Batten, talking about the difference between his Lady and my wifeyesterday, and I doubt my wife is to blame. About noon had news by Mr. Wood that Butler, our chief witness against Field, was sent by him toNew England contrary to our desire, which made me mad almost; and soSir J. Minnes, Sir W. Pen, and I dined together at Trinity House, andthither sent for him to us and told him our minds, which he seemed notto value much, but went away. I wrote and sent an express to Walthamstowto Sir W. Pen, who is gone thither this morning, to tell him of it. However, in the afternoon Wood sends us word that he has appointedanother to go, who shall overtake the ship in the Downes. So I waslate at the office, among other things writing to the Downes, to theCommander-in-Chief, and putting things into the surest course I could tohelp the business. So home and to bed. 

12th. Up betimes and to my office all the morning with Captain Cockeending their account of their Riga contract for hemp. So home to dinner, my head full of business against the office. After dinner comes my uncleThomas with a letter to my father, wherein, as we desire, he and his sondo order their tenants to pay their rents to us, which pleases me well. In discourse he tells me my uncle Wight thinks much that I do never seethem, and they have reason, but I do apprehend that they have been toofar concerned with my uncle Thomas against us, so that I have had nomind hitherto, but now I shall go see them. He being gone, I to theoffice, where at the choice of maisters and chyrurgeons for the fleetnow going out, I did my business as I could wish, both for the personsI had a mind to serve, and in getting the warrants signed drawn by myclerks, which I was afeard of. Sat late, and having done I went home, where I found Mary Ashwell come to live with us, of whom I hope well, and pray God she may please us, which, though it cost me something, yet will give me much content. So to supper and to bed, and find by herdiscourse and carriage to-night that she is not proud, but will dowhat she is bid, but for want of being abroad knows not how to give therespect to her mistress, as she will do when she is told it, she havingbeen used only to little children, and there was a kind of a mistressover them. Troubled all night with my cold, I being quite hoarse with itthat I could not speak to be heard at all almost. 

13th. Up pretty early and to my office all the morning busy. At noonhome to dinner expecting Ashwell's father, who was here in the morningand promised to come but he did not, but there came in Captain Grove, and I found him to be a very stout man, at least in his discourse hewould be thought so, and I do think that he is, and one that bearsme great respect and deserves to be encouraged for his care in allbusiness. Abroad by water with my wife and Ashwell, and left them atMr. Pierce's, and I to Whitehall and St. James's Park (there being noCommission for Tangier sitting to-day as I looked for) where I walkedan hour or two with great pleasure, it being a most pleasant day. So toMrs. Hunt's, and there found my wife, and so took them up by coach, andcarried them to Hide Park, where store of coaches and good faces. Heretill night, and so home and to my office to write by the post, and so tosupper and to bed. 

14th. Up betimes and to my office, where we sat all the morning, and agreat rant I did give to Mr. Davis, of Deptford, and others abouttheir usage of Michell, in his Bewpers, --[Bewpers is the old name forbunting. ]--which he serves in for flaggs, which did trouble me, butyet it was in defence of what was truth. So home to dinner, where Creeddined with me, and walked a good while in the garden with me afterdinner, talking, among other things, of the poor service which Sir J. Lawson did really do in the Streights, for which all this great fameand honour done him is risen. So to my office, where all the afternoongiving maisters their warrants for this voyage, for which I hopehereafter to get something at their coming home. In the evening mywife and I and Ashwell walked in the garden, and I find she is a prettyingenuous

 [For ingenious. The distinction of the two words ingenious and ingenuous by which the former indicates mental, and the second moral qualities, was not made in Pepys's day. ]

girl at all sorts of fine work, which pleases me very well, and I hopewill be very good entertainment for my wife without much cost. So towrite by the post, and so home to supper and to bed. 

15th (Lord's day). Up and with my wife and her woman Ashwell the firsttime to church, where our pew was so full with Sir J. Minnes's sisterand her daughter, that I perceive, when we come all together, some of usmust be shut out, but I suppose we shall come to some order what to dotherein. Dined at home, and to church again in the afternoon, and sohome, and I to my office till the evening doing one thing or other andreading my vows as I am bound every Lord's day, and so home to supperand talk, and Ashwell is such good company that I think we shall be verylucky in her. So to prayers and to bed. This day the weather, which oflate has been very hot and fair, turns very wet and cold, and all thechurch time this afternoon it thundered mightily, which I have not hearda great while. 

16th. Up very betimes and to my office, where, with several Mastersof the King's ships, Sir J. Minnes and I advising upon the business ofSlopps, wherein the seaman is so much abused by the Pursers, andthat being done, then I home to dinner, and so carried my wife to hermother's, set her down and Ashwell to my Lord's lodging, there lefther, and I to the Duke, where we met of course, and talked of our Navymatters. Then to the Commission of Tangier, and there, among otherthings, had my Lord Peterborough's Commission read over; and Mr. Secretary Bennet did make his querys upon it, in order to the drawingone for my Lord Rutherford more regularly, that being a very extravagantthing. Here long discoursing upon my Lord Rutherford's despatch, and sobroke up, and so going out of the Court I met with Mr. Coventry, andso he and I walked half an hour in the long Stone Gallery, where wediscoursed of many things, among others how the Treasurer doth intend tocome to pay in course, which is the thing of the world that will do theKing the greatest service in the Navy, and which joys my heart to hearof. He tells me of the business of Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Pen, whichI knew before, but took no notice or little that I did know it. Buthe told me it was chiefly to make Mr. Pett's being joyned with SirW. Batten to go down the better, and do tell me how he well sees thatneither one nor the other can do their duties without help. But howeverwill let it fall at present without doing more in it to see whether theywill do their duties themselves, which he will see, and saith theydo not. We discoursed of many other things to my great content and soparted, and I to my wife at my Lord's lodgings, where I heard Ashwellplay first upon the harpsicon, and I find she do play pretty well, whichpleaseth me very well. Thence home by coach, buying at the Temple theprinted virginal-book for her, and so home and to my office a while, andso home and to supper and to bed. 

17th. Up betimes and to my office a while, and then home and to Sir W. Batten, with whom by coach to St. Margaret's Hill in Southwark, wherethe judge of the Admiralty came, and the rest of the Doctors of theCivill law, and some other Commissioners, whose Commission of Oyerand Terminer was read, and then the charge, given by Dr. Exton, whichmethought was somewhat dull, though he would seem to intend it to bevery rhetoricall, saying that justice had two wings, one of which spreaditself over the land, and the other over the water, which was thisAdmiralty Court. That being done, and the jury called, they broke up, and to dinner to a tavern hard by, where a great dinner, and I withthem; but I perceive that this Court is yet but in its infancy (asto its rising again), and their design and consultation was, I couldoverhear them, how to proceed with the most solemnity, and spend time, there being only two businesses to do, which of themselves could notspend much time. In the afternoon to the court again, where, first, Abraham, the boatswain of the King's pleasure boat, was tried fordrowning a man; and next, Turpin, accused by our wicked rogue Field, forstealing the King's timber; but after full examination, they were bothacquitted, and as I was glad of the first, for the saving the man'slife, so I did take the other as a very good fortune to us; for ifTurpin had been found guilty, it would have sounded very ill in the earsof all the world, in the business between Field and us. So home with mymind at very great ease, over the water to the Tower, and thence, therebeing nobody at the office, we being absent, and so no office could bekept. Sir W. Batten and I to my Lord Mayor's, where we found my Lordwith Colonel Strangways and Sir Richard Floyd, Parliament-men, in thecellar drinking, where we sat with them, and then up; and by and bycomes in Sir Richard Ford. In our drinking, which was always going, wehad many discourses, but from all of them I do find Sir R. Ford a veryable man of his brains and tongue, and a scholler. But my Lord MayorI find to be a talking, bragging Bufflehead, a fellow that would bethought to have led all the City in the great business of bringing inthe King, and that nobody understood his plots, and the dark lanthorn hewalked by; but led them and plowed with them as oxen and asses (his ownwords) to do what he had a mind when in every discourse I observe him tobe as very a coxcomb as I could have thought had been in the City. But he is resolved to do great matters in pulling down the shops quitethrough the City, as he hath done in many places, and will make athorough passage quite through the City, through Canning-street, whichindeed will be very fine. And then his precept, which he, in vain-glory, said he had drawn up himself, and hath printed it, against coachmen andcarrmen affronting of the gentry in the street; it is drawn so like afool, and some faults were openly found in it, that I believe he willhave so much wit as not to proceed upon it though it be printed. Here westaid talking till eleven at night, Sir R. Ford breaking to my Lord ourbusiness of our patent to be justices of the Peace in the City, which hestuck at mightily; but, however, Sir R. Ford knows him to be a fool, andso in his discourse he made him appear, and cajoled him into a consentto it: but so as I believe when he comes to his right mind tomorrowhe will be of another opinion; and though Sir R. Ford moved it veryweightily and neatly, yet I had rather it had been spared now. But tosee how he do rant, and pretend to sway all the City in the Court ofAldermen, and says plainly that they cannot do, nor will he suffer themto do, any thing but what he pleases; nor is there any officer of theCity but of his putting in; nor any man that could have kept the Cityfor the King thus well and long but him. And if the country can bepreserved, he will undertake that the City shall not dare to stir again. When I am confident there is no man almost in the City cares a turd forhim, nor hath he brains to outwit any ordinary tradesman. So home andwrote a letter to Commissioner Pett to Chatham by all means to composethe business between Major Holmes and Cooper his master, and so to bed. 

18th. Wake betimes and talk a while with my wife about a wench that shehas hired yesterday, which I would have enquired of before she comes, she having lived in great families, and so up and to my office, whereall the morning, and at noon home to dinner. After dinner by water toRedriffe, my wife and Ashwell with me, and so walked and left them atHalfway house; I to Deptford, where up and down the store-houses, andon board two or three ships now getting ready to go to sea, and soback, and find my wife walking in the way. So home again, merry with ourAshwell, who is a merry jade, and so awhile to my office, and thenhome to supper, and to bed. This day my tryangle, which was put in tuneyesterday, did please me very well, Ashwell playing upon it pretty well. 

19th. Up betimes and to Woolwich all alone by water, where took theofficers most abed. I walked and enquired how all matters and businessesgo, and by and by to the Clerk of the Cheque's house, and there eat someof his good Jamaica brawne, and so walked to Greenwich. Part of the wayDeane walking with me; talking of the pride and corruption of most ofhis fellow officers of the yard, and which I believe to be true. Soto Deptford, where I did the same to great content, and see the peoplebegin to value me as they do the rest. At noon Mr. Wayth took me to hishouse, where I dined, and saw his wife, a pretty woman, and had a goodfish dinner, and after dinner he and I walked to Redriffe talking ofseveral errors in the Navy, by which I learned a great deal, and wasglad of his company. So by water home, and by and by to the office, where we sat till almost 9 at night. So after doing my own business inmy office, writing letters, &c. , home to supper, and to bed, being wearyand vexed that I do not find other people so willing to do business asmyself, when I have taken pains to find out what in the yards is wantingand fitting to be done. 

20th. Up betimes and over the water, and walked to Deptford, where upand down the yarde, and met the two clerks of the Cheques to conclude byour method their callbooks, which we have done to great perfection, andso walked home again, where I found my wife in great pain abed.... Istaid and dined by her, and after dinner walked forth, and by waterto the Temple, and in Fleet Street bought me a little sword, with gilthandle, cost 23s. , and silk stockings to the colour of my riding clothsuit, cost I 5s. , and bought me a belt there too, cost 15s. , and socalling at my brother's I find he has got a new maid, very likely girl, I wish he do not play the fool with her. Thence homewards, andmeeting with Mr. Kirton's kinsman in Paul's Church Yard, he and I to acoffee-house; where I hear how there had like to have been a surprizallof Dublin by some discontented protestants, and other things of likenature; and it seems the Commissioners have carried themselves so highfor the Papists that the others will not endure it. Hewlett and someothers are taken and clapped up; and they say the King hath sent overto dissolve the Parliament there, who went very high against theCommissioners. Pray God send all well! Hence home and in comes CaptainFerrers and by and by Mr. Bland to see the and sat talking with me till9 or to at night, and so good night. The Captain to bid my wife to hischild's christening. So my wife being pretty well again and Ashwellthere we spent the evening pleasantly, and so to bed. 

21st. Up betimes and to my office, where busy all the morning, andat noon, after a very little dinner, to it again, and by and by, byappointment, our full board met, and Sir Philip Warwick and Sir RobertLong came from my Lord Treasurer to speak with us about the state ofthe debts of the Navy; and how to settle it, so as to begin upon the newfoundation of L200, 000 per annum, which the King is now resolved not toexceed. This discourse done, and things put in a way of doing, they wentaway, and Captain Holmes being called in he began his high complaintagainst his Master Cooper, and would have him forthwith discharged. Which I opposed, not in his defence but for the justice of proceedingnot to condemn a man unheard, upon [which] we fell from one word toanother that we came to very high terms, such as troubled me, thoughall and the worst that I ever said was that that was insolently or illmannerdly spoken. When he told me that it was well it was here that Isaid it. But all the officers, Sir G. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, SirW. Batten, and Sir W. Pen cried shame of it. At last he parted and weresolved to bring the dispute between him and his Master to a trial nextweek, wherein I shall not at all concern myself in defence of any thingthat is unhandsome on the Master's part nor willingly suffer him to haveany wrong. So we rose and I to my office, troubled though sensible thatall the officers are of opinion that he has carried himself very muchunbecoming him. So wrote letters by the post, and home to supper and tobed. 

22d (Lord's day). Up betimes and in my office wrote out our bill for theParliament about our being made justices of Peace in the City. So homeand to church, where a dull formall fellow that prayed for the RightHon. John Lord Barkeley, Lord President of Connaught, &c. So hometo dinner, and after dinner my wife and I and her woman by coach toWestminster, where being come too soon for the Christening we took upMr. Creed and went out to take some ayre, as far as Chelsey and further, I lighting there and letting them go on with the coach while I wentto the church expecting to see the young ladies of the school, Ashwelldesiring me, but I could not get in far enough, and so came out and atthe coach's coming back went in again and so back to Westminster, andled my wife and her to Captain Ferrers, and I to my Lord Sandwich, and with him talking a good while; I find the Court would have thisIndulgence go on, but the Parliament are against it. Matters in Irelandare full of discontent. Thence with Mr. Creed to Captain Ferrers, wheremany fine ladies; the house well and prettily furnished. She [Mrs. Ferrers] lies in, in great state, Mr. G. Montagu, Collonel Williams, Cromwell that was, [Colonel Williams--"Cromwell that was"--appears to have been Henry Cromwell, grandson of Sir Oliver Cromwell, and first cousin, once removed, to the Protector. He was seated at Bodsey House, in the parish of Ramsey, which had been his father's residence, and held the commission of a colonel. He served in several Parliaments for Huntingdonshire, voting, in 1660, for the restoration of the monarchy; and as he knew the name of Cromwell would not be grateful to the Court, he disused it, and assumed that of Williams, which had belonged to his ancestors; and he is so styled in a list of knights of the proposed Order of the Royal Oak. He died at Huntingdon, 3rd August, 1673. (Abridged from Noble's "Memoirs of the Cromwells, " vol. I. , p. 70. )--B. ]

and Mrs. Wright as proxy for my Lady Jemimah, were witnesses. Verypretty and plentiful entertainment, could not get away till nine atnight, and so home. My coach cost me 7s. So to prayers, and to bed. Thisday though I was merry enough yet I could not get yesterday's quarrelout of my mind, and a natural fear of being challenged by Holmes forthe words I did give him, though nothing but what did become me as aprincipal officer. 

23rd. Up betimes and to my office, before noon my wife and I eatsomething, thinking to have gone abroad together, but in comes Mr. Hunt, who we were forced to stay to dinner, and so while that was got readyhe and I abroad about 2 or 3 small businesses of mine, and so back todinner, and after dinner he went away, and my wife and I and Ashwell bycoach, set my wife down at her mother's and Ashwell at my Lord's, shegoing to see her father and mother, and I to Whitehall, being fearfulalmost, so poor a spirit I have, of meeting Major Holmes. By and bythe Duke comes, and we with him about our usual business, and thenthe Committee for Tangier, where, after reading my Lord Rutherford'scommission and consented to, Sir R. Ford, Sir W. Rider, and I werechosen to bring in some laws for the Civill government of it, which I amlittle able to do, but am glad to be joyned with them, for I shall learnsomething of them. Thence to see my Lord Sandwich, and who should I meetat the door but Major Holmes. He would have gone away, but I told him Iwould not spoil his visitt, and would have gone, but however we fell todiscourse and he did as good as desire excuse for the high words thatdid pass in his heat the other day, which I was willing enough to closewith, and after telling him my mind we parted, and I left him to speakwith my Lord, and I by coach home, where I found Will. Howe come hometo-day with my wife, and staid with us all night, staying late upsinging songs, and then he and I to bed together in Ashwell's bed andshe with my wife. This the first time that I ever lay in the room. Thisday Greatorex brought me a very pretty weather-glass for heat and cold. 

 [The thermometer was invented in the sixteenth century, but it is disputed who the inventor was. The claims of Santorio are supported by Borelli and Malpighi, while the title of Cornelius Drebbel is considered undoubted by Boerhaave. Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597, was the foundation of accurate thermometry. Galileo also invented the alcohol thermometer about 1611 or 1612. Spirit thermometers were made for the Accademia del Cimento, and described in the Memoirs of that academy. When the academy was dissolved by order of the Pope, some of these thermometers were packed away in a box, and were not discovered until early in the nineteenth century. Robert Hooke describes the manufacture and graduation of thermometers in his "Micrographia" (1665). ]

24th. Lay pretty long, that is, till past six o'clock, and them up andW. Howe and I very merry together, till having eat our breakfast, hewent away, and I to my office. By and by Sir J. Minnes and I to theVictualling Office by appointment to meet several persons upon statingthe demands of some people of money from the King. Here we went intotheir Bakehouse, and saw all the ovens at work, and good bread too, asever I would desire to eat. Thence Sir J. Minnes and I homewards callingat Browne's, the mathematician in the Minnerys, with a design of buyingWhite's ruler to measure timber with, but could not agree on the price. So home, and to dinner, and so to my office, where we sat anon, andamong other things had Cooper's business tried against Captain Holmes, but I find Cooper a fuddling, troublesome fellow, though a good artist, and so am contented to have him turned out of his place, nor did I seereason to say one word against it, though I know what they did againsthim was with great envy and pride. So anon broke up, and after writingletters, &c. , home to supper and to bed. 

25th (Lady-day). Up betimes and to my office, where all the morning, atnoon dined and to the Exchange, and thence to the Sun Tavern, to myLord Rutherford, and dined with him, and some others, his officers, andScotch gentlemen, of fine discourse and education. My Lord used me withgreat respect, and discoursed upon his business as with one that he didesteem of, and indeed I do believe that this garrison is likely to cometo something under him. By and by he went away, forgetting to take leaveof me, my back being turned, looking upon the aviary, which is therevery pretty, and the birds begin to sing well this spring. Thence homeand to my office till night, reading over and consulting upon the bookand Ruler that I bought this morning of Browne concerning the lyne ofnumbers, in which I find much pleasure. This evening came Captain Groveabout hiring ships for Tangier. I did hint to him my desire that I couldmake some lawfull profit thereof, which he promises that he will tellme of all that he gets and that I shall have a share, which I did notdemand, but did silently consent to it, and money I perceive somethingwill be got thereby. At night Mr. Bland came and sat with me at myoffice till late, and so I home and to bed. This day being washing dayand my maid Susan ill, or would be thought so, put my house so out oforder that we had no pleasure almost in anything, my wife being troubledthereat for want of a good cook-maid, and moreover I cannot have mydinner as I ought in memory of my being cut for the stone, but I musthave it a day or two hence. 

26th. Up betimes and to my office, leaving my wife in bed to take herphysique, myself also not being out of some pain to-day by some coldthat I have got by the sudden change of the weather from hot to cold. This day is five years since it pleased God to preserve me at my beingcut of the stone, of which I bless God I am in all respects well. Onlynow and then upon taking cold I have some pain, but otherwise in verygood health always. But I could not get my feast to be kept to-day asit used to be, because of my wife's being ill and other disorders by myservants being out of order. This morning came a new cook-maid at L4 perannum, the first time I ever did give so much, but we hope it will benothing lost by keeping a good cook. She did live last at my Lord Monk'shouse, and indeed at dinner did get what there was very prettily readyand neat for me, which did please me much. This morning my uncle Thomaswas with me according to agreement, and I paid him the L50, which wasagainst my heart to part with, and yet I must be contented; I used himvery kindly, and I desire to continue so voyd of any discontent as tomy estate, that I may follow my business the better. At the Change Imet him again, with intent to have met with my uncle Wight to havemade peace with him, with whom by my long absence I fear I shall have adifference, but he was not there, so we missed. All the afternoon satat the office about business till 9 or 10 at night, and so dispatchbusiness and home to supper and to bed. My maid Susan went away to-day, I giving her something for her lodging and diet somewhere else a whilethat I might have room for my new maid. 

27th. Up betimes and at my office all the morning, at noon to theExchange, and there by appointment met my uncles Thomas and Wight, andfrom thence with them to a tavern, and there paid my uncle Wight threepieces of gold for himself, my aunt, and their son that is dead, leftby my uncle Robert, and read over our agreement with my uncle Thomas andthe state of our debts and legacies, and so good friendship I think ismade up between us all, only we have the worst of it in having so muchmoney to pay. Thence I to the Exchequer again, and thence with Creedinto Fleet Street, and calling at several places about business; inpassing, at the Hercules pillars he and I dined though late, and thencewith one that we found there, a friend of Captain Ferrers I used tomeet at the playhouse, they would have gone to some gameing house, but Iwould not but parted, and staying a little in Paul's Churchyard, at theforeign Bookseller's looking over some Spanish books, and with much adokeeping myself from laying out money there, as also with them, beingwilling enough to have gone to some idle house with them, I got home, and after a while at my office, to supper, and to bed. 

28th. Up betimes and to my office, where all the morning. Dined at homeand Creed with me, and though a very cold day and high wind, yet Itook him by land to Deptford, my common walk, where I did some littlebusinesses, and so home again walking both forwards and backwards, asmuch along the street as we could to save going by water. So home, andafter being a little while hearing Ashwell play on the tryangle, tomy office, and there late, writing a chiding letter--to my poor fatherabout his being so unwilling to come to an account with me, which Idesire he might do, that I may know what he spends, and how to order theestate so as to pay debts and legacys as far as may be. So late home tosupper and to bed. 

29th (Lord's day). Waked as I used to do betimes, but being Sunday andvery cold I lay long, it raining and snowing very hard, which I didnever think it would have done any more this year. Up and to church, home to dinner. After dinner in comes Mr. Moore, and sat and talked withus a good while; among other things telling me, that [neither] my Lordnor he are under apprehensions of the late discourse in the House ofCommons, concerning resumption of Crowne lands, which I am very glad of. He being gone, up to my chamber, where my wife and Ashwell and I all theafternoon talking and laughing, and by and by I a while to my office, reading over some papers which I found in my man William's chest ofdrawers, among others some old precedents concerning the practice ofthis office heretofore, which I am glad to find and shall make use of, among others an oath, which the Principal Officers were bound to swearat their entrance into their offices, which I would be glad were in usestill. So home and fell hard to make up my monthly accounts, letting myfamily go to bed after prayers. I staid up long, and find myself, asI think, fully worth L670. So with good comfort to bed, finding thatthough it be but little, yet I do get ground every month. I pray God itmay continue so with me. 

30th. Up betimes and found my weather-glass sunk again just to thesame position which it was last night before I had any fire made in mychamber, which had made it rise in two hours time above half a degree. So to my office where all the morning and at the Glass-house, and afterdinner by coach with Sir W. Pen I carried my wife and her woman toWestminster, they to visit Mrs. Ferrers and Clerke, we to the Duke, where we did our usual business, and afterwards to the TangierCommittee, where among other things we all of us sealed and signed theContract for building the Mole with my Lord Tiviott, Sir J. Lawson, andMr. Cholmeley. A thing I did with a very ill will, because a thing whichI did not at all understand, nor any or few of the whole board. Wedid also read over the propositions for the Civill government andLaw Merchant of the town, as they were agreed on this morning at theGlasshouse by Sir R. Ford and Sir W. Rider, who drew them, Mr. Povy andmyself as a Committee appointed to prepare them, which were in substancebut not in the manner of executing them independent wholly upon theGovernor consenting to. Thence to see my Lord Sandwich, who I foundvery merry and every day better and better. So to my wife, who waited mycoming at my Lord's lodgings, and took her up and by coach home, whereno sooner come but to bed, finding myself just in the same condition Iwas lately by the extreme cold weather, my pores stopt and so my bodyall inflamed and itching. So keeping myself warm and provoking myself toa moderate sweat, and so somewhat better in the morning, 31st. And to that purpose I lay long talking with my wife about myfather's coming, which I expect to-day, coming up with the horsesbrought up for my Lord. Up and to my office, where doing business allthe morning, and at Sir W. Batten's, whither Mr. Gauden and many otherscame to us about business. Then home to dinner, where W. Joyce came, and he still a talking impertinent fellow. So to the office again, andhearing by and by that Madam Clerke, Pierce, and others were come to seemy wife I stepped in and staid a little with them, and so to the officeagain, where late, and so home to supper and to bed. 

APRIL 1663

April 1st. Up betimes and abroad to my brother's, but he being gone outI went to the Temple to my Cozen Roger Pepys, to see and talk with hima little; who tells me that, with much ado, the Parliament do agree tothrow down Popery; but he says it is with so much spite and passion, andan endeavour of bringing all Non-conformists into the same condition, that he is afeard matters will not yet go so well as he could wish. Thence back to my brother's, in my way meeting Mr. Moore and talkingwith him about getting me some money, and calling at my brother's theytell me that my brother is still abroad, and that my father is notyet up. At which I wondered, not thinking that he was come, thoughI expected him, because I looked for him at my house. So I up to hisbedside and staid an hour or two talking with him. Among other thingshe tells me how unquiett my mother is grown, that he is not able to livealmost with her, if it were not for Pall. All other matters are as wellas upon so hard conditions with my uncle Thomas we can expect them. I left him in bed, being very weary, to come to my house to-night ortomorrow, when he pleases, and so I home, calling on the virginallmaker, buying a rest for myself to tune my tryangle, and taking one ofhis people along with me to put it in tune once more, by which I learnedhow to go about it myself for the time to come. So to dinner, mywife being lazily in bed all this morning. Ashwell and I dined belowtogether, and a pretty girl she is, and I hope will give my wife andmyself good content, being very humble and active, my cook maid do alsodress my meat very well and neatly. So to my office all the afternoontill night, and then home, calling at Sir W. Batten's, where was SirJ. Minnes and Sir W. Pen, I telling them how by my letter this day fromCommissioner Pett I hear that his Stempeese

 [Stemples, cross pieces which are put into a frame of woodwork to cure and strengthen a shaft. ]

he undertook for the new ship at Woolwich, which we have been so long, to our shame, in looking for, do prove knotty and not fit for service. Lord! how Sir J. Minnes, like a mad coxcomb, did swear and stamp, swearing that Commissioner Pett hath still the old heart against theKing that ever he had, and that this was his envy against his brotherthat was to build the ship, and all the damnable reproaches in theworld, at which I was ashamed, but said little; but, upon the whole, I find him still a fool, led by the nose with stories told by Sir W. Batten, whether with or without reason. So, vexed in my mind to seethings ordered so unlike gentlemen, or men of reason, I went home and tobed. 

2nd. Up by very betimes and to my office, where all the morning tilltowards noon, and then by coach to Westminster Hall with Sir W. Pen, andwhile he went up to the House I walked in the Hall with Mr. Pierce, thesurgeon, that I met there, talking about my business the other day withHolmes, whom I told my mind, and did freely tell how I do depend upon mycare and diligence in my employment to bear me out against the prideof Holmes or any man else in things that are honest, and much to thatpurpose which I know he will make good use of. But he did advise me totake as few occasions as I can of disobliging Commanders, though this isone that every body is glad to hear that he do receive a check. By andby the House rises and I home again with Sir W. Pen, and all the waytalking of the same business, to whom I did on purpose tell him my mindfreely, and let him see that it must be a wiser man than Holmes (inthese very words) that shall do me any hurt while I do my duty. I toremember him of Holmes's words against Sir J. Minnes, that he was aknave, rogue, coward, and that he will kick him and pull him by theears, which he remembered all of them and may have occasion to do ithereafter to his owne shame to suffer them to be spoke in his presencewithout any reply but what I did give him, which, has caused all thisfeud. But I am glad of it, for I would now and then take occasion tolet the world know that I will not be made a novice. Sir W. Pen tookoccasion to speak about my wife's strangeness to him and his daughter, and that believing at last that it was from his taking of Sarah to behis maid, he hath now put her away, at which I am glad. He told me, thatthis day the King hath sent to the House his concurrence wholly withthem against the Popish priests, Jesuits, &c. , which gives greatcontent, and I am glad of it. So home, whither my father comes and dineswith us, and being willing to be merry with him I made myself so as muchas I could, and so to the office, where we sat all the afternoon, and atnight having done all my business I went home to my wife and father, andsupped, and so to bed, my father lying with me in Ashwell's bed in thered chamber. 

3rd. Waked betimes and talked half an hour with my father, and so Irose and to my office, and about 9 o'clock by water from the Old Swan toWhite Hall and to chappell, which being most monstrous full, I couldnot go into my pew, but sat among the quire. Dr. Creeton, the Scotchman, preached a most admirable, good, learned, honest and most severesermon, yet comicall, upon the words of the woman concerning the Virgin, "Blessed is the womb that bare thee (meaning Christ) and the paps thatgave thee suck; and he answered, Nay; rather is he blessed that heareththe word of God, and keepeth it. " He railed bitterly ever and anonagainst John Calvin, and his brood, the Presbyterians, and against thepresent term, now in use, of "tender consciences. " He ripped up HughPeters (calling him the execrable skellum--[A villain or scoundrel; thecant term for a thief. ]--), his preaching and stirring up the maids ofthe city to bring in their bodkins and thimbles. Thence going out ofWhite Hall, I met Captain Grove, who did give me a letter directedto myself from himself. I discerned money to be in it, and took it, knowing, as I found it to be, the proceed of the place I have got him tobe, the taking up of vessels for Tangier. But I did not open it till Icame home to my office, and there I broke it open, not looking intoit till all the money was out, that I might say I saw no money in thepaper, if ever I should be questioned about it. There was a piece ingold and L4 in silver. So home to dinner with my father and wife, andafter dinner up to my tryangle, where I found that above my expectationAshwell has very good principles of musique and can take out a lessonherself with very little pains, at which I am very glad. Thence awayback again by water to Whitehall, and there to the Tangier Committee, where we find ourselves at a great stand; the establishment being butL70, 000 per annum, and the forces to be kept in the town at the leastestimate that my Lord Rutherford can be got to bring it is L53, 000. Thecharge of this year's work of the Mole will be L13, 000; besides L1000a-year to my Lord Peterborough as a pension, and the fortifications andcontingencys, which puts us to a great stand, and so unsettled what todo therein we rose, and I to see my Lord Sandwich, whom I found merry atcards, and so by coach home, and after supper a little to my office andso home and to bed. I find at Court that there is some bad news fromIreland of an insurrection of the Catholiques there, which puts theminto an alarm. I hear also in the City that for certain there is anembargo upon all our ships in Spayne, upon this action of my LordWindsor's at Cuba, which signifies little or nothing, but only he hath amind to say that he hath done something before he comes back again. Late tonight I sent to invite my uncle Wight and aunt with Mrs. Turnerto-morrow. 

4th. Up betimes and to my office. By and by to Lombard street byappointment to meet Mr. Moore, but the business not being ready Ireturned to the office, where we sat a while, and, being sent for, Ireturned to him and there signed to some papers in the conveying of somelands mortgaged by Sir Rob. Parkhurst in my name to my Lord Sandwich, which I having done I returned home to dinner, whither by and by comesRoger Pepys, Mrs. Turner her daughter, Joyce Norton, and a young lady, adaughter of Coll. Cockes, my uncle Wight, his wife and Mrs. Anne Wight. This being my feast, in lieu of what I should have had a few days agofor my cutting of the stone, for which the Lord make me truly thankful. Very merry at, before, and after dinner, and the more for that mydinner was great, and most neatly dressed by our own only maid. We had africasee of rabbits and chickens, a leg of mutton boiled, three carpsin a dish, a great dish of a side of lamb, a dish of roasted pigeons, adish of four lobsters, three tarts, a lamprey pie (a most rare pie), a dish of anchovies, good wine of several sorts, and all things mightynoble and to my great content. After dinner to Hide Park; my aunt, Mrs. Wight and I in one coach, and all the rest of the women in Mrs. Turner's; Roger being gone in haste to the Parliament about the carryingthis business of the Papists, in which it seems there is great conteston both sides, and my uncle and father staying together behind. Atthe Park was the King, and in another coach my Lady Castlemaine, theygreeting one another at every tour. 

 [The company drove round and round the Ring in Hyde Park. The following two extracts illustrate this, and the second one shows how the circuit was called the Tour: "Here (1697) the people of fashion take the diversion of the Ring. In a pretty high place, which lies very open, they have surrounded a circumference of two or three hundred paces diameter with a sorry kind of balustrade, or rather with postes placed upon stakes but three feet from the ground; and the coaches drive round this. When they have turned for some time round one way they face about and turn t'other: so rowls the world!"--Wilson's Memoirs, 1719, p. 126. ]

 ["It is in this Park where the Grand Tour or Ring is kept for the Ladies to take the air in their coaches, and in fine weather I have seen above three hundred at a time. "--[Macky's] Journey through England, 1724, vol. I. , p. 75. ]

Here about an hour, and so leaving all by the way we home and foundthe house as clean as if nothing had been done there to-day from top tobottom, which made us give the cook 12d. A piece, each of us. So tomy office about writing letters by the post, one to my brother John atBrampton telling him (hoping to work a good effect by it upon my mother)how melancholy my father is, and bidding him use all means to get mymother to live peaceably and quietly, which I am sure she neither do norI fear can ever do, but frightening her with his coming down no more, and the danger of her condition if he should die I trust may do good. Sohome and to bed. 

5th (Lord's day). Up and spent the morning, till the Barber came, inreading in my chamber part of Osborne's Advice to his Son (which I shallnot never enough admire for sense and language), and being by andby trimmed, to Church, myself, wife, Ashwell, &c. Home to dinner, itraining, while that was prepared to my office to read over my vows withgreat affection and to very good purpose. So to dinner, and very wellpleased with it. Then to church again, where a simple bawling young Scotpreached. So home to my office alone till dark, reading some papers ofmy old navy precedents, and so home to supper, and, after some pleasanttalk, my wife, Ashwell, and I to bed. 

6th. Up very betimes and to my office, and there made an end of readingmy book that I have of Mr. Barlow's of the Journal of the Commissionersof the Navy, who begun to act in the year 1628 and continued six years, wherein is fine observations and precedents out of which I do purposeto make a good collection. By and by, much against my will, being twicesent for, to Sir G. Carteret's to pass his accounts there, upon whichSir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, Sir W. Pen, and myself all the morning, and again after dinner to it, being vexed at my heart to see a thingof that importance done so slightly and with that neglect for which Godpardon us, and I would I could mend it. Thence leaving them I made anexcuse and away home, and took my wife by coach and left her at MadamClerk's, to make a visit there, and I to the Committee of Tangier, whereI found, to my great joy, my Lord Sandwich, the first time I have seenhim abroad these some months, and by and by he rose and took leave, being, it seems, this night to go to Kensington or Chelsey, where hehath taken a lodging for a while to take the ayre. We staid, and afterbusiness done I got Mr. Coventry into the Matted Gallery and told himmy whole mind concerning matters of our office, all my discontent tosee things of so great trust carried so neglectfully, and what pitifulservice the Controller and Surveyor make of their duties, and Idisburdened my mind wholly to him and he to me his own, many things, telling me that he is much discouraged by seeing things not to growbetter and better as he did well hope they would have done. Upon thewhole, after a full hour's private discourse, telling one another ourminds, we with great content parted, and with very great satisfactionfor my [having] thus cleared my conscience, went to Dr. Clerk's andthence fetched my wife, and by coach home. To my office a little to setthings in order, and so home to supper and to bed. 

7th. Up very betimes, and angry with Will that he made no more haste torise after I called him. So to my office, and all the morning there. Atnoon to the Exchange, and so home to dinner, where I found my wife hadbeen with Ashwell to La Roche's to have her tooth drawn, which it seemsaches much, but my wife could not get her to be contented to have itdrawn after the first twich, but would let it alone, and so they camehome with it undone, which made my wife and me good sport. After dinnerto the office, where Sir J. Minnes did make a great complaint to mealone, how my clerk Mr. Hater had entered in one of the Sea books aticket to have been signed by him before it had been examined, whichmakes the old fool mad almost, though there was upon enquiry thegreatest reason in the world for it. Which though it vexes me, yet itis most to see from day to day what a coxcomb he is, and that so great atrust should lie in the hands of such a fool. We sat all the afternoon, and I late at my office, it being post night, and so home to supper, myfather being come again to my house, and after supper to bed, and aftersome talk to sleep. 

8th. Up betimes and to my office, and by and by, about 8 o'clock, to theTemple to Commissioner Pett lately come to town and discoursed about theaffairs of our office, how ill they go through the corruption and follyof Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes. Thence by water to White Hall, tochappell; where preached Dr. Pierce, the famous man that preached thesermon so much cried up, before the King against the Papists. His matterwas the Devil tempting our Saviour, being carried into the Wildernessby the spirit. And he hath as much of natural eloquence as most men thatever I heard in my life, mixed with so much learning. After sermon Iwent up and saw the ceremony of the Bishop of Peterborough's payinghomage upon the knee to the King, while Sir H. Bennet, Secretary, readthe King's grant of the Bishopric of Lincoln, to which he is translated. His name is Dr. Lany. Here I also saw the Duke of Monmouth, with hisOrder of the Garter, the first time I ever saw it. I am told that theUniversity of Cambridge did treat him a little while since with all thehonour possible, with a comedy at Trinity College, and banquet; and madehim Master of Arts there. All which, they say, the King took very well. Dr. Raynbow, Master of Magdalen, being now Vice-Chancellor. Home bywater to dinner, and with my father, wife, and Ashwell, after dinner, by water towards Woolwich, and in our way I bethought myself that we hadleft our poor little dog that followed us out of doors at the waterside, and God knows whether he be not lost, which did not only strike mywife into a great passion but I must confess myself also; more than wasbecoming me. We immediately returned, I taking another boat and with myfather went to Woolwich, while they went back to find the dog. I tookmy father on board the King's pleasure boat and down to Woolwich, andwalked to Greenwich thence and turning into the park to show my fatherthe steps up the hill, we found my wife, her woman, and dog attendingus, which made us all merry again, and so took boats, they to Deptfordand so by land to Half-way house, I into the King's yard and overlookthem there, and eat and drank with them, and saw a company of seamenplay drolly at our pence, and so home by water. I a little at theoffice, and so home to supper and to bed, after having Ashwell play myfather and me a lesson upon her Tryangle. 

9th. Up betimes and to my office, and anon we met upon finishing theTreasurer's accounts. At noon dined at home and am vexed to hear my wifetell me how our maid Mary do endeavour to corrupt our cook maid, whichdid please me very well, but I am resolved to rid the house of her assoon as I can. To the office and sat all the afternoon till 9 at night, and an hour after home to supper and bed. My father lying at Tom'sto-night, he dining with my uncle Fenner and his sons and a great manymore of the gang at his own cost to-day. To bed vexed also to thinkof Sir J. Minnes finding fault with Mr. Hater for what he had done theother day, though there be no hurt in the thing at all but only the oldfool's jealousy, made worse by Sir W. Batten. 

10th. Up very betimes and to my office, where most hard at businessalone all the morning. At noon to the Exchange, where I hear that aftergreat expectation from Ireland, and long stop of letters, there is goodnews come, that all is quiett after our great noise of troubles there, though some stir hath been as was reported. Off the Exchange with Sir J. Cutler and Mr. Grant to the Royall Oak Tavern, in Lumbard Street, whereAlexander Broome the poet was, a merry and witty man, I believe, if hebe not a little conceited, and here drank a sort of French wine, calledHo Bryan, [Haut Brion, a claret; one of the first growths of the red wines of Medoc. ]

that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with. Hometo dinner, and then by water abroad to Whitehall, my wife to see Mrs. Ferrers, I to Whitehall and the Park, doing no business. Then to myLord's lodgings, met my wife, and walked to the New Exchange. There laidout 10s. Upon pendents and painted leather gloves, very pretty and allthe mode. So by coach home and to my office till late, and so to supperand to bed. 

11th. Up betimes and to my office, where we sat also all the morningtill noon, and then home to dinner, my father being there but not verywell. After dinner in comes Captain Lambert of the Norwich, this daycome from Tangier, whom I am glad to see. There came also with himCaptain Wager, and afterwards in came Captain Allen to see me, of theResolution. All staid a pretty while, and so away, and I a while to myoffice, then abroad into the street with my father, and left him to goto see my aunt Wight and uncle, intending to lie at Tom's to-night, ormy cozen Scott's, where it seems he has hitherto lain and is most kindlyused there. So I home and to my office very late making up my Lord'snavy accounts, wherein I find him to stand debtor L1200. So home tosupper and to bed. 

12th (Lord's day). Lay till 8 o'clock, which I have not done a greatwhile, then up and to church, where I found our pew altered by takingsome of the hind pew to make ours bigger, because of the number ofwomen, more by Sir J. Minnes company than we used to have. Hometo dinner, and after dinner, intending to go to Chelsey to my LordSandwich, my wife would needs go with me, though she walked on foot toWhitehall. Which she did and staid at my Lord's lodgings while Creed andI took a turn at Whitehall, but no coach to be had, and so I returnedto them and sat talking till evening, and then got a coach and to Gray'sInn walks, where some handsome faces, and so home and there to supper, and a little after 8 o'clock to bed, a thing I have not done God knowswhen. Coming home to-night, a drunken boy was carrying by our constableto our new pair of stocks to handsel them, being a new pair and veryhandsome. 

13th. Up by five o'clock and to my office, where hard at work tilltowards noon, and home and eat a bit, and so going out met with Mr. Mount my old acquaintance, and took him in and drank a glass or two ofwine to him and so parted, having not time to talk together, and I withSir W. Batten to the Stillyard, and there eat a lobster together, andWyse the King's fishmonger coming in we were very merry half an hour, and so by water to Whitehall, and by and by being all met we went in tothe Duke and there did our business and so away, and anon to the TangierCommittee, where we had very fine discourse from Dr. Walker and Wiseman, civilians, against our erecting a court-merchant at Tangier, and wellanswered in many things by my Lord Sandwich (whose speaking I never tillnow observed so much to be very good) and Sir R. Ford. By and by thediscourse being ended, we fell to my Lord Rutherford's dispatch, whichdo not please him, he being a Scott, and one resolved to scrape everypenny that he can get by any way, which the Committee will not agree to. He took offence at something and rose away, without taking leave of theboard, which all took ill, though nothing said but only by the Duke ofAlbemarle, who said that we ought to settle things as they ought to be, and if he will not go upon these terms another man will, no doubt. Here late, quite finishing things against his going, and so rose, and Iwalked home, being accompanied by Creed to Temple Bar, talking of thisafternoon's passage, and so I called at the Wardrobe in my way home, and there spoke at the Horn tavern with Mr. Moore a word or two, butmy business was with Mr. Townsend, who is gone this day to his countryhouse, about sparing Charles Pepys some money of his bills due to himwhen he can, but missing him lost my labour. So walked home, finding mywife abroad, at my aunt, Wight's, who coming home by and by, I home tosupper and to bed. 

14th. Up betimes to my office, where busy till 8 o'clock that Sir W. Batten, Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Pen and I down by barge to Woolwich, tosee "The Royal James" launched, where she has been under repair a greatwhile. We staid in the yard till almost noon, and then to Mr. Falconer'sto a dinner of fish of our own sending, and when it was just ready tocome upon the table, word is brought that the King and Duke are come, so they all went away to shew themselves, while I staid and had a littledish or two by myself, resolving to go home, and by the time I had dinedthey came again, having gone to little purpose, the King, I believe, taking little notice of them. So they to dinner, and I staid a littlewith them, and so good bye. I walked to Greenwich, studying the sliderule for measuring of timber, which is very fine. Thence to Deptford bywater, and walked through the yard, and so walked to Redriffe, and sohome pretty weary, to my office, where anon they all came home, the shipwell launched, and so sat at the office till 9 at night, and I longerdoing business at my office, and so home to supper, my father beingcome, and to bed. Sir G. Carteret tells me to-night that he perceivesthe Parliament is likely to make a great bustle before they will givethe King any money; will call all things into question; and, aboveall, the expences of the Navy; and do enquire into the King's expenceseverywhere, and into the truth of the report of people being forced tosell their bills at 15 per cent. Loss in the Navy; and, lastly, thatthey are in a very angry pettish mood at present, and not likely to bebetter. 

15th. Up betimes, and after talking with my father awhile, I to myoffice, and there hard at it till almost noon, and then went down theriver with Maynes, the purveyor, to show a ship's lading of Norwaygoods, and called at Sir W. Warren's yard, and so home to dinner. Afterdinner up with my wife and Ashwell a little to the Tryangle, and so Idown to Deptford by land about looking out a couple of catches fittedto be speedily set forth in answer to a letter of Mr. Coventry's tome. Which done, I walked back again, all the way reading of my book ofTimber measure, comparing it with my new Sliding Rule brought home thismorning with great pleasure. Taking boat again I went to Shishe's yard, but he being newly gone out towards Deptford I followed him thitheragain, and there seeing him I went with him and pitched upon a couple, and so by water home, it being late, past 8 at night, the wind cold, andI a little weary. So home to my office, then to supper and bed. 

16th. Up betimes and to my office, met to pass Mr. Pitt's (anon Sir J. Lawson's Secretary and Deputy Treasurer) accounts for the voyage last tothe Streights, wherein the demands are strangely irregular, and I darenot oppose it alone for making an enemy and do no good, but only bring areview upon my Lord Sandwich, but God knows it troubles my heart to seeit, and to see the Comptroller, whose duty it is, to make no more matterof it. At noon home for an hour to dinner, and so to the office publicand private till late at night, so home to supper and bed with myfather. 

17th. Up by five o'clock as I have long done and to my office all themorning, at noon home to dinner with my father with us. Our dinner, itbeing Good Friday, was only sugarsopps and fish; the only time thatwe have had a Lenten dinner all this Lent. This morning Mr. Hunt, theinstrument maker, brought me home a Basse Viall to see whether I likeit, which I do not very well, besides I am under a doubt whether I hadbest buy one yet or no, because of spoiling my present mind and love tobusiness. After dinner my father and I walked into the city a little, and parted and to Paul's Church Yard, to cause the title of my English"Mare Clausum"

 [Selden's work was highly esteemed, and Charles I. Made an order in council that a copy should be kept in the Council chest, another in the Court of Exchequer, and a third in the Court of Admiralty. The book Pepys refers to is Nedham's translation, which was entitled, "Of the Dominion or Ownership of the Sea. Two Books... , written at first in Latin and entituled Mare Clausum, by John Selden. Translated into English by Marchamont Nedham. London, 1652. " This has the Commonwealth arms on the title-page and a dedication "To the Supreme Autoritie of the Nation-The Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. " The dedication to Charles I. In Selden's original work was left out. Apparently a new title-page and dedication was prepared in 1663, but the copy in the British Museum, which formerly belonged to Charles Killigrew, does not contain these additions. ]

to be changed, and the new title, dedicated to the King, to be putto it, because I am ashamed to have the other seen dedicated to theCommonwealth. So home and to my office till night, and so home to talkwith my father, and supper and to bed, I have not had yet one quarter ofan hour's leisure to sit down and talk with him since he came to town, nor do I know till the holidays when I shall. 

18th. Up betimes and to my office, where all the morning. At noon todinner. With us Mr. Creed, who has been deeply engaged at the officethis day about the ending of his accounts, wherein he is most unhappyto have to do with a company of fools who after they have signed hisaccounts and made bills upon them yet dare not boldly assert to theTreasurer that they are satisfied with his accounts. Hereupon alldinner, and walking in the garden the afternoon, he and I talking of theill management of our office, which God knows is very ill for the King'sadvantage. I would I could make it better. In the evening to my office, and at night home to supper and bed. 

19th (Easter day). Up and this day put on my close-kneed coloured suit, which, with new stockings of the colour, with belt, and new gilt-handledsword, is very handsome. To church alone, and so to dinner, where myfather and brother Tom dined with us, and after dinner to church again, my father sitting below in the chancel. After church done, where theyoung Scotchman preaching I slept all the while, my father and I to seemy uncle and aunt Wight, and after a stay of an hour there my father tomy brother's and I home to supper, and after supper fell in discourse ofdancing, and I find that Ashwell hath a very fine carriage, whichmakes my wife almost ashamed of herself to see herself so outdone, butto-morrow she begins to learn to dance for a month or two. So to prayersand to bed. Will being gone, with my leave, to his father's this day fora day or two, to take physique these holydays. 

20th. Up betimes as I use to do, and in my chamber begun to look overmy father's accounts, which he brought out of the country with him bymy desire, whereby I may see what he has received and spent, and I findthat he is not anything extravagant, and yet it do so far outdo hisestate that he must either think of lessening his charge, or I must beforced to spare money out of my purse to help him through, which I wouldwilling do as far as L20 goes. So to my office the remaining part ofthe morning till towards noon, and then to Mr. Grant's. There saw hisprints, which he shewed me, and indeed are the best collection of anythings almost that ever I saw, there being the prints of most of thegreatest houses, churches, and antiquitys in Italy and France and bravecutts. I had not time to look them over as I ought, and which I willtake time hereafter to do, and therefore left them and home to dinner. After dinner, it raining very hard, by coach to Whitehall, where, afterSir G. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, Mr. Coventry and I had been with theDuke, we to the Committee of Tangier and did matters there dispatchingwholly my Lord Teviott, and so broke up. With Sir G. Carteret and SirJohn Minnes by coach to my Lord Treasurer's, thinking to have spokenabout getting money for paying the Yards; but we found him with someladies at cards: and so, it being a bad time to speak, we parted, andSir J. Minnes and I home, and after walking with my wife in the gardenlate, to supper and to bed, being somewhat troubled at Ashwell'sdesiring and insisting over eagerly upon her going to a ball to meetsome of her old companions at a dancing school here in town next Friday, but I am resolved she shall not go. So to bed. This day the littleDuke of Monmouth was marryed at White Hall, in the King's chamber;and tonight is a great supper and dancing at his lodgings, nearCharing-Cross. I observed his coat at the tail of his coach he gives thearms of England, Scotland, and France, quartered upon some other fields, but what it is that speaks his being a bastard I know not. 

21st. Up betimes and to my office, where first I ruled with red ink myEnglish "Mare Clausum, " which, with the new orthodox title, makes it nowvery handsome. So to business, and then home to dinner, and after dinnerto sit at the office in the afternoon, and thence to my study late, andso home to supper to play a game at cards with my wife, and so to bed. Ashwell plays well at cards, and will teach us to play; I wish it do notlose too much of my time, and put my wife too much upon it. 

22nd. Up betimes and to my office very busy all the morning there, entering things into my Book Manuscript, which pleases me very much. So to the Change, and so to my uncle Wight's, by invitation, whither myfather, wife, and Ashwell came, where we had but a poor dinner, andnot well dressed; besides, the very sight of my aunt's hands and greasymanner of carving, did almost turn my stomach. After dinner by coachto the King's Playhouse, where we saw but part of "Witt without mony, "which I do not like much, but coming late put me out of tune, and itcosting me four half-crowns for myself and company. So, the play done, home, and I to my office a while and so home, where my father (who is sovery melancholy) and we played at cards, and so to supper and to bed. 

23rd. St. George's day and Coronacion, the King and Court being atWindsor, at the installing of the King of Denmark by proxy and the Dukeof Monmouth. I up betimes, and with my father, having a fire made in mywife's new closet above, it being a wet and cold day, we sat there allthe morning looking over his country accounts ever since his goinginto the country. I find his spending hitherto has been (withoutextraordinary charges) at full L100 per annum, which troubles me, andI did let him apprehend it, so as that the poor man wept, though he didmake it well appear to me that he could not have saved a farthing ofit. I did tell him how things stand with us, and did shew my distrust ofPall, both for her good nature and housewifery, which he was sorry for, telling me that indeed she carries herself very well and carefully, which I am glad to hear, though I doubt it was but his doting andnot being able to find her miscarriages so well nowadays as he couldheretofore have done. We resolve upon sending for Will Stankes up totown to give us a right understanding in all that we have in Brampton, and before my father goes to settle every thing so as to resolve how tofind a living for my father and to pay debts and legacies, and also tounderstand truly how Tom's condition is in the world, that we may knowwhat we are like to expect of his doing ill or well. So to dinner, and after dinner to the office, where some of us met and did a littlebusiness, and so to Sir W. Batten's to see a little picture drawing ofhis by a Dutchman which is very well done. So to my office and put afew things in order, and so home to spend the evening with my father. Atcards till late, and being at supper, my boy being sent for some mustardto a neat's tongue, the rogue staid half an hour in the streets, itseems at a bonfire, at which I was very angry, and resolve to beat himto-morrow. 

24th. Up betimes, and with my salt eel

 [A salt eel is a rope's end cut from the piece to be used on the back of a culprit. "Yeow shall have salt eel for supper" is an emphatic threat. ]

went down in the parler and there got my boy and did beat him till I wasfain to take breath two or three times, yet for all I am afeard it willmake the boy never the better, he is grown so hardened in his tricks, which I am sorry for, he being capable of making a brave man, and isa boy that I and my wife love very well. So made me ready, and to myoffice, where all the morning, and at noon home, whither came CaptainHolland, who is lately come home from sea, and has been much harassed inlaw about the ship which he has bought, so that it seems in a despairhe endeavoured to cut his own throat, but is recovered it; and it seemswhether by that or any other persuasion (his wife's mother being a greatzealot) he is turned almost a Quaker, his discourse being nothing butholy, and that impertinent, that I was weary of him. At last pretendingto go to the Change we walked thither together, and there I left him andhome to dinner, sending my boy by the way to enquire after two dancingmasters at our end of the town for my wife to learn, of whose namesthe boy brought word. After dinner all the afternoon fiddling upon myviallin (which I have not done many a day) while Ashwell danced above inmy upper best chamber, which is a rare room for musique, expecting thisafternoon my wife to bring my cozen Scott and Stradwick, but they camenot, and so in the evening we by ourselves to Half-way house to walk, but did not go in there, but only a walk and so home again and tosupper, my father with us, and had a good lobster intended for part ofour entertainment to these people to-day, and so to cards, and thento bed, being the first day that I have spent so much to my pleasure agreat while. 

25th. Up betimes and to my vyall and song book a pretty while, and so tomy office, and there we sat all the morning. Among other things Sir W. Batten had a mind to cause Butler (our chief witness in the business ofField, whom we did force back from an employment going to sea to comeback to attend our law sute) to be borne as a mate on the Rainbow inthe Downes in compensation for his loss for our sakes. This he ordersan order to be drawn by Mr. Turner for, and after Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and Sir W. Pen had signed it, it came to me and I was goingto put it up into my book, thinking to consider of it and give them myopinion upon it before I parted with it, but Sir W. Pen told me I mustsign it or give it him again, for it should not go without my hand. Itold him what I meant to do, whereupon Sir W. Batten was very angry, and in a great heat (which will bring out any thing which he has in hismind, and I am glad of it, though it is base in him to have a thing solong in his mind without speaking of it, though I am glad this is theworst, for if he had worse it would out as well as this some time orother) told me that I should not think as I have heretofore done, makethem sign orders and not sign them myself. Which what ignorance or worseit implies is easy to judge, when he shall sign to things (and the restof the board too as appears in this business) for company and not out oftheir judgment for. After some discourse I did convince them that it wasnot fit to have it go, and Sir W. Batten first, and then the rest, didwillingly cancel all their hands and tear the order, for I told them, Butler being such a rogue as I know him, and we have all signed him tobe to the Duke, it will be in his power to publish this to our greatreproach, that we should take such a course as this to serve ourselvesin wronging the King by putting him into a place he is no wise capableof, and that in an Admiral ship. At noon we rose, Sir W. Batten ashamedand vexed, and so home to dinner, and after dinner walked to the oldExchange and so all along to Westminster Hall, White Hall, my LordSandwich's lodgings, and going by water back to the Temple did pay mydebts in several places in order to my examining my accounts tomorrow tomy great content. So in the evening home, and after supper (my father atmy brother's) and merrily practising to dance, which my wife hath begunto learn this day of Mr. Pembleton, [Pembleton, the dancing-master, made Pepys very jealous, and there are many allusions to him in the following pages. His lessons ceased on May 27th. ]

but I fear will hardly do any great good at it, because she is conceitedthat she do well already, though I think no such thing. So to bed. AtWestminster Hall, this day, I buy a book lately printed and licensed byDr. Stradling, the Bishop of London's chaplin, being a book discoveringthe practices and designs of the papists, and the fears of some of ourown fathers of the Protestant church heretofore of the return to Poperyas it were prefacing it. 

The book is a very good book; but forasmuch as it touches one of theQueenmother's fathers confessors, the Bishop, which troubles many goodmen and members of Parliament, hath called it in, which I am sorry for. Another book I bought, being a collection of many expressions of thegreat Presbyterian Preachers upon publique occasions, in the late times, against the King and his party, as some of Mr. Marshall, Case, Calamy, Baxter, &c. , which is good reading now, to see what they then did teach, and the people believe, and what they would seem to believe now. Lastly, I did hear that the Queen is much grieved of late at the King'sneglecting her, he having not supped once with her this quarter of ayear, and almost every night with my Lady Castlemaine; who hath beenwith him this St. George's feast at Windsor, and came home with him lastnight; and, which is more, they say is removed as to her bed from herown home to a chamber in White Hall, next to the King's own; which I amsorry to hear, though I love her much. 

26th (Lord's-day). Lay pretty long in bed talking with my wife, and thenup and set to the making up of my monthly accounts, but Tom coming, withwhom I was angry for botching my camlott coat, to tell me that my fatherand he would dine with me, and that my father was at our church, I gotme ready and had a very good sermon of a country minister upon "Howblessed a thing it is for brethren to live together in unity!" So homeand all to dinner, and then would have gone by coach to have seen myLord Sandwich at Chelsey if the man would have taken us, but he denyingit we staid at home, and I all the afternoon upon my accounts, and findmyself worth full L700, for which I bless God, it being the most I wasever yet worth in money. In the evening (my father being gone to mybrother's to lie to-night) my wife, Ashwell, and the boy and I, and thedogg, over the water and walked to Half-way house, and beyond into thefields, gathering of cowslipps, and so to Half-way house, with some coldlamb we carried with us, and there supped, and had a most pleasant walkback again, Ashwell all along telling us some parts of their maskat Chelsey School, which was very pretty, and I find she hath a mostprodigious memory, remembering so much of things acted six or sevenyears ago. So home, and after reading my vows, being sleepy, withoutprayers to bed, for which God forgive me!

27th. Up betimes and to my office, where doing business alone a goodwhile till people came about business to me. Will Griffin tells me thismorning that Captain Browne, Sir W. Batten's brother-in-law, is deadof a blow given him two days ago by a seaman, a servant of his, beingdrunk, with a stone striking him on the forehead, for which I am sorry, he having a good woman and several small children. At the office all themorning, at noon dined at home with my wife, merry, and after dinner bywater to White Hall; but found the Duke of York gone to St. James's forthis summer; and thence with Mr. Coventry, to whose chamber I went, andSir W. Pen up to the Duke's closett. And a good while with him about ourNavy business; and so I to White Hall, and there alone a while with myLord Sandwich discoursing about his debt to the Navy, wherein he hathgiven me some things to resolve him in. Thence to my Lord's lodging, and thither came Creed to me, and he and I walked a great while in thegarden, and thence to an alehouse in the market place to drink fineLambeth ale, and so to Westminster Hall, and after walking there a greatwhile, home by coach, where I found Mary gone from my wife, she beingtoo high for her, though a very good servant, and my boy too will begoing in a few days, for he is not for my family, he is grown so outof order and not to be ruled, and do himself, against his brother'scounsel, desire to be gone, which I am sorry for, because I love the boyand would be glad to bring him to good. At home with my wife and Ashwelltalking of her going into the country this year, wherein we had like tohave fallen out, she thinking that I have a design to have her go, whichI have not, and to let her stay here I perceive will not be convenient, for she expects more pleasure than I can give her here, and I fear Ihave done very ill in letting her begin to learn to dance. The Queen(which I did not know) it seems was at Windsor, at the late St. George'sfeast there; and the Duke of Monmouth dancing with her with his hat inhis hand, the King came in and kissed him, and made him put on his hat, which every body took notice of. After being a while at my office hometo supper and to bed, my Will being come home again after being at hisfather's all the last week taking physique. 

28th. Up betimes and to my office, and there all the morning, onlystepped up to see my wife and her dancing master at it, and I thinkafter all she will do pretty well at it. So to dinner, Mr. Hunt diningwith us, and so to the office, where we sat late, and then I to myoffice casting up my Lord's sea accounts over again, and putting them inorder for payment, and so home to supper and to bed. 

29th. Up betimes, and after having at my office settled some accountsfor my Lord Sandwich, I went forth, and taking up my father at mybrother's, took coach and towards Chelsey, 'lighting at an alehouse nearthe Gatehouse at Westminster to drink our morning draught, and so upagain and to Chelsey, where we found my Lord all alone at a little tablewith one joynt of meat at dinner; we sat down and very merry talking, and mightily extolling the manner of his retirement, and the goodness ofhis diet, which indeed is so finely dressed: the mistress of thehouse, Mrs. Becke, having been a woman of good condition heretofore, a merchant's wife, and hath all things most excellently dressed; amongothers, her cakes admirable, and so good that my Lord's words were, theywere fit to present to my Lady Castlemaine. From ordinary discourse myLord fell to talk of other matters to me, of which chiefly the secondpart of the fray, which he told me a little while since of, between Mr. Edward Montagu and himself, which is that after that he had sincebeen with him three times and no notice taken at all of any differencebetween them, and yet since that he hath forborn coming to him almosttwo months, and do speak not only slightly of my Lord every where, buthath complained to my Lord Chancellor of him, and arrogated all thatever my Lord hath done to be only by his direction and persuasion. Whether he hath done the like to the King or no, my Lord knows not; butmy Lord hath been with the King since, and finds all things fair; andmy Lord Chancellor hath told him of it, but with so much contempt of Mr. Montagu, as my Lord knows himself very secure against any thing the foolcan do; and notwithstanding all this, so noble is his nature, that heprofesses himself ready to show kindness and pity to Mr. Montagu on anyoccasion. My Lord told me of his presenting Sir H. Bennet with a goldcupp of L100, which he refuses, with a compliment; but my Lord wouldhave been glad he had taken it, that he might have had some obligationsupon him which he thinks possible the other may refuse to prevent it;not that he hath any reason to doubt his kindness. But I perceive greatdifferences there are at Court; and Sir H. Bennet and my Lord Bristol, and their faction, are likely to carry all things before them (which myLord's judgment is, will not be for the best), and particularly againstthe Chancellor, who, he tells me, is irrecoverably lost: but, however, that he will not actually joyne in anything against the Chancellor, whomhe do own to be his most sure friend, and to have been his greatest;and therefore will not openly act in either, but passively carry himselfeven. The Queen, my Lord tells me, he thinks he hath incurredsome displeasure with, for his kindness to his neighbour, my LadyCastlemaine. My Lord tells me he hath no reason to fall for her sake, whose wit, management, nor interest, is not likely to hold up any man, and therefore he thinks it not his obligation to stand for her againsthis own interest. The Duke and Mr. Coventry my Lord says he is very wellwith, and fears not but they will show themselves his very good friends, specially at this time, he being able to serve them, and they needinghim, which he did not tell me wherein. Talking of the business ofTangier, he tells me that my Lord Tiviott is gone away without the leastrespect paid to him, nor indeed to any man, but without his commission;and (if it be true what he says) having laid out seven or eight thousandpounds in commodities for the place; and besides having not onlydisobliged all the Commissioners for Tangier, but also Sir CharlesBarkeley the other day, who, speaking in behalf of Colonel Fitz-Gerald, that having been deputy-governor there already, he ought to haveexpected and had the governorship upon the death or removal of theformer governor. And whereas it is said that he and his men are Irish, which is indeed the main thing that hath moved the King and Councilto put in Tiviott to prevent the Irish having too great and the wholecommand there under Fitz-Gerald; he further said that there was neveran Englishman fit to command Tangier; my Lord Tiviott answered yes, thatthere were many more fit than himself or Fitz-Gerald either. So thatFitz-Gerald being so great with the Duke of York, and being already madedeputy-governor, independent of my Lord Tiviott, and he being also lefthere behind him for a while, my Lord Sandwich do think that, putting allthese things together, the few friends he hath left, and the illposture of his affairs, my Lord Tiviott is not a man of the conduct andmanagement that either people take him to be, or is fit for the commandof the place. And here, speaking of the Duke of York and Sir CharlesBarkeley, my Lord tells me that he do very much admire the goodmanagement, and discretion, and nobleness of the Duke, that whateverhe may be led by him or Mr. Coventry singly in private, yet he did notobserve that in publique matters, but he did give as ready hearing andas good acceptance to any reasons offered by any other man against theopinions of them, as he did to them, and would concur in the prosecutionof it. Then we came to discourse upon his own sea accompts, and cameto a resolution what and how to proceed in them; wherein he resolved, though I offered him a way of evading the greatest part of his debthonestly, by making himself debtor to the Parliament, before the King'stime, which he might justly do, yet he resolved to go openly and nakedlyin it, and put himself to the kindness of the King and Duke, whichhumour, I must confess, and so did tell him (with which he was not alittle pleased) had thriven very well with him, being known to be a manof candid and open dealing, without any private tricks or hidden designsas other men commonly have in what they do. From that we had discourseof Sir G. Carteret, who he finds kind to him, but it may be a littleenvious, and most other men are, and of many others; and upon the wholedo find that it is a troublesome thing for a man of any condition atCourt to carry himself even, and without contracting enemys or envyers;and that much discretion and dissimulation is necessary to do it. Myfather staid a good while at the window and then sat down by himselfwhile my Lord and I were thus an hour together or two after dinnerdiscoursing, and by and by he took his leave, and told me he wouldstay below for me. Anon I took leave, and coming down found my fatherunexpectedly in great pain and desiring for God's sake to get him a bedto lie upon, which I did, and W. Howe and I staid by him, in so greatpain as I never saw, poor wretch, and with that patience, crying only:Terrible, terrible pain, God help me, God help me, with the mournfulvoice, that made my heart ake. He desired to rest a little alone to seewhether it would abate, and W. Howe and I went down and walked in thegardens, which are very fine, and a pretty fountayne, with which I wasfinely wetted, and up to a banquetting house, with a very fine prospect, and so back to my father, who I found in such pain that I could not bearthe sight of it without weeping, never thinking that I should be able toget him from thence, but at last, finding it like to continue, I got himto go to the coach, with great pain, and driving hard, he all the whilein a most unsufferable torment (meeting in the way with Captain Ferrersgoing to my Lord, to tell him that my Lady Jemimah is come to town, and that Will Stankes is come with my father's horses), not staying thecoach to speak with any body, but once, in St. Paul's Churchyard, wewere forced to stay, the jogging and pain making my father vomit, whichit never had done before. At last we got home, and all helping him wegot him to bed presently, and after half an hour's lying in his nakedbed (it being a rupture [with] which he is troubled, and has been this20 years, but never in half the pain and with so great swelling as now, and how this came but by drinking of cold small beer and sitting longupon a low stool and then standing long after it he cannot tell).... After which he was at good ease, and so continued, and so fell to sleep, and we went down whither W. Stankes was come with his horses. But it isvery pleasant to hear how he rails at the rumbling and ado that is inLondon over it is in the country, that he cannot endure it. He suppedwith us, and very merry, and then he to his lodgings at the Inne withthe horses, and so we to bed, I to my father who is very well again, andboth slept very well. 

30th. Up, and after drinking my morning draft with my father and W. Stankes, I went forth to Sir W. Batten, who is going (to no purpose ashe uses to do) to Chatham upon a survey. So to my office, where tilltowards noon, and then to the Exchange, and back home to dinner, whereMrs. Hunt, my father, and W. Stankes; but, Lord! what a stir Stankesmakes with his being crowded in the streets and wearied in walking inLondon, and would not be wooed by my wife and Ashwell to go to a play, nor to White Hall, or to see the lyons, [The Tower menagerie, with its famous lions, which was one of the chief sights of London, and gave rise to a new English word, was not abolished until the early part of the present century. ]

though he was carried in a coach. I never could have thought there hadbeen upon earth a man so little curious in the world as he is. At theoffice all the afternoon till 9 at night, so home to cards with myfather, wife, and Ashwell, and so to bed. 

MAY 1663

May 1st. Up betimes and my father with me, and he and I all the morningand Will Stankes private, in my wife's closet above, settling ourmatters concerning our Brampton estate, &c. , and I find that there willbe, after all debts paid within L100, L50 per annum clear coming towardsmy father's maintenance, besides L25 per annum annuities to my UncleThomas and Aunt Perkins. Of which, though I was in my mind glad, yetthought it not fit to let my father know it thoroughly, but after he hadgone out to visit my uncle Thomas and brought him to dinner with him, and after dinner I got my father, brother Tom, and myself together, Idid make the business worse to them, and did promise L20 out of my ownpurse to make it L50 a year to my father, propounding that Stortlowmay be sold to pay L200 for his satisfaction therein and the rest to gotowards payment of debts and legacies. The truth is I am fearful lest myfather should die before debts are paid, and then the land goes to Tomand the burden of paying all debts will fall upon the rest of the land. Not that I would do my brother any real hurt. I advised my father togood husbandry and to living within the compass of L50 a year, and allin such kind words, as not only made, them but myself to weep, and Ihope it will have a good effect. That being done, and all things agreedon, we went down, and after a glass of wine we all took horse, and I, upon a horse hired of Mr. Game, saw him out of London, at the end ofBishopsgate Street, and so I turned and rode, with some trouble, throughthe fields, and then Holborn, &c. , towards Hide Park, whither all theworld, I think, are going, and in my going, almost thither, met W. Howecoming galloping upon a little crop black nag; it seems one that wastaken in some ground of my Lord's, by some mischance being left by hismaster, a thief; this horse being found with black cloth ears on, anda false mayne, having none of his own; and I back again with him to theChequer, at Charing Cross, and there put up my own dull jade, and byhis advice saddled a delicate stone-horse of Captain Ferrers's, and withthat rid in state to the Park, where none better mounted than I almost, but being in a throng of horses, seeing the King's riders showing trickswith their managed horses, which were very strange, my stone-horsewas very troublesome, and begun to, fight with other horses, to thedangering him and myself, and with much ado I got out, and kept myselfout of harm's way.. Here I saw nothing good, neither the King, nor myLady Castlemaine, nor any great ladies or beauties being there, therebeing more pleasure a great deal at an ordinary day; or else those fewgood faces that there were choked up with the many bad ones, there beingpeople of all sorts in coaches there, to some thousands, I think. Goingthither in the highway, just by the Park gate, I met a boy in a scullerboat, carried by a dozen people at least, rowing as hard as he coulddrive, it seems upon some wager. By and by, about seven or eighto'clock, homeward; and changing my horse again, I rode home, coachesgoing in great crowds to the further end of the town almost. In my way, in Leadenhall Street, there was morris-dancing which I have not seen agreat while. So set my horse up at Game's, paying 5s. For him. And sohome to see Sir J. Minnes, who is well again, and after staying talkingwith him awhile, I took leave and went to hear Mrs. Turner's daughter, at whose house Sir J. Minnes lies, play on the harpsicon; but, Lord! itwas enough to make any man sick to hear her; yet I was forced to commendher highly. So home to supper and to bed, Ashwell playing upon thetryangle very well before I went to bed. This day Captain Grove sent mea side of pork, which was the oddest present, sure, that was ever madeany man; and the next, I remember I told my wife, I believe would bea pound of candles, or a shoulder of mutton; but the fellow do it inkindness, and is one I am beholden to. So to bed very weary, and alittle galled for lack of riding, praying to God for a good journey tomy father, of whom I am afeard, he being so lately ill of his pain. 

2nd. Being weary last night, I slept till almost seven o'clock, a thingI have not done many a day. So up and to my office (being come to someangry words with my wife about neglecting the keeping of the houseclean, I calling her beggar, and she me pricklouse, which vexed me) andthere all the morning. So to the Exchange and then home to dinner, andvery merry and well pleased with my wife, and so to the office again, where we met extraordinary upon drawing up the debts of the Navy to myLord Treasurer. So rose and up to Sir W. Pen to drink a glass of badsyder in his new far low dining room, which is very noble, and so home, where Captain Ferrers and his lady are come to see my wife, he being togo the beginning of next week to France to sea and I think to fetchover my young Lord Hinchinbroke. They being gone I to my office to writeletters by the post, and so home to supper and to bed. 

3rd (Lord's day). Up before 5 o'clock and alone at setting my Bramptonpapers to rights according to my father's and my computation andresolution the other day to my good content, I finding that there willbe clear saved to us L50 per annum, only a debt of it may be L100. Somade myself ready and to church, where Sir W. Pen showed me the younglady which young Dawes, that sits in the new corner-pew in the church, hath stole away from Sir Andrew Rickard, her guardian, worth L1000per annum present, good land, and some money, and a very well-bred andhandsome lady: he, I doubt, but a simple fellow. However, he got thisgood luck to get her, which methinks I could envy him with all my heart. Home to dinner with my wife, who not being very well did not dressherself but staid at home all day, and so I to church in the afternoonand so home again, and up to teach Ashwell the grounds of time and otherthings on the tryangle, and made her take out a Psalm very well, shehaving a good ear and hand. And so a while to my office, and then hometo supper and prayers, to bed, my wife and I having a little falling outbecause I would not leave my discourse below with her and Ashwell to goup and talk with her alone upon something she has to say. She reproachedme but I had rather talk with any body than her, by which I find I thinkshe is jealous of my freedom with Ashwell, which I must avoid givingoccasion of. 

4th. Up betimes and to setting my Brampton papers in order and lookingover my wardrobe against summer, and laying things in order to send tomy brother to alter. By and by took boat intending to have gone downto Woolwich, but seeing I could not get back time enough to dinner, I returned and home. Whither by and by the dancing-master' came, whomstanding by, seeing him instructing my wife, when he had done with her, he would needs have me try the steps of a coranto, and what with hisdesire and my wife's importunity, I did begin, and then was obliged togive him entry-money 10s. , and am become his scholler. The truth is, Ithink it a thing very useful for a gentleman, and sometimes I may haveoccasion of using it, and though it cost me what I am heartily sorryit should, besides that I must by my oath give half as much more to thepoor, yet I am resolved to get it up some other way, and then it willnot be above a month or two in a year. So though it be against mystomach yet I will try it a little while; if I see it comes to any greatinconvenience or charge I will fling it off. After I had begun with thesteps of half a coranto, which I think I shall learn well enough, hewent away, and we to dinner, and by and by out by coach, and set my wifedown at my Lord Crew's, going to see my Lady Jem. Montagu, who is latelycome to town, and I to St. James's; where Mr. Coventry, Sir W. Pen andI staid a good while for the Duke's coming in, but not coming, we walkedto White Hall; and meeting the King, we followed him into the Park, where Mr. Coventry and he talked of building a new yacht, which theKing is resolved to have built out of his privy purse, he having somecontrivance of his own. The talk being done, we fell off to White Hall, leaving the King in the Park, and going back, met the Duke going towardsSt. James's to meet us. So he turned back again, and to his closettat White Hall; and there, my Lord Sandwich present, we did our weeklyerrand, and so broke up; and I down into the garden with my LordSandwich (after we had sat an hour at the Tangier Committee); and aftertalking largely of his own businesses, we begun to talk how matters areat Court: and though he did not flatly tell me any such thing, yet I dosuspect that all is not kind between the King and the Duke, and that theKing's fondness to the little Duke do occasion it; and it may be thatthere is some fear of his being made heir to the Crown. But this my Lorddid not tell me, but is my guess only; and that my Lord Chancellor iswithout doubt falling past hopes. He being gone to Chelsey by coach Ito his lodgings, where my wife staid for me, and she from thence to seeMrs. Pierce and called me at Whitehall stairs (where I went before byland to know whether there was any play at Court to-night) and therebeing none she and I to Mr. Creed to the Exchange, where she boughtsomething, and from thence by water to White Fryars, and wife to seeMrs. Turner, and then came to me at my brother's, where I did give himorder about my summer clothes, and so home by coach, and after supperto bed to my wife, with whom I have not lain since I used to lie with myfather till to-night. 

5th. Up betimes and to my office, and there busy all the morning, amongother things walked a good while up and down with Sir J. Minnes, hetelling many old stories of the Navy, and of the state of the Navy atthe beginning of the late troubles, and I am troubled at my heart tothink, and shall hereafter cease to wonder, at the bad success of theKing's cause, when such a knave as he (if it be true what he says) hadthe whole management of the fleet, and the design of putting out of myLord Warwick, and carrying the fleet to the King, wherein he failed mostfatally to the King's ruin. Dined at home, and after dinner up to trymy dance, and so to the office again, where we sat all the afternoon. Inthe evening Deane of Woolwich went home with me and showed me the use ofa little sliding ruler, less than that I bought the other day, whichis the same with that, but more portable; however I did not seem tounderstand or even to have seen anything of it before, but I find him aningenious fellow, and a good servant in his place to the King. Thence tomy office busy writing letters, and then came Sir W. Warren, staying fora letter in his business by the post, and while that was writing he andI talked about merchandise, trade, and getting of money. I made it mybusiness to enquire what way there is for a man bred like me to come tounderstand anything of trade. He did most discretely answer me inall things, shewing me the danger for me to meddle either in ships ormerchandise of any sort or common stocks, but what I have to keep atinterest, which is a good, quiett, and easy profit, and once in a littlewhile something offers that with ready money you may make use of moneyto good profit. Wherein I concur much with him, and parted late withgreat pleasure and content in his discourse, and so home to supper andto bed. It has been this afternoon very hot and this evening also, andabout 11 at night going to bed it fell a-thundering and lightening, thegreatest flashes enlightening the whole body of the yard, that ever Isaw in my life. 

6th. Up betimes and to my office a good while at my new rulers, then tobusiness, and towards noon to the Exchange with Creed, where we met withSir J. Minnes coming in his coach from Westminster, who tells us, ingreat heat, that, by God, the Parliament will make mad work; that theywill render all men incapable of any military or civil employment thathave borne arms in the late troubles against the King, excepting somepersons; which, if it be so, as I hope it is not, will give great causeof discontent, and I doubt will have but bad effects. I left them at theExchange and walked to Paul's Churchyard to look upon a book or two, andso back, and thence to the Trinity House, and there dined, where, amongother discourse worth hearing among the old seamen, they tell us thatthey have catched often in Greenland in fishing whales with the irongrapnells that had formerly been struck into their bodies covered overwith fat; that they have had eleven hogsheads of oyle out of the tongueof a whale. Thence after dinner home to my office, and there busy tillthe evening. Then home and to supper, and while at supper comes Mr. Pembleton, and after supper we up to our dancing room and there dancedthree or four country dances, and after that a practice of my coranto Ibegan with him the other day, and I begin to think that I shall be ableto do something at it in time. Late and merry at it, and so weary tobed. 

7th. Up betimes and to my office awhile, and then by water with my wife, leaving her at the new Exchange, and I to see Dr. Williams, and spokewith him about my business with Tom Trice, and so to my brother's, whoI find very careful now-a-days, more than ordinary in his business andlike to do well. From thence to Westminster, and there up and down fromthe Hall to the Lobby, the Parliament sitting. Sir Thomas Crew thisday tells me that the Queen, hearing that there was L40, 000 per annumbrought into her account among the other expences of the Crown to theCommittee of Parliament, she took order to let them know that she hathyet for the payment of her whole family received but L4, 000, which isa notable act of spirit, and I believe is true. So by coach to my LordCrew's, and there dined with him. He tells me of the order the House ofCommons have made for the drawing an Act for the rendering none capableof preferment or employment in the State, but who have been loyall andconstant to the King and Church; which will be fatal to a great many, and makes me doubt lest I myself, with all my innocence during the latetimes, should be brought in, being employed in the Exchequer; but, Ihope, God will provide for me. This day the new Theatre Royal begins toact with scenes the Humourous Lieutenant, but I have not time to see it, nor could stay to see my Lady Jemimah lately come to town, and who washere in the house, but dined above with her grandmother. But taking mywife at my brother's home by coach, and the officers being at Deptfordat a Pay we had no office, but I took my wife by water and so spent theevening, and so home with great pleasure to supper, and then to bed. 

8th. Up very early and to my office, there preparing letters to myfather of great import in the settling of our affairs, and putting himupon a way [of] good husbandry, I promising to make out of my own pursehim up to L50 per annum, till either by my uncle Thomas's death or thefall of the Wardrobe place he be otherwise provided. That done I bywater to the Strand, and there viewed the Queen-Mother's works atSomersett House, and thence to the new playhouse, but could not get into see it. So to visit my Lady Jemimah, who is grown much since I sawher; but lacks mightily to be brought into the fashion of the courtto set her off: Thence to the Temple, and there sat till one o'clockreading at Playford's in Dr. Usher's 'Body of Divinity' his discourse ofthe Scripture, which is as much, I believe, as is anywhere said by anyman, but yet there is room to cavill, if a man would use no faith to thetradition of the Church in which he is born, which I think to be as goodan argument as most is brought for many things, and it may be for thatamong others. Thence to my brother's, and there took up my wife andAshwell to the Theatre Royall, being the second day of its being opened. The house is made with extraordinary good contrivance, and yet hath somefaults, as the narrowness of the passages in and out of the Pitt, andthe distance from the stage to the boxes, which I am confident cannothear; but for all other things it is well, only, above all, the musiquebeing below, and most of it sounding under the very stage, there is nohearing of the bases at all, nor very well of the trebles, which suremust be mended. The play was "The Humerous Lieutenant, " a play thathath little good in it, nor much in the very part which, by the King'scommand, Lacy now acts instead of Clun. In the dance, the tall devil'sactions was very pretty. The play being done, we home by water, havingbeen a little shamed that my wife and woman were in such a pickle, allthe ladies being finer and better dressed in the pitt than they used, Ithink, to be. To my office to set down this day's passage, and, thoughmy oath against going to plays do not oblige me against this house, because it was not then in being, yet believing that at the time mymeaning was against all publique houses, I am resolved to deny myselfthe liberty of two plays at Court, which are in arreare to me for themonths of March and April, which will more than countervail this excess, so that this month of May is the first that I must claim a liberty ofgoing to a Court play according to my oath. So home to supper, and atsupper comes Pembleton, and afterwards we all up to dancing till late, and so broke up and to bed, and they say that I am like to make adancer. 

9th. Up betimes and to my office, whither sooner than ordinary comesMr. Hater desiring to speak a word to me alone, which I was from thedisorder of his countenance amused at, and so the poor man began tellingme that by Providence being the last Lord's day at a meeting of someFriends upon doing of their duties, they were surprised, and he carriedto the Counter, but afterwards released; however, hearing that Sir W. Batten do hear of [it, ] he thought it good to give me an account of it, lest it might tend to any prejudice to me. I was extraordinary surprisedwith it, and troubled for him, knowing that now it is out it isimpossible for me to conceal it, or keep him in employment under mewithout danger to myself. I cast about all I could, and did give him thebest advice I could, desiring to know if I should promise that he wouldnot for the time to come commit the same, he told me he desired that Iwould rather forbear to promise that, for he durst not do it, whateverGod in His providence shall do with him, and that for my part he didbless God and thank me for all the love and kindness I have shewedhim hitherto. I could not without tears in my eyes discourse with himfurther, but at last did pitch upon telling the truth of the wholeto Mr. Coventry as soon as I could, and to that end did use means toprevent Sir W. Batten (who came to town last night) from going to thatend to-day, lest he might doe it to Sir G. Carteret or Mr. Coventrybefore me; which I did prevail and kept him at the office all themorning. At noon dined at home with a heavy heart for the poor man, andafter dinner went out to my brother's, and thence to Westminster, whereat Mr. Jervas's, my old barber, I did try two or three borders andperriwiggs, meaning to wear one; and yet I have no stomach [for it, ] butthat the pains of keeping my hair clean is so great. He trimmed me, andat last I parted, but my mind was almost altered from my first purpose, from the trouble that I foresee will be in wearing them also. Thence bywater home and to the office, where busy late, and so home to supper andbed, with my mind much troubled about T. Hater. 

10th (Lord's day). Up betimes, and put on a black cloth suit, withwhite lynings under all, as the fashion is to wear, to appear under thebreeches. So being ready walked to St. James's, where I sat talking withMr. Coventry, while he made himself ready, about several businesses ofthe Navy, and afterwards, the Duke being gone out, he and I walked toWhite Hall together over the Park, I telling him what had happened toTom Hater, at which he seems very sorry, but tells me that if it is notmade very publique, it will not be necessary to put him away at present, but give him good caution for the time to come. However, he will speakto the Duke about it and know his pleasure. Parted with him there, and Iwalked back to St. James's, and was there at mass, and was forced in thecrowd to kneel down; and mass being done, to the King's Headordinary, whither I sent for Mr. Creed and there we dined, where manyParliament-men; and most of their talk was about the news from Scotland, that the Bishop of Galloway was besieged in his house by some woman, andhad like to have been outraged, but I know not how he was secured;which is bad news, and looks just as it did in the beginning of the latetroubles. From thence they talked of rebellion; and I perceive they makeit their great maxime to be sure to master the City of London, whatevercomes of it or from it. After that to some other discourse, and, among other things, talking of the way of ordinaries, that it is veryconvenient, because a man knows what he hath to pay: one did wish that, among many bad, we could learn two good things of France, which werethat we would not think it below the gentleman, or person of honour at atavern, to bargain for his meat before he eats it; and next, to take noservant without certificate from some friend or gentleman of his goodbehaviour and abilities. Hence with Creed into St. James's Park, andthere walked all the afternoon, and thence on foot home, and after alittle while at my office walked in the garden with my wife, and so hometo supper, and after prayers to bed. My brother Tom supped with me, and should have brought my aunt Ellen with him; she was not free to goabroad. 

11th. Up betimes, and by water to Woolwich on board the Royall James, to see in what dispatch she is to be carried about to Chatham. So to theyard a little, and thence on foot to Greenwich, where going I was setupon by a great dogg, who got hold of my garters, and might have done mehurt; but, Lord, to see in what a maze I was, that, having a swordabout me, I never thought of it, or had the heart to make use of it, butmight, for want of that courage, have been worried. Took water there andhome, and both coming and going did con my lesson on my Ruler to measuretimber, which I think I can well undertake now to do. At home therebeing Pembleton I danced, and I think shall come on to do something in alittle time, and after dinner by coach with Sir W. Pen (setting down hisdaughter at Clerkenwell), to St. James's, where we attended the Duke ofYork: and, among other things, Sir G. Carteret and I had a great disputeabout the different value of the pieces of eight rated by Mr. Creedat 4s. And 5d. , and by Pitts at 4s. And 9d. , which was the greatesthusbandry to the King? he persisting that the greatest sum was; which isas ridiculous a piece of ignorance as could be imagined. However, it isto be argued at the Board, and reported to the Duke next week; which Ishall do with advantage, I hope. Thence to the Tangier Committee, wherewe should have concluded in sending Captain Cuttance and the rest toTangier to deliberate upon the design of the Mole before they begin towork upon it, but there being not a committee (my Lord intending tobe there but was taken up at my Lady Castlemayne's) I parted and wenthomeward, after a little discourse with Mr. Pierce the surgeon, whotells me that my Lady Castlemaine hath now got lodgings near the King'schamber at Court; and that the other day Dr. Clerke and he did dissecttwo bodies, a man and a woman; before the King, with which the King washighly pleased. By water and called upon Tom Trice by appointment withDr. Williams, but the Dr. Did not come, it seems by T. Trice's desire, not thinking he should be at leisure. However, in general we talked ofour business, and I do not find that he will come to any lower termsthan L150, which I think I shall not give him but by law, and sowe parted, and I called upon Mr. Crumlum, and did give him the 10s. Remaining, not laid out of the L5 I promised him for the school, withwhich he will buy strings, and golden letters upon the books I did givethem. I sat with him and his wife a great while talking, and she is [a]pretty woman, never yet with child, and methinks looks as if her mouthwatered now and then upon some of her boys. Then upon Tom Pepys, theTurner, desiring his father and his letter to Piggott signifying hisconsent to the selling of his land for the paying of us his money, andso home, and finding Pembleton there we did dance till it was late, andso to supper and to bed. 

12th. Up between four and five, and after dressing myself then to myoffice to prepare business against the afternoon, where all the morning, and dined at noon at home, where a little angry with my wife for mindingnothing now but the dancing-master, having him come twice a day, whichis a folly. Again, to my office. We sat till late, our chief businessbeing the reconciling the business of the pieces of eight mentionedyesterday before the Duke of York, wherein I have got the day, and theyare all brought over to what I said, of which I am proud. Late writingletters, and so home to supper and to bed. Here I found Creed stayingfor me, and so after supper I staid him all night and lay with me, ourgreat discourse being the folly of our two doting knights, of which I amashamed. 

13th. Lay till 6 o'clock and then up, and after a little talk and mirth, he went away, and I to my office, where busy all the morning, and atnoon home to dinner, and after dinner Pembleton came and I practised. But, Lord! to see how my wife will not be thought to need telling by meor Ashwell, and yet will plead that she has learnt but a month, whichcauses many short fallings out between us. So to my office, whitherone-eyed Cooper came to see me, and I made him to show me the use ofplatts, and to understand the lines, and how to find how lands bear, &c. , to my great content. Then came Mr. Barrow, storekeeper of Chatham, who tells me many things, how basely Sir W. Batten has carried himselfto him, and in all things else like a passionate dotard, to the King'sgreat wrong. God mend all, for I am sure we are but in an ill conditionin the Navy, however the King is served in other places. Home to supper, to cards, and to bed. 

14th. Up betimes and put up some things to send to Brampton. Then abroadto the Temple, and up and down about business, and met Mr. Moore; andwith him to an alehouse in Holborn; where in discourse he told me thathe fears the King will be tempted to endeavour the setting the Crownupon the little Duke, which may cause troubles; which God forbid, unlessit be his due! He told me my Lord do begin to settle to business again, which I am glad of, for he must not sit out, now he has done his ownbusiness by getting his estate settled, and that the King did send forhim the other day to my Lady Castlemaine's, to play at cards, where helost L50; for which I am sorry, though he says my Lord was pleased atit, and said he would be glad at any time to lose L50 for the King tosend for him to play, which I do not so well like. Thence home, andafter dinner to the office, where we sat till night, and then made upmy papers and letters by the post, and so home to dance with Pembleton. This day we received a baskett from my sister Pall, made by her ofpaper, which hath a great deal of labour in it for country innocentwork. After supper to bed, and going to bed received a letter from Mr. Coventry desiring my coming to him to-morrow morning, which troubled meto think what the business should be, fearing it must be some bad newsin Tom Hater's business. 

15th. Up betimes and walked to St. James's, where Mr. Coventry being inbed I walked in the Park, discoursing with the keeper of the Pell Mell, who was sweeping of it; who told me of what the earth is mixed that dofloor the Mall, and that over all there is cockle-shells powdered, andspread to keep it fast; which, however, in dry weather, turns to dustand deads the ball. Thence to Mr. Coventry; and sitting by his bedside, he did tell me that he sent for me to discourse upon my Lord Sandwich'sallowances for his several pays, and what his thoughts are concerninghis demands; which he could not take the freedom to do face to face, it being not so proper as by me: and did give me a most friendly andingenuous account of all; telling me how unsafe, at this juncture, whileevery man's, and his actions particularly, are descanted upon, it iseither for him to put the Duke upon doing, or my Lord himself to desireanything extraordinary, 'specially the King having been so bountifullalready; which the world takes notice of even to some repinings. Allwhich he did desire me to discourse with my Lord of; which I haveundertook to do. We talked also of our office in general, with which hetold me that he was now-a-days nothing so satisfied as he was wont tobe. I confess I told him things are ordered in that way that we mustof necessity break in a little time a pieces. After done with him aboutthese things, he told me that for Mr. Hater the Duke's word was in shortthat he found he had a good servant, an Anabaptist, and unless he didcarry himself more to the scandal of the office, he would bear withhis opinion till he heard further, which do please me very much. Thence walked to Westminster, and there up and down in the Hall and theParliament House all the morning; at noon by coach to my Lord Crew's, hearing that Lord Sandwich did dine there; where I told him what hadpassed between Mr. Coventry and myself; with which he was contented, though I could perceive not very well pleased. And I do believe that myLord do find some other things go against his mind in the House; for inthe motion made the other day in the House by my Lord Bruce, that nonebe capable of employment but such as have been loyal and constant tothe King and Church, the General [Monk] and my Lord were mentioned to beexcepted; and my Lord Bruce did come since to my Lord, to clear himselfthat he meant nothing to his prejudice, nor could it have any sucheffect if he did mean it. After discourse with my Lord; to dinner withhim; there dining there my Lord Montagu of Boughton, Mr. William Montaguhis brother, the Queen's Sollicitor, &c. , and a fine dinner. Theirtalk about a ridiculous falling-out two days ago at my Lord of Oxford'shouse, at an entertainment of his, there being there my Lord ofAlbemarle, Lynsey, two of the Porters, my Lord Bellasses, and others, where there were high words and some blows, and pulling off ofperriwiggs; till my Lord Monk took away some of their swords, and sentfor some soldiers to guard the house till the fray was ended. To such adegree of madness the nobility of this age is come! After dinner I wentup to Sir Thomas Crew, who lies there not very well in his head, beingtroubled with vapours and fits of dizziness: and there I sat talkingwith him all the afternoon from one discourse to another, the most wasupon the unhappy posture of things at this time; that the King do mindnothing but pleasures, and hates the very sight or thoughts of business;that my Lady Castlemaine rules him, who, he says, hath all the tricks ofAretin

 [An allusion to Aretin's infamous letters and sonnets accompanying the as infamous "Postures" engraved by Marc Antonio from the designs of Julio Romano (Steinman's "Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, " privately printed, 1871). ]

that are to be practised to give pleasure. In which he is too able .... But what is the unhappiness in that, as the Italian proverb says, "lazzodritto non vuolt consiglio. " If any of the sober counsellors give himgood advice, and move him in anything that is to his good and honour, the other part, which are his counsellers of pleasure, take him whenhe is with my Lady Castlemaine, and in a humour of delight, and thenpersuade him that he ought not to hear nor listen to the advice of thoseold dotards or counsellors that were heretofore his enemies: when, Godknows! it is they that now-a-days do most study his honour. It seems thepresent favourites now are my Lord Bristol, Duke of Buckingham, Sir H. Bennet, my Lord Ashley, and Sir Charles Barkeley; who, among them, havecast my Lord Chancellor upon his back, past ever getting up again; therebeing now little for him to do, and he waits at Court attending to speakto the King as others do: which I pray God may prove of good effects, for it is feared it will be the same with my Lord Treasurer shortly. Butstrange to hear how my Lord Ashley, by my Lord Bristol's means (he beingbrought over to the Catholique party against the Bishopps, whom he hatesto the death, and publicly rails against them; not that he is become aCatholique, but merely opposes the Bishopps; and yet, for aught I hear, the Bishopp of London keeps as great with the King as ever) is got intofavour, so much that, being a man of great business and yet of pleasure, and drolling too, he, it is thought, will be made Lord Treasurer uponthe death or removal of the good old man. My Lord Albemarle, I hear, do bear through and bustle among them, and will not be removed from theKing's good opinion and favour, though none of the Cabinett; but yethe is envied enough. It is made very doubtful whether the King do notintend the making of the Duke of Monmouth legitimate;

 [Thomas Ross, Monmouth's tutor, put the idea into his head that Charles II. Had married his mother. The report was sedulously spread abroad, and obtained some kind of credence, until, in June, 1678, the king set the matter at rest by publishing a declaration, which was entered in the Council book and registered in Chancery. The words of the declaration are: "That to avoid any dispute which might happen in time to come concerning the succession of the Crown, he (Charles) did declare, in the presence of Almighty God, that he never gave, nor made any contract of marriage, nor was married to Mrs. Barlow, alias Waters, the Duke of Monmouth's mother, nor to any other woman whatsoever, but to his present wife, Queen Catherine, then living. "]

but surely the Commons of England will never do it, nor the Duke ofYork suffer it, whose lady, I am told, is very troublesome to him byher jealousy. But it is wonderful that Sir Charles Barkeley should be sogreat still, not [only] with the King, but Duke also; who did so stifflyswear that he had lain with her. 

 [The conspiracy of Sir Charles Berkeley, Lord Arran, Jermyn, Talbot, and Killigrew to traduce Anne Hyde was peculiarly disgraceful, and the conduct of all the actors in the affair of the marriage, from Lord Clarendon downwards, was far from creditable (see Lister's "Life of Clarendon, " ii. 68-79)]

And another one Armour that he rode before her on horseback in Holland Ithink.... No care is observed to be taken of the main chance, eitherfor maintaining of trade or opposing of factions, which, God knows, areready to break out, if any of them (which God forbid!) should dare tobegin; the King and every man about him minding so much their pleasuresor profits. My Lord Hinchingbroke, I am told, hath had a mischance tokill his boy by his birding-piece going off as he was a-fowling. The gunwas charged with small shot, and hit the boy in the face and about thetemples, and he lived four days. In Scotland, it seems, for allthe newes-books tell us every week that they are all so quiett, andeverything in the Church settled, the old woman had like to have killed, the other day, the Bishop of Galloway, and not half the Churches of thewhole kingdom conform. Strange were the effects of the late thunder andlightning about a week since at Northampton, coming with great rain, which caused extraordinary floods in a few hours, bearing away bridges, drowning horses, men, and cattle. Two men passing over a bridge onhorseback, the arches before and behind them were borne away, and thatleft which they were upon: but, however, one of the horses fell over, and was drowned. Stacks of faggots carried as high as a steeple, andother dreadful things; which Sir Thomas Crew showed me letters tohim about from Mr. Freemantle and others, that it is very true. ThePortugalls have choused us, [The word chouse appears to have been introduced into the language at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In 1609, a Chiaus sent by Sir Robert Shirley, from Constantinople to London, had chiaused (or choused) the Turkish and Persian merchants out of L4, 000, before the arrival of his employer, and had decamped. The affair was quite recent in 1610, when Jonson's "Alchemist" appeared, in which it is alluded to. ]

it seems, in the Island of Bombay, in the East Indys; for after a greatcharge of our fleets being sent thither with full commission from theKing of Portugall to receive it, the Governour by some pretence or otherwill not deliver it to Sir Abraham Shipman, sent from the King, nor tomy Lord of Marlborough; which the King takes highly ill, and I fear ourQueen will fare the worse for it. The Dutch decay there exceedingly, itbeing believed that their people will revolt from them there, and theyforced to give over their trade. This is talked of among us, but howtrue I understand not. Sir Thomas showed me his picture and Sir AnthonyVandike's, in crayon in little, done exceedingly well. Having thusfreely talked with him, and of many more things, I took leave, and bycoach to St. James's, and there told Mr. Coventry what I had done withmy Lord with great satisfaction, and so well pleased home, where I foundit almost night, and my wife and the dancing-master alone above, notdancing but talking. Now so deadly full of jealousy I am that my heartand head did so cast about and fret that I could not do any businesspossibly, but went out to my office, and anon late home again and readyto chide at every thing, and then suddenly to bed and could hardlysleep, yet durst not say any thing, but was forced to say that I had badnews from the Duke concerning Tom Hater as an excuse to my wife, whoby my folly has too much opportunity given her with the man, who is apretty neat black man, but married. But it is a deadly folly and plaguethat I bring upon myself to be so jealous and by giving myself suchan occasion more than my wife desired of giving her another month'sdancing. Which however shall be ended as soon as I can possibly. But Iam ashamed to think what a course I did take by lying to see whethermy wife did wear drawers to-day as she used to do, and other things toraise my suspicion of her, but I found no true cause of doing it. 

16th. Up with my mind disturbed and with my last night's doubts upon me, for which I deserve to be beaten if not really served as I am fearful ofbeing, especially since God knows that I do not find honesty enough inmy own mind but that upon a small temptation I could be false to her, and therefore ought not to expect more justice from her, but God pardonboth my sin and my folly herein. To my office and there sitting all themorning, and at noon dined at home. After dinner comes Pembleton, and Ibeing out of humour would not see him, pretending business, but, Lord!with what jealousy did I walk up and down my chamber listening to hearwhether they danced or no, which they did, notwithstanding I afterwardsknew and did then believe that Ashwell was with them. So to my officeawhile, and, my jealousy still reigning, I went in and, not out of anypleasure but from that only reason, did go up to them to practise, anddid make an end of "La Duchesse, " which I think I should, with a littlepains, do very well. So broke up and saw him gone. Then Captain Cockecoming to me to speak about my seeming discourtesy to him in thebusiness of his hemp, I went to the office with him, and therediscoursed it largely and I think to his satisfaction. Then to mybusiness, writing letters and other things till late at night, and sohome to supper and bed. My mind in some better ease resolving to preventmatters for the time to come as much as I can, it being to no purpose totrouble myself for what is past, being occasioned too by my own folly. 

17th (Lord's day). Up and in my chamber all the morning, preparing mygreat letters to my father, stating to him the perfect condition of ourestate. My wife and Ashwell to church, and after dinner they to churchagain, and I all the afternoon making an end of my morning's work, which I did about the evening, and then to talk with my wife till aftersupper, and so to bed having another small falling out and myself vexedwith my old fit of jealousy about her dancing-master. But I am a foolfor doing it. So to bed by daylight, I having a very great cold, so asI doubt whether I shall be able to speak to-morrow at our attending theDuke, being now so hoarse. 

18th. Up and after taking leave of Sir W. Batten, who is gone this daytowards Portsmouth (to little purpose, God knows) upon his survey, Ihome and spent the morning at dancing; at noon Creed dined with us andMr. Deane Woolwich, and so after dinner came Mr. Howe, who however hadenough for his dinner, and so, having done, by coach to Westminster, sheto Mrs. Clerke and I to St. James's, where the Duke being gone down bywater to-day with the King I went thence to my Lord Sandwich's lodgings, where Mr. Howe and I walked a while, and going towards Whitehall throughthe garden Dr. Clerk and Creed called me across the bowling green, and so I went thither and after a stay went up to Mrs. Clerke who wasdressing herself to go abroad with my wife. But, Lord! in what a poorcondition her best chamber is, and things about her, for all the outsideand show that she makes, but I found her just such a one as Mrs. Pierce, contrary to my expectation, so much that I am sick and sorry to see it. Thence for an hour Creed and I walked to White Hall, and into the Park, seeing the Queen and Maids of Honour passing through the house going tothe Park. But above all, Mrs. Stuart is a fine woman, and they say now acommon mistress to the King, [The king said to 'la belle' Stuart, who resisted all his importunities, that he hoped he should live to see her "ugly and willing" (Lord Dartmouth's note to Burnet's "Own Time, " vol. I. , p. 436, ed. 1823). ]

as my Lady Castlemaine is; which is a great pity. Thence taking a coachto Mrs. Clerke's, took her, and my wife, and Ashwell, and a Frenchman, a kinsman of hers, to the Park, where we saw many fine faces, and oneexceeding handsome, in a white dress over her head, with many othersvery beautiful. Staying there till past eight at night, I carriedMrs. Clerke and her Frenchman, who sings well, home, and thence homeourselves, talking much of what we had observed to-day of the poorhousehold stuff of Mrs. Clerke and mere show and flutter that she makesin the world; and pleasing myself in my own house and manner of livingmore than ever I did by seeing how much better and more substantially Ilive than others do. So to supper and bed. 

19th. Up pretty betimes, but yet I observe how my dancing and lying amorning or two longer than ordinary for my cold do make me hard to riseas I used to do, or look after my business as I am wont. To my chamberto make an end of my papers to my father to be sent by the postto-night, and taking copies of them, which was a great work, but I didit this morning, and so to my office, and thence with Sir John Minnes tothe Tower; and by Mr. Slingsby, and Mr. Howard, Controller of the Mint, we were shown the method of making this new money, from the beginning tothe end, which is so pretty that I did take a note of every part of itand set them down by themselves for my remembrance hereafter. That beingdone it was dinner time, and so the Controller would have us dine withhim and his company, the King giving them a dinner every day. And verymerry and good discourse about the business we have been upon, and afterdinner went to the Assay Office and there saw the manner of assayingof gold and silver, and how silver melted down with gold do part, justbeing put into aqua-fortis, the silver turning into water, and the goldlying whole in the very form it was put in, mixed of gold and silver, which is a miracle; and to see no silver at all but turned into water, which they can bring again into itself out of the water. And here Iwas made thoroughly to understand the business of the fineness andcoarseness of metals, and have put down my lessons with my otherobservations therein. At table among other discourse they told us of twocheats, the best I ever heard. One, of a labourer discovered to conveyaway the bits of silver cut out pence by swallowing them down intohis belly, and so they could not find him out, though, of course, theysearched all the labourers; but, having reason to doubt him, they did, by threats and promises, get him to confess, and did find L7 of it inhis house at one time. The other of one that got a way of coyning moneyas good and passable and large as the true money is, and yet saved fiftyper cent. To himself, which was by getting moulds made to stamp groatslike old groats, which is done so well, and I did beg two of them whichI keep for rarities, that there is not better in the world, and is asgood, nay, better than those that commonly go, which was the only thingthat they could find out to doubt them by, besides the number that theparty do go to put off, and then coming to the Comptroller of the Mint, he could not, I say, find out any other thing to raise any doubt upon, but only their being so truly round or near it, though I should neverhave doubted the thing neither. He was neither hanged nor burned, thecheat was thought so ingenious, and being the first time they could evertrap him in it, and so little hurt to any man in it, the money being asgood as commonly goes. Thence to the office till the evening, we sat, and then by water (taking Pembleton with us), over the water to theHalfway House, where we played at nine-pins, and there my damnedjealousy took fire, he and my wife being of a side and I seeing of himtake her by the hand in play, though I now believe he did [it] only inpassing and sport. Thence home and being 10 o'clock was forced to landbeyond the Custom House, and so walked home and to my office, and havingdispatched my great letters by the post to my father, of which I keepcopies to show by me and for my future understanding, I went home tosupper and bed, being late. The most observables in the making of moneywhich I observed to-day, is the steps of their doing it. 

1. Before they do anything they assay the bullion, which is done, ifit be gold, by taking an equal weight of that and of silver, of each asmall weight, which they reckon to be six ounces or half a pound troy;this they wrap up in within lead. If it be silver, they put such aquantity of that alone and wrap it up in lead, and then putting theminto little earthen cupps made of stuff like tobacco pipes, and putthem into a burning hot furnace, where, after a while, the whole body ismelted, and at last the lead in both is sunk into the body of the cupp, which carries away all the copper or dross with it, and left the puregold and silver embodyed together, of that which hath both been put intothe cupp together, and the silver alone in these where it was put alonein the leaden case. And to part the silver and the gold in the firstexperiment, they put the mixed body into a glass of aqua-fortis, whichseparates them by spitting out the silver into such small parts that youcannot tell what it becomes, but turns into the very water and leavesthe gold at the bottom clear of itself, with the silver wholly spit out, and yet the gold in the form that it was doubled together in when it wasa mixed body of gold and silver, which is a great mystery; and after allthis is done to get the silver together out of the water is as strange. But the nature of the assay is thus: the piece of gold that goes intothe furnace twelve ounces, if it comes out again eleven ounces, and thepiece of silver which goes in twelve and comes out again eleven and twopennyweight, are just of the alloy of the standard of England. If itcomes out, either of them, either the gold above eleven, as very finewill sometimes within very little of what it went in, or the silverabove eleven and two pennyweight, as that also will sometimes come outeleven and ten penny weight or more, they are so much above the goodnessof the standard, and so they know what proportion of worse gold andsilver to put to such a quantity of the bullion to bring it to the exactstandard. And on the contrary, [if] it comes out lighter, then such aweight is beneath the standard, and so requires such a proportion offine metal to be put to the bullion to bring it to the standard, andthis is the difference of good and bad, better and worse than thestandard, and also the difference of standards, that of Seville beingthe best and that of Mexico worst, and I think they said none butSeville is better than ours. 

2. They melt it into long plates, which, if the mould do take ayre, thenthe plate is not of an equal heaviness in every part of it, as it oftenfalls out. 

3. They draw these plates between rollers to bring them to an eventhickness all along and every plate of the same thickness, and it isvery strange how the drawing it twice easily between the rollers willmake it as hot as fire, yet cannot touch it. 

4. They bring it to another pair of rollers, which they call adjustingit, which bring it to a greater exactness in its thickness than thefirst could be. 

5. They cut them into round pieces, which they do with the greatestease, speed, and exactness in the world. 

6. They weigh these, and where they find any to be too heavy they filethem, which they call sizeing them; or light, they lay them by, whichis very seldom, but they are of a most exact weight, but however, in themelting, all parts by some accident not being close alike, now and thena difference will be, and, this filing being done, there shall not beany imaginable difference almost between the weight of forty of theseagainst another forty chosen by chance out of all their heaps. 

7. These round pieces having been cut out of the plates, which inpassing the rollers are bent, they are sometimes a little crooked orswelling out or sinking in, and therefore they have a way of clapping100 or 2 together into an engine, which with a screw presses them sohard that they come out as flat as is possible. 

8. They blanch them. 

9. They mark the letters on the edges, which is kept as the great secretby Blondeau, who was not in the way, and so I did not speak with himto-day. 

 [Professor W. C. Roberts-Austen, C. B. , F. R. S. , chemist to the Royal Mint, refers to Pepys's Diary and to Blondeau's machine in his Cantor Lectures on "Alloys used for Coinage, " printed in the "journal of the Society of Arts" (vol. Xxxii. ). He writes, "The hammer was still retained for coining in the Mint in the Tower of London, but the question of the adoption of the screw-press by the Moneyers appears to have been revived in 1649, when the Council of State had it represented to them that the coins of the Government might be more perfectly and beautifully done, and made equal to any coins in Europe. It was proposed to send to France for Peter Blondeau, who had invented and improved a machine and method for making all coins 'with the most beautiful polish and equality on the edge, or with any proper inscription or graining. ' He came on the 3rd of September, and although a Committee of the Mint reported in favour of his method of coining, the Company of Moneyers, who appear to have boasted of the success of their predecessors in opposing the introduction of the mill and screw-press in Queen Elizabeth's reign, prevented the introduction of the machinery, and consequently he did not produce pattern pieces until 1653.... It is certain that Blondeau did not invent, but only improved the method of coining by the screw-press, and I believe his improvements related chiefly to a method for 'rounding the pieces before they are sized, and in making the edges of the moneys with letters and graining, ' which he undertook to reveal to the king. Special stress is laid on the engines wherewith the rims were marked, 'which might be kept secret among few men. ' I cannot find that there is any record in the Paris mint of Blondeau's employment there, and the only reference to his invention in the Mint records of this country refers to the 'collars, ' or perforated discs of metal surrounding the 'blank' while it was struck into a coin. There is, however, in the British Museum a MS. Believed to be in Blondeau's hand, in which he claims his process, 'as a new invention, to make a handsome coyne, than can be found in all the world besides, viz. , that shall not only be stamped on both flat sides, but shall even be marked with letters on the thickness of the brim. ' The letters were raised. The press Blondeau used was, I believe, the ordinary screw-press, and I suppose that the presses drawn in Akerman's well-known plate of the coining-room of the Mint in the Tower, published in 1803 ['Microcosm of London, ' vol. Ii. , p. 202], if not actually the same machines, were similar to those erected in 1661-62 by Sir William Parkhurst and Sir Anthony St. Leger, wardens of the Mint, at a cost of L1400, Professor Roberts-Austen shows that Benvenuto Cellini used a similar press to that attributed to Blondeau, and he gives an illustration of this in his lecture (p. 810). In a letter to the editor the professor writes: "Pepys's account of the operations of coining, and especially of assaying gold and silver, is very interesting and singularly accurate considering that he could not have had technical knowledge of the subject. "]

10. They mill them, that is, put on the marks on both sides at once withgreat exactness and speed, and then the money is perfect. The mill isafter this manner: one of the dyes, which has one side of the piece cut, is fastened to a thing fixed below, and the other dye (and they tell mea payre of dyes will last the marking of L10, 000 before it be worn out, they and all other their tools being made of hardened steel, and theDutchman who makes them is an admirable artist, and has so much by thepound for every pound that is coyned to find a constant supply of dyes)to an engine above, which is moveable by a screw, which is pulled bymen; and then a piece being clapped by one sitting below between the twodyes, when they meet the impression is set, and then the man with hisfinger strikes off the piece and claps another in, and then the othermen they pull again and that is marked, and then another and anotherwith great speed. They say that this way is more charge to the King thanthe old way, but it is neater, freer from clipping or counterfeiting, the putting of the words upon the edges being not to be done (thoughcounterfeited) without an engine of the charge and noise that nocounterfeit will be at or venture upon, and it employs as many men asthe old and speedier. They now coyne between L16 and L24, 000 in a week. At dinner they did discourse very finely to us of the probability thatthere is a vast deal of money hid in the land, from this:--that in KingCharles's time there was near ten millions of money coyned, besides whatwas then in being of King James's and Queene Elizabeth's, of which thereis a good deal at this day in being. Next, that there was but L750, 000coyned of the Harp and Crosse money, [The Commonwealth coins (stamped with the cross and harp, and the inscription, "The Commonwealth of England") were called in by proclamation, September, 1660, and when brought to the Mint an equal amount of lawful money was allowed for them, weight for weight, deducting only for the coinage (Ruding's "Annals of the Coinage, " 18 19, vol. Iii. , p. 293). The harp was taken out of the naval flags in May, 1660. ]

and of this there was L500, 000 brought in upon its being called in. Andfrom very good arguments they find that there cannot be less of itin Ireland and Scotland than L100, 000; so that there is but L150, 000missing; and of that, suppose that there should be not above 650, 000still remaining, either melted down, hid, or lost, or hoarded up inEngland, there will then be but L100, 000 left to be thought to have beentransported. Now, if L750, 000 in twelve years' time lost but a L100, 000in danger of being transported, then within thirty-five years' timewill have lost but L3, 888, 880 and odd pounds; and as there is L650, 000remaining after twelve years' time in England, so after thirty-fiveyears' time, which was within this two years, there ought in proportionto have been resting L6, 111, 120 or thereabouts, beside King James's andQueen Elizabeth's money. Now that most of this must be hid is evident, as they reckon, because of the dearth of money immediately upon thecalling-in of the State's money, which was L500, 000 that came in; andyet there was not any money to be had in this City, which they say totheir own observation and knowledge was so. And therefore, though I cansay nothing in it myself, I do not dispute it. 

20th. Up and to my office, and anon home and to see my wife dancing withPembleton about noon, and I to the Trinity House to dinner and afterdinner home, and there met Pembleton, who I perceive has dined with mywife, which she takes no notice of, but whether that proceeds out ofdesign, or fear to displease me I know not, but it put me into a greatdisorder again, that I could mind nothing but vexing, but however Icontinued my resolution of going down by water to Woolwich, took my wifeand Ashwell; and going out met Mr. Howe come to see me, whose horse wecaused to be set up, and took him with us. The tide against us, so Iwent ashore at Greenwich before, and did my business at the yard aboutputting things in order as to their proceeding to build the new yachtordered to be built by Christopher Pett, [In the minutes of the Royal Society is the following entry: "June 11, 1662. Dr. Pett's brother shewed a draught of the pleasure boat which he intended to make for the king" (Birch's "History of the Royal Society, " vol. I. , p. 85). Peter Pett had already built a yacht for the king at Deptford. ]

and so to Woolwich town, where at an alehouse I found them ready toattend my coming, and so took boat again, it being cold, and I sweating, with my walk, which was very pleasant along the green come and pease, and most of the way sang, he and I, and eat some cold meat we had, andwith great pleasure home, and so he took horse again, and Pembletoncoming, we danced a country dance or two and so broke up and to bed, mymind restless and like to be so while she learns to dance. God forgivemy folly. 

21st. Up, but cannot get up so early as I was wont, nor my mind tobusiness as it should be and used to be before this dancing. However, tomy office, where most of the morning talking of Captain Cox of Chathamabout his and the whole yard's difference against Mr. Barrow thestorekeeper, wherein I told him my mind clearly, that he would be upheldagainst the design of any to ruin him, he being we all believed, but SirW. Batten his mortal enemy, as good a servant as any the King has inthe yard. After much good advice and other talk I home and danced withPembleton, and then the barber trimmed me, and so to dinner, my wife andI having high words about her dancing to that degree that I did enterand make a vow to myself not to oppose her or say anything to dispraiseor correct her therein as long as her month lasts, in pain of 2s. 6d. For every time, which, if God pleases, I will observe, for this roguishbusiness has brought us more disquiett than anything [that] has happeneda great while. After dinner to my office, where late, and then home; andPembleton being there again, we fell to dance a country dance or two, and so to supper and bed. But being at supper my wife did say somethingthat caused me to oppose her in, she used the word devil, which vexedme, and among other things I said I would not have her to use that word, upon which she took me up most scornfully, which, before Ashwell andthe rest of the world, I know not now-a-days how to check, as I wouldheretofore, for less than that would have made me strike her. So thatI fear without great discretion I shall go near to lose too my commandover her, and nothing do it more than giving her this occasion ofdancing and other pleasures, whereby her mind is taken up from herbusiness and finds other sweets besides pleasing of me, and so makes herthat she begins not at all to take pleasure in me or study to pleaseme as heretofore. But if this month of her dancing were but out (as myfirst was this night, and I paid off Pembleton for myself) I shall hopewith a little pains to bring her to her old wont. This day Susan thatlived with me lately being out of service, and I doubt a simple wench, my wife do take her for a little time to try her at least till she goesinto the country, which I am yet doubtful whether it will be best for meto send her or no, for fear of her running off in her liberty before Ihave brought her to her right temper again. 

22nd. Up pretty betimes, and shall, I hope, come to myself and businessagain, after a small playing the truant, for I find that my interest andprofit do grow daily, for which God be praised and keep me to my duty. To my office, and anon one tells me that Rundall, the house-carpenter ofDeptford, hath sent me a fine blackbird, which I went to see. He tellsme he was offered 20s. For him as he came along, he do so whistle. Soto my office, and busy all the morning, among other things, learning tounderstand the course of the tides, and I think I do now do it. At noonMr. Creed comes to me, and he and I to the Exchange, where I had muchdiscourse with several merchants, and so home with him to dinner, andthen by water to Greenwich, and calling at the little alehouse at theend of the town to wrap a rag about my little left toe, being new sorewith walking, we walked pleasantly to Woolwich, in our way hearing thenightingales sing. So to Woolwich yard, and after doing many thingsthere, among others preparing myself for a dispute against Sir W. Pen inthe business of Bowyer's, wherein he is guilty of some corruption to theKing's wrong, we walked back again without drinking, which I never dobecause I would not make my coming troublesome to any, nor would becomeobliged too much to any. In our going back we were overtook by Mr. Steventon, a purser, and uncle to my clerk Will, who told me how he wasabused in the passing of his accounts by Sir J. Minnes to the degreethat I am ashamed to hear it, and resolve to retrieve the matter if Ican though the poor man has given it over. And however am pleased enoughto see that others do see his folly and dotage as well as myself, thoughI believe in my mind the man in general means well. 

Took boat at Greenwich and to Deptford, where I did the same thing, andfound Davis, the storekeeper, a knave, and shuffling in the business ofBewpers, being of the party with Young and Whistler to abuse the King, but I hope I shall be even with them. So walked to Redriffe, drinkingat the Half-way house, and so walked and by water to White Hall, all ourway by water coming and going reading a little book said to be writ bya person of Quality concerning English gentry to be preferred beforetitular honours, but the most silly nonsense, no sense nor grammar, yetin as good words that ever I saw in all my life, but from beginning toend you met not with one entire and regular sentence. At White Hall SirG. Carteret was out of the way, and so returned back presently, and homeby water and to bed. 

23rd. Waked this morning between four and five by my blackbird, whichwhistles as well as ever I heard any; only it is the beginning of manytunes very well, but there leaves them, and goes no further. So up andto my office, where we sat, and among other things I had a fray withSir J. Minnes in defence of my Will in a business where the old coxcombwould have put a foot upon him, which was only in Jack Davis and in hima downright piece of knavery in procuring a double ticket and gettingthe wrong one paid as well as the second was to the true party. But itappeared clear enough to the board that Will was true in it. Home todinner, and after dinner by water to the Temple, and there took myLyra Viall book bound up with blank paper for new lessons. Thence toGreatorex's, and there seeing Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Pen go by coachI went in to them and to White Hall; where, in the Matted Gallery, Mr. Coventry was, who told us how the Parliament have required of Sir G. Carteret and him an account what money shall be necessary to be settledupon the Navy for the ordinary charge, which they intend to reportL200, 000 per annum. And how to allott this we met this afternoon, andtook their papers for our perusal, and so we parted. Only there waswalking in the gallery some of the Barbary company, and there we sawa draught of the arms of the company, which the King is of, and sois called the Royall Company, which is, in a field argent an elephantproper, with a canton on which England and France is quartered, supported by two Moors. The crest an anchor winged, I think it is, and the motto too tedious: "Regio floret, patrocinio commercium, commercioque Regnum. " Thence back by water to Greatorex's, and there heshowed me his varnish which he had invented, which appears every whit asgood, upon a stick which he hath done, as the Indian, though it did notdo very well upon my paper ruled with musique lines, for it sunk and didnot shine. Thence home by water, and after a dance with Pembleton to myoffice and wrote by the post to Sir W. Batten at Portsmouth to send forhim up against next Wednesday, being our triall day against Field atGuildhall, in which God give us good end. So home: to supper and to bed. 

24th (Lord's day). Having taken one of Mr. Holliard's pills last nightit brought a stool or two this morning, and so forebore going to churchthis morning, but staid at home looking over my papers about Tom Trice'sbusiness, and so at noon dined, and my wife telling me that there was apretty lady come to church with Peg Pen to-day, I against my intentionhad a mind to go to church to see her, and did so, and she is prettyhandsome. But over against our gallery I espied Pembleton, and saw himleer upon my wife all the sermon, I taking no notice of him, and my wifeupon him, and I observed she made a curtsey to him at coming out withouttaking notice to me at all of it, which with the consideration of herbeing desirous these two last Lord's days to go to church both forenoonand afternoon do really make me suspect something more than ordinary, though I am loth to think the worst, but yet it put and do still keep meat a great loss in my mind, and makes me curse the time that I consentedto her dancing, and more my continuing it a second month, which was morethan she desired, even after I had seen too much of her carriage withhim. But I must have patience and get her into the country, or at leastto make an end of her learning to dance as soon as I can. After sermonto Sir W. Pen's, with Sir J. Minnes to do a little business to answerMr. Coventry to-night. And so home and with my wife and Ashwell into thegarden walking a great while, discoursing what this pretty wench shouldbe by her garb and deportment; with respect to Mrs. Pen she may be herwoman, but only that she sat in the pew with her, which I believe hewould not let her do. So home, and read to my wife a fable or two inOgleby's AEsop, and so to supper, and then to prayers and to bed. Mywife this evening discoursing of making clothes for the country, whichI seem against, pleading lack of money, but I am glad of it in somerespects because of getting her out of the way from this fellow, and myown liberty to look after my business more than of late I have done. So to prayers and to bed. This morning it seems Susan, who I think isdistracted, or however is since she went from me taught to drink, and sogets out of doors 2 or 3 times a day without leave to the alehouse, didgo before 5 o'clock to-day, making Griffin rise in his shirt to let herout to the alehouse, she said to warm herself, but her mistress, fallingout with her about it, turned her out of doors this morning, and so sheis gone like an idle slut. I took a pill also this night. 

25th. Up, and my pill working a little I staid within most of themorning, and by and by the barber came and Sarah Kite my cozen, poorwoman, came to see me and borrow 40s. Of me, telling me she will pay itat Michaelmas again to me. I was glad it was no more, being indifferentwhether she pays it me or no, but it will be a good excuse to lend hernor give her any more. So I did freely at first word do it, and give hera crown more freely to buy her child something, she being a good-naturedand painful wretch, and one that I would do good for as far as I canthat I might not be burdened. My wife was not ready, and she comingearly did not see her, and I was glad of it. She gone, I up and thenhear that my wife and her maid Ashwell had between them spilled thepot.... Upon the floor and stool and God knows what, and were mightymerry making of it clean. I took no great notice, but merrily. Ashwelldid by and by come to me with an errand from her mistress to desiremoney to buy a country suit for her against she goes as we talked lastnight, and so I did give her L4, and believe it will cost me the bestpart of 4 more to fit her out, but with peace and honour I am willing tospare anything so as to be able to keep all ends together, and my powerover her undisturbed. So to my office and by and by home, where my wifeand her master were dancing, and so I staid in my chamber till they haddone, and sat down myself to try a little upon the Lyra viall, my handbeing almost out, but easily brought to again. So by and by to dinner, and then carried my wife and Ashwell to St. James's, and there they satin the coach while I went in, and finding nobody there likely to meetwith the Duke, but only Sir J. Minnes with my Lord Barkely (who speaksvery kindly, and invites me with great compliments to come now and thenand eat with him, which I am glad to hear, though I value not the thing, but it implies that my esteem do increase rather than fall), and so Istaid not, but into the coach again, and taking up my wife's taylor, it raining hard, they set me down, and who should our coachman be butCarleton the Vintner, that should have had Mrs. Sarah, at Westminster, my Lord Chancellor's, and then to Paternoster Row. I staid there tospeak with my Lord Sandwich, and in my staying, meeting Mr. LewisPhillips of Brampton, he and afterwards others tell me that news camelast night to Court, that the King of France is sick of the spottedfever, and that they are struck in again; and this afternoon my LordMandeville is gone from the King to make him a visit; which will begreat news, and of great import through Europe. By and by, out comes myLord Sandwich, and he and I talked a great while about his business, ofhis accounts for his pay, and among other things he told me that thisday a vote hath passed that the King's grants of land to my Lord Monkand him should be made good; which pleases him very well. He also tellsme that things don't go right in the House with Mr. Coventry; I supposehe means in the business of selling of places; but I am sorry for it. Thence by coach home, where I found Pembleton, and so I up to dance withthem till the evening, when there came Mr. Alsopp, the King's brewer, and Lanyon of Plymouth to see me. Mr. Alsopp tells me of a horse of histhat lately, after four days' pain, voided at his fundament four stones, bigger than that I was cut of, very heavy, and in the middle of eachof them either a piece of iron or wood. The King has two of them in hisclosett, and a third the College of Physicians to keep for rarity, andby the King's command he causes the turd of the horse to be every daysearched to find more. At night to see Sir W. Batten come home this dayfrom Portsmouth. I met with some that say that the King of France ispoisoned, but how true that is is not known. So home to supper and tobed pleasant. 

26th. Lay long in bed talking and pleasing myself with my wife. So upand to my office a while and then home, where I found Pembleton, andby many circumstances I am led to conclude that there is something morethan ordinary between my wife and him, which do so trouble me that Iknow not at this very minute that I now write this almost what eitherI write or am doing, nor how to carry myself to my wife in it, beingunwilling to speak of it to her for making of any breach and otherinconveniences, nor let it pass for fear of her continuing to offendme and the matter grow worse thereby. So that I am grieved at the veryheart, but I am very unwise in being so. There dined with me Mr. Creedand Captain Grove, and before dinner I had much discourse in my chamberwith Mr. Deane, the builder of Woolwich, about building of ships. Butnothing could get the business out of my head, I fearing that thisafternoon by my wife's sending every [one] abroad and knowing that Imust be at the office she has appointed him to come. This is my devilishjealousy, which I pray God may be false, but it makes a very hell in mymind, which the God of heaven remove, or I shall be very unhappy. Soto the office, where we sat awhile. By and by my mind being in greattrouble I went home to see how things were, and there I found as Idoubted Mr. Pembleton with my wife, and nobody else in the house, whichmade me almost mad, and going up to my chamber after a turn or two Iwent out again and called somebody on pretence of business and left himin my little room at the door (it was the Dutchman, commander of theKing's pleasure boats, who having been beat by one of his men sadly, wascome to the office to-day to complain) telling him I would come again tohim to speak with him about his business. So in great trouble and doubtto the office, and Mr. Coventry nor Sir G. Carteret being there I made aquick end of our business and desired leave to be gone, pretending to goto the Temple, but it was home, and so up to my chamber, and as I thinkif they had any intention of hurt I did prevent doing anything at thattime, but I continued in my chamber vexed and angry till he went away, pretending aloud, that I might hear, that he could not stay, and Mrs. Ashwell not being within they could not dance. And, Lord! to see how myjealousy wrought so far that I went softly up to see whether any ofthe beds were out of order or no, which I found not, but that did notcontent me, but I staid all the evening walking, and though anon my wifecame up to me and would have spoke of business to me, yet I construedit to be but impudence, and though my heart full yet I did say nothing, being in a great doubt what to do. So at night, suffered them to go allto bed, and late put myself to bed in great discontent, and so to sleep. 

27th. So I waked by 3 o'clock, my mind being troubled, and so tookoccasion by making water to wake my wife, and after having lain tillpast 4 o'clock seemed going to rise, though I did it only to see whatshe would do, and so going out of the bed she took hold of me and wouldknow what ailed me, and after many kind and some cross words I began totax her discretion in yesterday's business, but she quickly told me myown, knowing well enough that it was my old disease of jealousy, which Idenied, but to no purpose. After an hour's discourse, sometimes high andsometimes kind, I found very good reason to think that her freedom withhim is very great and more than was convenient, but with no evil intent, and so after awhile I caressed her and parted seeming friends, but shecrying in a great discontent. So I up and by water to the Temple, andthence with Commissioner Pett to St. James's, where an hour with Mr. Coventry talking of Mr. Pett's proceedings lately in the forest ofSherwood, and thence with Pett to my Lord Ashley, Chancellor of theExchequer; where we met the auditors about settling the business of theaccounts of persons to whom money is due before the King's time in theNavy, and the clearing of their imprests for what little of their debtsthey have received. I find my Lord, as he is reported, a very ready, quick, and diligent person. Thence I to Westminster Hall, where Term andParliament make the Hall full of people; no further news yet of the Kingof France, whether he be dead or not. Here I met with my cozen RogerPepys, and walked a good while with him, and among other discourse as asecret he hath committed to nobody but myself, and he tells me that hissister Claxton now resolving to give over the keeping of his house atImpington, he thinks it fit to marry again, and would have me, by thehelp of my uncle Wight or others, to look him out a widow between thirtyand forty years old, without children, and with a fortune, which he willanswer in any degree with a joynture fit for her fortune. A woman sober, and no high-flyer, as he calls it. I demanded his estate. He tells me, which he says also he hath not done to any, that his estate is not fullL800 per annum, but it is L780 per annum, of which L200 is by the deathof his last wife, which he will allot for a joynture for a wife, but therest, which lies in Cambridgeshire, he is resolved to leave entire forhis eldest son. I undertook to do what I can in it, and so I shall. Hetells me that the King hath sent to them to hasten to make an end bymidsummer, because of his going into the country; so they have set uponfour bills to dispatch: the first of which is, he says, too devilish asevere act against conventicles; so beyond all moderation, that he isafeard it will ruin all: telling me that it is matter of the greatestgrief to him in the world, that he should be put upon this trust ofbeing a Parliament-man, because he says nothing is done, that he cansee, out of any truth and sincerity, but mere envy and design. Thenceby water to Chelsey, all the way reading a little book I bought of"Improvement of Trade, " a pretty book and many things useful in it. Sowalked to Little Chelsey, where I found my Lord Sandwich with Mr. Becke, the master of the house, and Mr. Creed at dinner, and I sat down withthem, and very merry. After dinner (Mr. Gibbons being come in alsobefore dinner done) to musique, they played a good Fancy, to which myLord is fallen again, and says he cannot endure a merry tune, which isa strange turn of his humour, after he has for two or three years flungoff the practice of Fancies and played only fidlers' tunes. Then intothe Great Garden up to the Banqueting House; and there by his glass wedrew in the species very pretty. Afterwards to ninepins, where I won ashilling, Creed and I playing against my Lord and Cooke. This day therewas great thronging to Banstead Downs, upon a great horse-race andfoot-race. I am sorry I could not go thither. So home back as I came, toLondon Bridge, and so home, where I find my wife in a musty humour, andtells me before Ashwell that Pembleton had been there, and she wouldnot have him come in unless I was there, which I was ashamed of; buthowever, I had rather it should be so than the other way. So to myoffice, to put things in order there, and by and by comes Pembleton, and word is brought me from my wife thereof that I might come home. So Isent word that I would have her go dance, and I would come presently. So being at a great loss whether I should appear to Pembleton or no, andwhat would most proclaim my jealousy to him, I at last resolved to gohome, and took Tom Hater with me, and staid a good while in my chamber, and there took occasion to tell him how I hear that Parliament isputting an act out against all sorts of conventicles, [16 Car. II. , cap. 4, "An Act to prevent and suppresse seditious Conventicles. " It was enacted that anyone of the age of sixteen or upwards present at an unlawful assembly or conventicle was to incur fine or imprisonment. A conventicle was defined as an assembly of more than five persons besides the members of a family met together for holding worship not according to the rites of the Church of England. The act was amended 22 Car. II. , cap. I (1670), and practically repealed by the Toleration Act of 1689, but the act 22 Car. II. , cap. I, was specially repealed 52 Geo. III. , cap. 155, s. 1. ]

and did give him good counsel, not only in his own behalf, but my own, that if he did hear or know anything that could be said to my prejudice, that he would tell me, for in this wicked age (specially Sir W. Battenbeing so open to my reproaches, and Sir J. Minnes, for the neglect oftheir duty, and so will think themselves obliged to scandalize me allthey can to right themselves if there shall be any inquiry into thematters of the Navy, as I doubt there will) a man ought to be preparedto answer for himself in all things that can be inquired concerning him. After much discourse of this nature to him I sent him away, and thenwent up, and there we danced country dances, and single, my wife andI; and my wife paid him off for this month also, and so he is cleared. After dancing we took him down to supper, and were very merry, andI made myself so, and kind to him as much as I could, to prevent hisdiscourse, though I perceive to my trouble that he knows all, and may dome the disgrace to publish it as much as he can. Which I take very ill, and if too much provoked shall witness it to her. After supper and hegone we to bed. 

28th. Up this morning, and my wife, I know not for what cause, beingagainst going to Chelsey to-day, it being a holy day (Ascension Day) andI at leisure, it being the first holy day almost that we have observedever since we came to the office, we did give Ashwell leave to go byherself, and I out to several places about business. Among others toDr. Williams, to reckon with him for physique that my wife has had fora year or two, coming to almost L4. Then to the Exchange, where I hearthat the King had letters yesterday from France that the King there isin a [way] of living again, which I am glad to hear. At the coffee-housein Exchange Alley I bought a little book, "Counsell to Builders, " bySir Balth. Gerbier. It is dedicated almost to all the men of any greatcondition in England, so that the Epistles are more than the bookitself, and both it and them not worth a turd, that I am ashamed thatI bought it. Home and there found Creed, who dined with us, and afterdinner by water to the Royall Theatre; but that was so full they toldus we could have no room. And so to the Duke's House; and theresaw "Hamlett" done, giving us fresh reason never to think enough ofBetterton. Who should we see come upon the stage but Gosnell, my wife'smaid? but neither spoke, danced, nor sung; which I was sorry for. Butshe becomes the stage very well. Thence by water home, after we hadwalked to and fro, backwards and forwards, six or seven times in theTemple walks, disputing whether to go by land or water. By land home, and thence by water to Halfway House, and there eat some supper wecarried with us, and so walked home again, it being late we were forcedto land at the dock, my wife and they, but I in a humour not willing todaub my shoes went round by the Custom House. So home, and by and by tobed, Creed lying with me in the red chamber all night. 

29th. This day is kept strictly as a holy-day, being the King'sCoronation. We lay long in bed, and it rained very hard, rain and hail, almost all the morning. By and by Creed and I abroad, and called atseveral churches; and it is a wonder to see, and by that to guess theill temper of the City at this time, either to religion in general, orto the King, that in some churches there was hardly ten people in thewhole church, and those poor people. So to a coffee-house, and there indiscourse hear the King of France is likely to be well again. So hometo dinner, and out by water to the Royall Theatre, but they not actingto-day, then to the Duke's house, and there saw "The Slighted Mayde, "wherein Gosnell acted Pyramena, a great part, and did it very well, andI believe will do it better and better, and prove a good actor. The playis not very excellent, but is well acted, and in general the actors, inall particulars, are better than at the other house. Thence to the Cockealehouse, and there having drunk, sent them with Creed to see the GermanPrincess, [Mary Moders, alias Stedman, a notorious impostor, who pretended to be a German princess. Her arrival as the German princess "at the Exchange Tavern, right against the Stocks betwixt the Poultry and Cornhill, at 5 in the morning.... , with her marriage to Carleton the taverner's wife's brother, " are incidents fully narrated in Francis Kirkman's "Counterfeit Lady Unveiled, " 1673 ("Boyne's Tokens, " ed. Williamson, vol. I. , p. 703). Her adventures formed the plot of a tragi-comedy by T. P. , entitled "A Witty Combat, or the Female Victor, " 1663, which was acted with great applause by persons of quality in Whitsun week. Mary Carleton was tried at the Old Bailey for bigamy and acquitted, after which she appeared on the stage in her own character as the heroine of a play entitled "The German Princess. " Pepys went to the Duke's House to see her on April 15th, 1664. The rest of her life was one continued course of robbery and fraud, and in 1678 she was executed at Tyburn for stealing a piece of plate in Chancery Lane. ]

at the Gatehouse, at Westminster, and I to my brother's, and thence tomy uncle Fenner's to have seen my aunt James (who has been long in townand goes away to-morrow and I not seen her), but did find none of themwithin, which I was glad of, and so back to my brother's to speakwith him, and so home, and in my way did take two turns forwards andbackwards through the Fleete Ally to see a couple of pretty [strumpets]that stood off the doors there, and God forgive me I could scarce staymyself from going into their houses with them, so apt is my nature toevil after once, as I have these two days, set upon pleasure again. Sohome and to my office to put down these two days' journalls, then homeagain and to supper, and then Creed and I to bed with good discourse, only my mind troubled about my spending my time so badly for these sevenor eight days; but I must impute it to the disquiet that my mind hasbeen in of late about my wife, and for my going these two days to plays, for which I have paid the due forfeit by money and abating the times ofgoing to plays at Court, which I am now to remember that I have clearedall my times that I am to go to Court plays to the end of this month, and so June is the first time that I am to begin to reckon. 

30th. Up betimes, and Creed and I by water to Fleet Street, and mybrother not being ready, he and I walked to the New Exchange, and theredrank our morning draught of whay, the first I have done this year; butI perceive the lawyers come all in as they go to the Hall, and I believeit is very good. So to my brother's, and there I found my aunt James, a poor, religious, well-meaning, good soul, talking of nothing but GodAlmighty, and that with so much innocence that mightily pleased me. Herewas a fellow that said grace so long like a prayer; I believe the fellowis a cunning fellow, and yet I by my brother's desire did give hima crown, he being in great want, and, it seems, a parson among thefanatiques, and a cozen of my poor aunt's, whose prayers she told medid do me good among the many good souls that did by my father's desirespray for me when I was cut of the stone, and which God did hear, whichI also in complaisance did own; but, God forgive me, my mind wasotherwise. I had a couple of lobsters and some wine for her, and so, shegoing out of town to-day, and being not willing to come home with me todinner, I parted and home, where we sat at the office all the morning, and after dinner all the afternoon till night, there at my officegetting up the time that I have of late lost by not following mybusiness, but I hope now to settle my mind again very well to mybusiness. So home, and after supper did wash my feet, and so to bed. 

31st (Lord's day). Lay long in bed talking with my wife, and do plainlysee that her distaste (which is beginning now in her again) againstAshwell arises from her jealousy of me and her, and my neglect ofherself, which indeed is true, and I to blame; but for the time to comeI will take care to remedy all. So up and to church, where I think I didsee Pembleton, whatever the reason is I did not perceive him to look uptowards my wife, nor she much towards him; however, I could hardly keepmyself from being troubled that he was there, which is a madness notto be excused now that his coming to my house is past, and I hope alllikelyhood of her having occasion to converse with him again. Home todinner, and after dinner up and read part of the new play of "The FiveHoures' Adventures, " which though I have seen it twice; yet I never didadmire or understand it enough, it being a play of the greatest plotthat ever I expect to see, and of great vigour quite through the wholeplay, from beginning to the end. To church again after dinner (my wifefinding herself ill.... Did not go), and there the Scot preachingI slept most of the sermon. This day Sir W. Batten's son's child ischristened in the country, whither Sir J. Minnes, and Sir W, Batten, andSir W. Pen are all gone. I wonder, and take it highly ill that I am notinvited by the father, though I know his father and mother, with whom Iam never likely to have much kindness, but rather I study the contrary, are the cause of it, and in that respect I am glad of it. Being comefrom church, I to make up my month's accounts, and find myself clearworth L726, for which God be praised, but yet I might have been betterby L20 almost had I forborne some layings out in dancing and otherthings upon my wife, and going to plays and other things merely to easemy mind as to the business of the dancing-master, which I bless God isnow over and I falling to my quiet of mind and business again, which Ihave for a fortnight neglected too much. This month the greatest newsis, the height and heat that the Parliament is in, in enquiring into therevenue, which displeases the Court, and their backwardness to give theKing any money. Their enquiring into the selling of places do troublea great many among the chief, my Lord Chancellor (against whomparticularly it is carried), and Mr. Coventry; for which I am sorry. TheKing of France was given out to be poisoned and dead; but it proves tobe the measles: and he is well, or likely to be soon well again. I findmyself growing in the esteem and credit that I have in the office, and Ihope falling to my business again will confirm me in it, and the savingof money which God grant! So to supper, prayers, and bed. My wholefamily lying longer this morning than was fit, and besides Will havingneglected to brush my clothes, as he ought to do, till I was ready togo to church, and not then till I bade him, I was very angry, andseeing him make little matter of it, but seeming to make it a matterindifferent whether he did it or no, I did give him a box on the ear, and had it been another day should have done more. This is the secondtime I ever struck him. 

JUNE 1663

June 1st. Begun again to rise betimes by 4 o'clock, and made an end of"The Adventures of Five Houres, " and it is a most excellent play. So tomy office, where a while and then about several businesses, in my wayto my brother's, where I dined (being invited) with Mr. Peter andDean Honiwood, where Tom did give us a very pretty dinner, and we verypleasant, but not very merry, the Dean being but a weak man, though verygood. I was forced to rise, being in haste to St. James's to attendthe Duke, and left them to end their dinner; but the Duke having beena-hunting to-day, and so lately come home and gone to bed, we could notsee him, and Mr. Coventry being out of the house too, we walked away toWhite Hall and there took coach, and I with Sir J. Minnes to the StrandMay-pole; and there 'light out of his coach, and walked to the NewTheatre, which, since the King's players are gone to the Royal one, isthis day begun to be employed by the fencers to play prizes at. And hereI came and saw the first prize I ever saw in my life: and it was betweenone Mathews, who did beat at all weapons, and one Westwicke, who wassoundly cut several times both in the head and legs, that he was allover blood: and other deadly blows they did give and take in very goodearnest, till Westwicke was in a most sad pickle. They fought at eightweapons, three bouts at each weapon. It was very well worth seeing, because I did till this day think that it has only been a cheat; butthis being upon a private quarrel, they did it in good earnest; andI felt one of their swords, and found it to be very little, if at allblunter on the edge, than the common swords are. Strange to see what adeal of money is flung to them both upon the stage between every bout. But a woful rude rabble there was, and such noises, made my head ake allthis evening. So, well pleased for once with this sight, I walkedhome, doing several businesses by the way. In my way calling to seeCommissioner Pett, who lies sick at his daughter, a pretty woman, inGracious Street, but is likely to be abroad again in a day or two. Athome I found my wife in bed all this day .... I went to see Sir Wm. Pen, who has a little pain of his gout again, but will do well. So home tosupper and to bed. This day I hear at Court of the great plot whichwas lately discovered in Ireland, made among the Presbyters and others, designing to cry up the Covenant, and to secure Dublin Castle and otherplaces; and they have debauched a good part of the army there, promisingthem ready money. 

 [This was known as "Blood's Plot, " and was named after Colonel Thomas Blood, afterwards notorious for his desperate attack upon the Duke of Ormond in St. James's Street (1670) and for his robbery of the crown jewels in the Tower (1671). He died August 24th, 1680. ]

Some of the Parliament there, they say, are guilty, and some withdrawnupon it; several persons taken, and among others a son of Scott's, thatwas executed here for the King's murder. What reason the King hath, Iknow not; but it seems he is doubtfull of Scotland: and this afternoon, when I was there, the Council was called extraordinary; and they wereopening the letters this last post's coming and going between Scotlandand us and other places. Blessed be God, my head and hands are clear, and therefore my sleep safe. The King of France is well again. 

2d. Up and by water to White Hall and so to St. James's, to Mr. Coventry; where I had an hour's private talk with him. Most of it wasdiscourse concerning his own condition, at present being under thecensure of the House, being concerned with others in the Bill forselling of offices. He tells me, that though he thinks himself to suffermuch in his fame hereby, yet he values nothing more of evil to hang overhim for that it is against no statute, as is pretended, nor more thanwhat his predecessors time out of mind have taken; and that so soon ashe found himself to be in an errour, he did desire to have his feesset, which was done; and since that he hath not taken a token more. Heundertakes to prove, that he did never take a token of any captain toget him employed in his life beforehand, or demanded any thing: and forthe other accusation, that the Cavaliers are not employed, he lookedover the list of them now in the service, and of the twenty-seven thatare employed, thirteen have been heretofore always under the King; twoneutralls, and the other twelve men of great courage, and such as hadeither the King's particular commands, or great recommendation to putthem in, and none by himself. Besides that, he says it is not the King'snor Duke's opinion that the whole party of the late officers shouldbe rendered desperate. And lastly, he confesses that the more of theCavaliers are put in, the less of discipline hath followed in the fleet;and that, whenever there comes occasion, it must be the old ones thatmust do any good, there being only, he says, but Captain Allen good foranything of them all. He tells me, that he cannot guess whom all thisshould come from; but he suspects Sir G. Carteret, as I also do, atleast that he is pleased with it. But he tells me that he will bring SirG. Carteret to be the first adviser and instructor of him what to makehis place of benefit to him; telling him that Smith did make hisplace worth L5000 and he believed L7000 to him the first year; besidessomething else greater than all this, which he forbore to tell me. Itseems one Sir Thomas Tomkins of the House, that makes many mad motions, did bring it into the House, saying that a letter was left at hislodgings, subscribed by one Benson (which is a feigned name, for thereis no such man in the Navy), telling him how many places in the Navyhave been sold. And by another letter, left in the same manner since, nobody appearing, he writes him that there is one Hughes and anotherButler (both rogues, that have for their roguery been turned out oftheir places), that will swear that Mr. Coventry did sell their placesand other things. I offered him my service, and will with all my heartserve him; but he tells me he do not think it convenient to meddle, orto any purpose, but is sensible of my love therein. So I bade him goodmorrow, he being out of order to speak anything of our office business, and so away to Westminster Hall, where I hear more of the plot fromIreland; which it seems hath been hatching, and known to the LordLieutenant a great while, and kept close till within three days thatit should have taken effect. The term ended yesterday, and it seems theCourts rose sooner, for want of causes, than it is remembered to havedone in the memory of man. Thence up and down about business in severalplaces, as to speak with Mr. Phillips, but missed him, and so to Mr. Beacham, the goldsmith, he being one of the jury to-morrow in Sir W. Batten's case against Field. I have been telling him our case, and Ibelieve he will do us good service there. So home, and seeing my wifehad dined I went, being invited, and dined with Sir W. Batten, Sir J. Minnes, and others, at Sir W. Batten's, Captain Allen giving them a Foy'dinner, he being to go down to lie Admiral in the Downs this summer. Icannot but think it a little strange that having been so civil to him asI have been he should not invite me to dinner, but I believe it was buta sudden motion, and so I heard not of it. After dinner to the office, where all the afternoon till late, and so to see Sir W. Pen, and so hometo supper and to bed. To-night I took occasion with the vintner's man, who came by my direction to taste again my tierce of claret, to go downto the cellar with him to consult about the drawing of it; and there, to my great vexation, I find that the cellar door hath long been keptunlocked, and above half the wine drunk. I was deadly mad at it, andexamined my people round, but nobody would confess it; but I did examinethe boy, and afterwards Will, and told him of his sitting up after wewere in bed with the maids, but as to that business he denies it, whichI can [not] remedy, but I shall endeavour to know how it went. My wifedid also this evening tell me a story of Ashwell stealing some newribbon from her, a yard or two, which I am sorry to hear, and I fearmy wife do take a displeasure against her, that they will hardly staytogether, which I should be sorry for, because I know not where to picksuch another out anywhere. 

3rd. Up betimes, and studying of my double horizontal diall against DeanHoniwood comes to me, who dotes mightily upon it, and I think I mustgive it him. So after talking with Sir W. Batten, who is this morninggone to Guildhall to his trial with Field, I to my office, and thereread all the morning in my statute-book, consulting among others thestatute against selling of offices, wherein Mr. Coventry is so muchconcerned; and though he tells me that the statute do not reach him, yetI much fear that it will. At noon, hearing that the trial is done, andSir W. Batten come to the Sun behind the Exchange I went thither, wherehe tells me that he had much ado to carry it on his side, but that atlast he did, but the jury, by the judge's favour, did give us but; L10damages and the charges of the suit, which troubles me; but it is wellit went not against us, which would have been much worse. So to theExchange, and thence home to dinner, taking Deane of Woolwich along withme, and he dined alone with my wife being undressed, and he and I spentall the afternoon finely, learning of him the method of drawing thelines of a ship, to my great satisfaction, and which is well worthmy spending some time in, as I shall do when my wife is gone into thecountry. In the evening to the office and did some business, then home, and, God forgive me, did from my wife's unwillingness to tell me whithershe had sent the boy, presently suspect that he was gone to Pembleton's, and from that occasion grew so discontented that I could hardly speak orsleep all night. 

4th. Up betimes, and my wife and Ashwell and I whiled away the morningup and down while they got themselves ready, and I did so watch to seemy wife put on drawers, which poor soul she did, and yet I could not getoff my suspicions, she having a mind to go into Fenchurch Street beforeshe went out for good and all with me, which I must needs construe to beto meet Pembleton, when she afterwards told me it was to buy a fanthat she had not a mind that I should know of, and I believe it is so. Specially I did by a wile get out of my boy that he did not yesterday goto Pembleton's or thereabouts, but only was sent all that time for somestarch, and I did see him bringing home some, and yet all this cannotmake my mind quiet. At last by coach I carried her to Westminster Hall, and they two to Mrs. Bowyer to go from thence to my wife's father's andAshwell to hers, and by and by seeing my wife's father in the Hall, andbeing loth that my wife should put me to another trouble and charge bymissing him to-day, I did employ a porter to go from a person unknown totell him his daughter was come to his lodgings, and I at a distance didobserve him, but, Lord! what a company of questions he did ask him, whatkind of man I was, and God knows what. So he went home, and after Ihad staid in the Hall a good while, where I heard that this day theArchbishop of Canterbury, Juxon, a man well spoken of by all for a goodman, is dead; and the Bishop of London is to have his seat. Home bywater, where by and by comes Dean Honiwood, and I showed him my doublehorizontal diall, and promise to give him one, and that shall be it. So, without eating or drinking, he went away to Mr. Turner's, where Sir J. Minnes do treat my Lord Chancellor and a great deal of guests to-daywith a great dinner, which I thank God I do not pay for; and besides, I doubt it is too late for any man to expect any great service from myLord Chancellor, for which I am sorry, and pray God a worse do not comein his room. So I to dinner alone, and so to my chamber, and then to theoffice alone, my head aching and my mind in trouble for my wife, beingjealous of her spending the day, though God knows I have no greatreason. Yet my mind is troubled. By and by comes Will Howe to see us, and walked with me an hour in the garden, talking of my Lord's fallingto business again, which I am glad of, and his coming to lie at hislodgings at White Hall again. The match between Sir J. Cutts and my LadyJemimah, he says, is likely to go on; for which I am glad. In the Hallto-day Dr. Pierce tells me that the Queen begins to be brisk, and playlike other ladies, and is quite another woman from what she was, ofwhich I am glad. It may be, it may make the King like her the better, and forsake his two mistresses, my Lady Castlemaine and Stewart. He gonewe sat at the office till night, and then home, where my wife is come, and has been with her father all the afternoon, and so home, and sheand I to walk in the garden, giving ear to her discourse of her father'saffairs, and I found all well, so after putting things in order at myoffice, home to supper and to bed. 

5th. Up and to read a little, and by and by the carver coming, Idirected him how to make me a neat head for my viall that is making. About 10 o'clock my wife and I, not without some discontent, abroad bycoach, and I set her at her father's; but their condition is such thatshe will not let me see where they live, but goes by herself when I amout of sight. Thence to my brother's, taking care for a passage formy wife the next week in a coach to my father's, and thence to Paul'sChurchyard, where I found several books ready bound for me; amongothers, the new Concordance of the Bible, which pleases me much, and isa book I hope to make good use of. Thence, taking the little History ofEngland with me, I went by water to Deptford, where Sir J. Minnesand Sir W. Batten attending the Pay; I dined with them, and there Dr. Britton, parson of the town, a fine man and good company, dined with us, and good discourse. After dinner I left them and walked to Redriffe, and thence to White Hall, and at my Lord's lodgings found my wife, andthence carried her to see my Lady Jemimah, but she was not within. So toMr. Turner's, and there saw Mr. Edward Pepys's lady, who my wife concurswith me to be very pretty, as most women we ever saw. So home, andafter a walk in the garden a little troubled to see my wife take no morepleasure with Ashwell, but neglect her and leave her at home. Home tosupper and to bed. 

6th. Lay in bed till 7 o'clock, yet rose with an opinion that it wasnot 5, and so continued though I heard the clock strike, till noon, andwould not believe that it was so late as it truly was. I was hardly everso mistaken in my life before. Up and to Sir G. Carteret at his house, and spoke to him about business, but he being in a bad humour I had nomind to stay with him, but walked, drinking my morning draft of whay, bythe way, to York House, where the Russia Embassador do lie; and thereI saw his people go up and down louseing themselves: they are all in agreat hurry, being to be gone the beginning of next week. But that thatpleased me best, was the remains of the noble soul of the late Duke ofBuckingham appearing in his house, in every place, in the doorcases andthe windows. By and by comes Sir John Hebden, the Russia Resident, tome, and he and I in his coach to White Hall, to Secretary Morrice's, to see the orders about the Russia hemp that is to be fetched fromArchangel for our King, and that being done, to coach again, and hebrought me into the City and so I home; and after dinner abroad bywater, and met by appointment Mr. Deane in the Temple Church, and he andI over to Mr. Blackbury's yard, and thence to other places, and afterthat to a drinking house, in all which places I did so practise andimprove my measuring of timber, that I can now do it with great easeand perfection, which do please me mightily. This fellow Deane is aconceited fellow, and one that means the King a great deal of service, more of disservice to other people that go away with the profitswhich he cannot make; but, however, I learn much of him, and he is, Iperceive, of great use to the King in his place, and so I shall give himall the encouragement I can. Home by water, and having wrote a letterfor my wife to my Lady Sandwich to copy out to send this night's post, I to the office, and wrote there myself several things, and so home tosupper and bed. My mind being troubled to think into what a temper ofneglect I have myself flung my wife into by my letting her learn todance, that it will require time to cure her of, and I fear her goinginto the country will but make her worse; but only I do hope in themeantime to spend my time well in my office, with more leisure thanwhile she is here. Hebden, to-day in the coach, did tell me how he isvexed to see things at Court ordered as they are by nobody that attendsto business, but every man himself or his pleasures. He cries up my LordAshley to be almost the only man that he sees to look after business;and with that ease and mastery, that he wonders at him. He cries outagainst the King's dealing so much with goldsmiths, and sufferinghimself to have his purse kept and commanded by them. He tells me alsowith what exact care and order the States of Holland's stores are keptin their Yards, and every thing managed there by their builderswith such husbandry as is not imaginable; which I will endeavour tounderstand further, if I can by any means learn. 

7th (Lord's day). Whit Sunday. Lay long talking with my wife, sometimesangry and ended pleased and hope to bring our matters to a betterposture in a little time, which God send. So up and to church, where Mr. Mills preached, but, I know not how, I slept most of the sermon. Thencehome, and dined with my wife and Ashwell and after dinner discoursedvery pleasantly, and so I to church again in the afternoon, and, theScot preaching, again slept all the afternoon, and so home, and by andby to Sir W. Batten's, to talk about business, where my Lady Batteninveighed mightily against the German Princess, and I as high in thedefence of her wit and spirit, and glad that she is cleared at thesessions. Thence to Sir W. Pen, who I found ill again of the gout, hetells me that now Mr. Castle and Mrs. Martha Batten do own themselves tobe married, and have been this fortnight. Much good may it do him, for Ido not envy him his wife. So home, and there my wife and I had an angryword or two upon discourse of our boy, compared with Sir W. Pen's boythat he has now, whom I say is much prettier than ours and she thecontrary. It troubles me to see that every small thing is enoughnow-a-days to bring a difference between us. So to my office and theredid a little business, and then home to supper and to bed. Mrs. Turner, who is often at Court, do tell me to-day that for certain the Queen hathmuch changed her humour, and is become very pleasant and sociable asany; and they say is with child, or believed to be so. 

8th. Up and to my office a while, and thence by coach with Sir J. Minnesto St. James's to the Duke, where Mr. Coventry and us two did discoursewith the Duke a little about our office business, which saved our comingin the afternoon, and so to rights home again and to dinner. Afterdinner my wife and I had a little jangling, in which she did give me thelie, which vexed me, so that finding my talking did but make her worse, and that her spirit is lately come to be other than it used to be, andnow depends upon her having Ashwell by her, before whom she thinks Ishall not say nor do anything of force to her, which vexes me andmakes me wish that I had better considered all that I have of late doneconcerning my bringing my wife to this condition of heat, I went upvexed to my chamber and there fell examining my new concordance, thatI have bought, with Newman's, the best that ever was out before, and Ifind mine altogether as copious as that and something larger, thoughthe order in some respects not so good, that a man may think a placeis missing, when it is only put in another place. Up by and by my wifecomes and good friends again, and to walk in the garden and so anon tosupper and to bed. My cozen John Angier the son, of Cambridge coming tome late to see me, and I find his business is that he would be sentto sea, but I dissuaded him from it, for I will not have to do with itwithout his friends' consent. 

9th. Up and after ordering some things towards my wife's going intothe country, to the office, where I spent the morning upon my measuringrules very pleasantly till noon, and then comes Creed and he and Italked about mathematiques, and he tells me of a way found out by Mr. Jonas Moore which he calls duodecimal arithmetique, which is properlyapplied to measuring, where all is ordered by inches, which are 12 ina foot, which I have a mind to learn. So he with me home to dinner andafter dinner walk in the garden, and then we met at the office, whereCoventry, Sir J. Minnes, and I, and so in the evening, business done, Iwent home and spent my time till night with my wife. Presently after mycoming home comes Pembleton, whether by appointment or no I know not, or whether by a former promise that he would come once before my wife'sgoing into the country, but I took no notice of, let them go up andAshwell with them to dance, which they did, and I staid below in mychamber, but, Lord! how I listened and laid my ear to the door, and howI was troubled when I heard them stand still and not dance. Anon theymade an end and had done, and so I suffered him to go away, and spokenot to him, though troubled in my mind, but showed no discontent to mywife, believing that this is the last time I shall be troubled with him. So my wife and I to walk in the garden, home and to supper and to bed. 

10th. Up and all the morning helping my wife to put up her thingstowards her going into the country and drawing the wine out of my vesselto send. This morning came my cozen Thomas Pepys to desire me to furnishhim with some money, which I could not do till his father has wrote toPiggott his consent to the sale of his lands, so by and by we parted andI to the Exchange a while and so home and to dinner, and thence tothe Royal Theatre by water, and landing, met with Captain Ferrers hisfriend, the little man that used to be with him, and he with us, and satby us while we saw "Love in a Maze. " The play is pretty good, but thelife of the play is Lacy's part, the clown, which is most admirable;but for the rest, which are counted such old and excellent actors, in mylife I never heard both men and women so ill pronounce their parts, evento my making myself sick therewith. Thence, Creed happening to be withus, we four to the Half-Moon Tavern, I buying some sugar and carryingit with me, which we drank with wine and thence to the whay-house, anddrank a great deal of whay, and so by water home, and thence to see SirW. Pen, who is not in much pain, but his legs swell and so immoveablethat he cannot stir them, but as they are lifted by other people and Idoubt will have another fit of his late pain. Played a little at cardswith him and his daughter, who is grown every day a finer and finerlady, and so home to supper and to bed. When my wife and I came firsthome we took Ashwell and all the rest below in the cellar with thevintner drawing out my wine, which I blamed Ashwell much for and toldher my mind that I would not endure it, nor was it fit for her to makeherself equal with the ordinary servants of the house. 

11th. Up and spent most of the morning upon my measuring Ruler and withgreat pleasure I have found out some things myself of great dispatch, more than my book teaches me, which pleases me mightily. Sent my wife'sthings and the wine to-day by the carrier to my father's, but staid myboy from a letter of my father's, wherein he desires that he may notcome to trouble his family as he did the last year. Dined at home andthen to the office, where we sat all the afternoon, and at night homeand spent the evening with my wife, and she and I did jangle mightilyabout her cushions that she wrought with worsteds the last year, whichare too little for any use, but were good friends by and by again. Butone thing I must confess I do observe, which I did not before, which is, that I cannot blame my wife to be now in a worse humour than she used tobe, for I am taken up in my talk with Ashwell, who is a very witty girl, that I am not so fond of her as I used and ought to be, which now I doperceive I will remedy, but I would to the Lord I had never takenany, though I cannot have a better than her. To supper and to bed. The consideration that this is the longest day in the year is veryunpleasant to me. --[It is necessary to note that this was according tothe old style. ]--This afternoon my wife had a visit from my Lady Jeminahand Mr. Ferrers. 

12th. Up and my office, there conning my measuring Ruler, which I shallgrow a master of in a very little time. At noon to the Exchange and sohome to dinner, and abroad with my wife by water to the Royall Theatre;and there saw "The Committee, " a merry but indifferent play, onlyLacey's part, an Irish footman, is beyond imagination. Here I saw myLord Falconbridge, and his Lady, my Lady Mary Cromwell, who looks aswell as I have known her, and well clad; but when the House began tofill she put on her vizard, [Masks were commonly used by ladies in the reign of Elizabeth, and when their use was revived at the Restoration for respectable women attending the theatre, they became general. They soon, however, became the mark of loose women, and their use was discontinued by women of repute. On June 1st, 1704, a song was sung at the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields called "The Misses' Lamentation for want of their Vizard Masques at the Theatre. " Mr. R. W. Lowe gives several references to the use of vizard masks at the theatre in his interesting biography, "Thomas Betterton. "]

and so kept it on all the play; which of late is become a great fashionamong the ladies, which hides their whole face. So to the Exchange, tobuy things with my wife; among others, a vizard for herself. And so bywater home and to my office to do a little business, and so to see SirW. Pen, but being going to bed and not well I could not see him. Sohome and to supper and bed, being mightily troubled all night and nextmorning with the palate of my mouth being down from some cold I tookto-day sitting sweating in the playhouse, and the wind blowing throughthe windows upon my head. 

13th. Up and betimes to Thames Street among the tarr men, to look theprice of tarr and so by water to Whitehall thinking to speak with SirG. Carteret, but he lying in the city all night, and meeting with Mr. Cutler the merchant, I with him in his coach into the city to Sir G. Carteret, but missing him there, he and I walked to find him at Sir Tho. Allen's in Bread Street, where not finding him he and I walked towardsour office, he discoursing well of the business of the Navy, andparticularly of the victualling, in which he was once I perceiveconcerned, and he and I parted and I to the office and there had adifference with Sir W. Batten about Mr. Bowyer's tarr, which I amresolved to cross, though he sent me last night, as a bribe, a barrel ofsturgeon, which, it may be, I shall send back, for I will not havethe King abused so abominably in the price of what we buy, by Sir W. Batten's corruption and underhand dealing. So from the office, Mr. Waythwith me, to the Parliament House, and there I spoke and told SirG. Carteret all, with which he is well pleased, and do recall hiswillingness yesterday, it seems, to Sir W. Batten, that we should buy agreat quantity of tarr, being abused by him. Thence with Mr. Wayth afterdrinking a cupp of ale at the Swan, talking of the corruption of theNavy, by water. I landed him at Whitefriars, and I to the Exchange, andso home to dinner, where I found my wife's brother, and thence afterdinner by water to the Royall Theatre, where I resolved to bid farewell, as shall appear by my oaths tomorrow against all plays either atpublique houses or Court till Christmas be over. Here we saw "TheFaithfull Sheepheardesse, " a most simple thing, and yet much throngedafter, and often shown, but it is only for the scenes' sake, which isvery fine indeed and worth seeing; but I am quite out of opinion withany of their actings, but Lacy's, compared with the other house. Thenceto see Mrs. Hunt, which we did and were much made of; and in our way sawmy Lady Castlemaine, who, I fear, is not so handsome as I have taken herfor, and now she begins to decay something. This is my wife's opinionalso, for which I am sorry. Thence by coach, with a mad coachman, thatdrove like mad, and down byeways, through Bucklersbury home, everybodythrough the street cursing him, being ready to run over them. Sohome, and after writing letters by the post, home to supper and bed. Yesterday, upon conference with the King in the Banqueting House, theParliament did agree with much ado, it being carried but by forty-twovoices, that they would supply him with a sum of money; but what and howis not yet known, but expected to be done with great disputes the nextweek. But if done at all, it is well. 

14th (Lord's day). Lay long in bed. So up and to church. Then to dinner, and Tom dined with me, who I think grows a very thriving man, as hehimself tells me. He tells me that his man John has got a wife, and forthat he intends to part with him, which I am sorry for, and then thatMr. Armiger comes to be a constant lodger at his house, and he says hasmoney in his purse and will be a good paymaster, but I do much doubt it. He being gone, I up and sending my people to church, my wife and I dideven our reckonings, and had a great deal of serious talk, wherein Itook occasion to give her hints of the necessity of our saving all wecan. I do see great cause every day to curse the time that ever I didgive way to the taking of a woman for her, though I could never have hada better, and also the letting of her learn to dance, by both which hermind is so devilishly taken off her business and minding her occasions, and besides has got such an opinion in her of my being jealous, that itis never to be removed, I fear, nor hardly my trouble that attends it;but I must have patience. I did give her 40s. To carry into the countrytomorrow with her, whereof 15s. Is to go for the coach-hire for her andAshwell, there being 20s. Paid here already in earnest. In the eveningour discourse turned to great content and love, and I hope that aftera little forgetting our late differences, and being a while absent onefrom another, we shall come to agree as well as ever. So to Sir W. Pen'sto visit him, and finding him alone, sent for my wife, who is in herriding-suit, to see him, which she hath not done these many months Ithink. By and by in comes Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, and so we sattalking. Among other things, Sir J. Minnes brought many fine expressionsof Chaucer, which he doats on mightily, and without doubt he is a veryfine poet. 

 [Pepys continued through life an admirer of Chaucer, and we have the authority of Dryden himself for saying that we owe his character of the Good Parson to Pepys's recommendation. ]

Sir W. Pen continues lame of the gout, that he cannot rise from hischair. So after staying an hour with him, we went home and to supper, and so to prayers and bed. 

15th. Up betimes, and anon my wife rose and did give me her keys, andput other things in order and herself against going this morning intothe country. I was forced to go to Thames Street and strike up a bargainfor some tarr, to prevent being abused therein by Hill, who was with methis morning, and is mightily surprised that I should tell him what Ican have the same tarr with his for. Thence home, but finding my wifegone, I took coach and after her to her inn, where I am troubled to seeher forced to sit in the back of the coach, though pleased to see hercompany none but women and one parson; she I find is troubled at all, and I seemed to make a promise to get a horse and ride after them; andso, kissing her often, and Ashwell once, I bid them adieu. So home bycoach, and thence by water to Deptford to the Trinity House, where Icame a little late; but I found them reading their charter, which theydid like fools, only reading here and there a bit, whereas they ought todo it all, every word, and then proceeded to the election of a maister, which was Sir W. Batten, without any control, who made a heavy, shortspeech to them, moving them to give thanks to the late Maister for hispains, which he said was very great, and giving them thanks for theirchoice of him, wherein he would serve them to the best of his power. Then to the choice of their assistants and wardens, and so rose. I mighthave received 2s. 6d. As a younger Brother, but I directed one of theservants of the House to receive it and keep it. Thence to church, whereDr. Britton preached a sermon full of words against the Nonconformists, but no great matter in it, nor proper for the day at all. His text was, "With one mind and one mouth give glory to God, the Father of our LordJesus Christ. " That done, by water, I in the barge with the Maister, to the Trinity House at London; where, among others, I found my LordsSandwich and Craven, and my cousin Roger Pepys, and Sir Wm. Wheeler. Anon we sat down to dinner, which was very great, as they always have. Great variety of talk. Mr. Prin, among many, had a pretty tale of onethat brought in a bill in parliament for the empowering him to disposehis land to such children as he should have that should bear the name ofhis wife. It was in Queen Elizabeth's time. One replied that there aremany species of creatures where the male gives the denomination to bothsexes, as swan and woodcock, but not above one where the female do, andthat is a goose. Both at and after dinner we had great discourses of thenature and power of spirits, and whether they can animate dead bodies;in all which, as of the general appearance of spirits, my Lord Sandwichis very scepticall. He says the greatest warrants that ever he had tobelieve any, is the present appearing of the Devil

 [In 1664, there being a generall report all over the kingdom of Mr. Monpesson his house being haunted, which hee himself affirming to the King and Queene to be true, the King sent the Lord Falmouth, and the Queene sent mee, to examine the truth of; but wee could neither see nor heare anything that was extraordinary; and about a year after, his Majesty told me that hee had discovered the cheat, and that Mr. Monpesson, upon his Majesty sending for him, confessed it to him. And yet Mr. Monpesson, in a printed letter, had afterwards the confidence to deny that hee had ever made any such confession" ("Letters of the Second Earl of Chesterfield, " p. 24, 1829, 8vo. ). Joseph Glanville published a relation of the famous disturbance at the house of Mr. Monpesson, at Tedworth, Wilts, occasioned by the beating of an invisible drum every night for a year. This story, which was believed at the time, furnished the plot for Addison's play of "The Drummer, " or the "Haunted House. " In the "Mercurius Publicus, " April 16-23, 1663, there is a curious examination on this subject, by which it appears that one William Drury, of Uscut, Wilts, was the invisible drummer. --B. ]

in Wiltshire, much of late talked of, who beats a drum up and down. There are books of it, and, they say, very true; but my Lord observes, that though he do answer to any tune that you will play to him uponanother drum, yet one tune he tried to play and could not; which makeshim suspect the whole; and I think it is a good argument. Sometimes theytalked of handsome women, and Sir J. Minnes saying that there was nobeauty like what he sees in the country-markets, and specially at Bury, in which I will agree with him that there is a prettiest women Iever saw. My Lord replied thus: "Sir John, what do you think of yourneighbour's wife?" looking upon me. "Do you not think that he hatha great beauty to his wife? Upon my word he hath. " Which I was not alittle proud of. Thence by barge with my Lord to Blackfriars, wherewe landed and I thence walked home, where vexed to find my boy (whomI boxed at his coming for it) and Will abroad, though he was but uponTower Hill a very little while. My head akeing with the healths I wasforced to drink to-day I sent for the barber, and he having done, I upto my wife's closett, and there played on my viallin a good while, andwithout supper anon to bed, sad for want of my wife, whom I love withall my heart, though of late she has given me some troubled thoughts. 

16th. Up, but not so early as I intend now, and to my office, wheredoing business all the morning. At noon by desire I dined with Sir W. Batten, who tells me that the House have voted the supply, intended forthe King, shall be by subsidy. After dinner with Sir J. Minnes to seesome pictures at Brewer's, said to be of good hands, but I do not likethem. So I to the office and thence to Stacy's, his Tar merchant, whoseservant with whom I agreed yesterday for some tar do by combinationwith Bowyer and Hill fall from our agreement, which vexes us all at theoffice, even Sir W. Batten, who was so earnest for it. So to the office, where we sat all the afternoon till night, and then to Sir W. Pen, whocontinues ill, and so to bed about 10 o'clock. 

17th. Up before 4 o'clock, which is the hour I intend now to rise at, and to my office a while, and with great pleasure I fell to my businessagain. Anon went with money to my tar merchant to pay for the tar, whichhe refuses to sell me; but now the master is come home, and so he speaksvery civilly, and I believe we shall have it with peace. I brought backmy money to my office, and thence to White Hall, and in the garden spoketo my Lord Sandwich, who is in his gold-buttoned suit, as the mode is, and looks nobly. Captain Ferrers, I see, is come home from France. Ionly spoke one word to him, my Lord being there. He tells me the younggentlemen are well there; so my Lord went to my Lord Albemarle's todinner, and I by water home and dined alone, and at the office (afterhalf an hour's viallin practice after dinner) till late at night, and sohome and to bed. This day I sent my cozen Edward Pepys his Lady, at mycozen Turner's, a piece of venison given me yesterday, and Madam TurnerI sent for a dozen bottles of her's, to fill with wine for her. This dayI met with Pierce the surgeon, who tells me that the King has made peacebetween Mr. Edward Montagu and his father Lord Montagu, and that all iswell again; at which; for the family's sake, I am very glad, but do notthink it will hold long. 

18th. Up by four o'clock and to my office, where all the morning writingout in my Navy collections the ordinary estimate of the Navy, and did itneatly. Then dined at home alone, my mind pleased with business, but sadfor the absence of my wife. After dinner half an hour at my viallin, andthen all the afternoon sitting at the office late, and so home and tobed. This morning Mr. Cutler came and sat in my closet half an hour withme, his discourse very excellent, being a wise man, and I do perceive byhim as well as many others that my diligence is taken notice of in theworld, for which I bless God and hope to continue doing so. Before Iwent into my house this night I called at Sir W. Batten's, where findingsome great ladies at table at supper with him and his lady, I retreatedand went home, though they called to me again and again, and afterwardssent for me. So I went, and who should it be but Sir Fr. Clerke and hislady and another proper lady at supper there, and great cheer, where Istaid till 11 o'clock at night, and so home and to bed. 

19th. Lay till 6 o'clock, and then up and to my office, where all themorning, and at noon to the Exchange, and coming home met Mr. Creed, andtook him back, and he dined with me, and by and by came Mr. Moore, whomI supplied with L30, and then abroad with them by water to Lambeth, expecting to have seen the Archbishop lie in state; but it seems heis not laid out yet. And so over to White Hall, and at the Privy SealOffice examined the books, and found the grant of increase of salaryto the principall officers in the year 1639, L300 among the Controller, Surveyor, and Clerk of the Shippes. Thence to Wilkinson's after a goodwalk in the Park, where we met on horseback Captain Ferrers; who tellsus that the King of France is well again, and that he saw him train hisGuards, all brave men, at Paris; and that when he goes to his mistress, Madame la Valiere, a pretty little woman, now with child by him, he goeswith his guards with him publiquely, and his trumpets and kettle-drumswith him, who stay before the house while he is with her; and yet hesays that, for all this, the Queen do not know of it, for that nobodydares to tell her; but that I dare not believe. Thence I to Wilkinson's, where we had bespoke a dish of pease, where we eat them very merrily, and there being with us the little gentleman, a friend of CaptainFerrers, that was with my wife and I at a play a little while ago, wewent thence to the Rhenish wine-house, where we called for a red Rhenishwine called Bleahard, a pretty wine, and not mixed, as they say. HereMr. Moore showed us the French manner, when a health is drunk, to bowto him that drunk to you, and then apply yourself to him, whose lady'shealth is drunk, and then to the person that you drink to, which I neverknew before; but it seems it is now the fashion. Thence by water homeand to bed, having played out of my chamber window on my pipe before Iwent to bed, and making Will read a part of a Latin chapter, in which Iperceive in a little while he will be pretty ready, if he spends but alittle pains in it. 

20th. Up and to my office, where all the morning, and dined at home, Mr. Deane, of Woolwich, with me, and he and I all the afternoon down bywater, and in a timber yard, measuring of timber, which I now understandthoroughly, and shall be able in a little time to do the King greatservice. Home in the evening, and after Will's reading a little in theLatin Testament, to bed. 

21st (Lord's day). Up betimes, and fell to reading my Latin grammar, which I perceive I have great need of, having lately found it by mycalling Will to the reading of a chapter in Latin, and I am resolvedto go through it. After being trimmed, I by water to White Hall, and soover the Park, it raining hard, to Mr. Coventry's chamber, where I spenttwo hours with him about business of the Navy, and how by his absencethings are like to go with us, and with good content from my being withhim he carried me by coach and set me down at Whitehall, and thence toright home by water. He shewed me a list, which he hath prepared for theParliament's view, if the business of his selling of offices should bebrought to further hearing, wherein he reckons up, as I remember, 236offices of ships which have been disposed of without his taking onefarthing. This, of his own accord, he opened his cabinet on purpose toshew me, meaning, I suppose, that I should discourse abroad of it, andvindicate him therein, which I shall with all my power do. At home, being wet, shifted my band and things, and then to dinner, and afterdinner went up and tried a little upon my tryangle, which I understandfully, and with a little use I believe could bring myself to dosomething. So to church, and slept all the sermon, the Scot, to whosevoice I am not to be reconciled, preaching. Thence with Sir J. Minnes(who poor man had forgot that he carried me the other day to thepainter's to see some pictures which he has since bought and are broughthome) to his Jodgings to see some base things he calls them of greatmasters of painting. So I said nothing that he had shown me themalready, but commended them, and I think they are indeed good enough. Thence to see Sir W. Pen, who continues ill of the gout still. Here westaid a good while, and then I to my office, and read my vows seriouslyand with content, and so home to supper, to prayers, and to bed. 

22nd. Up betimes and to my office, reading over all our letters of theoffice that we have wrote since I came into the Navy, whereby tobring the whole series of matters into my memory, and to enter in mymanuscript some of them that are needful and of great influence. By andby with Sir W. Batten by coach to Westminster, where all along I findthe shops evening with the sides of the houses, even in the broadeststreets; which will make the City very much better than it was. Iwalked in the Hall from one man to another. Hear that the House is stilldivided about the manner of levying the subsidys which they intend togive the King, both as to the manner, the time, and the number. It seemsthe House do consent to send to the King to desire that he would begraciously pleased to let them know who it was that did inform him ofwhat words Sir Richard Temple should say, which were to this purpose:"That if the King would side with him, or be guided by him and hisparty, that he should not lack money:" but without knowing who told it, they do not think fit to call him to any account for it. Thence withCreed and bought a lobster, and then to an alehouse, where the maid ofthe house is a confident merry lass, and if modest is very pleasant tothe customers that come thither. Here we eat it, and thence to walk inthe Park a good while. The Duke being gone a-hunting, and by and by camein and shifted himself; he having in his hunting, rather than go about, 'light and led his horse through a river up to his breast, and came sohome: and when we were come, which was by and by, we went on to him, andbeing ready he retired with us, and we had a long discourse with him. But Mr. Creed's accounts stick still through the perverse ignorance ofSir G. Carteret, which I cannot safely control as I would. Thence to thePark again, and there walked up and down an hour or two till night withCreed, talking, who is so knowing, and a man of that reason, that Icannot but love his company, though I do not love the man, because heis too wise to be made a friend of, and acts all by interest and policy, but is a man fit to learn of. So to White Hall, and by water to theTemple, and calling at my brother's and several places, but to nopurpose, I came home, and meeting Strutt, the purser, he tells me fora secret that he was told by Field that he had a judgment against mein the Exchequer for L400. So I went to Sir W. Batten, and taking Mr. Batten, his son the counsellor, with me, by coach, I went to Clerke, ourSolicitor, who tells me there can be no such thing, and after conferringwith them two together, who are resolved to look well after thebusiness, I returned home and to my office, setting down this day'spassages, and having a letter that all is well in the country I wenthome to supper, and then a Latin chapter of Will and to bed. 

23rd. Up by four o'clock, and so to my office; but before I went out, calling, as I have of late done, for my boy's copybook, I found thathe had not done his task; so I beat him, and then went up to fetchmy rope's end, but before I got down the boy was gone. I searched thecellar with a candle, and from top to bottom could not find him high norlow. So to the office; and after an hour or two, by water to theTemple, to my cozen Roger; who, I perceive, is a deadly high man in theParliament business, and against the Court, showing me how they havecomputed that the King hath spent, at least hath received, about fourmillions of money since he came in: and in Sir J. Winter's case, inwhich I spoke to him, he is so high that he says he deserves to behanged, and all the high words he could give, which I was sorry to see, though I am confident he means well. Thence by water home, and to the'Change; and by and by comes the King and the Queen by in great state, and the streets full of people. I stood in Mr. --------'s balcone. Theydine all at my Lord Mayor's; but what he do for victuals, or room forthem, I know not. So home to dinner alone, and there I found that my boyhad got out of doors, and came in for his hat and band, and so is goneaway to his brother; but I do resolve even to let him go away for goodand all. So I by and by to the office, and there had a great fray withSir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes, who, like an old dotard, is led by thenose by him. It was in Captain Cocke's business of hemp, wherein theKing is absolutely abused; but I was for peace sake contented to bequiet and to sign to his bill, but in my manner so as to justify myself, and so all was well; but to see what a knave Sir W. Batten is makes myheart ake. So late at my office, and then home to supper and to bed, myman Will not being well. 

24th. Up before 4 o'clock, and so to my lute an hour or more, and thenby water, drinking my morning draft alone at an alehouse in ThamesStreet, to the Temple, and thence after a little discourse with my cozenRoger about some business, away by water to St. James's, and there anhour's private discourse with Mr. Coventry, where he told me one thingto my great joy, that in the business of Captain Cocke's hemp, disputedbefore him the other day, Mr. Coventry absent, the Duke did himself tellhim since, that Mr. Pepys and he did stand up and carry it against therest that were there, Sir G. Carteret and Sir W. Batten, which do pleaseme much to see that the Duke do take notice of me. We did talk highly ofSir W. Batten's corruption, which Mr. Coventry did very kindly say thatit might be only his heaviness and unaptness for business, that he dothings without advice and rashly, and to gratify people that do eat anddrink and play with him, and that now and then he observes that hesigns bills only in anger and fury to be rid of men. Speaking of Sir G. Carteret, of whom I perceive he speaks but slightly, and diminishing ofhim in his services for the King in Jersey; that he was well rewarded, and had good lands and rents, and other profits from the King, all thetime he was there; and that it was always his humour to have things donehis way. He brought an example how he would not let the Castle there bevictualled for more than a month, that so he might keep it at hisbeck, though the people of the town did offer to supply it more oftenthemselves, which, when one did propose to the King, Sir George Carteretbeing by, says Sir George, "Let me know who they are that would do it, Iwould with all my heart pay them. " "Ah, by God, " says the Commander thatspoke of it, "that is it that they are afeard of, that you would hugthem, " meaning that he would not endure them. Another thing he told me, how the Duke of York did give Sir G. Carteret and the Island his profitsas Admirall, and other things, toward the building of a pier there. Butit was never laid out, nor like to be. So it falling out that a ladybeing brought to bed, the Duke was to be desired to be one of thegodfathers; and it being objected that that would not be proper, therebeing no peer of the land to be joyned with him, the lady replied, "Why, let him choose; and if he will not be a godfather without a peer, thenlet him even stay till he hath made a pier of his own. "

 [In the same spirit, long after this, some question arising as to the best material to be used in building Westminster Bridge, Lord Chesterfield remarked, that there were too many wooden piers (peers) at Westminster already. --B. ]

He tells me, too, that he hath lately been observed to tack about atCourt, and to endeavour to strike in with the persons that are againstthe Chancellor; but this he says of him, that he do not say nor doanything to the prejudice of the Chancellor. But he told me that theChancellor was rising again, and that of late Sir G. Carteret'sbusiness and employment hath not been so full as it used to be while theChancellor stood up. From that we discoursed of the evil of putting outmen of experience in business as the Chancellor, and from that to speakof the condition of the King's party at present, who, as the Papists, though otherwise fine persons, yet being by law kept for these fourscoreyears out of employment, they are now wholly uncapable of business; andso the Cavaliers for twenty years, who, says he, for the most part haveeither given themselves over to look after country and family business, and those the best of them, and the rest to debauchery, &c. ; and thatwas it that hath made him high against the late Bill brought into theHouse for the making all men incapable of employment that had servedagainst the King. Why, says he, in the sea-service, it is impossible todo any thing without them, there being not more than three men of thewhole King's side that are fit to command almost; and these were CaptainAllen, Smith, and Beech; and it may be Holmes, and Utber, and Battsmight do something. I desired him to tell me if he thought that I didspeak anything that I do against Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes out ofill will or design. He told me quite the contrary, and that there wasreason enough. After a good deal of good and fine discourse, I tookleave, and so to my Lord Sandwich's house, where I met my Lord, andthere did discourse of our office businesses, and how the Duke do showme kindness, though I have endeavoured to displease more or less of myfellow officers, all but Mr. Coventry and Pett; but it matters not. Yes, says my Lord, Sir J. Minnes, who is great with the Chancellor; I toldhim the Chancellor I have thought was declining, and however that theesteem he has among them is nothing but for a jester or a ballad maker;at which my Lord laughs, and asks me whether I believe he ever could dothat well. Thence with Mr. Creed up and down to an ordinary, and, theKing's Head being full, went to the other over against it, a pretty manthat keeps it, and good and much meat, better than the other, butthe company and room so small that he must break, and there wants thepleasure that the other house has in its company. Here however dined anold courtier that is now so, who did bring many examples and argumentsto prove that seldom any man that brings any thing to Court gets anything, but rather the contrary; for knowing that they have wherewith tolive, will not enslave themselves to the attendance, and flattery, andfawning condition of a courtier, whereas another that brings nothing, and will be contented to cog, and lie, and flatter every man and womanthat has any interest with the persons that are great in favour, and cancheat the King, as nothing is to be got without offending God and theKing, there he for the most part, and he alone, saves any thing. Thenceto St. James Park, and there walked two or three hours talking of thedifference between Sir G. Carteret and Mr. Creed about his accounts, and how to obviate him, but I find Creed a deadly cunning fellow and onethat never do any thing openly, but has intrigues in all he do or says. Thence by water home to see all well, and thence down to Greenwich, andthere walked into a pretty common garden and there played with him atnine pins for some drink, and to make the fellows drink that set up thepins, and so home again being very cold, and taking a very great cold, being to-day the first time in my tabby doublet this year. Home, andafter a small supper Creed and I to bed. This day I observed the house, which I took to be the new tennis-court, newly built next my Lord'slodgings, to be fallen down by the badness of the foundation or slightworking, which my cozen Roger and his discontented party cry out upon, as an example how the King's work is done, which I am sorry to see himand others so apt to think ill of things. It hath beaten down a gooddeal of my Lord's lodgings, and had like to have killed Mrs. Sarah, shehaving but newly gone out of it. 

25th. Up both of us pretty early and to my chamber, where he and I diddraw up a letter to Sir G. Carteret in excuse and preparation for Creedagainst we meet before the Duke upon his accounts, which I drew up andit proved very well, but I am pleased to see with what secret cunningand variety of artifice this Creed has carried on his business evenunknown to me, which he is now forced by an accident to communicateto me. So that taking up all the papers of moment which lead to theclearing of his accounts unobserved out of the Controller's hand, whichhe now makes great use of; knowing that the Controller has not wherewithto betray him. About this all the morning, only Mr. Bland came to meabout some business of his, and told me the news, which holds to betrue, that the Portuguese did let in the Spaniard by a plot, and theybeing in the midst of the country and we believing that they would havetaken the whole country, they did all rise and kill the whole body, near8, 000 men, and Don John of Austria having two horses killed under him, was forced with one man to flee away. Sir George Carteret at the office(after dinner, and Creed being gone, for both now and yesterday I wasafraid to have him seen by Sir G. Carteret with me, for fear that heshould increase his doubt that I am of a plot with Creed in the businessof his accounts) did tell us that upon Tuesday last, being with my LordTreasurer, he showed him a letter from Portugall speaking of the advanceof the Spaniards into their country, and yet that the Portuguese werenever more courageous than now; for by an old prophecy, from France, sent thither some years, though not many since, from the French King, it is foretold that the Spaniards should come into their country, and insuch a valley they should be all killed, and then their country shouldbe wholly delivered from the Spaniards. This was on Tuesday last, andyesterday came the very first news that in this very valley they hadthus routed and killed the Spaniards, which is very strange but true. So late at the office, and then home to supper and to bed. This noon Ireceived a letter from the country from my wife, wherein she seems muchpleased with the country; God continue that she may have pleasure whileshe is there. She, by my Lady's advice, desires a new petticoat ofthe new silk striped stuff, very pretty. So I went to Paternoster Row'presently, and bought her one, with Mr. Creed's help, a very fine richone, the best I did see there, and much better than she desires orexpects, and sent it by Creed to Unthanke to be made against tomorrowto send by the carrier, thinking it had been but Wednesday to-day, butI found myself mistaken, and also the taylor being out of the way, itcould not be done, but the stuff was sent me back at night by Creed todispose of some other way to make, but now I shall keep it to next week. 

26th. Up betimes, and Mr. Moore coming to see me, he and

 [Paternoster Row, now famous as the headquarters of the publishing houses, was at this time chiefly inhabited by mercers. "This street, before the Fire of London, was taken up by eminent Mercers, Silkmen and Lacemen; and their shops were so resorted to by the nobility and gentry in their coaches, that oft times the street was so stop'd up that there was no passage for foot passengers" (Strype's "Stow, " book iii. , p. 195)]. 

I discoursed of going to Oxford this Commencement, Mr. Nathaniel Crewbeing Proctor and Mr. Childe commencing Doctor of Musique this year, which I have a great mind to do, and, if I can, will order my matters sothat I may do it. By and by, he and I to the Temple, it raining hard, mycozen Roger being got out, he and I walked a good while among the Templetrees discoursing of my getting my Lord to let me have security uponhis estate for L100 per ann. For two lives, my own and my wife, for mymoney. But upon second thoughts Mr. Moore tells me it is very likelymy Lord will think that I beg something, and may take it ill, and so weresolved not to move it there, but to look for it somewhere else. Hereit raining hard he and I walked into the King's Bench Court, whereI never was before, and there staid an hour almost, till it had doneraining, which is a sad season, that it is said there hath not been onefair day these three months, and I think it is true, and then by waterto Westminster, and at the Parliament House I spoke with Roger Pepys. The House is upon the King's answer to their message about Temple, whichis, that my Lord of Bristoll did tell him that Temple did say thosewords; so the House are resolved upon sending some of their members tohim to know the truth, and to demand satisfaction if it be not true. Soby water home, and after a little while getting me ready, Sir W. Batten, Sir J. Minnes, my Lady Batten, and I by coach to Bednall Green, to SirW. Rider's to dinner, where a fine place, good lady mother, and theirdaughter, Mrs. Middleton, a fine woman. A noble dinner, and a fine merrywalk with the ladies alone after dinner in the garden, which is verypleasant; the greatest quantity of strawberrys I ever saw, and good, and a collation of great mirth, Sir J. Minnes reading a book of scoldingvery prettily. This very house

 [Sir William Rider's house was known as Kirby Castle, and was supposed to have been built in 1570 by John Thorpe for John Kirby. It was associated in rhyme with other follies of the time in bricks and mortar, as recorded by Stow

 "Kirkebyes Castell, and Fisher's Follie, Spinila's pleasure, and Megse's glorie. "

 The place was known in Strype's time as the "Blind Beggar's House, " but he knew nothing of the ballad, "The Beggar's Daughter of Bednall Green, " for he remarks, "perhaps Kirby beggared himself by it. " Sr. William Rider died at this house in 1669. ]

was built by the Blind Beggar of Bednall Green, so much talked of andsang in ballads; but they say it was only some of the outhouses of it. We drank great store of wine, and a beer glass at last which made mealmost sick. At table, discoursing of thunder and lightning, theytold many stories of their own knowledge at table of their masts beingshivered from top to bottom, and sometimes only within and the outsidewhole, but among the rest Sir W. Rider did tell a story of his ownknowledge, that a Genoese gaily in Leghorn Roads was struck by thunder, so as the mast was broke a-pieces, and the shackle upon one of theslaves was melted clear off of his leg without hurting his leg. SirWilliam went on board the vessel, and would have contributed towardsthe release of the slave whom Heaven had thus set free, but he could notcompass it, and so he was brought to his fetters again. In the eveninghome, and a little to my Tryangle, and so to bed. 

27th. Up by 4 o'clock and a little to my office. Then comes by agreementSir W. Warren, and he and I from ship to ship to see deals of all sorts, whereby I have encreased my knowledge and with great pleasure. Then tohis yard and house, where I staid two hours or more discoursing of theexpense of the navy and the corruption of Sir W. Batten and his manWood that he brings or would bring to sell all that is to be sold by theNavy. Then home to the office, where we sat a little, and at noon hometo dinner, alone, and thence, it raining hard, by water to the Temple, and so to Lincoln's Inn, and there walked up and down to see the newgarden which they are making, and will be very pretty, and so to walkunder the Chappell by agreement, whither Mr. Clerke our Solicitor cameto me, and he fetched Mr. Long, our Attorney in the Exchequer in thebusiness against Field, and I directed him to come to the best andspeediest composition he could, which he will do. So home on foot, calling upon my brother's and elsewhere upon business, and so home tomy office, and there wrote letters to my father and wife, and so home tobed, taking three pills overnight. 

28th (Lord's day). Early in the morning my last night's physic workedand did give me a good stool, and then I rose and had three or fourstools, and walked up and down my chamber. Then up, my maid rose andmade me a posset, and by and by comes Mr. Creed, and he and I spent allthe morning discoursing against to-morrow before the Duke the businessof his pieces of eight, in which the Treasurer makes so many queries. Atnoon, my physic having done working, I went down to dinner, and thenhe and I up again and spent most of the afternoon reading in Cicero andother books of good discourse, and then he went away, and then came mybrother Tom to see me, telling me how the Joyces do make themselves fineclothes against Mary is brought to bed. He being gone I went to cast upmy monthly accounts, and to my great trouble I find myself L7 worse thanI was the last month, but I confess it is by my reckoning beforehand agreat many things, yet however I am troubled to see that I can hardlypromise myself to lay up much from month's end to month's end, aboutL4 or L5 at most, one month with another, without some extraordinarygettings, but I must and I hope I shall continue to have a care of myown expenses. So to the reading my vows seriously and then to supper. This evening there came my boy's brother to see for him, and tells me heknows not where he is, himself being out of town this week and is verysorry that he is gone, and so am I, but he shall come no more. So toprayers, and to bed. 

29th. Up betimes and to my office, and by and by to the Temple, andthere appointed to meet in the evening about my business, and thenceI walked home, and up and down the streets is cried mightily the greatvictory got by the Portugalls against the Spaniards, where 10, 000 slain, 3 or 4, 000 taken prisoners, with all the artillery, baggage, money, &c. , and Don John of Austria

 [He was natural son of Philip IV. , King of Spain, who, after his father's death in 1665, exerted his whole influence to overthrow the Regency appointed during the young king's minority. --B. ]

forced to flee with a man or two with him, which is very great news. Thence home and at my office all the morning, and then by water to St. James's, but no meeting to-day being holy day, but met Mr. Creed in thePark, and after a walk or two, discoursing his business, took leave ofhim in Westminster Hall, whither we walked, and then came again to theHall and fell to talk with Mrs. Lane, and after great talk that shenever went abroad with any man as she used heretofore to do, I withone word got her to go with me and to meet me at the further Rhenishwine-house, where I did give her a Lobster and do so touse her and feelher all over, making her believe how fair and good a skin she has, andindeed she has a very white thigh and leg, but monstrous fat. When wearyI did give over and somebody, having seen some of our dalliance, calledaloud in the street, "Sir! why do you kiss the gentlewoman so?" andflung a stone at the window, which vexed me, but I believe they couldnot see my touzing her, and so we broke up and I went out the back way, without being observed I think, and so she towards the Hall and I toWhite Hall, where taking water I to the Temple with my cozen Roger andMr. Goldsborough to Gray's Inn to his counsel, one Mr. Rawworth, a veryfine man, where it being the question whether I as executor should givea warrant to Goldsborough in my reconveying her estate back again, themortgage being performed against all acts of the testator, but only myown, my cozen said he never heard it asked before; and the other that itwas always asked, and he never heard it denied, or scrupled before, so great a distance was there in their opinions, enough to make a manforswear ever having to do with the law; so they agreed to refer it toSerjeant Maynard. So we broke up, and I by water home from the Temple, and there to Sir W. Batten and eat with him, he and his lady and Sir J. Minnes having been below to-day upon the East India men that are comein, but never tell me so, but that they have been at Woolwich andDeptford, and done great deal of business. God help them. So home andup to my lute long, and then, after a little Latin chapter with Will, tobed. But I have used of late, since my wife went, to make a bad use ofmy fancy with whatever woman I have a mind to, which I am ashamed of, and shall endeavour to do so no more. So to sleep. 

30th. Up betimes yesterday and to-day, the sun rising very bright andglorious; and yet yesterday, as it hath been these two months and more, was a foul day the most part of the day. By and by by water to WhiteHall, and there to my Lord's lodgings by appointment, whither Mr. Creedcomes to me, having been at Chelsey this morning to fetch my Lord to St. James's. So he and I to the Park, where we understand that the King andDuke are gone out betimes this morning on board the East India shipslately come in, and so our meeting appointed is lost. But he and Iwalked at the further end of the Park, not to be observed, whither byand by comes my Lord Sandwich, and he and we walked two hours and morein the Park and then in White Hall Gallery, and lastly in White Hallgarden, discoursing of Mr. Creed's accounts, and how to answer theTreasurer's objections. I find that the business is L500 deep, theadvantage of Creed, and why my Lord and I should be concerned to promotehis profit with so much dishonour and trouble to us I know not, buthowever we shall do what we can, though he deserves it not, for thereis nothing even to his own advantage that can be got out of him, butby mere force. So full of policy he is in the smallest matters, that Iperceive him to be made up of nothing but design. I left him here, beingin my mind vexed at the trouble that this business gets me, and thedistance that it makes between Sir G. Carteret and myself, which I oughtto avoyd. Thence by water home and to dinner, and afterwards to theoffice, and there sat till evening, and then I by water to Deptford tosee Sir W. Pen, who lies ill at Captain Rooth's, but in a way to be wellagain this weather, this day being the only fair day we have had thesetwo or three months. Among other discourse I did tell him plainly someof my thoughts concerning Sir W. Batten. And the office in general, upondesign for him to understand that I do mind things and will not balk totake notice of them, that when he comes to be well again he may know howto look upon me. Thence homeward walked, and in my way met Creed comingto meet me, and then turned back and walk a while, and so to boat andhome by water, I being not very forward to talk of his business, and heby design the same, to see how I would speak of it, but I did not, butin general terms, and so after supper with general discourse to bed andsleep. Thus, by God's blessing, ends this book of two years; I beingin all points in good health and a good way to thrive and do well. Somemoney I do and can lay up, but not much, being worth now above L700, besides goods of all sorts. My wife in the country with Ashwell, herwoman, with my father; myself at home with W. Hewer and my cooke-maidHannah, my boy Wayneman being lately run away from me. In my office, my repute and understanding good, especially with the Duke and Mr. Coventry; only the rest of the officers do rather envy than love me, Istanding in most of their lights, specially Sir W. Batten, whose cheatsI do daily oppose to his great trouble, though he appears mighty kindand willing to keep friendship with me, while Sir J. Minnes, like adotard, is led by the nose by him. My wife and I, by my late jealousy, for which I am truly to be blamed, have not the kindness between uswhich we used and ought to have, and I fear will be lost hereafter if Ido not take course to oblige her and yet preserve my authority. Publiquematters are in an ill condition; Parliament sitting and raising foursubsidys for the King, which is but a little, considering his wants; andyet that parted withal with great hardness. They being offended to seeso much money go, and no debts of the publique's paid, but all swallowedby a luxurious Court: which the King it is believed and hoped willretrench in a little time, when he comes to see the utmost of therevenue which shall be settled on him: he expecting to have hisL1, 200, 000 made good to him, which is not yet done by above L150, 000, ashe himself reports to the House. My differences with my uncle Thomas ata good quiett, blessed be God! and other matters. The town full of thegreat overthrow lately given to the Spaniards by the Portugalls, theybeing advanced into the very middle of Portugall. The weather wet fortwo or three months together beyond belief, almost not one fair daycoming between till this day, which has been a very pleasant [day] andthe first pleasant [day] this summer. The charge of the Navy intended tobe limited to L200, 000 per annum, the ordinary charge of it, and thatto be settled upon the Customs. The King yet greatly taken up with MadamCastlemaine and Mrs. Stewart, which God of Heaven put an end to! Myselfvery studious to learn what I can of all things necessary for my placeas an officer of the Navy, reading lately what concerns measuring oftimber and knowledge of the tides. I have of late spent much time withCreed, being led to it by his business of his accounts, but I find hima fellow of those designs and tricks, that there is no degree of truefriendship to be made with him, and therefore I must cast him off, though he be a very understanding man, and one that much may be learnedof as to cunning and judging of other men. Besides, too, I do perceivemore and more that my time of pleasure and idleness of any sort mustbe flung off to attend to getting of some money and the keeping of myfamily in order, which I fear by my wife's liberty may be otherwiselost. 

JULY 1663

July 1st. This morning it rained so hard (though it was fair yesterday, and we thereupon in hopes of having some fair weather, which we havewanted these three months) that it wakened Creed, who lay with me lastnight, and me, and so we up and fell to discourse of the business ofhis accounts now under dispute, in which I have taken much trouble uponmyself and raised a distance between Sir G. Carteret and myself, whichtroubles me, but I hope we have this morning light on an expedient thatwill right all, that will answer their queries, and yet save Creed theL500 which he did propose to make of the exchange abroad of the piecesof eight which he disbursed. Being ready, he and I by water to WhiteHall, where I left him before we came into the Court, for fear I shouldbe seen by Sir G. Carteret with him, which of late I have been forcedto avoid to remove suspicion. I to St. James's, and there discourseda while with Mr. Coventry, between whom and myself there is very goodunderstanding and friendship, and so to Westminster Hall, and beingin the Parliament lobby, I there saw my Lord of Bristoll come to theCommons House to give his answer to their question, about some words heshould tell the King that were spoke by Sir Richard Temple, a member oftheir House. A chair was set at the bar of the House for him, which heused but little, but made an harangue of half an hour bareheaded, theHouse covered. His speech being done, he came out and withdrew into alittle room till the House had concluded of an answer to his speech;which they staying long upon, I went away. And by and by out comesSir W. Batten; and he told me that his Lordship had made a long and acomedian-like speech, and delivered with such action as was not becominghis Lordship. He confesses he did tell the King such a thing of SirRichard Temple, but that upon his honour they were not spoke by SirRichard, he having taken a liberty of enlarging to the King upon thediscourse which had been between Sir Richard and himself lately; and sotook upon himself the whole blame, and desired their pardon, it beingnot to do any wrong to their fellow-member, but out of zeal to the King. He told them, among many other things, that as to his religion he was aRoman Catholique, but such a one as thought no man to have right to theCrown of England but the Prince that hath it; and such a one as, if theKing should desire his counsel as to his own, he would not advise him toanother religion than the old true reformed religion of this country, itbeing the properest of this kingdom as it now stands; and concluded witha submission to what the House shall do with him, saying, that whateverthey shall do, says he, "thanks be to God, this head, this heart, andthis sword (pointing to them all), will find me a being in any place inEurope. " The House hath hereupon voted clearly Sir Richard Temple tobe free from the imputation of saying those words; but when Sir WilliamBatten came out, had not concluded what to say to my Lord, it beingargued that to own any satisfaction as to my Lord from his speech, wouldbe to lay some fault upon the King for the message he should upon nobetter accounts send to the impeaching of one of their members. Walkingout, I hear that the House of Lords are offended that my Lord Digbyshould come to this House and make a speech there without leave firstasked of the House of Lords. I hear also of another difficulty now uponhim; that my Lord of Sunderland (whom I do not know) was so near tothe marriage of his daughter as that the wedding-clothes were made, andportion and every thing agreed on and ready; and the other day he goesaway nobody yet knows whither, sending her the next morning a release ofhis right or claim to her, and advice to his friends not to enquire intothe reason of this doing, for he hath enough for it; but that he givesthem liberty to say and think what they will of him, so they do notdemand the reason of his leaving her, being resolved never to have her, but the reason desires and resolves not to give. Thence by water withSir W. Batten to Trinity House, there to dine with him, which we did;and after dinner we fell talking, Sir J. Minnes, Mr. Batten and I; Mr. Batten telling us of a late triall of Sir Charles Sydly the otherday, before my Lord Chief Justice Foster and the whole bench, for hisdebauchery a little while since at Oxford Kate's, [The details in the original are very gross. Dr. Johnson relates the story in the "Lives of the Poets, " in his life of Sackville, Lord Dorset "Sackville, who was then Lord Buckhurst, with Sir Charles Sedley and Sir Thomas Ogle, got drunk at the Cock, in Bow Street, by Covent Garden, and going into the balcony exposed themselves to the populace in very indecent postures. At last, as they grew warmer, Sedley stood forth naked, and harangued the populace in such profane language, that the publick indignation was awakened; the crowd attempted to force the door, and being repulsed, drove in the performers with stones, and broke the windows of the house. For this misdemeanour they were indicted, and Sedley was fined five hundred pounds; what was the sentence of the others is not known. Sedley employed [Henry] Killigrew and another to procure a remission from the King, but (mark the friendship of the dissolute!) they begged the fine for themselves, and exacted it to the last groat. " The woman known as Oxford Kate appears to have kept the notorious Cock Tavern in Bow Street at this date. ]

coming in open day into the Balcone and showed his nakedness, .... Andabusing of scripture and as it were from thence preaching a mountebanksermon from the pulpit, saying that there he had to sell such a powderas should make all the [women] in town run after him, 1000 peoplestanding underneath to see and hear him, and that being done he took aglass of wine.... And then drank it off, and then took another and drankthe King's health. It seems my Lord and the rest of the judges didall of them round give him a most high reproof; my Lord Chief justicesaying, that it was for him, and such wicked wretches as he was, thatGod's anger and judgments hung over us, calling him sirrah many times. It's said they have bound him to his good behaviour (there being no lawagainst him for it) in L5000. It being told that my Lord Buckhurst wasthere, my Lord asked whether it was that Buckhurst that was lately triedfor robbery; and when answered Yes, he asked whether he had so soonforgot his deliverance at that time, and that it would have more becomehim to have been at his prayers begging God's forgiveness, than nowrunning into such courses again.... Thence home, and my clerks beinggone by my leave to see the East India ships that are lately come home, I staid all alone within my office all the afternoon. This day I hear atdinner that Don John of Austria, since his flight out of Portugall, isdead of his wounds:--[not true]--so there is a great man gone, and agreat dispute like to be ended for the crown of Spayne, if the Kingshould have died before him. I received this morning a letter from mywife, brought by John Gower to town, wherein I find a sad falling outbetween my wife and my father and sister and Ashwell upon my writingto my father to advise Pall not to keep Ashwell from her mistress, ormaking any difference between them. Which Pall telling to Ashwell, andshe speaking some words that her mistress heard, caused great differenceamong them; all which I am sorry from my heart to hear of, and I fearwill breed ill blood not to be laid again. So that I fear my wife and Imay have some falling out about it, or at least my father and I, but Ishall endeavour to salve up all as well as I can, or send for her outof the country before the time intended, which I would be loth to do. Inthe evening by water to my coz. Roger Pepys' chamber, where he was notcome, but I found Dr. John newly come to town, and is well again afterhis sickness; but, Lord! what a simple man he is as to any public matterof state, and talks so sillily to his brother Dr. Tom. What the matteris I know not, but he has taken (as my father told me a good whilesince) such displeasure that he hardly would touch his hat to me, andI as little to him. By and by comes Roger, and he told us the wholepassage of my Lord Digby to-day, much as I have said here above; onlythat he did say that he would draw his sword against the Pope himself, if he should offer any thing against his Majesty, and the good ofthese nations; and that he never was the man that did either look for aCardinal's cap for himself, or any body else, meaning Abbot Montagu; andthe House upon the whole did vote Sir Richard Temple innocent; and thatmy Lord Digby hath cleared the honour of his Majesty, and Sir RichardTemple's, and given perfect satisfaction of his own respects to theHouse. Thence to my brother's, and being vexed with his not minding myfather's business here in getting his Landscape done, I went away in ananger, and walked home, and so up to my lute and then to bed. 

2d. Up betimes to my office, and there all the morning doing business, at noon to the Change, and there met with several people, among othersCaptain Cox, and with him to a Coffee [House], and drank with him andsome other merchants. Good discourse. Thence home and to dinner, and, after a little alone at my viol, to the office, where we sat all theafternoon, and so rose at the evening, and then home to supper and tobed, after a little musique. My mind troubled me with the thoughts ofthe difference between my wife and my father in the country. Walking inthe garden this evening with Sir G. Carteret and Sir J. Minnes, Sir G. Carteret told us with great contempt how like a stage-player my LordDigby spoke yesterday, pointing to his head as my Lord did, and saying, "First, for his head, " says Sir G. Carteret, "I know what a calf'shead would have done better by half for his heart and his sword, I havenothing to say to them. " He told us that for certain his head cost thelate King his, for it was he that broke off the treaty at Uxbridge. Hetold us also how great a man he was raised from a private gentleman inFrance by Monsieur Grandmont, [Antoine, Duc de Gramont, marshal of France, who died July 12th, 1678, aged seventy-four. His memoirs have been published. ]

and afterwards by the Cardinall, --[Mazarin]--who raised him to be aLieutenant-generall, and then higher; and entrusted by the Cardinall, when he was banished out of France, with great matters, and recommendedby him to the Queen as a man to be trusted and ruled by: yet when hecame to have some power over the Queen, he begun to dissuade her fromher opinion of the Cardinal; which she said nothing to till the Cardinalwas returned, and then she told him of it; who told my Lord Digby, "Ehbien, Monsieur, vous estes un fort bon amy donc:" but presently put himout of all; and then he was, from a certainty of coming in two or threeyears' time to be Mareschall of France (to which all strangers, evenProtestants, and those as often as French themselves, are capable ofcoming, though it be one of the greatest places in France), he wasdriven to go out of France into Flanders; but there was not trusted, norreceived any kindness from the Prince of Conde, as one to whom also hehad been false, as he had been to the Cardinal and Grandmont. In fine, he told us how he is a man of excellent parts, but of no great faith norjudgment, and one very easy to get up to great height of preferment, but never able to hold it. So home and to my musique; and then comes Mr. Creed to me giving me an account of his accounts, how he has now settledthem fit for perusal the most strict, at which I am glad. So he and I tobed together. 

3d. Up and he home, and I with Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten by coachto Westminster, to St. James's, thinking to meet Sir G. Carteret, andto attend the Duke, but he not coming we broke up, and so to WestminsterHall, and there meeting with Mr. Moore he tells me great news that myLady Castlemaine is fallen from Court, and this morning retired. Hegives me no account of the reason of it, but that it is so: for whichI am sorry: and yet if the King do it to leave off not only her but allother mistresses, I should be heartily glad of it, that he may fall tolook after business. I hear my Lord Digby is condemned at Court for hisspeech, and that my Lord Chancellor grows great again. Thence with Mr. Creed, whom I called at his chamber, over the water to Lambeth; butcould not, it being morning, get to see the Archbishop's hearse: so heand I walked over the fields to Southwark, and there parted, and I spenthalf an hour in Mary Overy's Church, where are fine monuments of greatantiquity, I believe, and has been a fine church. Thence to the Change, and meeting Sir J. Minnes there, he and I walked to look upon Backwell'sdesign of making another alley from his shop through over against theExchange door, which will be very noble and quite put down the othertwo. 

So home to dinner and then to the office, and entered in my manuscriptbook the Victualler's contract, and then over the water and walked tosee Sir W. Pen, and sat with him a while, and so home late, and to myviall. So up comes Creed again to me and stays all night, to-morrowmorning being a hearing before the Duke. So to bed full of discourse ofhis business. 

4th. Up by 4 o'clock and sent him to get matters ready, and I to myoffice looking over papers and mending my manuscript by scraping out theblots and other things, which is now a very fine book. So to St. James'sby water with Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, I giving occasion to awager about the tide, that it did flow through bridge, by which Sir W. Batten won 5s. Of Sir J. Minnes. At St. James's we staid while the Dukemade himself ready. Among other things Sir Allen Apsley showed theDuke the Lisbon Gazette in Spanish, where the late victory is set downparticularly, and to the great honour of the English beyond measure. They have since taken back Evora, which was lost to the Spaniards, theEnglish making the assault, and lost not more than three men. Here Ilearnt that the English foot are highly esteemed all over the world, butthe horse not so much, which yet we count among ourselves the best; butthey abroad have had no great knowledge of our horse, it seems. TheDuke being ready, we retired with him, and there fell upon Mr. Creed'sbusiness, where the Treasurer did, like a mad coxcomb, without reason ormethod run over a great many things against the account, and so did SirJ. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, which the Duke himself and Mr. Coventryand my Lord Barkely and myself did remove, and Creed being called in didanswer all with great method and excellently to the purpose (myself Iam a little conscious did not speak so well as I purposed and do thinkI used to do, that is, not so intelligibly and persuasively, as I wellhoped I should), not that what I said was not well taken, and did carrythe business with what was urged and answered by Creed and Mr. Coventry, till the Duke himself did declare that he was satisfied, and my LordBarkely offered to lay L100 that the King would receive no wrong in theaccount, and the two last knights held their tongues, or at least by notunderstanding it did say what made for Mr. Creed, and so Sir G. Carteretwas left alone, but yet persisted to say that the account was not good, but full of corruption and foul dealing. And so we broke up to hisshame, but I do fear to the loss of his friendship to me a good while, which I am heartily troubled for. Thence with Creed to the King's Headordinary; but, coming late, dined at the second table very well for12d. ; and a pretty gentleman in our company, who confirms my LadyCastlemaine's being gone from Court, but knows not the reason; he toldus of one wipe the Queen a little while ago did give her, when she camein and found the Queen under the dresser's hands, and had been so long:

"I wonder your Majesty, " says she, "can have the patience to sit so longa-dressing?"--"I have so much reason to use patience, " says the Queen, "that I can very well bear with it. " He thinks that it may be the Queenhath commanded her to retire, though that is not likely. Thence withCreed to hire a coach to carry us to Hide Park, to-day there being ageneral muster of the King's Guards, horse and foot: but they demand sohigh, that I, spying Mr. Cutler the merchant, did take notice of him, and he going into his coach, and telling me that he was going to shew acouple of Swedish strangers the muster, I asked and went along with him;where a goodly sight to see so many fine horses and officers, and theKing, Duke, and others come by a-horseback, and the two Queens in theQueen-Mother's coach, my Lady Castlemaine not being there. And afterlong being there, I 'light, and walked to the place where the King, Duke, &c. , did stand to see the horse and foot march by and dischargetheir guns, to show a French Marquisse (for whom this muster was caused)the goodness of our firemen; which indeed was very good, though notwithout a slip now and then; and one broadside close to our coach we hadgoing out of the Park, even to the nearness as to be ready to burn ourhairs. Yet methought all these gay men are not the soldiers that must dothe King's business, it being such as these that lost the old King allhe had, and were beat by the most ordinary fellows that could be. Thencewith much ado out of the Park, and I 'lighted and through St. James'sdown the waterside over, to Lambeth, to see the Archbishop's corps (whois to be carried away to Oxford on Monday), but came too late, andso walked over the fields and bridge home (calling by the way at oldGeorge's), but find that he is dead, and there wrote several letters, and so home to supper and to bed. This day in the Duke's chamber therebeing a Roman story in the hangings, and upon the standards writtenthese four letters--S. P. Q. R. , Sir G. Carteret came to me to know whatthe meaning of those four letters were; which ignorance is not to beborne in a Privy Counsellor, methinks, that a schoolboy should be whiptfor not knowing. 

5th (Lord's day). Lady Batten had sent twice to invite me to go withthem to Walthamstow to-day, Mrs. Martha' being married already thismorning to Mr. Castle, at this parish church. I could not rise soonenough to go with them, but got myself ready, and so to Games's, where Igot a horse and rode thither very pleasantly, only coming to make waterI found a stopping, which makes me fearful of my old pain. Being comethither, I was well received, and had two pair of gloves, as the rest, and walked up and down with my Lady in the garden, she mighty kindto me, and I have the way to please her. A good dinner and merry, butmethinks none of the kindness nor bridall respect between the bridegroomand bride, that was between my wife and I, but as persons that marrypurely for convenience. After dinner to church by coach, and there myLady, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Lemon, and I only, we, in spite to one another, kept one another awake; and sometimes I read in my book of Latin plays, which I took in my pocket, thinking to have walked it. An old dotingparson preached. So home again, and by and by up and homewards, callingin our way (Sir J. Minnes and I only) at Mr. Batten's (who with his ladyand child went in another coach by us), which is a very pretty house, and himself in all things within and without very ingenious, and I finda very fine study and good books. So set out, Sir J. Minnes and I inhis coach together, talking all the way of chymistry, wherein he doknow something, at least, seems so to me, that cannot correct him, Mr. Batten's man riding my horse, and so home and to my office a while toread my vows, then home to prayers and to bed. 

6th. Up pretty early and to my office all the morning, writing out alist of the King's ships in my Navy collections with great pleasure. Atnoon Creed comes to me, who tells me how well he has sped with Sir G. Carteret after all our trouble, that he had his tallys up and all thekind words possible from him, which I believe is out of an apprehensionwhat a fool he has made of himself hitherto in making so great a stoptherein. But I find, and so my Lord Sandwich may, that Sir G. Carterethad a design to do him a disgrace, if he could possibly, otherwise hewould never have carried the business so far after that manner, butwould first have consulted my Lord and given him advice what to dotherein for his own honour, which he thought endangered. Creed dinedwith me and then walked a while, and so away, and I to my office atmy morning's work till dark night, and so with good content home. Tosupper, a little musique, and then to bed. 

7th. Up by 4 o'clock and to my office, and there continued all themorning upon my Navy book to my great content. At noon down by bargewith Sir J. Minnes (who is going to Chatham) to Woolwich, in our wayeating of some venison pasty in the barge, I having neither eat nordrank to-day, which fills me full of wind. Here also in Mr. Pett'sgarden I eat some and the first cherries I have eat this year, off thetree where the King himself had been gathering some this morning. Thencewalked alone, only part of the way Deane walked with me, complainingof many abuses in the Yard, to Greenwich, and so by water to Deptford, where I found Mr. Coventry, and with him up and down all the stores, tothe great trouble of the officers, and by his help I am resolved to fallhard to work again, as I used to do. So thence he and I by water talkingof many things, and I see he puts his trust most upon me in the Navy, and talks, as there is reason, slightly of the two old knights, andI should be glad by any drudgery to see the King's stores and servicelooked to as they ought, but I fear I shall never understand half themiscarriages and tricks that the King suffers by. He tells me whatMr. Pett did to-day, that my Lord Bristoll told the King that he willimpeach the Chancellor of High Treason: but I find that my LordBristoll hath undone himself already in every body's opinion, and nowhe endeavours to raise dust to put out other men's eyes, as well as hisown; but I hope it will not take, in consideration merely that it ishard for a Prince to spare an experienced old officer, be he never socorrupt; though I hope this man is not so, as some report him to be. Hetells me that Don John is yet alive, and not killed, as was said, in thegreat victory against the Spaniards in Portugall of late. So home, and late at my office. Thence home and to my musique. This night Mr. Turner's house being to be emptied out of my cellar, and therefore Ithink to sit up a little longer than ordinary. This afternoon, comingfrom the waterside with Mr. Coventry, I spied my boy upon Tower Hillplaying with the rest of the boys; so I sent W. Griffin to take him, andhe did bring him to me, and so I said nothing to him, but caused him tobe stripped (for he was run away with his best suit), and so putting onhis other, I sent him going, without saying one word hard to him, thoughI am troubled for the rogue, though he do not deserve it. Being comehome I find my stomach not well for want of eating to-day my dinner asI should do, and so am become full of wind. I called late for somevictuals, and so to bed, leaving the men below in the cellar emptyingthe vats up through Mr. Turner's own house, and so with more content tobed late. 

8th. Being weary, and going to bed late last night, I slept till 7o'clock, it raining mighty hard, and so did every minute of the dayafter sadly. But I know not what will become of the corn this year, wehaving had but two fair days these many months. Up and to my office, where all the morning busy, and then at noon home to dinner alone upona good dish of eeles, given me by Michell, the Bewpers' man, and thento my viall a little, and then down into the cellar and up and down withMr. Turner to see where his vault may be made bigger, or another madehim, which I think may well be. And so to my office, where very busyall day setting things in order my contract books and preparing thingsagainst the next sitting. In the evening I received letters out of thecountry, among others from my wife, who methinks writes so coldly thatI am much troubled at it, and I fear shall have much ado to bring herto her old good temper. So home to supper and musique, which is allthe pleasure I have of late given myself, or is fit I should, othersspending too much time and money. Going in I stepped to Sir W. Batten, and there staid and talked with him (my Lady being in the country), andsent for some lobsters, and Mrs. Turner came in, and did bring us anumble pie hot out of her oven, extraordinary good, and afterwards somespirits of her making, in which she has great judgment, very good, andso home, merry with this night's refreshment. 

9th. Up. Making water this morning, which I do every morning as soon asI am awake, with greater plenty and freedom than I used to do, which Ithink I may impute to last night's drinking of elder spirits. Abroad, itraining, to Blackfriars, and there went into a little alehouse and staidwhile I sent to the Wardrobe, but Mr. Moore was gone out. Here I kissedthree or four times the maid of the house, who is a pretty girl, butvery modest, and, God forgive me, had a mind to something more. Thenceto my lawyer's; up and down to the Six Clerks' Office, where I found mybill against Tom Trice dismissed, which troubles me, it being through myneglect, and will put me to charges. So to Mr. Phillips, and discoursedwith him about finding me out somebody that will let me have for moneyan annuity of about L100 per annum for two lives. So home, and thereput up my riding things against the evening, in case Mr. Moore shouldcontinue his mind to go to Oxford, which I have little mind to do, theweather continuing so bad and the waters high. Dined at home, and Mr. Moore in the afternoon comes to me and concluded not to go. Sir W. Batten and I sat a little this afternoon at the office, and thence I bywater to Deptford, and there mustered the Yard, purposely, God forgiveme, to find out Bagwell, a carpenter, whose wife is a pretty woman, thatI might have some occasion of knowing him and forcing her to come to theoffice again, which I did so luckily that going thence he and his wifedid of themselves meet me in the way to thank me for my old kindness, but I spoke little to her, but shall give occasion for her coming to me. Her husband went along with me to show me Sir W. Pen's lodging, whichI knew before, but only to have a time of speaking to him and soundinghim. So left and I went in to Sir W. Pen, who continues ill, and worse, I think, than before. He tells me my Lady Castlemaine was at Court, forall this talk this week, which I am glad to hear; but it seems the Kingis stranger than ordinary to her. Thence walked home as I used to do, and to bed presently, having taken great cold in my feet by walking inthe dirt this day in thin shoes or some other way, so that I begun to bein pain, and with warm clothes made myself better by morning, but yet inpain. 

10th. Up late and by water to Westminster Hall, where I met Pierce thechirurgeon, who tells me that for certain the King is grown colder to myLady Castlemaine than ordinary, and that he believes he begins to lovethe Queen, and do make much of her, more than he used to do. Up to theLobby, and there sent out for Mr. Coventry and Sir W. Batten, and toldthem if they thought convenient I would go to Chatham today, Sir JohnMinnes being already there at a Pay, and I would do such and suchbusiness there, which they thought well of, and so I went home andprepared myself to go after, dinner with Sir W. Batten. Sir W. Battenand Mr. Coventry tell me that my Lord Bristoll hath this day impeachedmy Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords of High Treason. The chief ofthe articles are these: 1st. That he should be the occasion of the peacemade with Holland lately upon such disadvantageous terms, and that hewas bribed to it. 2d. That Dunkirke was also sold by his advice chiefly, so much to the damage of England. 3d. That he had L6000 given him forthe drawing-up or promoting of the Irish declaration lately, concerningthe division of the lands there. 4th. He did carry on the design ofthe Portugall match, so much to the prejudice of the Crown of England, notwithstanding that he knew the Queen is not capable of bearingchildren. 5th. That the Duke's marrying of his daughter was a practiceof his, thereby to raise his family; and that it was done by indirectcourses. 6th. That the breaking-off of the match with Parma, in which hewas employed at the very time when the match with Portugall was madeup here, which he took as a great slur to him, and so it was; and that, indeed, is the chief occasion of all this fewde. 7th. That he hathendeavoured to bring in Popery, and wrote to the Pope for a cap for asubject of the King of England's (my Lord Aubigny ); and some say thathe lays it to the Chancellor, that a good Protestant Secretary (SirEdward Nicholas) was laid aside, and a Papist, Sir H. Bennet, put inhis room: which is very strange, when the last of these two is his owncreature, and such an enemy accounted to the Chancellor, that theynever did nor do agree; and all the world did judge the Chancellor to befalling from the time that Sir H. Bennet was brought in. Besides my LordBristoll being a Catholique himself, all this is very strange. These arethe main of the Articles. Upon which my Lord Chancellor desired that thenoble Lord that brought in these Articles, would sign to them with hishand; which my Lord Bristoll did presently. Then the House did orderthat the judges should, against Monday next, bring in their opinion, Whether these articles are treason, or no? and next, they would know, Whether they were brought in regularly or no, without leave of theLords' House? After dinner I took boat (H. Russell) and down toGravesend in good time, and thence with a guide post to Chatham, where Ifound Sir J. Minnes and Mr. Wayth walking in the garden, whom I told allthis day's news, which I left the town full of, and it is great news, and will certainly be in the consequence of it. By and by to supper, and after long discourse, Sir J. Minnes and I, he saw me to my chamber, which not pleasing me, I sent word so to Mrs. Bradford, that I should becrowded into such a hole, while the clerks and boarders of her own takeup the best rooms. However I lay there and slept well. 

11th. Up early and to the Dock, and with the Storekeeper and otherofficers all the morning from one office to another. At noon tothe Hill-house in Commissioner Pett's coach, and after seeing theguard-ships, to dinner, and after dining done to the Dock by coach, itraining hard, to see "The Prince" launched, which hath lain in the Dockin repairing these three years. I went into her and was launched in her. Thence by boat ashore, it raining, and I went to Mr. Barrow's, whereSir J. Minnes and Commissioner Pett; we staid long eating sweetmeatsand drinking, and looking over some antiquities of Mr. Barrow's, amongothers an old manuscript Almanac, that I believe was made for somemonastery, in parchment, which I could spend much time upon tounderstand. Here was a pretty young lady, a niece of Barrow's, which Itook much pleasure to look on. Thence by barge to St. Mary Creek; whereCommissioner Pett (doubtful of the growing greatness of Portsmouth bythe finding of those creeks there), do design a wett dock at no greatcharge, and yet no little one; he thinks towards L10, 000. And the place, indeed, is likely to be a very fit place, when the King hath money to doit with. Thence, it raining as hard as it could pour down, home to theHillhouse, and anon to supper, and after supper, Sir J. Minnes and I hadgreat discourse with Captain Cox and Mr. Hempson about business ofthe yard, and particularly of pursers' accounts with Hempson, who is acunning knave in that point. So late to bed and, Mr. Wayth being gone, Ilay above in the Treasurer's bed and slept well. About one or two inthe morning the curtains of my bed being drawn waked me, and I saw a manstand there by the inside of my bed calling me French dogg 20 times, oneafter another, and I starting, as if I would get out of the bed, he fella-laughing as hard as he could drive, still calling me French dogg, andlaid his hand on my shoulder. At last, whether I said anything or no Icannot tell, but I perceived the man, after he had looked wistly uponme, and found that I did not answer him to the names that he called meby, which was Salmon, Sir Carteret's clerk, and Robt. Maddox, another ofthe clerks, he put off his hat on a suddaine, and forebore laughing, andasked who I was, saying, "Are you Mr. Pepys?" I told him yes, and nowbeing come a little better to myself, I found him to be Tom Willson, SirW. Batten's clerk, and fearing he might be in some melancholy fit, Iwas at a loss what to do or say. At last I asked him what he meant. Hedesired my pardon for that he was mistaken, for he thought verily, not knowing of my coming to lie there, that it had been Salmon, theFrenchman, with whom he intended to have made some sport. So I madenothing of it, but bade him good night, and I, after a little pause, to sleep again, being well pleased that it ended no worse, and being alittle the better pleased with it, because it was the Surveyor's clerk, which will make sport when I come to tell Sir W. Batten of it, it beinga report that old Edgeborough, the former Surveyor, who died here, donow and then walk. 

12th (Lord's day). Up, and meeting Tom Willson he asked my pardon again, which I easily did give him, telling him only that it was well I wasnot a woman with child, for it might have made me miscarry. With SirJ. Minnes to church, where an indifferent good sermon. Here I saw Mrs. Becky Allen, who hath been married, and is this day churched, after herbearing a child. She is grown tall, but looks very white and thin, and Ican find no occasion while I am here to come to have her company, whichI desire and expected in my coming, but only coming out of the churchI kissed her and her sister and mother-in-law. So to dinner, Sir J. Minnes, Commissioner Pett, and I, &c. , and after dinner walked in thegarden, it being a very fine day, the best we have had this great while, if not this whole summer. To church again, and after that walked throughthe Rope-ground to the Dock, and there over and over the Dock andgrounds about it, and storehouses, &c. , with the officers of the Yard, and then to Commissioner Pett's and had a good sullybub and other goodthings, and merry. Commissioner Pett showed me alone his bodys as asecrett, which I found afterwards by discourse with Sir J. Minnes thathe had shown them him, wherein he seems to suppose great mystery in thenature of Lynes to be hid, but I do not understand it at all. Thencewalked to the Hill-house, being myself much dissatisfied, and more thanI thought I should have been with Commissioner Pett, being, by what Isaw since I came hither, convinced that he is not able to exercise thecommand in the Yard over the officers that he ought to do, or somebodyelse, if ever the service be well looked after there. Sat up and withSir J. Minnes talking, and he speaking his mind in slighting of theCommissioner, for which I wish there was not so much reason. For I dosee he is but a man of words, though indeed he is the ablest man thatwe have to do service if he would or durst. Sir J. Minnes being goneto bed, I took Mr. Whitfield, one of the clerks, and walked to the Dockabout eleven at night, and there got a boat and a crew, and rowed downto the guard-ships, it being a most pleasant moonshine evening that everI saw almost. The guard-ships were very ready to hail us, being no doubtcommanded thereto by their Captain, who remembers how I surprised themthe last time I was here. However, I found him ashore, but the ship inpretty good order, and the arms well fixed, charged, and primed. Thenceto the Soveraign, where I found no officers aboard, no arms fixed, norany powder to prime their few guns, which were charged, without bulletthough. So to the London, where neither officers nor any body awake; Iboarded her, and might have done what I would, and at last could findbut three little boys; and so spent the whole night in visiting all theships, in which I found, for the most part, neither an officer aboard, nor any men so much as awake, which I was grieved to find, specially sosoon after a great Larum, as Commissioner Pett brought us word that he[had] provided against, and put all in a posture of defence but a weekago, all which I am resolved to represent to the Duke. 

13th. So, it being high day, I put in to shore and to bed for twohours just, and so up again, and with the Storekeeper and Clerk of theRope-yard up and down the Dock and Rope-house, and by and by musteredthe Yard, and instructed the Clerks of the Cheque in my new way ofCallbook, and that and other things done, to the Hill-house, and therewe eat something, and so by barge to Rochester, and there took coachhired for our passage to London, and Mrs. Allen, the clerk of theRope-yard's wife with us, desiring her passage, and it being a mostpleasant and warm day, we got by four o'clock home. In our way shetelling us in what condition Becky Allen is married against allexpectation a fellow that proves to be a coxcomb and worth little ifany thing at all, and yet are entered into a way of living above theircondition that will ruin them presently, for which, for the lady's sake, I am much troubled. Home I found all well there, and after dressingmyself, I walked to the Temple; and there, from my cozen Roger, hearthat the judges have this day brought in their answer to the Lords, Thatthe articles against my Lord Chancellor are not Treason; and to-morrowthey are to bring in their arguments to the House for the same. This dayalso the King did send by my Lord Chamberlain to the Lords, to tell themfrom him, that the most of the articles against my Lord Chancellor hehimself knows to be false. Thence by water to Whitehall, and so walkedto St. James's, but missed Mr. Coventry. I met the Queen-Mother walkingin the Pell Mell, led by my Lord St. Alban's. And finding many coachesat the Gate, I found upon enquiry that the Duchess is brought to bedof a boy; and hearing that the King and Queen are rode abroad withthe Ladies of Honour to the Park, and seeing a great crowd of gallantsstaying here to see their return, I also staid walking up and down, and among others spying a man like Mr. Pembleton (though I have littlereason to think it should be he, speaking and discoursing long with myLord D'Aubigne), yet how my blood did rise in my face, and I fell into asweat from my old jealousy and hate, which I pray God remove from me. By and by the King and Queen, who looked in this dress (a white lacedwaistcoat and a crimson short pettycoat, and her hair dressed ci lanegligence) mighty pretty; and the King rode hand in hand with her. Herewas also my Lady Castlemaine rode among the rest of the ladies; but theKing took, methought, no notice of her; nor when they 'light did anybody press (as she seemed to expect, and staid for it) to take herdown, but was taken down by her own gentleman. She looked mighty out ofhumour, and had a yellow plume in her hat (which all took notice of), and yet is very handsome, but very melancholy: nor did any body speakto her, or she so much as smile or speak to any body. I followed themup into White Hall, and into the Queen's presence, where all the ladieswalked, talking and fiddling with their hats and feathers, and changingand trying one another's by one another's heads, and laughing. But itwas the finest sight to me, considering their great beautys and dress, that ever I did see in all my life. But, above all, Mrs. Stewart in thisdress, with her hat cocked and a red plume, with her sweet eye, littleRoman nose, and excellent taille, is now the greatest beauty I eversaw, I think, in my life; and, if ever woman can, do exceed my LadyCastlemaine, at least in this dress nor do I wonder if the Kingchanges, which I verily believe is the reason of his coldness to my LadyCastlemaine. Here late, with much ado I left to look upon them, and wentaway, and by water, in a boat with other strange company, there being noother to be had, and out of him into a sculler half to the bridge, and so home and to Sir W. Batten, where I staid telling him and Sir J. Minnes and Mrs. Turner, with great mirth, my being frighted at Chathamby young Edgeborough, and so home to supper and to bed, before I sleepfancying myself to sport with Mrs. Stewart with great pleasure. 

14th. Up a little late, last night recovering my sleepiness for thenight before, which was lost, and so to my office to put papers andthings to right, and making up my journal from Wednesday last to thisday. All the morning at my office doing of business; at noon Mr. Huntcame to me, and he and I to the Exchange, and a Coffee House, and drankthere, and thence to my house to dinner, whither my uncle Thomas came, and he tells me that he is going down to Wisbech, there to try what hecan recover of my uncle Day's estate, and seems to have good argumentsfor what he do go about, in which I wish him good speed. I made himalmost foxed, the poor man having but a bad head, and not used I believenowadays to drink much wine. So after dinner, they being gone, I to myoffice, and so home to bed. This day I hear the judges, according toorder yesterday, did bring into the Lords' House their reasons of theirjudgment in the business between my Lord Bristoll and the Chancellor;and the Lords do concur with the Judges that the articles are nottreason, nor regularly brought into the House, and so voted that aCommittee should be chosen to examine them; but nothing to be donetherein till the next sitting of this Parliament (which is like tobe adjourned in a day or two), and in the mean time the two Lords to, remain without prejudice done to either of them. 

15th. Up and all the morning at the office, among other things withCooper the Purveyor, whose dullness in his proceeding in his work I wasvexed at, and find that though he understands it may be as much as othermen that profess skill in timber, yet I perceive that many things, theydo by rote, and very dully. Thence home to dinner, whither Captain Grovecame and dined with me, he going into the country to-day; among otherdiscourse he told me of discourse very much to my honour, both as to mycare and ability, happening at the Duke of Albemarle's table the otherday, both from the Duke, and the Duchess themselves; and how I paid somuch a year to him whose place it was of right, and that Mr. Coventrydid report thus of me; which was greatly to my content, knowing howagainst their minds I was brought into the Navy. Thence by water toWestminster, and there spent a good deal of time walking in the Hall, which is going to be repaired, and, God forgive me, had a mind to havegot Mrs. Lane abroad, or fallen in with any woman else (in that hothumour). But it so happened she could not go out, nor I meet with anybody else, and so I walked homeward, and in my way did many and greatbusinesses of my own at the Temple among my lawyers and others to mygreat content, thanking God that I did not fall into any company tooccasion spending time and money. To supper, and then to a little vialland to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen. 

16th. Up and dispatched things into the country and to my father's, andtwo keggs of Sturgeon and a dozen bottles of wine to Cambridge for mycozen Roger Pepys, which I give him. By and by down by water onseveral Deall ships, and stood upon a stage in one place seeing calkerssheathing of a ship. Then at Wapping to my carver's about my Viall head. So home, and thence to my Viall maker's in Bishops, gate Street; hisname is Wise, who is a pretty fellow at it. Thence to the Exchange, andso home to dinner, and then to my office, where a full board, and busyall the afternoon, and among other things made a great contract with SirW. Warren for 40, 000 deals Swinsound, at L3 17s. Od. Per hundred. Inthe morning before I went on the water I was at Thames Street about somepitch, and there meeting Anthony Joyce, I took him and Mr. Stacy, theTarr merchant, to the tavern, where Stacy told me many old stories of myLady Batten's former poor condition, and how her former husband broke, and how she came to her state. At night, after office done, I wentto Sir W. Batten's, where my Lady and I [had] some high words aboutemptying our house of office, where I did tell her my mind, and at lastagreed that it should be done through my office, and so all well. Sohome to bed. 

17th. Up, and after doing some business at my office, Creed came to me, and I took him to my viall maker's, and there I heard the famous Mr. Stefkins play admirably well, and yet I found it as it is always, I overexpected. I took him to the tavern and found him a temperate sober man, at least he seems so to me. I commit the direction of my viall to him. Thence to the Change, and so home, Creed and I to dinner, and afterdinner Sir W. Warren came to me, and he and I in my closet about hislast night's contract, and from thence to discourse of measuring oftimber, wherein I made him see that I could understand the matter well, and did both learn of and teach him something. Creed being gone throughmy staying talking to him so long, I went alone by water down toRedriffe, and so to sit and talk with Sir W. Pen, where I did speak veryplainly concerning my thoughts of Sir G. Carteret and Sir J. Minnes. Soas it may cost me some trouble if he should tell them again, but he saidas much or more to me concerning them both, which I may remember if everit should come forth, and nothing but what is true and my real opinionof them, that they neither do understand to this day Creed's accounts, nor do deserve to be employed in their places without better care, butthat the King had better give them greater salaries to stand still anddo nothing. Thence coming home I was saluted by Bagwell and his wife(the woman I have a kindness for), and they would have me into theirlittle house, which I was willing enough to, and did salute his wife. They had got wine for me, and I perceive live prettily, and I believethe woman a virtuous modest woman. Her husband walked through toRedriffe with me, telling me things that I asked of in the yard, and soby water home, it being likely to rain again to-night, which God forbid. To supper and to bed. 

18th. Up and to my office, where all the morning, and Sir J. Minnes andI did a little, and but a little business at the office. So I eat abit of victuals at home, and so abroad to several places, as mybookseller's, and then to Thomson the instrument maker's to bespeak aruler for my pocket for timber, &c. , which I believe he will do to mymind. So to the Temple, Wardrobe, and lastly to Westminster Hall, whereI expected some bands made me by Mrs. Lane, and while she went to thestarchers for them, I staid at Mrs. Howlett's, who with her husband wereabroad, and only their daughter (which I call my wife) was in the shop, and I took occasion to buy a pair of gloves to talk to her, and I findher a pretty spoken girl, and will prove a mighty handsome wench. Icould love her very well. By and by Mrs. Lane comes, and my bands notbeing done she and I posted and met at the Crown in the Palace Yard, where we eat a chicken I sent for, and drank, and were mighty merry, and I had my full liberty of towzing her and doing what I would, but thelast thing of all.... Of which I am heartily ashamed, but I do resolvenever to do more so. But, Lord! to see what a mind she has to a husband, and how she showed me her hands to tell her her fortune, and everything that she asked ended always whom and when she was to marry. And Ipleased her so well, saying as. I know she would have me, and thenshe would say that she had been with all the artists in town, and theyalways told her the same things, as that she should live long, and rich, and have a good husband, but few children, and a great fit of sickness, and 20 other things, which she says she has always been told by others. Here I staid late before my bands were done, and then they came, and soI by water to the Temple, and thence walked home, all in a sweat with mytumbling of her and walking, and so a little supper and to bed, fearfulof having taken cold. 

19th (Lord's day). Lay very long in pleasant dreams till Church time, and so up, and it being foul weather so that I cannot walk as I intendedto meet my Cozen Roger at Thomas Pepys's house (whither he rode lastnight), to Hatcham, I went to church, where a sober Doctor made a goodsermon. So home to dinner alone, and then to read a little, and so tochurch again, where the Scot made an ordinary sermon, and so home to myoffice, and there read over my vows and increased them by a vow againstall strong drink till November next of any sort or quantity, by which Ishall try how I can forbear it. God send it may not prejudice my health, and then I care not. Then I fell to read over a silly play writ by aperson of honour (which is, I find, as much as to say a coxcomb), called"Love a la Mode, "' and that being ended, home, and played on my lute andsung psalms till bedtime, then to prayers and to bed. 

20th. Up and to my office, and then walked to Woolwich, reading Bacon's"Faber fortunae, "

 [Pepys may here refer either to Essay XLI. (of Fortune) or to a chapter' in the "Advancement of Learning. " The sentence, "Faber quisque fortunae propria, " said to be by Appius Claudian, is quoted more than once in the "De Augmentis Scientiarum, " lib. Viii. , cap. 2. ]

which the oftener I read the more I admire. There found Captain Cocke, and up and down to many places to look after matters, and so walked backagain with him to his house, and there dined very finely. With much adoobtained an excuse from drinking of wine, and did only taste a drop ofSack which he had for his lady, who is, he fears, a little consumptive, and her beauty begins to want its colour. It was Malago Sack, which, hesays, is certainly 30 years old, and I tasted a drop of it, and it wasexcellent wine, like a spirit rather than wine. Thence by water to theoffice, and taking some papers by water to White Hall and St. James's, but there being no meeting with the Duke to-day, I returned by water anddown to Greenwich, to look after some blocks that I saw a load carriedoff by a cart from Woolwich, the King's Yard. But I could not find them, and so returned, and being heartily weary I made haste to bed, and beingin bed made Will read and construe three or four Latin verses in theBible, and chide him for forgetting his grammar. So to sleep, and sleepill all the night, being so weary, and feverish with it. 

21st. And so lay long in the morning, till I heard people knock at mydoor, and I took it to be about 8 o'clock (but afterwards found myselfa little mistaken), and so I rose and ranted at Will and the maid, andswore I could find my heart to kick them down stairs, which the maidmumbled at mightily. It was my brother, who staid and talked with me, his chief business being about his going about to build his house new atthe top, which will be a great charge for him, and above his judgment. By and by comes Mr. Deane, of Woolwich, with his draught of a ship, andthe bend and main lines in the body of a ship very finely, and which doplease me mightily, and so am resolved to study hard, and learn of himto understand a body, and I find him a very pretty fellow in it, andrational, but a little conceited, but that's no matter to me. At noon, by my Lady Batten's desire, I went over the water to Mr. Castle's, whobrings his wife home to his own house to-day, where I found a great manygood old women, and my Lady, Sir W. Batten, and Sir J. Minnes. A good, handsome, plain dinner, and then walked in the garden; which is pleasantenough, more than I expected there, and so Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and I by water to the office, and there sat, and then I by water to theTemple about my law business, and back again home and wrote letters tomy father and wife about my desire that they should observe the feastat Brampton, and have my Lady and the family, and so home to supperand bed, my head aching all the day from my last night's bad rest, andyesterday's distempering myself with over walking, and to-day knockingmy head against a low door in Mr. Castle's house. This day theParliament kept a fast for the present unseasonable weather. 

22nd. Up, and by and by comes my uncle Thomas, to whom I paid L10 forhis last half year's annuity, and did get his and his son's hand andseal for the confirming to us Piggott's mortgage, which was forgot to beexpressed in our late agreement with him, though intended, and thereforethey might have cavilled at it, if they would. Thence abroad callingat several places upon some errands, among others to my brother Tom'sbarber and had my hair cut, while his boy played on the viallin, a plainboy, but has a very good genius, and understands the book very well, butto see what a shift he made for a string of red silk was very pleasant. Thence to my Lord Crew's. My Lord not being come home, I met and staidbelow with Captain Ferrers, who was come to wait upon my Lady Jemimah toSt. James's, she being one of the four ladies that hold up the mantle atthe christening this afternoon of the Duke's child (a boy). Indiscourse of the ladies at Court, Captain Ferrers tells me that my LadyCastlemaine is now as great again as ever she was; and that her goingaway was only a fit of her own upon some slighting words of the King, so that she called for her coach at a quarter of an hour's warning, andwent to Richmond; and the King the next morning, under pretence of goinga-hunting, went to see her and make friends, and never was a-hunting atall. After which she came back to Court, and commands the King as muchas ever, and hath and doth what she will. No longer ago than last night, there was a private entertainment made for the King and Queen at theDuke of Buckingham's, and she: was not invited: but being at my LadySuffolk's, her aunt's (where my Lady Jemimah and Lord Sandwich dined)yesterday, she was heard to say, "Well; much good may it do them, andfor all that I will be as merry as they:" and so she went home andcaused a great supper to be prepared. And after the King had been withthe Queen at Wallingford House, he came to my Lady Castlemaine's, andwas there all night, and my Lord Sandwich with him, which was the reasonmy Lord lay in town all night, which he has not done a great whilebefore. He tells me he believes that, as soon as the King can get ahusband for Mrs. Stewart however, my Lady Castlemaine's nose will be outof joynt; for that she comes to be in great esteem, and is more handsomethan she. I found by his words that my Lord Sandwich finds some pleasurein the country where he now is, whether he means one of the daughters ofthe house or no I know not, but hope the contrary, that he thinks he isvery well pleased with staying there, but yet upon breaking up of theParliament, which the King by a message to-day says shall be on Mondaynext, he resolves to go. Ned Pickering, the coxcomb, notwithstanding allhis hopes of my Lord's assistance, wherein I am sorry to hear my Lordhas much concerned himself, is defeated of the place he expected underthe Queen. He came hither by and by and brought some jewells for my LadyJem. To put on, with which and her other clothes she looks passing well. I staid and dined with my Lord Crew, who whether he was not so wellpleased with me as he used to be, or that his head was full of business, as I believe it was, he hardly spoke one word to me all dinner time, we dining alone, only young Jack Crew, Sir Thomas's son, with us. Afterdinner I bade him farewell. Sir Thomas I hear has gone this morning illto bed, so I had no mind to see him. Thence homewards, and in the wayfirst called at Wotton's, the shoemaker's, who tells me the reason ofHarris's' going from Sir Wm. Davenant's house, that he grew very proudand demanded L20 for himself extraordinary, more than Betterton or anybody else, upon every new play, and L10 upon every revive; which withother things Sir W. Davenant would not give him, and so he swore hewould never act there more, in expectation of being received in theother House; but the King will not suffer it, upon Sir W. Davenant'sdesire that he would not, for then he might shut up house, and thatis true. He tells me that his going is at present a great loss tothe House, and that he fears he hath a stipend from the other Houseprivately. He tells the that the fellow grew very proud of late, the King and every body else crying him up so high, and that aboveBetterton, he being a more ayery man, as he is indeed. But yetBetterton, he says, they all say do act: some parts that none buthimself can do. Thence to my bookseller's, and found my Waggoners done. The very binding cost me 14s. , but they are well done, and so with aporter home with them, and so by water to Ratcliffe, and there wentto speak with Cumberford the platt-maker, and there saw his manner ofworking, which is very fine and laborious. So down to Deptford, readingBen Jonson's "Devil is an asse, " and so to see Sir W. Pen, who I findwalking out of doors a little, but could not stand long; but in doorsand I with him, and staid a great while talking, I taking a liberty totell him my thoughts in things of the office; that when he comes abroadagain, he may know what to think of me, and to value me as he ought. Walked home as I used to do, and being weary, and after some discoursewith Mr. Barrow, who came to see and take his leave of me, he beingto-morrow to set out toward the Isle of Man, I went to bed. This dayI hear that the Moores have made some attaques upon the outworks ofTangier; but my Lord Tiviott; with the loss of about 200 men, did beatthem off, and killed many of them. To-morrow the King and Queen forcertain go down to Tunbridge. But the King comes hack again againstMonday to raise the Parliament. 

23rd. Up and to my office, and thence by information from, Mr. AckworthI went down to Woolwich, and mustered the three East India ships thatlie there, believing that there is great-juggling between the Pursersand Clerks of the Cheque in cheating the King of the wages and victualsof men that do not give attendance, and I found very few on board. Soto the yard, and there mustered the yard, and found many faults, anddischarged several fellows that were absent from their business. I staidalso at Mr. Ackworth's desire at dinner with him and his wife, and therewas a simple fellow, a gentleman I believe of the Court, their kinsmen, that threatened me I could have little discourse or begin, acquaintancewith Ackworth's wife, and so after dinner away, with all haste home, andthere found Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten at the office, and by SirW. Batten's testimony and Sir G. Carteret's concurrence was forced toconsent to a business of Captain Cocke's timber, as bad as anything wehave lately disputed about, and all through Mr. Coventry's not beingwith us. So up and to supper with Sir W. Batten upon a soused mullett, very good meat, and so home and to bed. 

24th. Up pretty early (though of late I have been faulty by an hour ortwo every morning of what I should do) and by water to the Temple, andthere took leave of my cozen Roger Pepys, who goes out of town to-day. So to Westminster Hall, and there at Mrs. Michell's shop sent for beerand sugar and drink, and made great cheer with it among her and Mrs. Howlett, her neighbour, and their daughters, especially Mrs. Howlett'sdaughter, Betty, which is a pretty girl, and one I have long calledwife, being, I formerly thought, like my own wife. After this goodneighbourhood, which I do to give them occasion of speaking well andcommending me in some company that now and then I know comes to theirshop, I went to the Six clerks' office, and there had a writ for TomTrice, and paid 20s. For it to Wilkinson, and so up and down to manyplaces, among others to the viall maker's, and there saw the head, whichnow pleases me mightily, and so home, and being sent for presently toMr. Bland's, where Mr. Povy and Gauden and I were invited to dinner, which we had very finely and great plenty, but for drink, though manyand good, I drank nothing but small beer and water, which I drank somuch that I wish it may not do me hurt. They had a kinswoman, they calldaughter, in the house, a short, ugly, red-haired slut, that plays uponthe virginalls, and sings, but after such a country manner I was wearyof it, but yet could not but commend it. So by and by after dinner comesMonsr. Gotier, who is beginning to teach her, but, Lord! what a drollfellow it is to make her hold open her mouth, and telling this and thatso drolly would make a man burst, but himself I perceive sings verywell. Anon we sat dawn again to a collacon of cheesecakes, tarts, custards, and such like, very handsome, and so up and away home, whereI at the office a while, till disturbed by, Mr. Hill, of Cambridge, with whom I walked in the garden a while, and thence home and then inmy dining room walked, talking of several matters of state till 11 atnight, giving him a glass of wine. I was not unwilling to hear him talk, though he is full of words, yet a man of large conversation, especiallyamong the Presbyters and Independents; he tells me that certainly, letthe Bishops alone, and they will ruin themselves, and he is confidentthat the King's declaration about two years since will be the foundationof the settlement of the Church some time or other, for the King willfind it hard to banish all those that will appear Nonconformists uponthis Act that is coming out against them. He being gone, I to bed. 

25th. Up and to my office setting papers in order for these two or threedays, in which I have been hindered a little, and then having intendedthis day to go to Banstead Downs to see a famous race, I sent Will toget himself ready to go with me, and I also by and by home and put on myriding suit, and being ready came to the office to Sir J. Minnes and SirW. Batten, and did a little of course at the office this morning, andso by boat to White Hall, where I hear that the race is put off, becausethe Lords do sit in Parliament to-day. However, having appointed Mr. Creed to come to me to Fox Hall, I went over thither, and after somedebate, Creed and I resolved to go to Clapham, to Mr. Gauden's, who hadsent his coach to their place for me because I was to have my horse ofhim to go to the race. So I went thither by coach and my Will by horsewith me; Mr. Creed he went over back again to Westminster to fetch hishorse. When I came to Mr. Gauden's one first thing was to show me hishouse, which is almost built, wherein he and his family live. I find itvery regular and finely contrived, and the gardens and offices about itas convenient and as full of good variety as ever I saw in my life. Itis true he hath been censured for laying out so much money; but he tellsme that he built it for his brother, who is since dead (the Bishop), whowhen he should come to be Bishop of Winchester, which he was promised(to which bishoprick at present there is no house), he did intend todwell here. Besides, with the good husbandry in making his bricks andother things I do not think it costs him so much money as people thinkand discourse. By and by to dinner, and in comes Mr. Creed. I salutedMr. Gauden's lady, and the young ladies, he having many pretty children, and his sister, the Bishop's widow; who was, it seems, Sir W. Russel'sdaughter, the Treasurer of the Navy; who by her discourse at dinner Ifind to be very well-bred, and a woman of excellent discourse, even somuch as to have my attention all dinner with much more pleasure than Idid give to Mr. Creed, whose discourse was mighty merry in inveighingat Mr. Gauden's victuals that they had at sea the last voyage that heprosecuted, till methought the woman began to take it seriously. Afterdinner by Mr. Gauden's motion we got Mrs. Gauden and her sister to singto a viall, on which Mr. Gauden's eldest son (a pretty man, but a simpleone methinks) played but very poorly, and the musique bad, but yet Icommended it. Only I do find that the ladies have been taught to singand do sing well now, but that the viall puts them out. I took the vialland played some things from one of their books, Lyra lessons, whichthey seemed to like well. Thus we pass an hour or two after dinner andtowards the evening we bade them Adieu! and took horse; being resolvedthat, instead of the race which fails us, we would go to Epsum. So weset out, and being gone a little way I sent home Will to look to thehouse, and Creed and I rode forward; the road being full of citizensgoing and coming toward Epsum, where, when we came, we could hear of nolodging, the town so full; but which was better, I went towards Ashted, my old place of pleasure; and there by direction of one goodman Arthur, whom we met on the way, we went to Farmer Page's, at which direction heand I made good sport, and there we got a lodging in a little hole wecould not stand upright in, but rather than go further to look we staidthere, and while supper was getting ready I took him to walk up and downbehind my cozen Pepys's house that was, which I find comes little shortof what I took it to be when I was a little boy, as things use commonlyto appear greater than then when one comes to be a man and knows more, and so up and down in the closes, which I know so well methinks, andaccount it good fortune that I lie here that I may have opportunity torenew my old walks. It seems there is one Mr. Rouse, they call him theQueen's Tailor, that lives there now. So to our lodging to supper, andamong other meats had a brave dish of cream, the best I ever eat in mylife, and with which we pleased ourselves much, and by and by to bed, where, with much ado yet good sport, we made shift to lie, but withlittle ease, and a little spaniel by us, which has followed us all theway, a pretty dogg, and we believe that follows my horse, and do belongto Mrs. Gauden, which we, therefore, are very careful of. 

26th (Lord's-day). Up and to the Wells, [Epsom medicinal wells were discovered about 1618, but they did not become fashionable until the Restoration. John Toland, in his "Description of Epsom, " says that he often counted seventy coaches in the Ring (the present racecourse on the Downs) on a Sunday evening; but by the end of the eighteenth century Epsom had entirely lost its vogue. ]

where great store of citizens, which was the greatest part of thecompany, though there were some others of better quality. I met manythat I knew, and we drank each of us two pots and so walked away, itbeing very pleasant to see how everybody turns up his tail, here oneand there another, in a bush, and the women in their quarters the like. Thence I walked with Creed to Mr. Minnes's house, which has now a verygood way made to it, and thence to Durdans and walked round it andwithin the Court Yard and to the Bowling-green, where I have seen somuch mirth in my time; but now no family in it (my Lord Barkeley, whoseit is, being with his family at London), and so up and down by Minnes'swood, with great pleasure viewing my old walks, and where Mrs. Hely andI did use to walk and talk, with whom I had the first sentiments of loveand pleasure in woman's company, discourse, and taking her by the hand, she being a pretty woman. So I led him to Ashted Church (by the placewhere Peter, my cozen's man, went blindfold and found a certain placewe chose for him upon a wager), where we had a dull Doctor, one Downe, worse than I think even parson King was, of whom we made so much scorn, and after sermon home, and staid while our dinner, a couple of largechickens, were dressed, and a good mess of cream, which anon we had withgood content, and after dinner (we taking no notice of other lodgers inthe house, though there was one that I knew, and knew and spoke tome, one Mr. Rider, a merchant), he and I to walk, and I led him to thepretty little wood behind my cozens house, into which we got at last byclambering, and our little dog with us, but when we were among the hazeltrees and bushes, Lord! what a course did we run for an hour together, losing ourselves, and indeed I despaired I should ever come to any path, but still from thicket to thicket, a thing I could hardly have believeda man could have been lost so long in so small a room. At last I foundout a delicate walk in the middle that goes quite through the wood, andthen went out of the wood, and holloed Mr. Creed, and made him hunt mefrom place to place, and at last went in and called him into my finewalk, the little dog still hunting with us through the wood. In thiswalk being all bewildered and weary and sweating, Creed he lay down uponthe ground, which I did a little, but I durst not long, but walked fromhim in the fine green walk, which is half a mile long, there readingmy vows as I used to on Sundays. And after that was done, and going andlying by Creed an hour, he and I rose and went to our lodging and paidour reckoning, and so mounted, whether to go toward London home or tofind a new lodging, and so rode through Epsum, the whole town over, seeing the various companys that were there walking; which was verypleasant to see how they are there without knowing almost what to do, but only in the morning to drink waters. But, Lord! to see how many Imet there of citizens, that I could not have thought to have seenthere, or that they had ever had it in their heads or purses to go downthither. We rode out of the town through Yowell beyond Nonesuch House amile, and there our little dogg, as he used to do, fell a-running aftera flock of sheep feeding on the common, till he was out of sight, andthen endeavoured to come back again, and went to the last gate that heparted with us at, and there the poor thing mistakes our scent, insteadof coming forward he hunts us backward, and runs as hard as he coulddrive back towards Nonesuch, Creed and I after him, and being by manytold of his going that way and the haste he made, we rode still andpassed him through Yowell, and there we lost any further information ofhim. However, we went as far as Epsum almost, hearing nothing of him, we went back to Yowell, and there was told that he did pass throughthe town. We rode back to Nonesuch to see whether he might be gone backagain, but hearing nothing we with great trouble and discontent for theloss of our dogg came back once more to Yowell, and there set up ourhorses and selves for all night, employing people to look for the doggin the town, but can hear nothing of him. However, we gave order forsupper, and while that was dressing walked out through Nonesuch Parkto the house, and there viewed as much as we could of the outside, andlooked through the great gates, and found a noble court; and altogetherbelieve it to have been a very noble house, and a delicate park aboutit, where just now there was a doe killed, for the King to carry up toCourt. So walked back again, and by and by our supper being ready, agood leg of mutton boiled, we supped and to bed, upon two beds in thesame room, wherein we slept most excellently all night. 

27th. Up in the morning about 7 o'clock, and after a little study, resolved of riding to the Wells to look for our dogg, which we did, butcould hear nothing; but it being much a warmer day than yesterdaythere was great store of gallant company, more than then, to my greaterpleasure. There was at a distance, under one of the trees on the common, a company got together that sung. I, at the distance, and so all therest being a quarter of a mile off, took them for the Waytes, so I rodeup to them, and found them only voices, some citizens met by chance, that sung four or five parts excellently. I have not been more pleasedwith a snapp of musique, considering the circumstances of the time andplace, in all my life anything so pleasant. We drank each of us, threecupps, and so, after riding up to the horsemen upon the hill, wherethey were making of matches to run, we went away and to Yowell, where wefound our breakfast, the remains of our supper last night hashed, andby and by, after the smith had set on two new shoes to Creed's horse, wemounted, and with little discourse, I being intent upon getting home intime, we rode hard home, observing Mr. Gauden's house, but not callingthere (it being too late for me to stay, and wanting their dog too). Thehouse stands very finely, and has a graceful view to the highway. Setup our horses at Fox Hall, and I by water (observing the King's bargeattending his going to the House this day) home, it being about oneo'clock. So got myself ready and shifting myself, and so by water toWestminster, and there came most luckily to the Lords' House as theHouse of Commons were going into the Lord's House, and there I crowdedin along with the Speaker, and got to stand close behind him, where hemade his speech to the King (who sat with his crown on and robes, and soall the Lords in their robes, a fine sight); wherein he told his Majestywhat they have done this Parliament, and now offered for his royallconsent. The greatest matters were a bill for the Lord's day (which itseems the Lords have lost, and so cannot be passed, at which the Commonsare displeased); the bills against Conventicles and Papists (but itseems the Lords have not passed them), and giving his Majesty fourentire subsidys; which last, with about twenty smaller Acts, were passedwith this form: The Clerk of the House reads the title of the bill, andthen looks at the end and there finds (writ by the King I suppose) "LeRoy le veult, " and that he reads. And to others he reads, "Soit faitcomme vous desirez. " And to the Subsidys, as well that for theCommons, I mean the layety, as for the Clergy, the King writes, "Le Royremerciant les Seigneurs, &c. , Prelats, &c. , accepte leur benevolences. "The Speaker's speech was far from any oratory, but was as plain (thoughgood matter) as any thing could be, and void of elocution. After thebills passed, the King, sitting on his throne, with his speech writ in apaper which he held in his lap, and scarce looked off of it, I thought, all the time he made his speech to them, giving them thanks for theirsubsidys, of which, had he not need, he would not have asked or receivedthem; and that need, not from any extravagancys of his, he was sure, in any thing, but the disorders of the times compelling him to be atgreater charge than he hoped for the future, by their care in theircountry, he should be: and that for his family expenses and others, hewould labour however to retrench in many things convenient, and wouldhave all others to do so too. He desired that nothing of old faultsshould be remembered, or severity for the same used to any in thecountry, it being his desire to have all forgot as well as forgiven. But, however, to use all care in suppressing any tumults, &c. ; assuringthem that the restless spirits of his and their adversaries have greatexpectations of something to be done this summer. And promised thatthough the Acts about Conventicles and Papists were not ripe for passingthis Session, yet he would take care himself that neither of them shouldin this intervall be encouraged to the endangering of the peace; andthat at their next meeting he would himself prepare two bills for themconcerning them. So he concluded, that for the better proceeding ofjustice he did think fit to make this a Session, and to prorogue themto the 16th of March next. His speech was very plain, nothing at allof spirit in it, nor spoke with any; but rather on the contraryimperfectly, repeating many times his words though he read all which Iwas sorry to see, it having not been hard for him to have got all thespeech without book. So they all went away, the King out of the House atthe upper end, he being by and by to go to Tunbridge to the Queen; and Iin the Painted Chamber spoke with my Lord Sandwich while he was puttingoff his robes, who tells me he will now hasten down into the country, as soon as he can get some money settled on the Wardrobe. Here meetingCreed, he and I down to the Hall, and I having at Michell's shop wrotea little letter to Mr. Gauden, to go with his horse, and excusing my nottaking leave or so much as asking after the old lady the widow when wecame away the other day from them, he and I over the water to Fox Hall, and there sent away the horse with my letter, and then to the new SpringGarden, walking up and down, but things being dear and little attendanceto be had we went away, leaving much brave company there, and so to aless house hard by, where we liked very well their Codlin tarts, havingnot time, as we intended, to stay the getting ready of a dish of pease. And there came to us an idle boy to show us some tumbling tricks, whichhe did very well, and the greatest bending of his body that ever Iobserved in my life. Thence by water to White Hall, and walked over thePark to St. James's; but missed Mr. Coventry, he not being within; andso out again, and there the Duke was coming along the Pell-Mell. Itbeing a little darkish, I staid not to take notice of him, but we wentdirectly back again. And in our walk over the Park, one of the Duke'sfootmen came running behind us, and came looking just in our faces tosee who we were, and went back again. What his meaning is I know not, but was fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off, thoughmethinks that should not be it, besides, there were others coverednearer than myself was, but only it was my fear. So to White Hall and bywater to the Bridge, and so home to bed, weary and well pleased with myjourney in all respects. Only it cost me about 20s. , but it was for myhealth, and I hope will prove so, only I do find by my riding a littleswelling to rise just by my anus. I had the same the last time I rode, and then it fell again, and now it is up again about the bigness of thebag of a silkworm, makes me fearful of a rupture. But I will speak toMr. Hollyard about it, and I am glad to find it now, that I may preventit before it goes too far. 

28th. Up after sleeping very well, and so to my office setting down theJournall of this last three days, and so settled to business again, Ihope with greater cheerfulness and success by this refreshment. At theoffice all the morning, and at noon to Wise's about my viall that isa-doing, and so home to dinner and then to the office, where we sat allthe afternoon till night, and I late at it till after the office wasrisen. Late came my Jane and her brother Will: to entreat for my takingof the boy again, but I will not hear her, though I would yet be glad todo anything for her sake to the boy, but receive him again I will not, nor give him anything. She would have me send him to sea; which if Icould I would do, but there is no ship going out. The poor girl criedall the time she was with me, and would not go from me, staying abouttwo hours with me till 10 or 11 o'clock, expecting that she might obtainsomething of me, but receive him I will not. So the poor girl was fainto go away crying and saying little. So from thence home, where myhouse of office was emptying, and I find they will do, it with much morecleanness than I expected. I went up and down among them a good while, but knowing that Mr. Coventry was to call me in the morning, I went tobed and left them to look after the people. So to bed. 

29th. Up about 6 o'clock, and found the people to have just done, and Hannah not gone to bed yet, but was making clean of the yard andkitchen. Will newly gone to bed. So I to my office, and having givensome order to Tom Hater, to whom I gave leave for his recreation to godown to Portsmouth this Pay, I went down to Wapping to Sir W. Warren, and there staid an hour or two discoursing of some of his goods and thenthings in general relating to this office, &c. , and so home, and theregoing to Sir William Batten (having no stomach to dine at home, it beingyet hardly clean of last night's [mess])and there I dined with my Ladyand her daughter and son Castle, and mighty kind she is and I kind toher, but, Lord! how freely and plainly she rails against CommissionerPett, calling him rogue, and wondering that the King keeps such a fellowin the Navy. Thence by and by walked to see Sir W. Pen at Deptford, reading by the way a most ridiculous play, a new one, called "ThePolitician Cheated. " After a little sitting with him I walked to theyard a little and so home again, my Will with me, whom I bade to stay inthe yard for me, and so to bed. This morning my brother Tom was with me, and we had some discourse again concerning his country mistress, but Ibelieve the most that is fit for us to condescend to, will not contenther friends. 

30th. Up and to the office to get business ready for our sitting, thisbeing the first day of altering it from afternoon during the Parliamentsitting to the fore-noon again. By and by Mr. Coventry only came (SirJohn Minnes and Sir William Batten being gone this morning to Portsmouthto pay some ships and the yard there), and after doing a little businesshe and I down to Woolwich, and there up and down the yard, and by and bycame Sir G. Carteret and we all looked into matters, and then by waterback to Deptford, where we dined with him at his house, a very gooddinner and mightily tempted with wines of all sorts and brave FrenchSyder, but I drunk none. But that which is a great wonder I find hislittle daughter Betty, that was in hanging sleeves but a month or twoago, and is a very little young child; married, and to whom, but toyoung Scott, son to Madam Catharine Scott, that was so long in law, and at whose triall I was with her husband; he pleading that it wasunlawfully got and would not own it, she, it seems, being brought tobed of it, if not got by somebody else at Oxford, but it seems a littlebefore his death he did own the child, and hath left him his estate, notlong since. So Sir G. Carteret hath struck up of a sudden a match withhim for his little daughter. He hath about L2000 per annum; and it seemsSir G. Carteret hath by this means over-reached Sir H. Bennet, who didendeavour to get this gentleman for a sister of his, but Sir G. CarteretI say has over-reached him. By this means Sir G. Carteret hath marriedtwo daughters this year both very well. After dinner into Deptford yard, but our bellies being full we could do no great business, and so parted, and Mr. Coventry and I to White Hall by water, where we also parted, andI to several places about business, and so calling for my five books ofthe Variorum print bound according to my common binding instead of theother which is more gaudy I went home. The town talk this day is ofnothing but the great foot-race run this day on Banstead Downes, betweenLee, the Duke of Richmond's footman, and a tyler, a famous runner. AndLee hath beat him; though the King and Duke of York and all men almostdid bet three or four to one upon the tyler's head. 

31st. Up early to my accounts this month, and I find myself worth clearL730, the most I ever had yet, which contents me though I encrease butvery little. Thence to my office doing business, and at noon to myviall maker's, who has begun it and has a good appearance, and so to theExchange, where I met Dr. Pierce, who tells me of his good luck toget to be groom of the Privy-Chamber to the Queen, and without my LordSandwich's help; but only by his good fortune, meeting a man that hathlet him have his right for a small matter, about L60, for which he canevery day have L400. But he tells me my Lord hath lost much honour instanding so long and so much for that coxcomb Pickering, and at last notcarrying it for him; but hath his name struck out by the King and Queenthemselves after he had been in ever since the Queen's coming. But hetells me he believes that either Sir H. Bennet, my Lady Castlemaine, orSir Charles Barkeley had received some money for the place, and so theKing could not disappoint them, but was forced to put out this foolrather than a better man. And I am sorry to hear what he tells me thatSir Charles Barkeley hath still such power over the King, as to beable to fetch him from the Council-table to my Lady Castlemaine when hepleases. He tells me also, as a friend, the great injury that hethinks I do myself by being so severe in the Yards, and contracting theill-will of the whole Navy for those offices, singly upon myself. Now Idischarge a good conscience therein, and I tell him that no man can (nordo he say any say it) charge me with doing wrong; but rather do as manygood offices as any man. They think, he says, that I have a mind to geta good name with the King and Duke, who he tells me do not consider anysuch thing; but I shall have as good thanks to let all alone, and do asthe rest. But I believe the contrary; and yet I told him I never go tothe Duke alone, as others do, to talk of my own services. However, Iwill make use of his council, and take some course to prevent having thesingle ill-will of the office. Before I went to the office I went tothe Coffee House, where Sir J. Cutler and Mr. Grant were, and there Mr. Grant showed me letters of Sir William Petty's, wherein he says, thathis vessel which he hath built upon two keeles (a modell whereof, built for the King, he showed me) hath this month won a wager of L50in sailing between Dublin and Holyhead with the pacquett-boat, the bestship or vessel the King hath there; and he offers to lay with any vesselin the world. It is about thirty ton in burden, and carries thirty men, with good accommodation, (as much more as any ship of her burden, )and so any vessel of this figure shall carry more men, with betteraccommodation by half, than any other ship. This carries also ten guns, of about five tons weight. In their coming back from Holyhead theystarted together, and this vessel came to Dublin by five at night, andthe pacquett-boat not before eight the next morning; and when they camethey did believe that, this vessel had been drowned, or at least behind, not thinking she could have lived in that sea. Strange things are toldof this vessel, and he concludes his letter with this position, "I onlyaffirm that the perfection of sayling lies in my principle, finde itout who can. " Thence home, in my way meeting Mr. Rawlinson, who tells methat my uncle Wight is off of his Hampshire purchase and likes less ofthe Wights, and would have me to be kind and study to please him, whichI am resolved to do. Being at home he sent for me to dinner to meet Mr. Moore, so I went thither and dined well, but it was strange for me torefuse, and yet I did without any reluctancy to drink wine in a tavern, where nothing else almost was drunk, and that excellent good. Thencewith Mr. Moore to the Wardrobe, and there sat while my Lord was privatewith Mr. Townsend about his accounts an hour or two, we reading of amerry book against the Presbyters called Cabbala, extraordinary witty. Thence walked home and to my office, setting papers of all sorts andwriting letters and putting myself into a condition to go to Chathamwith Mr. Coventry to-morrow. So, at almost 12 o'clock, and my eyes tiredwith seeing to write, I went home and to bed. Ending the month withpretty good content of mind, my wife in the country and myself in goodesteem, and likely by pains to become considerable, I think, with God'sblessing upon my diligence. 

AUGUST 1663

Aug. 1st. Up betimes and got me ready, and so to the office and putthings in order for my going. By and by comes Sir G. Carteret, andhe and I did some business, and then Mr. Coventry sending for me, hestaying in the boat, I got myself presently ready and down to him, heand I by water to Gravesend (his man Lambert with us), and there eata bit and so mounted, I upon one of his horses which met him there, abrave proud horse, all the way talking of businesses of the office andother matters to good purpose. Being come to Chatham, we put on ourboots and so walked to the yard, where we met Commissioner Pett, andthere walked up and down looking and inquiring into many businesses, andin the evening went to the Commissioner's and there in his upper Arborsat and talked, and there pressed upon the Commissioner to take upon hima power to correct and suspend officers that do not their duty and otherthings, which he unwillingly answered he would if we would own him init. Being gone thence Mr. Coventry and I did discourse about him, andconclude that he is not able to do the same in that yard that he mightand can and it maybe will do in another, what with his old faults andthe relations that he has to most people that act there. After an houror two's discourse at the Hill-house before going to bed, I see him tohis and he me to my chamber, he lying in the Treasurer's and I in theController's chambers. 

2nd (Lord's day). Up and after the barber had done he and I walked tothe Docke, and so on board the Mathias, where Commissioner Pett and heand I and a good many of the officers and others of the yard did hear anexcellent sermon of Mr. Hudson's upon "All is yours and you are God's, "a most ready, learned, and good sermon, such as I have not heard a goodwhile, nor ever thought he could have preached. We took him with us tothe Hill-house, and there we dined, and an officer or two with us. Soafter dinner the company withdrew, and we three to private discourseand laid the matters of the yard home again to the Commissioner, anddiscoursed largely of several matters. Then to the parish church, andthere heard a poor sermon with a great deal of false Greek in it, uponthese words, "Ye are my friends, if ye do these things which I commandyou. " Thence to the Docke and by water to view St. Mary Creeke, butdo not find it so proper for a wet docks as we would have it, it beinguneven ground and hard in the bottom and no, great depth of water inmany places. Returned and walked from the Docke home, Mr. Coventry and Ivery much troubled to see how backward Commissioner Pett is to tell anyof the faults of the officers, and to see nothing in better conditionhere for his being here than they are in other yards where there isnone. After some discourse to bed. But I sat up an hour after Mr. Coventry was gone to read my vows, it raining a wonderful hard showreabout 11 at night for an hour together. So to bed. 

3rd. Up both of us very betimes and to the Yard, and see the men calledover and choose some to be discharged. Then to the Ropehouses and viewedthem all and made an experiment which was the stronger, English or Rigahemp, the latter proved the stronger, but the other is very good, andmuch better we believe than any but Riga. We did many other things thismorning, and I caused the Timber measurer to measure some timber, whereI found much fault and with reason, which we took public notice of, anddid give them admonition for the time to come. At noon Mr. Pett did giveus a very great dinner, too big in all conscience, so that most ofit was left untouched. Here was Collonell Newman and several othergentlemen of the country and officers of the yard. After dinner theywithdrew and Commissioner Pett, Mr. Coventry and I sat close to ourbusiness all the noon in his parler, and there run through much businessand answered several people. And then in the evening walked in thegarden, where we conjured him to look after the yard, and for the timeto come that he would take the whole faults and ill management of theyard upon himself, he having full power and our concurrence to suspendor do anything else that he thinks fit to keep people and officers totheir duty. He having made good promises, though I fear his performance, we parted (though I spoke so freely that he could have been angry) goodfriends, and in some hopes that matters will be better for the time tocome. So walked to the Hillhouse (which we did view and the yard aboutit, and do think to put it off as soon as we can conveniently) and theremade ourselves ready and mounted and rode to Gravesend (my riding Coatenot being to be found I fear it is stole) on our way being overtaken byCaptain Browne that serves the office of the Ordnance at Chatham. Allthe way, though he was a rogue and served the late times all along, yethe kept us in discourse of the many services that he did for many of theKing's party, lords and Dukes, and among others he recovered a dog thatwas stolne from Mr. Cary (head-keeper of the buck-hounds to the King)and preserved several horses of the Duke of Richmond's, and his besthorse he was forst to put out his eyes and keep him for a stallionto preserve him from being carried away. But he gone at last uponmy enquiry to tell us how (he having been here too for survey of theRopeyard) the day's work of the Rope-makers become settled, whichpleased me very well. Being come to our Inn Mr. Coventry and I sat, andtalked till 9 or 10 a-clock and then to bed. 

4th. We were called up about four a-clock, and being ready went and tooka Gravesend boat, and to London by nine a-clock. By the way talking ofseveral businesses of the navy. So to the office, where Sir Wm. Pen (thefirst time that he has been with us a great while, he having been longsick) met us, and there we sat all the morning. My brother John I findcome to town to my house, as I sent for him, on Saturday last; so atnoon home and dined with him, and after dinner and the barber been withme I walked out with him to my viall maker's and other places and thenleft him, and I by water to Blackbury's, and there talked with him aboutsome masts (and by the way he tells me that Paul's is now going to berepaired in good earnest), and so with him to his garden close by hishouse, where I eat some peaches and apricots; a very pretty place. Soover the water to Westminster hall, and not finding Mrs. Lane, with whomI purposed to be merry, I went to Jervas's and took him and his wifeover the water to their mother Palmer's (the woman that speaks in thebelly, and with whom I have two or three years ago made good sport withMr. Mallard), thinking because I had heard that she is a woman of thatsort that I might there have lit upon some lady of pleasure (for whichGod forgive me), but blest be God there was none, nor anything thatpleased me, but a poor little house that she has set out as fine as shecan, and for her singing which she pretends to is only some old bodysongs and those sung abominably, only she pretends to be able to singboth bass and treble, which she do something like, but not what Ithought formerly and expected now; nor do her speaking in her belly takeme now as it did then, but it may be that is because I know it and seeher mouth when she speaks, which should not be. After I had spent ashilling there in wine I took boat with Jervas and his wife and set themat Westminster, and it being late forbore Mrs. Lane and went by water tothe Old Swan by a boat, where I had good sport with one of the young menabout his travells as far as Voxhall, in mockery, which yet the fellowanswered me most prettily and traveller-like unto my very good mirth. Sohome, and with my brother eat a bit of bread and cheese, and so to bed, he with me. This day I received a letter from my wife, which troubles memightily, wherein she tells me how Ashwell did give her the lie to herteeth, and that thereupon my wife giving her a box on the eare, theother struck her again, and a deal of stir which troubles me, and thatmy Lady has been told by my father or mother something of my wife'scarriage, which altogether vexes me, and I fear I shall find a troubleof my wife when she comes home to get down her head again, but ifAshwell goes I am resolved to have no more, but to live poorly and lowagain for a good while, and save money and keep my wife within bounds ifI can, or else I shall bid Adieu to all content in the world. So tobed, my mind somewhat disturbed at this, but yet I shall take care, byprudence, to avoid the ill consequences which I fear, things notbeing gone too far yet, and this height that my wife is come to beingoccasioned from my own folly in giving her too much head heretofore forthe year past. 

5th. All the morning at the office, whither Deane of Woolwich came tome and discoursed of the body of ships, which I am now going about tounderstand, and then I took him to the coffee-house, where he was veryearnest against Mr. Grant's report in favour of Sir W. Petty's vessel, even to some passion on both sides almost. So to the Exchange, and thence home to dinner with my brother, and in the afternoon toWestminster hall, and there found Mrs. Lane, and by and by by agreementwe met at the Parliament stairs (in my way down to the boat who shouldmeet us but my lady Jemimah, who saw me lead her but said nothing tome of her, though I ought to speak to her to see whether she would takenotice of it or no) and off to Stangate and so to the King's Head atLambeth marsh, and had variety of meats and drinks, but I did so towseher and handled her, but could get nothing more from her though Iwas very near it; but as wanton and bucksome as she is she dares notadventure upon the business, in which I very much commend and like her. Staid pretty late, and so over with her by water, and being in a greatsweat with my towsing of her durst not go home by water, but took coach, and at home my brother and I fell upon Des Cartes, and I perceive he hasstudied him well, and I cannot find but he has minded his book, and dolove it. This evening came a letter about business from Mr. Coventry, and with it a silver pen he promised me to carry inke in, which is verynecessary. So to prayers and to bed. 

6th. Up and was angry with my maid Hannah for keeping the house nobetter, it being more dirty now-a-days than ever it was while my wholefamily was together. So to my office, whither Mr. Coventry came and SirWilliam Pen, and we sat all the morning. This day Mr. Coventry borrowedof me my manuscript of the Navy. At noon I to the 'Change, and meetingwith Sir W. Warren, to a coffee-house, and there finished a contractwith him for the office, and so parted, and I to my cozen Mary Joyce'sat a gossiping, where much company and good cheer. There was the King'sFalconer, that lives by Paul's, and his wife, an ugly pusse, but broughthim money. He speaking of the strength of hawkes, which will strike afowle to the ground with that force that shall make the fowle rebound agreat way from ground, which no force of man or art can do, but it wasvery pleasant to hear what reasons he and another, one Ballard, a richman of the same Company of Leathersellers of which the Joyces are, didgive for this. Ballard's wife, a pretty and a very well-bred woman, Itook occasion to kiss several times, and she to carve, drink, and showme great respect. After dinner to talk and laugh. I drank no wine, butsent for some water; the beer not being good. A fiddler was sent for, and there one Mrs. Lurkin, a neighbour, a good, and merry poor woman, but a very tall woman, did dance and show such tricks that made usall merry, but above all a daughter of Mr. Brumfield's, black, butwell-shaped and modest, did dance very well, which pleased me mightily. I begun the Duchess with her, but could not do it; but, however, I cameoff well enough, and made mighty much of her, kissing and leading herhome, with her cozen Anthony and Kate Joyce (Kate being very handsomeand well, that is, handsomely dressed to-day, and I grew mighty kind andfamiliar with her, and kissed her soundly, which she takes very well)to their house, and there I left them, having in our way, though nineo'clock at night, carried them into a puppet play in Lincolnes InnFields, where there was the story of Holofernes, and other clockwork, well done. There was at this house today Mr. Lawrence, who did give thename, it seems, to my cozen Joyce's child, Samuel, who is a very civilgentleman, and his wife a pretty woman, who, with Kate Joyce, werestewards of the feast to-day, and a double share cost for a man and awoman came to 16s. , which I also would pay, though they would not byany means have had me do so. I walked home very well contented with thisafternoon's work, I thinking it convenient to keep in with the Joycesagainst a bad day, if I should have occasion to make use of them. So Iwalked home, and after a letter to my wife by the post and my father, Ihome to supper, and after a little talk with my brother to bed. 

7th. Up and to my office a little, and then to Brown's for my measuringrule, which is made, and is certainly the best and the most commodiousfor carrying in one's pocket, and most useful that ever was made, andmyself have the honour of being as it were the inventor of this form ofit. Here I staid discoursing an hour with him and then home, and thithercame Sir Fairbrother to me, and we walked a while together in the gardenand then abroad into the cittie, and then we parted for a while and Ito my Viall, which I find done and once varnished, and it will pleaseme very well when it is quite varnished. Thence home and to study my newrule till my head aked cruelly. So by and by to dinner and the Doctorand Mr. Creed came to me. The Doctor's discourse, which (though he bea very good-natured man) is but simple, was some sport to me and Creed, though my head akeing I took no great pleasure in it. We parted afterdinner, and I walked to Deptford and there found Sir W. Pen, and I fellto measuring of some planks that was serving into the yard, which thepeople took notice of, and the measurer himself was amused at, for Idid it much more ready than he, and I believe Sir W. Pen would be gladI could have done less or he more. By and by he went away and I staidwalking up and down, discoursing with the officers of the yard ofseveral things, and so walked back again, and on my way young Bagwelland his wife waylayd me to desire my favour about getting him a bettership, which I shall pretend to be willing to do for them, but my mind isto know his wife a little better. They being parted I went with Cadburythe mast maker to view a parcel of good masts which I think it weregood to buy, and resolve to speak to the board about it. So home, andmy brother John and I up and I to my musique, and then to discoursewith him, and I find him not so thorough a philosopher, at leastin Aristotle, as I took him for, he not being able to tell me thedefinition of final nor which of the 4 Qualitys belonged to each of the4 Elements. So to prayers, and to bed, among other things being muchsatisfied with my new rule. 

8th. Up and to my office, whither I search for Brown the mathematicalinstrument maker, who now brought me a ruler for measuring timber andother things so well done and in all things to my mind that I do set upmy trust upon it that I cannot have a better, nor any man else have sogood for this purpose, this being of my own ordering. By and by we satall the morning dispatching of business, and then at noon rose, and Iwith Mr. Coventry down to the water-side, talking, wherein I see so muchgoodness and endeavours of doing the King service, that I do more andmore admire him. It being the greatest trouble to me, he says, in theworld to see not only in the Navy, but in the greatest matters of State, where he can lay his finger upon the soare (meaning this man's faults, and this man's office the fault lies in), and yet dare or can not remedymatters. Thence to the Exchange about several businesses, and so hometo dinner, and in the afternoon took my brother John and Will down toWoolwich by water, and after being there a good while, and eating offruit in Sheldon's garden, we began our walk back again, I asking manythings in physiques of my brother John, to which he gives me so bad orno answer at all, as in the regions of the ayre he told me that heknew of no such thing, for he never read Aristotle's philosophy and DesCartes ownes no such thing, which vexed me to hear him say. But I shallcall him to task, and see what it is that he has studied since his goingto the University. It was late before we could get from Greenwich toLondon by water, the tide being against us and almost past, so that tosave time and to be clear of anchors I landed at Wapping, and so walkedhome weary enough, walking over the stones. This night Sir W. Batten andSir J. Minnes returned [from] Portsmouth, but I did not go see them. 

9th (Lord's day). Up, and leaving my brother John to go somewhere else, I to church, and heard Mr. Mills (who is lately returned out of thecountry, and it seems was fetched in by many of the parishioners, withgreat state, ) preach upon the authority of the ministers, upon thesewords, "We are therefore embassadors of Christ. " Wherein, among otherhigh expressions, he said, that such a learned man used to say, that ifa minister of the word and an angell should meet him together, he wouldsalute the minister first; which methought was a little too high. Thisday I begun to make use of the silver pen (Mr. Coventry did give me) inwriting of this sermon, taking only the heads of it in Latin, whichI shall, I think, continue to do. So home and at my office reading myvowes, and so to Sir W. Batten to dinner, being invited and sent for, and being willing to hear how they left things at Portsmouth, which Ifound but ill enough, and are mightily for a Commissioner to be at seatthere to keep the yard in order. Thence in the afternoon with my LadyBatten, leading her through the streets by the hand to St. Dunstan'sChurch, hard by us (where by Mrs. Russell's means we were set well), and heard an excellent sermon of one Mr. Gifford, the parson there, upon"Remember Lot's wife. " So from thence walked back to Mrs. Russell's, andthere drank and sat talking a great while. Among other things talked ofyoung Dawes that married the great fortune, who it seems has a Baronet'spatent given him, and is now Sir Thos. Dawes, and a very fine bred manthey say he is. Thence home, and my brother being abroad I walked to myuncle Wight's and there staid, though with little pleasure, and supped, there being the husband of Mrs. Anne Wight, who it seems is latelymarried to one Mr. Bentley, a Norwich factor. Home, and staid up a goodwhile examining Will in his Latin below, and my brother along with himin his Greeke, and so to prayers and to bed. This afternoon I was amusedat the tune set to the Psalm by the Clerke of the parish, and thoughtat first that he was out, but I find him to be a good songster, and theparish could sing it very well, and was a good tune. But I wonder thatthere should be a tune in the Psalms that I never heard of. 

10th. Up, though not so early this summer as I did all the last, forwhich I am sorry, and though late am resolved to get up betimes beforethe season of rising be quite past. To my office to fit myself to waiton the Duke this day. By and by by water to White Hall, and so to St. James's, and anon called into the Duke's chamber, and being dressed wewere all as usual taken in with him and discoursed of our matters, andthat being done, he walked, and I in the company with him, to WhiteHall, and there he took barge for Woolwich, and, I up to the Committeeof Tangier, where my Lord Sandwich, pay Lord Peterborough, (whom I havenot seen before since his coming back, ) Sir W. Compton, and Mr. Povy. Our discourse about supplying my Lord Teviott with money, wherein I amsorry to see, though they do not care for him, yet they are willingto let him for civility and compliment only have money almost withoutexpecting any account of it; but by this means, he being such a cunningfellow as he is, the King is like to pay dear for our courtiers'ceremony. Thence by coach with my Lords Peterborough and Sandwich to myLord Peterborough's house; and there, after an hour's looking over somefine books of the Italian buildings, with fine cuts; and also my LordPeterborough's bowes and arrows, of which he is a great lover, we satdown to dinner, my Lady coming down to dinner also, and there beingMr. Williamson, that belongs to Sir H. Bennet, whom I find a prettyunderstanding and accomplished man, but a little conceited. After dinnerI took leave and went to Greatorex's, whom I found in his garden, andset him to work upon my ruler, to engrave an almanac and other thingsupon the brasses of it, which a little before night he did, but thelatter part he slubbered over, that I must get him to do it over better, or else I shall not fancy my rule, which is such a folly that I am cometo now, that whereas before my delight was in multitude of books, andspending money in that and buying alway of other things, now that I ambecome a better husband, and have left off buying, now my delight isin the neatness of everything, and so cannot be pleased with anythingunless it be very neat, which is a strange folly. Hither came W. Howeabout business, and he and I had a great deal of discourse about myLord Sandwich, and I find by him that my Lord do dote upon one of thedaughters of Mrs. [Becke] where he lies, so that he spends his time andmoney upon her. He tells me she is a woman of a very bad fame and veryimpudent, and has told my Lord so, yet for all that my Lord do spend allhis evenings with her, though he be at court in the day time, and thatthe world do take notice of it, and that Pickering is only there as ablind, that the world may think that my Lord spends his time with himwhen he do worse, and that hence it is that my Lord has no more mind togo into the country than he has. In fine, I perceive my Lord is dabblingwith this wench, for which I am sorry, though I do not wonder at it, being a man amorous enough, and now begins to allow himself the libertythat he says every body else at Court takes. Here I am told that my LordBristoll is either fled or concealed himself; having been sent for tothe King, it is believed to be sent to the Tower, but he is gone out ofthe way. Yesterday, I am told also, that Sir J. Lenthall, in Southwarke, did apprehend about one hundred Quakers, and other such people, and hathsent some of them to the gaole at Kingston, it being now the time ofthe Assizes. Hence home and examined a piece of, Latin of Will's with mybrother, and so to prayers and to bed. This evening I had a letter frommy father that says that my wife will come to town this week, at which Iwonder that she should come to town without my knowing more of it. ButI find they have lived very ill together since she went, and I must useall the brains I have to bring her to any good when she do come home, which I fear will be hard to do, and do much disgust me the thoughts ofit. 

11th. Up and to my office, whither, by and by, my brother Tom came, andI did soundly rattle him for his neglecting to see and please the Joycesas he has of late done. I confess I do fear that he do not understandhis business, nor will do any good in his trade, though he tells me thathe do please every body and that he gets money, but I shall not believeit till I see a state of his accounts, which I have ordered him to bringme before he sees me any more. We met and sat at the office all themorning, and at noon I to the 'Change, where I met Dr. Pierce, who tellsme that the King comes to towne this day, from Tunbridge, to stay a dayor two, and then fetch the Queen from thence, who he says is grown avery debonnaire lady, and now hugs him, and meets him gallopping uponthe road, and all the actions of a fond and pleasant lady that can be, that he believes has a chat now and then of Mrs. Stewart, but that thereis no great danger of her, she being only an innocent, young, raw girl;but my Lady Castlemaine, who rules the King in matters of state, and dowhat she list with him, he believes is now falling quite out of favour. After the Queen is come back she goes to the Bath; and so to Oxford, where great entertainments are making for her. This day I am told thatmy Lord Bristoll hath warrants issued out against him, to have carriedhim to the Tower; but he is fled away, or hid himself. So much theChancellor hath got the better of him. Upon the 'Change my brother, andWill bring me word that Madam Turner would come and dine with me to-day, so I hasted home and found her and Mrs. Morrice there (The. Joyce beinggone into the country), which is the reason of the mother rambling. Igot a dinner for them, and after dinner my uncle Thomas and aunt Bellcame and saw me, and I made them almost foxed with wine till they werevery kind (but I did not carry them up to my ladies). So they went away, and so my two ladies and I in Mrs. Turner's coach to Mr. Povy's, who being not within, we went in and there shewed Mrs. Turner hisperspective and volary, [A large birdcage, in which the birds can fly about; French 'voliere'. Ben Jonson uses the word volary. ]

and the fine things that he is building of now, which is a most neatthing. Thence to the Temple and by water to Westminster; and thereMorrice and I went to Sir R. Ling's to have fetched a niece of his, butshe was not within, and so we went to boat again and then down to thebridge, and there tried to find a sister of Mrs. Morrice's, but she wasnot within neither, and so we went through bridge, and I carried themon board the King's pleasure-boat, all the way reading in a book ofReceipts of making fine meats and sweetmeats, among others to makemy own sweet water, which made us good sport. So I landed them atGreenwich, and there to a garden, and gave them fruit and wine, and soto boat again, and finally, in the cool of the evening, to Lyon Kee, [Lion Key, Lower Thames Street, where the famous Duchess of Suffolk in the time of Bishop Gardiner's persecution took boat for the continent. James, Duke of York, also left the country from this same place on the night of April 20th, 1648, when he escaped from St. James's Palace. ]

the tide against us, and so landed and walked to the Bridge, and theretook a coach by chance passing by, and so I saw them home, and there eatsome cold venison with them, and drunk and bade them good night, havingbeen mighty merry with them, and I think it is not amiss to preserve, though it cost me a little, such a friend as Mrs. Turner. So home and tobed, my head running upon what to do to-morrow to fit things against mywife's coming, as to buy a bedstead, because my brother John is here, and I have now no more beds than are used. 

12th. A little to my office, to put down my yesterday's journall, and soabroad to buy a bedstead and do other things. So home again, and havingput up the bedstead and done other things in order to my wife's coming, I went out to several places and to Mrs. Turner's, she inviting me lastnight, and there dined; with her and Madam Morrice and a stranger wewere very merry and had a fine dinner, and thence I took leave and toWhite Hall, where my Lords Sandwich, Peterborough, and others made aTangier Committee; spent the afternoon in reading and ordering with agreat deal of alteration, and yet methinks never a whit the better, ofa letter drawn by Creed to my Lord Rutherford. The Lords being againstanything that looked to be rough, though it was in matter of money andaccounts, wherein their courtship may cost the King dear. Only I do seeby them, that speaking in matters distasteful to him that we writeto, it is best to do it in the plainest way and without ambages orreasoning, but only say matters of fact, and leave the party to collectyour meaning. Thence by water to my brother's, and there I hear my wifeis come and gone home, and my father is come to town also, at whichI wondered. But I discern it is to give my brother advice about hisbusiness, and it may be to pacify me about the differences that havebeen between my wife and him and my mother at her late being with them. Though by and by he coming to Mr. Holden's (where I was buying a hat)he took no notice to me of anything. I talked to him a little while andleft him to lie at the end of the town, and I home, where methought Ifound my wife strange, not knowing, I believe, in what temper she couldexpect me to be in, but I fell to kind words, and so we were very kind, only she could not forbear telling me how she had been used by them andher mayde, Ashwell, in the country, but I find it will be best not toexamine it, for I doubt she's in fault too, and therefore I seek to putit off from my hearing, and so to bed and there entertained her withgreat content, and so to sleep. 

13th. Lay long in bed with my wife talking of family matters, and soup and to the office, where we sat all the' morning, and then home todinner, and after dinner my wife and I to talk again about getting of acouple of good mayds and to part with Ashwell, which troubles me for herfather's sake, though I shall be glad to have the charge taken away ofkeeping a woman. Thence a little to the office, and so abroad with mywife by water to White Hall, and there at my Lord's lodgings met my LadyJemimah, with whom we staid a good while. Thence to Mrs. Hunt's, whereI left my wife, and I to walk a little in St. James's Park, while Mrs. Harper might come home, with whom we came to speak about her kinswomanJane Gentleman to come and live with us as a chamber mayde, and theremet with Mr. Hoole my old acquaintance of Magdalen, and walked with himan hour in the Parke, discoursing chiefly of Sir Samuel Morland, whoselady is gone into France. It seems he buys ground and a farm in thecountry, and lays out money upon building, and God knows what! so thatmost of the money he sold his pension of L500 per annum for, to SirArthur Slingsby, is believed is gone. It seems he hath very greatpromises from the King, and Hoole hath seen some of the King's letters, under his own hand, to Morland, promising him great things (and amongothers, the order of the Garter, as Sir Samuel says); but his ladythought it below her to ask any thing at the King's first coming, believing the King would do it of himself, when as Hoole do really thinkif he had asked to be Secretary of State at the King's first coming, hemight have had it. And the other day at her going into France, she didspeak largely to the King herself, how her husband hath failed of whathis Majesty had promised, and she was sure intended him; and the Kingdid promise still, as he is a King and a gentleman, to be as good as hisword in a little time, to a tittle: but I never believe it. Here in thePark I met with Mr. Coventry, where he sent for a letter he hadnewly writ to me, wherein he had enclosed one from Commissioner Pettcomplaining of his being defeated in his attempt to suspend two pursers, wherein the manner of his doing it, and complaint of our seeing him(contrary to our promises the other day), deserted, did make us laughmightily, and was good sport to think how awkwardly he goes about athing that he has no courage of his own nor mind to do. Mr. Coventryanswered it very handsomely, but I perceive Pett has left off hiscorresponding with me any more. Thence to fetch my wife from Mrs. Hunt's, where now he was come in, and we eat and drunk, and so away(their child being at home, a very lively, but not pretty at all), bywater to Mrs. Turner's, and there made a short visit, and so home bycoach, and after supper to prayers and to bed, and before going to bedAshwell began to make her complaint, and by her I do perceive that shehas received most base usage from my wife, which my wife sillilydenies, but it is impossible the wench could invent words and matterso particularly, against which my wife has nothing to say but flatly todeny, which I am sorry to see, and blows to have past, and high wordseven at Hinchinbrooke House among my Lady's people, of which I ammightily ashamed. I said nothing to either of them, but let them talktill she was gone and left us abed, and then I told my wife my mind withgreat sobriety of grief, and so to sleep. 

14th. Awake, and to chide my wife again, and I find that my wife hasgot too great head to be brought down soon, nor is it possible with anyconvenience to keep Ashwell longer, my wife is so set and convinced, asshe was in Sarah, to make her appear a Lyer in every small thing thatwe shall have no peace while she stays. So I up and to my office doingseveral businesses in my study, and so home to dinner. The time havingoutslipt me and my stomach, it being past, two a-clock, and yet beforewe could sit down to dinner Mrs. Harper and her cousin Jane came, andwe treated and discoursed long about her coming to my wife for a chambermayd, and I think she will do well. So they went away expecting noticewhen she shall come, and so we sat down to dinner at four a-clockalmost, and then I walked forth to my brother's, where I found my fathervery discontented, and has no mind to come to my house, and would havebegun some of the differences between my wife and him, but I desired tohear none of them, and am sorry at my folly in forcing it and theirs innot telling me of it at the beginning, and therefore am resolved to makethe best of a bad market, and to bring my wife to herself again as soonand as well as I can. So we parted very kindly, and he will dine with meto-morrow or next day. Thence walked home, doing several errands by theway, and at home took my wife to visit Sir W. Pen, who is still lame, and after an hour with him went home and supped, and with great contentto bed. 

15th. Lay pretty long in bed, being a little troubled with some pain gotby wind and cold, and so up with good peace of mind, hoping that my wifewill mind her house and servants, and so to the office, and being toosoon to sit walked to my viail, which is well nigh done, and I believeI may have it home to my mind next week. So back to my office, and therewe sat all the morning, I till 2 o'clock before I could go to dinneragain. After dinner walked forth to my instrument maker, and there hadmy rule he made me lay now so perfected, that I think in all points Ihave never need or desire a better, or think that any man yet had oneso good in all the several points of it for my use. So by water down toDeptford, taking into my boat with me Mr. Palmer, one whom I knew andhis wife when I was first married, being an acquaintance of my wife'sand her friends lodging at Charing Cross during our differences. Hejoyed me in my condition, and himself it seems is forced to follow thelaw in a common ordinary way, but seems to do well, and is a sober man, enough by his discourse. He landed with me at Deptford, where he saw bythe officers' respect to me a piece of my command, and took notice ofit, though God knows I hope I shall not be elated with that, but ratherdesire to be known for serving the King well, and doing my duty. He goneI walked up and down the yard a while discoursing with the officers, andso by water home meditating on my new Rule with great pleasure. So to myoffice, and there by candle light doing business, and so home to supperand to bed. 

16th (Lord's day). Up and with my wife to church, and finding herdesirous to go to church, I did suspect her meeting of Pembleton, buthe was not there, and so I thought my jealousy in vain, and treat thesermon with great quiet. And home to dinner very pleasant, only someangry, notwithstanding my wife could not forbear to give Ashwell, andafter dinner to church again, and there, looking up and down, I foundPembleton to stand in the isle against us, he coming too late to geta pew. Which, Lord! into what a sweat did it put me! I do not think mywife did see him, which did a little satisfy me. But it makes me mad tosee of what a jealous temper I am and cannot helpe it, though let him dowhat he can I do not see, as I am going to reduce my family, what hurthe can do me, there being no more occasion now for my wife to learn ofhim. Here preached a confident young coxcomb. So home, and I staid awhile with Sir J. Minnes, at Mrs. Turner's, hearing his parrat talk, laugh, and crow, which it do to admiration. So home and with my wife tosee Sir W. Pen, and thence to my uncle Wight, and took him at supper andsat down, where methinks my uncle is more kind than he used to be bothto me now, and my father tell me to him also, which I am glad at. Aftersupper home, it being extraordinary dark, and by chance a lanthorn cameby, and so we hired it to light us home, otherwise were we no soonerwithin doors but a great showre fell that had doused us cruelly if wehad not been within, it being as dark as pitch. So to prayers and tobed. 

17th. Up, and then fell into discourse, my wife and I to Ashwell, andmuch against my will I am fain to express a willingness to Ashwell thatshe should go from us, and yet in my mind I am glad of it, to ease me ofthe charge. So she is to go to her father this day. And leaving my wifeand her talking highly, I went away by coach with Sir J. Minnes and SirW. Batten to St. James's, and there attended of course the Duke. And soto White Hall, where I met Mr. Moore, and he tells me with great sorrowof my lord's being debauched he fears by this woman at Chelsey, which Iam troubled at, and resolve to speak to him of it if I can seasonably. Thence home, where I dined, and after dinner comes our old mayde Susanto look for a gorgett that she says she has lost by leaving it here, and by many circumstances it being clear to me that Hannah, our presentcook-mayde, not only has it, but had it on upon her necke when Susancame in, and shifted it off presently upon her coming in, I did chargeher so home with it (having a mind to have her gone from us), that ina huff she told us she would be gone to-night if I would pay her herwages, which I was glad and my wife of, and so fetched her her wages, and though I am doubtful that she may convey some things away with herclothes, my wife searching them, yet we are glad of her being so gone, and so she went away in a quarter of an hour's time. Being much amusedat this to have never a maid but Ashwell, that we do not intend to keep, nor a boy, and my wife and I being left for an hour, till my brothercame in, alone in the house, I grew very melancholy, and so my brotherbeing come in I went forth to Mrs. Holden's, to whom I formerly spokeabout a girle to come to me instead of a boy, and the like I did toMrs. Standing and also to my brother Tom, whom I found at an alehouse inPopinjay ally drinking, and I standing with him at the gate of theally, Ashwell came by, and so I left Tom and went almost home with her, talking of her going away. I find that she is willing to go, and toldher (though behind my back my wife has told her that it was more mydesire than hers that she should go, which was not well), that seeingmy wife and she could not agree I did choose rather (was she my sister)have her gone, it would be better for us and for her too. To which shewilling agreed, and will not tell me anything but that she do believethat my wife would have some body there that might not be so liable togive me information of things as she takes her to be. But, however, Imust later to prevent all that. I parted with her near home, agreeing totake no notice of my coming along with her, and so by and by came homeafter her. Where I find a sad distracted house, which troubles me. However, to supper and prayers and to bed. And while we were getting tobed my wife began to discourse to her, and plainly asked whether she hadgot a place or no. And the other answered that she could go if we wouldto one of our own office, to which we agreed if she would. She thereuponsaid no; she would not go to any but where she might teach children, because of keeping herself in use of what things she had earnt, whichshe do not here nor will there, but only dressing. By which Iperceive the wench is cunning, but one very fit for such a place, andaccomplished to be woman to any lady in the land. So quietly to sleep, it being a cold night. But till my house is settled, I do not see that Ican mind my business of the office, which grieves me to the heart. But Ihope all will over in a little time, and I hope to the best. This day atMrs. Holden's I found my new low crowned beaver according to the presentfashion made, and will be sent home to-morrow. 

18th. Up and to my office, where we sat all the morning. And at noonhome, and my father came and dined with me, Susan being come and helpedmy wife to dress dinner. After dinner my father and I talked about ourcountry-matters, and in fine I find that he thinks L50 per ann. Will gonear to keep them all, which I am glad of. He having taken his leave ofme and my wife without any mention of the differences between them andmy wife in the country, I went forth to several places about businesses, and so home again, and after prayers to bed. 

19th. Up betimes, and my wife up and about the house, Susan beginning tohave her drunken tricks, and put us in mind of her old faults and follyand distractednesse, which we had forgot, so that I became mightilytroubled with her. This morning came my joyners to new lay the floors, and begun with the dining room. I out and see my viall again, and it isvery well, and to Mr. Hollyard, and took some pills of him and a noteunder his hand to drink wine with my beere, without which I was obliged, by my private vowe, to drink none a good while, and have strictlyobserved it, and by my drinking of small beere and not eating, I am somightily troubled with wind, that I know not what to do almost. Thenceto White Hall, and there met Mr. Moore, and fell a-talking about myLord's folly at Chelsey, and it was our discourse by water to Londonand to the great coffee house against the Exchange, where we sat a goodwhile talking; and I find that my lord is wholly given up to thiswench, who it seems has been reputed a common strumpett. I have littleencouragement from Mr. Moore to meddle with it to tell my Lord, for fearit may do him no good, but me hurt. Thence homewards, taking leave ofhim, and met Tom Marsh, my old acquaintance at Westminster, who talksmightily of the honour of his place, being Clerke Assistant to theClerke of the House of Commons, and I take him to be a coxcombe, and sodid give him half a pint of wine, but drink none myself, and so got shutof him. So home, and there found my wife almost mad with Susan's tricks, so as she is forced to let her go and leave the house all in dirt andthe clothes all wet, and gets Goody Taylour to do the business forher till another comes. Here came Will Howe, and he and I alone in mychamber talking of my Lord, who drives me out of love to my Lord to tellmy Lord of the matter we discoursed of, which tend so much to the ruinof his state, and so I resolved to take a good heart and do whatevercomes of it. He gone, we sat down and eat a bit of dinner fetched fromthe cooke's, and so up again and to my joyners, who will make my floorsvery handsome. By and by comes in Pembleton, which begun to make mesweat, but I did give him so little countenance, and declared at oneword against dancing any more, and bid him a short (God be with you)myself, and so he took as short a leave of my wife and so went away, and I think without any time of receiving any great satisfaction frommy wife or invitation to come again. To my office till it was dark doingbusiness, and so home by candle light to make up my accounts for my Lordand Mr. Moore. By and by comes Mr. Moore to me, and staid a good whilewith me making up his accounts and mine, and we did not come to any endtherein for want of his papers, and so put it off to another time. Hesupped with me in all my dirt and disorder, and so went away and we tobed. I discoursed with him a great while about my speaking to my Lordof his business, and I apprehend from him that it is likely to proveperhaps of bad effect to me and no good to him, and therefore I shalleven let it alone and let God do his will, at least till my Lord isin the country, and then we shall see whether he resolves to come toChelsey again or no, and so order the stopping of him therein if we can. 

20th. Up betimes and to my office (having first been angry with mybrother John, and in the heat of my sudden passion called him Asse andcoxcomb, for which I am sorry, it being but for leaving the key of hischamber with a spring lock within side of his door), and there we satall the morning, and at noon dined at home, and there found a littlegirl, which she told my wife her name was Jinny, by which name we shallcall her. I think a good likely girl, and a parish child of St. Bride's, of honest parentage, and recommended by the churchwarden. After dinneramong my joyners laying my floors, which please me well, and so to myoffice, and we sat this afternoon upon an extraordinary business ofvictualling. In the evening came Commissioner Pett, who fell foule onmee for my carriage to him at Chatham, wherein, after protestation of mylove and good meaning to him, he was quiet; but I doubt he will not beable to do the service there that any other man of his ability would. Home in the evening my viall (and lute new strung being brought hometoo), and I would have paid Mr. Hunt for it, but he did not come alongwith it himself, which I expected and was angry for it, so much is itagainst my nature to owe anything to any body. This evening the girlethat was brought to me to-day for so good a one, being cleansed of licethis day by my wife, and good, new clothes put on her back, she run awayfrom Goody Taylour that was shewing her the way to the bakehouse, and weheard no more of her. So to supper and to bed. 

21st. Up betimes and among my joyners, and to my office, where thejoyners are also laying mouldings in the inside of my closet. Thenabroad and by water to White Hall, and there got Sir G. Carteret to signme my last quarter's bills for my wages, and meeting with Mr. Creed hetold me how my Lord Teviott hath received another attaque from Guylandat Tangier with 10, 000 men, and at last, as is said, is come, after apersonal treaty with him, to a good understanding and peace with him. Thence to my brother's, and there told him how my girl has served uswhich he sent me, and directed him to get my clothes again, and get thegirl whipped. So to other places by the way about small businesses, andso home, and after looking over all my workmen, I went by water and landto Deptford, and there found by appointment Sir W. Batten, but he wasgot to Mr. Waith's to dinner, where I dined with him, a good dinnerand good discourse, and his wife, I believe, a good woman. We fell indiscourse of Captain Cocke, and how his lady has lost all her fine linenalmost, but besides that they say she gives out she had L3000 worth oflinen, which we all laugh at, and Sir W. Batten (who I perceive isnot so fond of the Captain as he used to be, and less of her, fromher slight receiving of him and his lady it seems once) told me how heshould say that he see he must spend L700 per ann. Get it how he could, which was a high speech, and by all men's discover, his estate notgood enough to spend so much. After dinner altered our design to goto Woolwich, and put it off to to-morrow morning, and so went all toGreenwich (Mrs. Waith excepted, who went thither, but not to thesame house with us, but to her father's, that lives there), to themusique-house, where we had paltry musique, till the master organistcame, whom by discourse I afterwards knew, having employed him for myLord Sandwich, to prick out something (his name Arundell), and he didgive me a fine voluntary or two, and so home by water, and at home Ifind my girl that run away brought by a bedel of St. Bride's Parish, and stripped her and sent her away, and a newe one come, of Griffin'shelping to, which I think will prove a pretty girl. Her name, Susan, and so to supper after having this evening paid Mr. Hunt L3 for my viall(besides the carving which I paid this day 10s. For to the carver), andhe tells me that I may, without flattery, say, I have as good a Theorboviall and viallin as is in England. So to bed. 

22nd. Up by four o'clock to go with Sir W. Batten to Woolwich and SirJ. Minnes, which we did, though not before 6 or 7 by their laying a-bed. Our business was to survey the new wharf building there, in order to thegiving more to him that do it (Mr. Randall) than contracted for, butI see no reason for it, though it be well done, yet no better thancontracted to be. Here we eat and drank at the Clerke of the Cheques, and in taking water at the Tower gate, we drank a cup of strong water, which I did out of pure conscience to my health, and I think is notexcepted by my oaths, but it is a thing I shall not do again, hopingto have no such occasion. After breakfast Mr. Castle and I walked toGreenwich, and in our way met some gypsys, who would needs tell me myfortune, and I suffered one of them, who told me many things common asothers do, but bade me beware of a John and a Thomas, for they did seekto do me hurt, and that somebody should be with me this day se'nnight toborrow money of me, but I should lend him none. She got ninepence of me. And so I left them and to Greenwich and so to Deptford, where the twoknights were come, and thence home by water, where I find my closet doneat my office to my mind and work gone well on at home; and Ashwell goneabroad to her father, my wife having spoken plainly to her. After dinnerto my office, getting my closet made clean and setting some papers inorder, and so in the evening home and to bed. This day Sir W. Battentells me that Mr. Newburne (of whom the nickname came up among usforarse Tom Newburne) is dead of eating cowcumbers, of which, the otherday, I heard another, I think Sir Nicholas Crisp's son. 

23rd (Lord's day). Up and to church without my wife, she being alldirty, as my house is. God forgive me, I looked about to see if I couldspy Pembleton, but I could not, which did please me not a little. Home to dinner, and then to walk up and down in my house with my wife, discoursing of our family matters, and I hope, after all my troubles ofmind and jealousy, we shall live happily still. To church again, and sohome to my wife; and with her read "Iter Boreale, " a poem, made justat the King's coming home; but I never read it before, and now like itpretty well, but not so as it was cried up. So to supper. No pleasure ordiscourse with Ashwell, with whom for her neglect and unconcernment todo any thing in this time of dirt and trouble in the house, but gaddingabroad as she has been all this afternoon, I know not whither. Aftersupper to prayers and to bed, having been, by a sudden letter coming tome from Mr. Coventry, been with Sir W. Pen, to discourse with him aboutsending 500 soldiers into Ireland. I doubt matters do not go very rightthere. 

24th. Up very early, and my joyners came to work. I to Mr. Moore; fromhim came back home again, and drew up an account to my Lord, and thatbeing done met him at my Lord Sandwich's, where I was a good while alonewith my Lord; and I perceive he confides in me and loves me as he usesto do, and tells me his condition, which is now very well all I fearis that he will not live within compass, for I am told this morning ofstrange dotages of his upon the slut at Chelsea, even in the presenceof his daughter, my Lady Jem, and Mrs. Ferrets, who took notice of it. There come to him this morning his prints of the river Tagus and theCity of Lisbon, which he measured with his own hand, and printed bycommand of the King. My Lord pleases himself with it, but methinks itought to have been better done than by jobing. Besides I put him uponhaving some took off upon white sattin, which he ordered presently. Ioffered my Lord my accounts, and did give him up his old bond for L500and took a new one of him for L700, which I am by lending him more moneyto make up: and I am glad of it. My Lord would have had me dine withhim, but I had a mind to go home to my workmen, and so took a kind goodbye of him, and so with Creed to St. James's, and, missing Mr. Coventry, walked to the New Exchange, and there drank some whey, and so I by waterhome, and found my closett at my office made very clean and neat to mymind mightily, and home to dinner, and then to my office to brush mybooks, and put them and my papers in order again, and all the afternoontill late at night doing business there, and so home to supper, and thento work in my chamber, making matters of this day's accounts clear in mybooks, they being a little extraordinary, and so being very late I putmyself to bed, the rest being long ago gone. 

25th. Up very early and removed the things out of my chamber into thedining room, it being to be new floored this day. So the workmen beingcome and falling to work there, I to the office, and thence down toLymehouse to Phin. Pett's about masts, and so back to the office, wherewe sat; and being rose, and Mr. Coventry being gone, taking his leave, for that he is to go to the Bath with the Duke to-morrow, I to the'Change and there spoke with several persons, and lastly with Sir W. Warren, and with him to a Coffee House, and there sat two hours talkingof office business and Mr. Wood's knavery, which I verily believe, andlastly he tells me that he hears that Captain Cocke is like to become aprincipal officer, either a Controller or a Surveyor, at which I am notsorry so either of the other may be gone, and I think it probable enoughthat it may be so. So home at 2 o'clock, and there I found Ashwell gone, and her wages come to 50s. , and my wife, by a mistake from me, did giveher 20s. More; but I am glad that she is gone and the charge saved. After dinner among my joyners, and with them till dark night, and thisnight they made an end of all; and so having paid them 40s. For theirsix days' work, I am glad they have ended and are gone, for I am wearyand my wife too of this dirt. My wife growing peevish at night, beingweary, and I a little vexed to see that she do not retain things in hermemory that belong to the house as she ought and I myself do, I went outin a little seeming discontent to the office, and after being there awhile, home to supper and to bed. To-morrow they say the King and theDuke set out for the Bath. This noon going to the Exchange, I met a finefellow with trumpets before him in Leadenhall-street, and upon enquiryI find that he is the clerk of the City Market; and three or four mencarried each of them an arrow of a pound weight in their hands. It seemsthis Lord Mayor begins again an old custome, that upon the three firstdays of Bartholomew Fayre, the first, there is a match of wrestling, which was done, and the Lord Mayor there and Aldermen in Moorefieldsyesterday: to-day, shooting: and to-morrow, hunting. And this officer ofcourse is to perform this ceremony of riding through the city, I thinkto proclaim or challenge any to shoot. It seems that the people of thefayre cry out upon it as a great hindrance to them. 

26th. Up, and after doing something in order to the putting of my housein order now the joynery is done, I went by water to White Hall, wherethe Court full of waggons and horses, the King and Court going this dayout towards the Bath, and I to St. James's, where I spent an hour ormore talking of many things to my great content with Mr. Coventry in hischamber, he being ready to set forth too with the Duke to-day, and soleft him, and I meeting Mr. Gauden, with him to our offices and in SirW. Pen's chamber did discourse by a meeting on purpose with Mr. Waithabout the victualling business and came to some issue in it. So home todinner, and Mr. Moore came and dined with me, and after dinner I paidhim some money which evened all reckonings between him and me to thisday, and for my Lord also I paid him some money, so that now my Lordowes me, for which I have his bond, just L700. After long discourse withhim of the fitness of his giving me a receipt for this money, which Ifor my security think necessary and he otherwise do not think so, atlast, after being a little angry, and I resolving not to let go my moneywithout it, he did give me one. Thence I took him, and he and I took apleasant walk to Deptford and back again, I doing much business there. He went home and I home also, indoors to supper, being very glad to seemy house begin to look like itself again, hoping after this is over notto be in any dirt a great while again, but it is very handsome, andwill be more when the floors come to be of one colour. So weary to bed. Pleased this day to see Captain Hickes come to me with a list of allthe officers of Deptford Yard, wherein he, being a high old Cavalier, do give me an account of every one of them to their reproach in allrespects, and discovers many of their knaverys; and tells me, and so Ithank God I hear every where, that my name is up for a good husband forthe King, and a good man, for which I bless God; and that he did this byparticular direction of Mr. Coventry. 

27th. Up, after much pleasant talke with my wife and a little thatvexes me, for I see that she is confirmed in it that all that I do is bydesign, and that my very keeping of the house in dirt, and the doing ofthis and any thing else in the house, is but to find her employment tokeep her within and from minding of her pleasure, in which, though Iam sorry to see she minds it, is true enough in a great degree. To myoffice, and there we sat and despatched much business. Home and dinedwith my wife well, and then up and made clean my closet of books, andhad my chamber a third time made very clean, so that it is now in a veryfine condition. Thence down to see some good plank in the river with SirW. Batten and back again, it being a very cold day and a cold wind. Homeagain, and after seeing Sir W. Pen, to my office, and there till latedoing of business, being mightily encouraged by every body that I meetwithal upon the 'Change and every where else, that I am taken noticeof for a man that do the King's business wholly and well. For which theLord be praised, for I know no honour I desire more. Home to supper, where I find my house very clean from top to bottom again to my greatcontent. I found a feacho (as he calls it) of fine sugar and a case oforange-flower water come from Mr. Cocke, of Lisbon, the fruits of mylast year's service to him, which I did in great justice to the man, aperfect stranger. He sends it me desiring that I would not let Sir J. Minnes know it, from whom he expected to have found the service donethat he had from me, from whom he could expect nothing, and the otherfailed him, and would have done I am sure to this day had not I broughtit to some end. After supper to bed. 

28th. At the office betimes (it being cold all night and this morning, and a very great frost they say abroad, which is much, having had nosummer at all almost), where we sat, and in the afternoon also aboutsettling the establishment of the number of men borne on ships, &c. , till the evening, and after that in my closet till late, and quite tiredwith business, home to supper and to bed. 

29th. Abroad with my wife by water to Westminster, and there left her atmy Lord's lodgings, and I to Jervas the barber's, and there was trimmed, and did deliver back a periwigg, which he brought by my desire theother day to show me, having some thoughts, though no great desire orresolution yet to wear one, and so I put it off for a while. Thence tomy wife, and calling at both the Exchanges, buying stockings for her andmyself, and also at Leadenhall, where she and I, it being candlelight, bought meat for to-morrow, having never a mayde to do it, and I myselfbought, while my wife was gone to another shop, a leg of beef, a goodone, for six pense, and my wife says is worth my money. So walked homewith a woman carrying our things. I am mightily displeased at a letterTom sent me last night, to borrow L20 more of me, and yet gives meno account, as I have long desired, how matters stand with him in theworld. I am troubled also to see how, contrary to my expectation, mybrother John neither is the scholler nor minds his studies as I thoughtwould have done, but loiters away his time, so that I must send him soonto Cambridge again. 

31st. Up and to my office all the morning, where Sir W. Batten and SirJ. Minnes did pay the short allowance money to the East India companies, and by the assistance of the City Marshall and his men, did lay hold oftwo or three of the chief of the companies that were in the mutiny theother day, and sent them to prison. This noon came Jane Gentleman toserve my wife as her chamber mayde. I wish she may prove well. So endsthis month, with my mind pretty well in quiett, and in good dispositionof health since my drinking at home of a little wine with my beer; butno where else do I drink any wine at all. The King and Queen and theCourt at the Bath, my Lord Sandwich in the country newly gone. 

SEPTEMBER 1663

Sept. 1st. Up pretty betimes, and after a little at my viall to myoffice, where we sat all the morning, and I got my bill among others formy carved work (which I expected to have paid for myself) signed at thetable, and hope to get the money back again, though if the rest had notgot it paid by the King, I never intended nor did desire to have him payfor my vanity. In the evening my brother John coming to me to complainthat my wife seems to be discontented at his being here, and showshim great disrespect; so I took and walked with him in the garden, anddiscoursed long with him about my affairs, and how imprudent it is formy father and mother and him to take exceptions without great cause atmy wife, considering how much it concerns them to keep her their friendand for my peace; not that I would ever be led by her to forget ordesert them in the main, but yet she deserves to be pleased and compliedwith a little, considering the manner of life that I keep her to, andhow convenient it were for me to have Brampton for her to be sent towhen I have a mind or occasion to go abroad to Portsmouth or elsewhere. So directed him how to behave himself to her, and gave him othercounsel; and so to my office, where late. 

2nd. Up betimes and to my office, and thence with Sir J. Minnes bycoach to White Hall, where met us Sir W. Batten, and there staid by theCouncil Chamber till the Lords called us in, being appointed four daysago to attend them with an account of the riott among the seamen theother day, when Sir J. Minnes did as like a coxcomb as ever I saw anyman speak in my life, and so we were dismissed, they making nothingalmost of the matter. We staid long without, till by and by my LordMayor comes, who also was commanded to be there, and he having, we notbeing within with him, an admonition from the Lords to take bettercare of preserving the peace, we joyned with him, and the Lords havingcommanded Sir J. Minnes to prosecute the fellows for the riott, we rodealong with my Lord Mayor in his coach to the Sessions House in the OldBayley, where the Sessions are now sitting. Here I heard two or threeordinary tryalls, among others one (which, they say, is very commonnow-a-days, and therefore in my now taking of mayds I resolve to look tohave some body to answer for them) a woman that went and was indictedby four names for entering herself a cookemayde to a gentleman thatprosecuted her there, and after 3 days run away with a silver tankard, a porringer of silver, and a couple of spoons, and being now found isfound guilty, and likely will be hanged. By and by up to dinner with myLord Mayor and the Aldermen, and a very great dinner and most excellentvenison, but it almost made me sick by not daring to drink wine. Afterdinner into a withdrawing room; and there we talked, among other things, of the Lord Mayor's sword. They tell me this sword, they believe, isat least a hundred or two hundred years old; and another that he hath, which is called the Black Sword, which the Lord Mayor wears when hemournes, but properly is their Lenten sword to wear upon Good Friday andother Lent days, is older than that. Thence I, leaving Sir J. Minnes tolook after his indictment drawing up, I home by water, and there foundmy wife mightily pleased with a present of shells, fine shells given herby Captain Hickes, and so she and I up and look them over, and indeedthey are very pleasant ones. By and by in comes Mr. Lewellin, latelycome from Ireland, to see me, and he tells me how the English interestfalls mightily there, the Irish party being too great, so that mostof the old rebells are found innocent, and their lands, which wereforfeited and bought or given to the English, are restored to them;which gives great discontent there among the English. He being gone, Ito my office, where late, putting things in order, and so home to supperand to bed. Going through the City, my Lord Mayor told me how the pillerset up by Exeter House is only to show where the pipes of water run tothe City; and observed that this City is as well watered as any cityin the world, and that the bringing the water to the City hath cost itfirst and last above L300, 000; but by the new building, and the buildingof St. James's by my Lord St. Albans, [It was at this time that the Earl of St. Albans planned St. James's Square, which was first styled "The Piazza. " The "Warrant for a grant to Baptist May and Abraham Cowley on nomination of the Earl of St. Albans of several parcels of ground in Pall Mall described, on rental of L80, for building thereon a square of 13 or 14 great and good houses, " was dated September 24th, 1664. ]

which is now about (and which the City stomach I perceive highly, butdare not oppose it), were it now to be done, it would not be done for amillion of money. 

3rd. Up betimes, and for an hour at my viall before my people rise. Thenup and to the office a while, and then to Sir W. Batten, who is goingthis day for pleasure down to the Downes. I eat a breakfast with them, and at my Lady's desire with them by coach to Greenwich, where I wentaboard with them on the Charlotte yacht. The wind very fresh, andI believe they will be all sicke enough, besides that she is mightytroublesome on the water. Methinks she makes over much of her husband'sward, young Mr. Griffin, as if she expected some service from him whenhe comes to it, being a pretty young boy. I left them under sayle, andI to Deptford, and, after a word or two with Sir J. Minnes, walked toRedriffe and so home. In my way, it coming into my head, overtaking of abeggar or two on the way that looked like Gypsys, what the Gypsys 8 or9 days ago had foretold, that somebody that day se'nnight should be withme to borrow money, but I should lend none; and looking, when I came tomy office, upon my journall, that my brother John had brought a letterthat day from my brother Tom to borrow L20 more of me, which had vexedme so that I had sent the letter to my father into the country, toacquaint him of it, and how little he is beforehand that he is stillforced to borrow. But it pleased me mightily to see how, contrary tomy expectations, having so lately lent him L20, and belief that he hadmoney by him to spare, and that after some days not thinking of it, I should look back and find what the Gypsy had told me to be so true. After dinner at home to my office, and there till late doing business, being very well pleased with Mr. Cutler's coming to me about somebusiness, and among other things tells me that they value me as a man ofbusiness, which he accounts the best virtuoso, and I know his thinkingme so, and speaking where he comes, may be of good use to me. Home tosupper, and to bed. 

4th. Up betimes, and an hour at my viall, and then abroad by water toWhite Hall and Westminster Hall, and there bought the first newes-booksof L'Estrange's writing;

 [Roger L'Estrange, a voluminous writer of pamphlets and periodical papers, and translator of classics, &c. Born 1616. He was Licenser of the Press to Charles II. And James II. ; and M. P. For Winchester in James II. 's parliament. L'Estrange was knighted in the reign of James II. , and died 1704. In 1663 L'Estrange set up a paper called "The Public Intelligencer, " which came out on August 31st, and continued to be published twice a week till January 19th, 1665, when it was superseded by the scheme of publishing the "London Gazette, " the first number of which appeared on February 4th following. ]

he beginning this week; and makes, methinks, but a simple beginning. Then to speak to Mrs. Lane, who seems desirous to have me come to seeher and to have her company as I had a little while ago, which methinksif she were very modest, considering how I tumbled her and tost her, sheshould not. Thence to Mrs. Harper, and sent for Creed, and there Mrs. Harper sent for a maid for me to come to live with my wife. I like themaid's looks well enough, and I believe may do well, she looking verymodestly and speaking so too. I directed her to speak with my wife, andso Creed and I away to Mr. Povy's, and he not being at home, walkedto Lincoln's Inn walks, which they are making very fine, and about oneo'clock went back to Povy's; and by and by in comes he, and so we satand down to dinner, and his lady, whom I never saw before (a handsomeold woman that brought him money that makes him do as he does), and sowe had plenty of meat and drink, though I drunk no wine, though mightilyurged to it, and in the exact manner that I never saw in my life anywhere, and he the most full and satisfied in it that man can be in thisworld with any thing. After dinner done, to see his new cellars, whichhe has made so fine with so noble an arch and such contrivances forhis barrels and bottles, and in a room next to it such a grotto andfountayne, which in summer will be so pleasant as nothing in the worldcan be almost. But to see how he himself do pride himself too muchin it, and command and expect to have all admiration, though indeedeverything do highly deserve it, is a little troublesome. Thence Creedand I away, and by his importunity away by coach to Bartholomew Fayre, where I have no mind to go without my wife, and therefore rode throughthe fayre without 'lighting, and away home, leaving him there; and athome made my wife get herself presently ready, and so carried her bycoach to the fayre, and showed her the monkeys dancing on the ropes, which was strange, but such dirty sport that I was not pleased with it. There was also a horse with hoofs like rams hornes, a goose with fourfeet, and a cock with three. Thence to another place, and saw someGerman Clocke works, the Salutation of the Virgin Mary, and severalScriptural stories; but above all there was at last represented the sea, with Neptune, Venus, mermaids, and Ayrid on a dolphin, the sea rocking, so well done, that had it been in a gaudy manner and place, and at alittle distance, it had been admirable. Thence home by coach with mywife, and I awhile to the office, and so to supper and to bed. Thisday I read a Proclamation for calling in and commanding every body toapprehend my Lord Bristoll. 

5th. Up betimes and to my viall awhile, and so to the office, and theresat, and busy all the morning. So at noon to the Exchange, and sohome to dinner, where I met Creed, who dined with me, and after dinnermightily importuned by Captain Hicks, who came to tell my wife the namesand story of all the shells, which was a pretty present he made her theother day. He being gone, Creed, my wife, and I to Cornhill, and aftermany tryalls bought my wife a chintz, that is, a painted Indian callico, for to line her new study, which is very pretty. So home with her, andthen I away (Creed being gone) to Captain Minors upon Tower Hill, andthere, abating only some impertinence of his, I did inform myselfwell in things relating to the East Indys; both of the country and thedisappointment the King met with the last voyage, by the knavery of thePortugall Viceroy, and the inconsiderablenesse of the place of Bombaim, [Bombay, which was transferred to the East India Company in 1669. The seat of the Western Presidency of India was removed from Surat to Bombay in 1685-87. ]

if we had had it. But, above all things, it seems strange to me thatmatters should not be understood before they went out; and also thatsuch a thing as this, which was expected to be one of the best parts ofthe Queen's portion, should not be better understood; it being, if wehad it, but a poor place, and not really so as was described to our Kingin the draught of it, but a poor little island; whereas they made theKing and Lord Chancellor, and other learned men about the King, believethat that, and other islands which are near it, were all one piece; andso the draught was drawn and presented to the King, and believed by theKing and expected to prove so when our men came thither; but it is quiteotherwise. Thence to my office, and after several letters writ, home tosupper and to bed, and took a pill. I hear this day that Sir W. Battenwas fain to put ashore at Queenborough with my Lady, who has been sosick she swears never to go to sea again. But it happens well thatHolmes is come home into the Downes, where he will meet my Lady, and itmay be do her more good than she looked for. He brings news of the peacebetween Tangier and the Moors, but the particulars I know not. He iscome but yesterday. 

6th (Lord's day). My pill I took last night worked very well, and I laylong in bed and sweat to get away the itching all about my body fromhead to foot, which is beginning again as it did the last winter, andI find after I am up that it is abated. I staid at home all day and mywife also, whom, God forgive me, I staid along with me for fear of herseeing of Pembleton. But she and I entertained one another all daylong with great pleasure, contriving about my wife's closet and thebedchamber, whither we intend to go up she and I to-day. We dined aloneand supped also at night, my brother John with us, and so to prayers andto bed. 

7th. Up pretty betimes, and awhile to my vyall, and then abroad toseveral places, to buy things for the furnishing my house and my wife'scloset, and then met my uncle Thomas, by appointment, and he and I tothe Prerogative Office in Paternoster Row, and there searched and foundmy uncle Day's will, end read it over and advised upon it, and hiswife's after him, and though my aunt Perkins testimony is very good, yetI fear the estate being great, and the rest that are able to inform usin the matter are all possessed of more or less of the estate, it willbe hard for us ever to do anything, nor will I adventure anything tillI see what part will be given to us by my uncle Thomas of all that isgained. But I had another end of putting my uncle into some doubt, thatso I might keep him: yet from going into the country that he may bethere against the Court at his own charge, and so I left him and his sonat a loss what to do till I see them again. And so I to my Lord Crew's, thinking to have dined there, but it was too late, and so back andcalled at my brother's and Mr. Holden's about several businesses, andwent all alone to the Black Spread Eagle in Bride Lane, and there had achopp of veale and some bread, cheese, and beer, cost me a shilling tomy dinner, and so through Fleet Ally, God forgive me, out of an itchto look upon the sluts there, against which when I saw them my stomachturned, and so to Bartholomew Fayre, where I met with Mr. Pickering, andhe and I to see the monkeys at the Dutch house, which is far beyondthe other that my wife and I saw the other day; and thence to see thedancing on the ropes, which was very poor and tedious. But he and I fellin discourse about my Lord Sandwich. He tells me how he is sorry formy Lord at his being at Chelsey, and that his but seeming so to my Lordwithout speaking one word, had put him clear out of my Lord's favour, so as that he was fain to leave him before he went into the country, forthat he was put to eat with his servants; but I could not fish from him, though I knew it, what was the matter; but am very sorry to see thatmy Lord hath thus much forgot his honour, but am resolved not to meddlewith it. The play being done, I stole from him and hied home, buyingseveral things at the ironmonger's--dogs, tongs, and shovels--for mywife's closett and the rest of my house, and so home, and thence tomy office awhile, and so home to supper and to bed. By my letters fromTangier today I hear that it grows very strong by land, and the Molegoes on. They have lately killed two hundred of the Moores, and lostabout forty or fifty. I am mightily afeard of laying out too much moneyin goods upon my house, but it is not money flung away, though Ireckon nothing money but when it is in the bank, till I have a good sumbeforehand in the world. 

8th. Up and to my viall a while, and then to my office on Phillipshaving brought me a draught of the Katherine yacht, prettily well donefor the common way of doing it. At the office all the morning makingup our last half year's account to my Lord Treasurer, which comes toL160, 000 or there abouts, the proper expense of this half year, onlywith an addition of L13, 000 for the third due of the last account to theTreasurer for his disbursements, and L1100 for this half year's; so thatin three years and a half his thirds come to L14, 100. Dined at homewith my wife. It being washing day, we had a good pie baked of a leg ofmutton; and then to my office, and then abroad, and among other placesto Moxon's, and there bought a payre of globes cost me L3 10s. , withwhich I am well pleased, I buying them principally for my wife, who hasa mind to understand them, and I shall take pleasure to teach her. Buthere I saw his great window in his dining room, where there is the twoTerrestrial Hemispheres, so painted as I never saw in my life, andnobly done and to good purpose, done by his own hand. Thence home to myoffice, and there at business late, and then to supper home and to bed, my people sitting up longer than ordinary before they had done theirwashing. 

9th. Up by break of day, and then to my vials a while, and so to Sir W. Warren's by agreement, and after talking and eating something with him, he and I down by water to Woolwich, and there I did several businesses, and had good discourse, and thence walked to Greenwich; in my way alittle boy overtook us with a fine cupp turned out of Lignum Vitae, which the poor child confessed was made in the King's yard by hisfather, a turner there, and that he do often do it, and that I mighthave one, and God knows what, which I shall examine. Thence to Sir W. Warren's again, and there drew up a contract for masts which he is tosell us, and so home to dinner, finding my poor wife busy. I, afterdinner, to the office, and then to White Hall, to Sir G. Carteret's, but did not speak with him, and so to Westminster Hall, God forgive me, thinking to meet Mrs. Lane, but she was not there, but here I met withNed Pickering, with whom I walked 3 or 4 hours till evening, he tellingme the whole business of my Lord's folly with this Mrs. Becke, atChelsey, of all which I am ashamed to see my Lord so grossly play thebeast and fool, to the flinging off of all honour, friends, servants, and every thing and person that is good, and only will have his privatelust undisturbed with this common.... His sitting up night after nightalone, suffering nobody to come to them, and all the day too, castingoff Pickering, basely reproaching him with his small estate, which yetis a good one, and other poor courses to obtain privacy beneath hishonour, and with his carrying her abroad and playing on his lute underher window, and forty other poor sordid things, which I am grieved tohear; but believe it to no purpose for me to meddle with it, but let himgo on till God Almighty and his own conscience and thoughts of his ladyand family do it. So after long discourse, to my full satisfaction butgreat trouble, I home by water and at my office late, and so to supperto my poor wife, and so to bed, being troubled to think that I shall beforced to go to Brampton the next Court, next week. 

10th. Up betimes and to my office, and there sat all the morning makinga great contract with Sir W. Warren for L3, 000 worth of masts; but, goodGod! to see what a man might do, were I a knave, the whole business frombeginning to end being done by me out of the office, and signed to bythem upon the once reading of it to them, without the least care orconsultation either of quality, price, number, or need of them, only ingeneral that it was good to have a store. But I hope my pains was such, as the King has the best bargain of masts has been bought these 27 yearsin this office. Dined at home and then to my office again, many peopleabout business with me, and then stepped a little abroad about businessto the Wardrobe, but missed Mr. Moore, and elswhere, and in my way metMr. Moore, who tells me of the good peace that is made at Tangier withthe Moores, but to continue but from six months to six months, andthat the Mole is laid out, and likely to be done with great ease andsuccesse, we to have a quantity of ground for our cattle about the townto our use. To my office late, and then home to supper, after writingletters, and to bed. This day our cook maid (we having no luck in maidsnow-adays), which was likely to prove a good servant, though none of thebest cooks, fell sick and is gone to her friends, having been with usbut 4 days. 

11th. This morning, about two or three o'clock, knocked up in our backyard, and rising to the window, being moonshine, I found it was theconstable and his watch, who had found our back yard door open, and socame in to see what the matter was. So I desired them to shut the door, and bid them good night, and so to bed again, and at 6 o'clock up anda while to my vyall, and then to the office, where all the morning uponthe victualler's accounts, and then with him to dinner at the Dolphin, where I eat well but drank no wine neither; which keeps me in such goodorder that I am mightily pleased with myself for it. Hither Mr. Moorecame to me, and he and I home and advised about business, and so afteran hour's examining the state of the Navy debts lately cast up, I tookcoach to Sir Philip Warwick's, but finding Sir G. Carteret there I didnot go in, but directly home, again, it raining hard, having first ofall been with Creed and Mrs. Harper about a cook maid, and am like tohave one from Creed's lodging. In my way home visited my Lord Crew andSir Thomas, thinking they might have enquired by the by of me touchingmy Lord's matters at Chelsey, but they said nothing, and so after someslight common talk I bid them good night. At home to my office, andafter a while doing business home to supper and bed. 

12th. Up betimes, and by water to White Hall; and thence to Sir PhilipWarwick, and there had half an hour's private discourse with him; anddid give him some good satisfaction in our Navy matters, and he also me, as to the money paid and due to the Navy; so as he makes me assured byparticulars, that Sir G. Carteret is paid within L80, 000 every farthingthat we to this day, nay to Michaelmas day next have demanded; and that, I am sure, is above L50, 000 snore than truly our expenses have been, whatever is become of the money. Home with great content that I havethus begun an acquaintance with him, who is a great man, and a man of asmuch business as any man in England; which I will endeavour to deserveand keep. Thence by water to my office, in here all the morning, and soto the 'Change at noon, and there by appointment met and bring home myuncle Thomas, who resolves to go with me to Brampton on Monday next. Iwish he may hold his mind. I do not tell him, and yet he believes thatthere is a Court to be that he is to do some business for us there. Thetruth is I do find him a much more cunning fellow than I ever took himfor, nay in his very drink he has his wits about him. I took him hometo dinner, and after dinner he began, after a glass of wine or two, toexclaim against Sir G. Carteret and his family in Jersey, bidding me tohave a care of him, and how high, proud, false, and politique a fellowhe is, and how low he has been under his command in the island. Afterdinner, and long discourse, he went away to meet on Monday morning, andI to my office, and thence by water to White Hall and WestminsterHall about several businesses, and so home, and to my office writing alaborious letter about our last account to my Lord Treasurer, which tookme to one o'clock in the morning, 13th (Lord's day). So that Griffin was fain to carry it to Westminsterto go by express, and my other letters of import to my father andelsewhere could not go at all. To bed between one and two and slept till8, and lay talking till 9 with great pleasure with my wife. So up andput my clothes in order against tomorrow's journey, and then at noonat dinner, and all the afternoon almost playing and discoursing with mywife with great content, and then to my office there to put papers inorder against my going. And by and by comes my uncle Wight to bid us todinner to-morrow to a haunch of venison I sent them yesterday, given meby Mr. Povy, but I cannot go, but my wife will. Then into the garden toread my weekly vows, and then home, where at supper saying to my wife, in ordinary fondness, "Well! shall you and I never travel togetheragain?" she took me up and offered and desired to go along with me. Ithinking by that means to have her safe from harm's way at home here, was willing enough to feign, and after some difficulties made did sendabout for a horse and other things, and so I think she will go. So, in ahurry getting myself and her things ready, to bed. 

14th. Up betimes, and my wife's mind and mine holding for her going, so she to get her ready, and I abroad to do the like for myself, and sohome, and after setting every thing at my office and at home in order, by coach to Bishop's Gate, it being a very promising fair day. Thereat the Dolphin we met my uncle Thomas and his son-in-law, which seems avery sober man, and Mr. Moore. So Mr. Moore and my wife set outbefore, and my uncle and I staid for his son Thomas, who, by a suddenresolution, is preparing to go with us, which makes me fear something ofmischief which they design to do us. He staying a great while, the oldman and I before, and about eight miles off, his son comes after us, andabout six miles further we overtake Mr. Moore and my wife, which makesme mightily consider what a great deal of ground is lost in a littletime, when it is to be got up again by another, that is to go his ownground and the other's too; and so after a little bayte (I paying allthe reckonings the whole journey) at Ware, to Buntingford, where mywife, by drinking some cold beer, being hot herself, presently after'lighting, begins to be sick, and became so pale, and I alone with herin a great chamber there, that I thought she would have died, and so ingreat horror, and having a great tryall of my true love and passionfor her, called the mayds and mistresse of the house, and so with somestrong water, and after a little vomit, she came to be pretty wellagain; and so to bed, and I having put her to bed with great content, Icalled in my company, and supped in the chamber by her, and being verymerry in talk, supped and then parted, and I to bed and lay very well. This day my cozen Thomas dropped his hanger, and it was lost. 

15th. Up pretty betimes and rode as far as Godmanehester, Mr. Moorehaving two falls, once in water and another in dirt, and there 'lightand eat and drunk, being all of us very weary, but especially my uncleand wife. Thence to Brampton to my father's, and there found all well, but not sensible how they ought to treat my uncle and his son, at leasttill the Court be over, which vexed me, but on my counsel theycarried it fair to them; and so my father, cozen Thomas, and I up toHinchingbroke, where I find my Lord and his company gone to Boughton, which vexed me; but there I find my Lady and the young ladies, and thereI alone with my Lady two hours, she carrying me through every part ofthe house and gardens, which are, and will be, mighty noble indeed. HereI saw Mrs. Betty Pickering, who is a very well-bred and comely lady, butvery fat. Thence, without so much as drinking, home with my father andcozen, who staid for me, and to a good supper; after I had had an hour'stalk with my father abroad in the fields, wherein he begun to talk veryhighly of my promises to him of giving him the profits of Sturtlow, asif it were nothing that I give him out of my purse, and that he wouldhave me to give this also from myself to my brothers and sister; I meanBrampton and all, I think: I confess I was angry to hear him talk inthat manner, and took him up roundly in it, and advised him if he couldnot live upon L50 per ann. , which was another part of his discourse, that he would think to come and live at Tom's again, where L50 per ann. Will be a good addition to Tom's trade, and I think that must be donewhen all is done. But my father spoke nothing more of it all the time Iwas in the country, though at the time he seemed to like it well enough. I also spoke with Piggott too this evening before I went in to supper, and doubt that I shall meet with some knots in my business to-morrowbefore I can do it at the Court, but I shall do my best. After suppermy uncle and his son to Stankes's to bed, which troubles me, all ourfather's beds being lent to Hinchingbroke, and so my wife and I to bed, she very weary. 

16th. Up betimes, and with my wife to Hinchingbroke to see my Lady, shebeing to go to my Lord this morning, and there I left her, and so backto the Court, and heard Sir R. Bernard's charges to the Courts Baronand Leete, which took up till noon, and were worth hearing, and afterputting my business into some way, went home to my father's to dinner, and after dinner to the Court, where Sir Robert and his son came againby and by, and then to our business, and my father and I having givenbond to him for the L21 Piggott owed him, my uncle Thomas did quietlyadmit himself and surrender to us the lands first mortgaged for ourwhole debt, and Sir Robert added to it what makes it up L209, to be paidin six months. But when I came to give him an account of more landsto be surrendered to us, wherein Piggott's wife was concerned, and shethere to give her consent, Sir Robert would not hear of it, but beganto talk very high that we were very cruel, and we had caution enoughfor our money, and he could not in conscience let the woman do it, andreproached my uncle, both he and his son, with taking use upon use forthis money. To all which I did give him such answers and spoke so well, and kept him so to it, that all the Court was silent to hear us, and byreport since do confess they did never hear the like in the place. Buthe by a wile had got our bond, and I was content to have as much as Icould though I could not get all, and so took Piggott's surrender ofthem without his wife, and by Sir Robert's own consent did tell theCourt that if the money were not paid in the time, and the securityprove not sufficient, I would conclude myself wronged by Sir Robert, which he granted I should do. This kept us till night, but am heartilyglad it ended so well on my uncle's part, he doing that and Prior'slittle house very willingly. So the Court broke up, and my father andMr. Shepley and I to Gorrum's to drink, and then I left them, and tothe Bull, where my uncle was to hear what he and the people said of ourbusiness, and here nothing but what liked me very well. So by and byhome and to supper, and with my mind in pretty good quiett, to bed. 

17th. Up, and my father being gone to bed ill last night and continuingso this morning, I was forced to come to a new consideration, whetherit was fit for to let my uncle and his son go to Wisbeach about my uncleDay's estate alone or no, and concluded it unfit; and so resolved to gowith them myself, leaving my wife there, I begun a journey with them, and with much ado, through the fens, along dikes, where sometimes wewere ready to have our horses sink to the belly, we got by night, withgreat deal of stir and hard riding, to Parson's Drove, a heathen place, where I found my uncle and aunt Perkins, and their daughters, poorwretches! in a sad, poor thatched cottage, like a poor barn, or stable, peeling of hemp, in which I did give myself good content to see theirmanner of preparing of hemp; and in a poor condition of habitt took themto our miserable inn, and there, after long stay, and hearing of Frank, their son, the miller, play, upon his treble, as he calls it, with whichhe earns part of his living, and singing of a country bawdy song, wesat down to supper; the whole crew, and Frank's wife and child, a sadcompany, of which I was ashamed, supped with us. And after supper I, talking with my aunt about her report concerning my uncle Day's will andsurrender, I found her in such different reports from what she writesand says to the people, and short of what I expected, that I fear littlewill be done of good in it. By and by newes is brought to us that one ofour horses is stole out of the stable, which proves my uncle's, at whichI am inwardly glad--I mean, that it was not mine; and at this we wereat a great loss; and they doubting a person that lay at next door, aLondoner, some lawyer's clerk, we caused him to be secured in his bed, and other care to be taken to seize the horse; and so about twelve atnight or more, to bed in a sad, cold, nasty chamber, only the mayde wasindifferent handsome, and so I had a kiss or two of her, and I to bed, and a little after I was asleep they waked me to tell me that the horsewas found, which was good newes, and so to sleep till the morning, butwas bit cruelly, and nobody else of our company, which I wonder at, bythe gnatts. 

18th. Up, and got our people together as soon as we could; and aftereating a dish of cold cream, which was my supper last night too, we tookleave of our beggarly company, though they seem good people, too; andover most sad Fenns, all the way observing the sad life which the peopleof the place which if they be born there, they do call the Breedlings'of the place, do live, sometimes rowing from one spot to another, andthen wadeing, to Wisbeach, a pretty town, and a fine church and library, where sundry very old abbey manuscripts; and a fine house, built on thechurch ground by Secretary Thurlow, and a fine gallery built for him inthe church, but now all in the Bishop of Ely's hands. After visitingthe church, &c. , we went out of the towne, by the help of a stranger, tofind out one Blinkhorne, a miller, of whom we might inquire something ofold Day's disposal of his estate, and in whose hands it now is; andby great chance we met him, and brought him to our inn to dinner; andinstead of being informed in his estate by this fellow, we find that heis the next heir to the estate, which was matter, of great sport to mycozen Thomas and me, to see such a fellow prevent us in our hopes, hebeing Day's brother's, daughter's son, whereas we are but his sister'ssons and grandsons; so that, after all, we were fain to propose ourmatter to him, and to get him to give us leave to look after thebusiness, and so he to have one-third part, and we two to have the othertwo-third parts, of what should be recovered of the estate, which heconsented to; and after some discourse and paying the reckoning, wemounted again, and rode, being very merry at our defeat, to Chatteris, my uncle very weary, and after supper, and my telling of three stories, to their good liking, of spirits, we all three in a chamber went to bed. 

19th. Up pretty betimes, and after eating something, we set out and I(being willing thereto) went by a mistake with them to St. Ives, andthere, it being known that it was their nearer way to London, I tookleave of them there, they going straight to London and I to Brampton, where I find my father ill in bed still, and Madam Norbery (whom and herfair daughter and sister I was ashamed to kiss, but did, my lip beingsore with riding in the wind and bit with the gnatts), lately come totown, come to see my father and mother, and they after a little staybeing gone, I told my father my success. And after dinner my wife andI took horse, and rode with marvellous, and the first and only hour of, pleasure, that ever I had in this estate since I had to do with it, toBrampton woods; and through the wood rode, and gathered nuts in my way, and then at Graffam to an old woman's house to drink, where my wife usedto go; and being in all circumstances highly pleased, and in my wife'sriding and good company at this time, I rode, and she showed me theriver behind my father's house, which is very pleasant, and so saw herhome, and I straight to Huntingdon, and there met Mr. Shepley and to theCrown (having sent home my horse by Stankes), and there a barber cameand trimmed me, and thence walked to Hinchingbroke, where my Lord andladies all are just alighted. And so I in among them, and my Lord gladto see me, and the whole company. Here I staid and supped with them, and after a good stay talking, but yet observing my Lord not to be somightily ingulphed in his pleasure in the country as I expected andhoped, I took leave of them, and after a walk in the courtyard in thedark with Mr. Howe, who tells me that my Lord do not enjoy himself andplease himself as he used to do, but will hasten up to London, and thathe is resolved to go to Chelsey again, which we are heartily grieved forand studious how to prevent if it be possible, I took horse, there beingone appointed for me, and a groom to attend me, and so home, where mywife: staid up and sister for me, and so to bed, troubled for what Ihear of my Lord. 

20th (Lord's day). Up, and finding my father somewhat better, walked toHuntingdon church, where in my Lord's pew, with the young ladies, bymy Lord's own showing me the place, I stayed the sermon, and so toHinchingbroke, walking with Mr. Shepley and Dr. King, whom they accounta witty man here, as well as a good physician, and there my Lord tookme with the rest of the company, and singly demanded my opinion in thewalks in his garden, about the bringing of the crooked wall on the mountto a shape; and so to dinner, there being Collonel Williams and muchother company, and a noble dinner. But having before got my Lord'swarrant for travelling to-day, there being a proclamation read yesterdayagainst it at Huntingdon, at which I am very glad, I took leave, leavingthem at dinner, and walked alone to my father's, and there, after aword or two to my father and mother, my wife and I mounted, and, withmy father's boy, upon a horse I borrowed of Captain Ferrers, we rode toBigglesworth by the help of a couple of countrymen, that led us throughthe very long and dangerous waters, because of the ditches on eachside, though it begun to be very dark, and there we had a good breast ofmutton roasted for us, and supped, and to bed. 

21st. Up very betimes by break of day, and got my wife up, whom thethought of this day's long journey do discourage; and after eatingsomething, and changing of a piece of gold to pay the reckoning, wemounted, and through Baldwicke, where a fayre is kept to-day, and agreat one for cheese and other such commodities, and so to Hatfield, itbeing most curious weather from the time we set out to our getting home, and here we dined, and my wife being very weary, and believing that itwould be hard to get her home to-night, and a great charge to keep herlonger abroad, I took the opportunity of an empty coach that was to goto London, and left her to come in it to London, for half-a-crown, andso I and the boy home as fast as we could drive, and it was even nightbefore we got home. So that I account it very good fortune that we tookthis course, being myself very weary, much more would my wife have been. At home found all very well and my house in good order. To see Sir W. Pen, who is pretty well, and Sir J. Minnes, who is a little lame on onefoot, and the rest gone to Chatham, viz. : Sir G. Carteret and Sir W. Batten, who has in my absence inveighed against my contract the otherday for Warren's masts, in which he is a knave, and I shall find matterof tryumph, but it vexes me a little. So home, and by and by comes mywife by coach well home, and having got a good fowl ready for supperagainst her coming, we eat heartily, and so with great content and easeto our own bed, there nothing appearing so to our content as to be atour own home, after being abroad awhile. 

22nd. I up, well refreshed after my journey, and to my office and thereset some things in order, and then Sir W. Pen and I met and heldan office, and at noon to dinner, and so by water with my wife toWestminster, she to see her father and mother, and we met again at myLord's lodgings, and thence by water home again, where at the door wemet Sir W. Pen and his daughter coming to visit us, and after theirvisit I to my office, and after some discourse to my great satisfactionwith Sir W. Warren about our bargain of masts, I wrote my letters by thepost, and so home to supper and to bed. This day my wife showed me billsprinted, wherein her father, with Sir John Collidon and Sir Edward Ford, have got a patent for curing of smoky chimneys. 

 [The Patent numbered 138 is printed in the appendix to Wheatley's "Samuel Pepys and the World he lived in" (p. 241). It is drawn in favour of John Colladon, Doctor in Physicke, and of Alexander Marchant, of St. Michall, and describes "a way to prevent and cure the smoakeing of Chimneys, either by stopping the tunnell towards the top, and altering the former course of the smoake, or by setting tunnells with checke within the chimneyes. " Sir Edward Ford's name does not appear in the patent. ]

I wish they may do good thereof, but fear it will prove but a poorproject. This day the King and Queen are to come to Oxford. I hear myLady Castlemaine is for certain gone to Oxford to meet him, having lainwithin here at home this week or two, supposed to have miscarried; butfor certain is as great in favour as heretofore;

 [According to Collins, Henry Fitzroy, Lady Castlemaine's second son by Charles II. , was born on September 20th, 1663. He was the first Duke of Grafton. --B. ]

at least Mrs. Sarah at my Lord's, who hears all from their own family, do say so. Every day brings newes of the Turke's advance into Germany, to the awakeing of all the Christian Princes thereabouts, and possessinghimself of Hungary. My present care is fitting my wife's closett and myhouse, and making her a velvet coate, and me a new black cloth suit, and coate and cloake, and evening my reckoning as well as I can againstMichaelmas Day, hoping for all that to have my balance as great orgreater than ever I had yet. 

23rd. Up betimes and to my office, where setting down my journallwhile I was in the country to this day, and at noon by water to my LordCrew's, and there dined with him and Sir Thomas, thinking to have theminquire something about my Lord's lodgings at Chelsey, or any thing ofthat sort, but they did not, nor seem to take the least notice of it, which is their discretion, though it might be better for my Lord andthem too if they did, that so we might advise together for the best, which cannot be while we seem ignorant one to another, and it is notfit for me to begin the discourse. Thence walked to several places aboutbusiness and to Westminster Hall, thinking to meet Mrs. Lane, which ismy great vanity upon me at present, but I must correct it. She was notin the way. So by water home and to my office, whither by and by came mybrother John, who is to go to Cambridge to-morrow, and I did give hima most severe reprimand for his bad account he gives me of his studies. This I did with great passion and sharp words, which I was sorry tobe forced to say, but that I think it for his good, forswearing doinganything for him, and that which I have yet, and now do give him, isagainst my heart, and will also be hereafter, till I do see him giveme a better account of his studies. I was sorry to see him give me noanswer, but, for aught I see, to hear me without great resentment, andsuch as I should have had: in his condition. But I have done my duty, let him do his, for I am resolved to be as good as my word. After twohours walking in the garden, till after it was dark, I ended with himand to my office, and there set some papers in order, and so to supper, and my poor wife, who is mighty busy at home; fitting her closet. So tobed. 

24th. Up betimes, and after taking leave of my brother, John, who wentfrom me to my father's this day, I went forth by water to Sir PhilipWarwick's, where I was with him a pretty while; and in discourse hetells me, and made it; appear to me, that the King cannot be in debt tothe Navy at this time L5, 000; and it is my opinion that Sir G. Carteretdo owe the King money, and yet the whole Navy debt paid. Thence Iparted, being doubtful of myself that I have not, spoke with the gravityand weight that I ought to do in so great a business. But I rather hopeit is my doubtfulness of myself, and the haste which he was in, somevery great personages waiting for him without, while he was with me, that made him willing to be gone. To the office by water, where we satdoing little, now Mr. Coventry is not here, but only vex myself to seewhat a sort of coxcombs we are when he is not here to undertake sucha business as we do. In the afternoon telling my wife that I go toDeptford, I went, by water to Westminster Hall, and there finding Mrs. Lane, took her over to Lambeth, where we were lately, and there, didwhat I would with her, but only the main thing, which she; would notconsent to, for which God be praised..... But, trust in the Lord, Ishall never do so again while I live. After being tired with her companyI landed her at White; Hall, and so home and at my office writingletters till 12 at night almost, and then home to supper and bed, andthere found my poor wife hard at work, which grieved my heart to seethat I should abuse so good a wretch, and that is just with God to makeher bad with me for my wrongin of her, but I do resolve never to do thelike again. So to bed. 

25th. Lay pretty long in bed, and so to my office all the morning tillby and by called out by Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, with them bywater to Deptford, where it of a sudden did lighten, thunder, and rainso as we could do nothing but stay in Davis's house, and by and by SirJ. Minnes and I home again by water, and I home to dinner, and afterdinner to the office, and there till night all alone, even of my clerksbeing there, doing of business, and so home and to bed. 

26th. Up and to my office, and there we sat till noon, and then I to theExchange, but did little there, but meeting Mr. Rawlinson he would needshave me home to dinner, and Mr. Deane of Woolwich being with me I tookhim with me, and there we dined very well at his own dinner, only noinvitation, but here I sat with little pleasure, considering my wife athome alone, and so I made what haste home I could, and was forced to sitdown again at dinner with her, being unwilling to neglect her by beingknown to dine abroad. My doing so being only to keep Deane from diningat home with me, being doubtful what I have to eat. So to the office, and there till late at night, and so home to supper and bed, beingmightily pleased to find my wife so mindful of her house. 

27th (Lord's day). Lay chatting with my wife a good while, then up andgot me ready and to church, without my man William, whom I have not seento-day, nor care, but would be glad to have him put himself far enoughout of my favour that he may not wonder to have me put him away. So hometo dinner, being a little troubled to see Pembleton out again, but Ido not discern in my wife the least memory of him. Dined, and so to myoffice a little, and then to church again, where a drowsy sermon, andso home to spend the evening with my poor wife, consulting about herclosett, clothes, and other things. At night to supper, though withlittle comfort, I finding myself both head and breast in great pain, andwhat troubles me most my right ear is almost deaf. It is a cold, whichGod Almighty in justice did give me while I sat lewdly sporting withMrs. Lane the other day with the broken window in my neck. I went to bedwith a posset, being very melancholy in consideration of the loss of myhearing. 

28th. Up, though with pain in my head, stomach, and ear, and that deafso as in my way by coach to White Hall with Sir J. Minnes I called atMr. Holliard's, who did give me some pills, and tells me I shall have myhearing again and be well. So to White Hall, where Sir J. Minnes and Idid spend an hour in the Gallery, looking upon the pictures, in which hehath some judgment. And by and by the Commissioners for Tangier met: andthere my Lord Teviott, together with Captain Cuttance, Captain Evans, and Jonas Moore, sent to that purpose, did bring us a brave draught ofthe Mole to be built there; and report that it is likely to be the mostconsiderable place the King of England hath in the world; and so I amapt to think it will. After discourse of this, and of supplying thegarrison with some more horse, we rose; and Sir J. Minnes and I homeagain, finding the street about our house full, Sir R. Ford beginninghis shrievalty to-day and, what with his and our houses being newpainted, the street begins to look a great deal better than it did, andmore gracefull. Home and eat one bit of meat, and then by water with himand Sir W. Batten to a sale of old provisions at Deptford, which we didat Captain Boddily's house, to the value of L600 or L700, but I am notsatisfied with the method used in this thing. Then home again by water, and after a little at my office, and visit Sir W. Pen, who is not verywell again, with his late pain, home to supper, being hungry, and myear and cold not so bad I think as it was. So to bed, taking one of mypills. Newes that the King comes to town for certain on Thursday nextfrom his progresse. 

29th. Took two pills more in the morning and they worked all day, and Ikept the house. About noon dined, and then to carry several heavy thingswith my wife up and down stairs, in order to our going to lie above, andWill to come down to the Wardrobe, and that put me into a violent sweat, so I had a fire made, and then, being dry again, she and I to put upsome paper pictures in the red chamber, where we go to lie very pretty, and the map of Paris. Then in the evening, towards night, it fell tothunder, lighten, and rain so violently that my house was all afloat, and I in all the rain up to the gutters, and there dabbled in the rainand wet half an hour, enough to have killed a man. That done downstairsto dry myself again, and by and by come Mr. Sympson to set up my wife'schimney-piece in her closett, which pleases me, and so that being done, I to supper and to bed, shifting myself from top to toe, and doubtful ofmy doing myself hurt. 

30th. Rose very well, and my hearing pretty well again, and so to myoffice, by and by Mr. Holliard come, and at my house he searched my ear, and I hope all will be well, though I do not yet hear so well as I usedto do with my right ear. So to my office till noon, and then home todinner, and in the afternoon by water to White Hall, to the TangierCommittee; where my Lord Tiviott about his accounts; which grieves me tosee that his accounts being to be examined by us, there are none of thegreat men at the Board that in compliment will except against any thingin his accounts, and so none of the little persons dare do it: so theKing is abused. Thence home again by water with Sir W. Rider, and soto my office, and there I sat late making up my month's accounts, and, blessed be God, do find myself L760 creditor, notwithstanding that forclothes for myself and wife, and layings out on her closett, I havespent this month L47. So home, where I found our new cooke-maydeElizabeth, whom my wife never saw at all, nor I but once at a distancebefore, but recommended well by Mr. Creed, and I hope will prove well. So to supper, prayers, and bed. This evening Mr. Coventry is come to St. James's, but I did not go see him, and tomorrow the King, Queen, Dukeand his Lady, and the whole Court comes to towne from their progresse. Myself and family well, only my father sicke in the country. All thecommon talke for newes is the Turke's advance in Hungary, &c. 

OCTOBER 1663

October 1st. Up and betimes to my office, and then to sit, where SirG. Carteret, Sir W. Batten, Sir W. Pen, Sir J. Minnes, Mr. Coventry andmyself, a fuller board than by the King's progresse and the late paysand my absence has been a great while. Sat late, and then home todinner. After dinner I by water to Deptford about a little business, and so back again, buying a couple of good eeles by the way, and afterwriting by the post, home to see the painter at work, late, in my wife'scloset, and so to supper and to bed, having been very merry with thepainter, late, while he was doing his work. This day the King and Courtreturned from their progress. 

2nd. Up betimes and by water to St. James's, and there visited Mr. Coventry as a compliment after his new coming to town, but had nogreat talk with him, he being full of business. So back by foot throughLondon, doing several errands, and at the 'Change met with Mr. Cutler, and he and I to a coffee-house, and there discoursed, and he do assureme that there is great likelyhood of a war with Holland, but I hopewe shall be in good condition before it comes to break out. I like hiscompany, and will make much of his acquaintance. So home to dinner withmy wife, who is over head and eares in getting her house up, and so tothe office, and with Mr. Lewes, late, upon some of the old victuallers'accounts, and so home to supper and to bed, up to our red chamber, wherewe purpose always to lie. This day I received a letter from Mr. Barlow, with a Terella, [Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, F. R. S. , has kindly supplied me with the following interesting note on the terrella (or terella): The name given by Dr. William Gilbert, author of the famous treatise, "De Magnete" (Lond. 1600), to a spherical loadstone, on account of its acting as a model, magnetically, of the earth; compass-needles pointing to its poles, as mariners' compasses do to the poles of the earth. The term was adopted by other writers who followed Gilbert, as the following passage from Wm. Barlowe's "Magneticall Advertisements" (Lond. 1616) shows: "Wherefore the round Loadstone is significantly termed by Doct. Gilbert Terrella, that is, a little, or rather a very little Earth: For it representeth in an exceeding small model (as it were) the admirable properties magneticall of the huge Globe of the earth" (op. Cit, p. 55). Gilbert set great store by his invention of the terrella, since it led him to propound the true theory of the mariners' compass. In his portrait of himself which he had painted for the University of Oxford he was represented as holding in his hand a globe inscribed terella. In the Galileo Museum in Florence there is a terrella twenty-seven inches in diameter, of loadstone from Elba, constructed for Cosmo de' Medici. A smaller one contrived by Sir Christopher Wren was long preserved in the museum of the Royal Society (Grew's "Rarities belonging to the Royal Society, " p. 364). Evelyn was shown "a pretty terrella described with all ye circles and skewing all y magnetic deviations" (Diary, July 3rd, 1655). ]

which I had hoped he had sent me, but to my trouble I find it is topresent from him to my Lord Sandwich, but I will make a little use of itfirst, and then give it him. 

3rd. Up, being well pleased with my new lodging and the convenience ofhaving our mayds and none else about us, Will lying below. So to theoffice, and there we sat full of business all the morning. At noon Ihome to dinner, and then abroad to buy a bell to hang by our chamberdoor to call the mayds. Then to the office, and met Mr. Blackburne, whocame to know the reason of his kinsman (my Will) his being observedby his friends of late to droop much. I told him my great displeasureagainst him and the reasons of it, to his great trouble yetsatisfaction, for my care over him, and how every thing I said was forthe good of the fellow, and he will take time to examine the fellowabout all, and to desire my pleasure concerning him, which I told himwas either that he should became a better servant or that we would nothave him under my roof to be a trouble. He tells me in a few days hewill come to me again and we shall agree what to do therein. I home andtold my wife all, and am troubled to see that my servants and othersshould be the greatest trouble I have in the world, more than formyself. We then to set up our bell with a smith very well, and then Ilate at the office. So home to supper and to bed. 

4th (Lord's day). Up and to church, my house being miserably overfloodedwith rayne last night, which makes me almost mad. At home to dinner withmy wife, and so to talk, and to church again, and so home, and all theevening most pleasantly passed the time in good discourse of our fortuneand family till supper, and so to bed, in some pain below, through coldgot. 

5th. Up with pain, and with Sir J. Minnes by coach to the Temple, andthen I to my brother's, and up and down on business, and so to the NewExchange, and there met Creed, and he and I walked two or three hours, talking of many businesses, especially about Tangier, and my LordTiviot's bringing in of high accounts, and yet if they were higher arelike to pass without exception, and then of my Lord Sandwich sending amessenger to know whether the King intends to come to Newmarket, as istalked, that he may be ready to entertain him at Hinchingbroke. Thencehome and dined, and my wife all day putting up her hangings in herclosett, which she do very prettily herself with her own hand, to mygreat content. So I to the office till night, about several businesses, and then went and sat an hour or two with Sir W. Pen, talking verylargely of Sir J. Minnes's simplicity and unsteadiness, and of Sir W. Batten's suspicious dealings, wherein I was open, and he sufficiently, so that I do not care for his telling of tales, for he said as much, but whether that were so or no I said nothing but what is my certainknowledge and belief concerning him. Thence home to bed in great pain. 

6th. Slept pretty well, and my wife waked to ring the bell to call upour mayds to the washing about 4 o'clock, and I was and she angry thatour bell did not wake them sooner, but I will get a bigger bell. So weto sleep again till 8 o'clock, and then I up in some ease to the office, where we had a full board, where we examined Cocke's second account, when Mr. Turner had drawn a bill directly to be paid the balancethereof, as Mr. Cocke demanded, and Sir J. Minnes did boldly assert thetruth of it, and that he had examined it, when there is no such thing, but many vouchers, upon examination, missing, and we saw reason tostrike off several of his demands, and to bring down his 5 per cent. Commission to 3 per cent. So we shall save the King some money, whichboth the Comptroller and his clerke had absolutely given away. Therewas also two occasions more of difference at the table; the one beingto make out a bill to Captain Smith for his salary abroad ascommander-in-chief in the Streights. Sir J. Minnes did demand anincrease of salary for his being Vice-Admiral in the Downes, he havingreceived but 40s. Without an increase, when Sir J. Lawson, in the samevoyage, had L3, and others have also had increase, only he, becausehe was an officer of the board, was worse used than any body else, andparticularly told Sir W. Batten that he was the opposer formerly of hishaving an increase, which I did wonder to hear him so boldly lay it tohim. So we hushed up the dispute, and offered, if he would, to examineprecedents, and report them, if there was any thing to his advantageto be found, to the Duke. The next was, Mr. Chr. Pett and Deane weresummoned to give an account of some knees

 ["Naturally grown timber or bars of iron bent to a right angle or to fit the surfaces and to secure bodies firmly together as hanging knees secure the deck beams to the sides. "--Smyth's Sailor's Word- Book. There are several kinds of knees. ]

which Pett reported bad, that were to be served in by Sir W. Warren, we having contracted that none should be served but such as were to beapproved of by our officers. So that if they were bad they were to beblamed for receiving them. Thence we fell to talk of Warren's othergoods, which Pett had said were generally bad, and falling to thiscontract again, I did say it was the most cautious and as good acontract as had been made here, and the only [one] that had been in suchterms. Sir J. Minnes told me angrily that Winter's timber, bought for33s. Per load, was as good and in the same terms. I told him that itwas not so, but that he and Sir W. Batten were both abused, and I wouldprove it was as dear a bargain as had been made this half year, whichoccasioned high words between them and me, but I am able to prove it andwill. That also was so ended, and so to other business. At noon Lewellincoming to me I took him and Deane, and there met my uncle Thomas, and wedined together, but was vexed that, it being washing-day, we had no meatdressed, but sent to the Cook's, and my people had so little witt tosend in our meat from abroad in that Cook's dishes, which were markedwith the name of the Cook upon them, by which, if they observedanything, they might know it was not my own dinner. After dinner webroke up, and I by coach, setting down Luellin in Cheapside. So to WhiteHall, where at the Committee of Tangier, but, Lord! how I was troubledto see my Lord Tiviott's accounts of L10, 000 paid in that manner, andwish 1000 times I had not been there. Thence rose with Sir G. Carteretand to his lodgings, and there discoursed of our frays at the tableto-day, and particularly of that of the contract, and the contract ofmasts the other day, declaring my fair dealing, and so needing not anyman's good report of it, or word for it, and that I would make it soappear to him, if he desired it, which he did, and I will do it. Thencehome by water in great pain, and at my office a while, and thence alittle to Sir W. Pen, and so home to bed, and finding myself beginningto be troubled with wind as I used to be, and in pain in making water, Itook a couple of pills that I had by me of Mr. Hollyard's. 

7th. They wrought in the morning, and I did keep my bed, and my paincontinued on me mightily that I kept within all day in great pain, andcould break no wind nor have any stool after my physic had done working. So in the evening I took coach and to Mr. Holliard's, but he was not athome, and so home again, and whether the coach did me good or no I knownot.... So to bed and lay in good ease all night, and.... Pretty well tothe morning..... 

 [Pepys's prescription for the colic:

 "Balsom of Sulphur, 3 or 4 drops in a spoonfull of Syrrup of Colts foote, not eating or drinking two hours before or after. 

 "The making of this Balsom:

 "2/3ds of fine Oyle, and 1/3d of fine Brimstone, sett 13 or 14 houres upon yt fire, simpring till a thicke Stufte lyes at ye Bottome, and ye Balsom at ye topp. Take this off &c. 

 "Sir Rob. Parkhurst for ye Collique. "--M. B. ]

8th. So, keeping myself warm, to the office, and at noon home to dinner, my pain coming again by breaking no wind nor having any stool. So to Mr. Holliard, and by his direction, he assuring me that it is nothing of thestone, but only my constitution being costive, and that, and cold fromwithout, breeding and keeping the wind, I took some powder that he didgive me in white wine, and sat late up, till past eleven at night, withmy wife in my chamber till it had done working, which was so weakly thatI could hardly tell whether it did work or no. My mayds being at thistime in great dirt towards getting of all my house clean, and weary andhaving a great deal of work to do therein to-morrow and next day, weregone to bed before my wife and I, who also do lie in our room more likebeasts than Christians, but that is only in order to having of the houseshortly in a cleaner, or rather very clean condition. Some ease I had solong as this did keep my body loose, and I slept well. 

9th. And did keep my bed most of this morning, my body I find beingstill bound and little wind, and so my pain returned again, though notso bad, but keeping my body with warm clothes very hot I made shift toendure it, and at noon sent word to Mr. Hollyard of my condition, thatI could neither have a natural stool nor break wind, and by that meansstill in pain and frequent offering to make water. So he sent me twobottles of drink and some syrup, one bottle to take now and the otherto-morrow morning. So in the evening, after Commissioner Pett, who cameto visit me, and was going to Chatham, but methinks do talk to me inquite another manner, doubtfully and shyly, and like a stranger, to whathe did heretofore. After I saw he was gone I did drink one of them, butit was a most loathsome draught, and did keep myself warm after it, andhad that afternoon still a stool or two, but in no plenty, nor any windalmost carried away, and so to bed. In no great pain, but do not thinkmyself likely to be well till I have a freedom of stool and wind. Mostof this day and afternoon my wife and I did spend together in settingthings now up and in order in her closet, which indeed is, and will be, when I can get her some more things to put in it, a very pleasant place, and is at present very pretty, and such as she, I hope, will find greatcontent in. So to bed. 

10th. Up, and not in any good ease yet, but had pain in making water, and some course. I see I must take besides keeping myself warm to makemyself break wind and go freely to stool before I can be well, neitherof which I can do yet, though I have drank the other bottle of Mr. Hollyard's against my stomach this morning. I did, however, make shiftto go to the office, where we sat, and there Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten did advise me to take some juniper water, and Sir W. Batten sentto his Lady for some for me, strong water made of juniper. Whether thator anything else of my draught this morning did it I cannot tell, butI had a couple of stools forced after it.... But whether I shall growbetter upon it I cannot tell. Dined at home at noon, my wife and housein the dirtiest pickle that ever she and it was in almost, but in order, I hope, this night to be very clean. To the office all the afternoonupon victualling business, and late at it, so after I wrote by the postto my father, I home. This evening Mr. Hollyard sends me an electuaryto take (a walnut quantity of it) going to bed, which I did. 'Tis true Islept well, and rose in a little ease in the morning. 

11th (Lord's day). And was mightily pleased to see my house clean and ingood condition, but something coming into my wife's head, and mine, tobe done more about bringing the green bed into our chamber, which ishandsomer than the red one, though not of the colour of our hangings, mywife forebore to make herself clean to-day, but continued in a sluttishcondition till to-morrow. I after the old passe, all the day withindoors, .... The effect of my electuary last night, and the greatest of mypain I find to come by my straining.... For all this I eat with a verygood stomach, and as much as I use to do, and so I did this noon, andstaid at home discoursing and doing things in my chamber, alteringchairs in my chamber, and set them above in the red room, they beingTurkey work, and so put their green covers upon those that were above, not so handsome. At night fell to reading in the Church History ofFuller's, and particularly Cranmer's letter to Queen Elizabeth, whichpleases me mightily for his zeal, obedience, and boldness in a cause ofreligion. After supper to bed as I use to be, in pain..... 

12th. Up (though slept well) and made some water in the morning [as] Iused to do, and a little pain returned to me, and some fears, but beingforced to go to the Duke at St. James's, I took coach and in my waycalled upon Mr. Hollyard and had his advice to take a glyster. At St. James's we attended the Duke all of us. And there, after my discourse, Mr. Coventry of his own accord begun to tell the Duke how he found thatdiscourse abroad did run to his prejudice about the fees that he took, and how he sold places and other things; wherein he desired to appeal tohis Highness, whether he did any thing more than what his predecessorsdid, and appealed to us all. So Sir G. Carteret did answer that somefees were heretofore taken, but what he knows not; only that sellingof places never was nor ought to be countenanced. So Mr. Coventry veryhotly answered to Sir G. Carteret, and appealed to himself whether hewas not one of the first that put him upon looking after this taking offees, and that he told him that Mr. Smith should say that he made L5000the first year, and he believed he made L7000. This Sir G. Carteretdenied, and said, that if he did say so he told a lie, for he could not, nor did know, that ever he did make that profit of his place; but thathe believes he might say L2500 the first year. Mr. Coventry instanced inanother thing, particularly wherein Sir G. Carteret did advise withhim about the selling of the Auditor's place of the stores, when in thebeginning there was an intention of creating such an office. This heconfessed, but with some lessening of the tale Mr. Coventry told, itbeing only for a respect to my Lord Fitz-Harding. In fine, Mr. Coventrydid put into the Duke's hand a list of above 250 places that he did givewithout receiving one farthing, so much as his ordinary fees for them, upon his life and oath; and that since the Duke's establishment of feeshe had never received one token more of any man; and that in his wholelife he never conditioned or discoursed of any consideration from anycommanders since he came to the Navy. And afterwards, my Lord Barkeleymerrily discoursing that he wished his profit greater than it was, and that he did believe that he had got L50, 000 since he came in, Mr. Coventry did openly declare that his Lordship, or any of us, should havenot only all he had got, but all that he had in the world (and yet hedid not come a beggar into the Navy, nor would yet be thought to speakin any contempt of his Royall Highness's bounty), and should have ayear to consider of it too, for L25, 000. The Duke's answer was, that hewished we all had made more profit than he had of our places, and thatwe had all of us got as much as one man below stayres in the Court, which he presently named, and it was Sir George Lane! This being ended, and the list left in the Duke's hand, we parted, and I with Sir G. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, and Sir W. Batten by coach to the Exchange, andthere a while, and so home, and whether it be the jogging, or by havingmy mind more employed (which I believe is a great matter) I know not, but.... I begin to be suddenly well, at least better than I was. Sohome and to dinner, and thence by coach to the Old Exchange, and therecheapened some laces for my wife, and then to Mr. -----the great lacemanin Cheapside, and bought one cost me L4. More by 20s. Than I intended, but when I came to see them I was resolved to buy one worth wearing withcredit, and so to the New Exchange, and there put it to making, and soto my Lord's lodgings and left my wife, and so I to the Committee ofTangier, and then late home with my wife again by coach, beginning tobe very well, and yet when I came home.... The little straining which Ithought was no strain at all at the present did by and by bring me somepain for a good while. Anon, about 8 o'clock, my wife did give me aclyster which Mr. Hollyard directed, viz. , a pint of strong ale, 4 oz. Of sugar, and 2 oz. Of butter. It lay while I lay upon the bed above anhour, if not two, and then thinking it quite lost I rose, and by andby it began with my walking to work, and gave me three or four mostexcellent stools and carried away wind, put me in excellent ease, andtaking my usual walnut quantity of electuary at my going into bed I hadabout two stools in the night..... 

13th. And so rose in the morning in perfect good ease.... Continuedall the morning well, and in the afternoon had a natural easily and drystoole, the first I have had these five days or six, for which God bepraised, and so am likely to continue well, observing for the time tocome when any of this pain comes again

(1) To begin to keep myself as warm as I can. 

(2) Strain as little as ever I can backwards, remembering that my painwill come by and by, though in the very straining I do not feel it. 

(3) Either by physic forward or by clyster backward or both ways to getan easy and plentiful going to stool and breaking of wind. 

(4) To begin to suspect my health immediately when I begin to becomecostive and bound, and by all means to keep my body loose, and that toobtain presently after I find myself going the contrary. 

This morning at the office, and at noon with Creed to the Exchange, where much business, but, Lord! how my heart, though I know not reasonfor it, began to doubt myself, after I saw Stint, Field's one-eyedsolicitor, though I know not any thing that they are doing, or that theyendeavour any thing further against us in the business till the terme. Home, and Creed with me to dinner, and after dinner John Cole, myold friend, came to see and speak with me about a friend. I find himingenious, but more and more discern his city pedantry; but however, Iwill endeavour to have his company now and then, for that he knows muchof the temper of the City, and is able to acquaint therein as muchas most young men, being of large acquaintance, and himself, I think, somewhat unsatisfied with the present state of things at Court and inthe Church. Then to the office, and there busy till late, and so home tomy wife, with some ease and pleasure that I hope to be able to followmy business again, which by God's leave I am resolved to return towith more and more eagerness. I find at Court, that either the King isdoubtfull of some disturbance, or else would seem so (and I have reasonto hope it is no worse), by his commanding all commanders of castles, &c. , to repair to their charges; and mustering the Guards the other dayhimself, where he found reason to dislike their condition to my LordGerard, finding so many absent men, or dead pays. 

 [This is probably an allusion to the practice of not reporting the deaths of soldiers, that the officers might continue to draw their pay. --B. ]

My Lady Castlemaine, I hear, is in as great favour as ever, and the Kingsupped with her the very first night he came from Bath: and last nightand the night before supped with her; when there being a chine of beefto roast, and the tide rising into their kitchen that it could not beroasted there, and the cook telling her of it, she answered, "Zounds!she must set the house on fire but it should be roasted!" So it wascarried to Mrs. Sarah's husband's, and there it was roasted. So home tosupper and to bed, being mightily pleased with all my house and my redchamber, where my wife and I intend constantly to lie, and the havingof our dressing room and mayds close by us without any interfering ortrouble. 

14th. Up and to my office, where all the morning, and part of it SirJ. Minnes spent, as he do every thing else, like a fool, readingthe Anatomy of the body to me, but so sillily as to the making ofme understand any thing that I was weary of him, and so I toward the'Change and met with Mr. Grant, and he and I to the Coffee-house, whereI understand by him that Sir W. Petty and his vessel are coming, andthe King intends to go to Portsmouth to meet it. Thence home andafter dinner my wife and I, by Mr. Rawlinson's conduct, to the JewishSynagogue: where the men and boys in their vayles, and the women behinda lattice out of sight; and some things stand up, which I believe istheir Law, in a press to which all coming in do bow; and at the puttingon their vayles do say something, to which others that hear him do cryAmen, and the party do kiss his vayle. Their service all in a singingway, and in Hebrew. And anon their Laws that they take out of the pressare carried by several men, four or five several burthens in all, andthey do relieve one another; and whether it is that every one desires tohave the carrying of it, I cannot tell, thus they carried it round aboutthe room while such a service is singing. And in the end they had aprayer for the King, which they pronounced his name in Portugall; butthe prayer, like the rest, in Hebrew. But, Lord! to see the disorder, laughing, sporting, and no attention, but confusion in all theirservice, more like brutes than people knowing the true God, would makea man forswear ever seeing them more and indeed I never did see so much, or could have imagined there had been any religion in the whole world soabsurdly performed as this. Away thence with my mind strongly disturbedwith them, by coach and set down my wife in Westminster Hall, and I toWhite Hall, and there the Tangier Committee met, but the Duke and theAfrica Committee meeting in our room, Sir G. Carteret; Sir W. Compton, Mr. Coventry, Sir W. Rider, Cuttance and myself met in another room, with chairs set in form but no table, and there we had very finediscourses of the business of the fitness to keep Sally, and also of theterms of our King's paying the Portugees that deserted their house atTangier, which did much please me, and so to fetch my wife, and soto the New Exchange about her things, and called at Thomas Pepys theturner's and bought something there, an so home to supper and to bed, after I had been a good while with Sir W. Pen, railing and speakingfreely our minds against Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes, but no morethan the folly of one and the knavery of the other do deserve. 

15th. Up, I bless God being now in pretty good condition, but cannotcome to make natural stools yet..... So up and to the office, wherewe sat all the morning, and at noon dined at home, my head full ofbusiness, and after stepping abroad to buy a thing or two, compasses andsnuffers for my wife, I returned to my office and there mighty busy tillit was late, and so home well contented with the business that I haddone this afternoon, and so to supper and to bed. 

16th. Up and to my office, where all the morning doing business, andat noon home to dinner, and then up to remove my chest and clothes upstairs to my new wardrobe, that I may have all my things above where Ilie, and so by coach abroad with my wife, leaving her at my Lord's tillI went to the Tangier Committee, where very good discourse concerningthe Articles of peace to be continued with Guyland, and thence took upmy wife, and with her to her tailor's, and then to the Exchange and toseveral places, and so home and to my office, where doing some business, and then home to supper and to bed. 

17th. Up and to my office, and there we sat a very full board all themorning upon some accounts of Mr. Gauden's. Here happened somethingconcerning my Will which Sir W. Batten would fain charge upon him, andI heard him mutter something against him of complaint for his oftenreceiving people's money to Sir G. Carteret, which displeased me much, but I will be even with him. Thence to the Dolphin Tavern, and thereMr. Gauden did give us a great dinner. Here we had some discourse of theQueen's being very sick, if not dead, the Duke and Duchess of York beingsent for betimes this morning to come to White Hall to her. So to myoffice and there late doing business, and so home to supper, my housebeing got mighty clean to my great content from top to toe, and so tobed, myself beginning to be in good condition of health also, but onlymy laying out so much money upon clothes for myself and wife and hercloset troubles me. 

18th (Lord's day). Up, and troubled at a distaste my wife took at asmall thing that Jane did, and to see that she should be so vexed that Itook part with Jane, wherein I had reason; but by and by well again, andso my wife in her best gown and new poynt that I bought her the otherday, to church with me, where she has not been these many weeks, andher mayde Jane with her. I was troubled to see Pembleton there, but Ithought it prudence to take notice myself first of it and show my wifehim, and so by little and little considering that it mattered not muchhis being there I grew less concerned and so mattered it not much, andthe less when, anon, my wife showed me his wife, a pretty little woman, and well dressed, with a good jewel at her breast. The parson, Mr. Mills, I perceive, did not know whether to pray for the Queen or no, and so said nothing about her; which makes me fear she is dead. Butenquiring of Sir J. Minnes, he told me that he heard she was better lastnight. So home to dinner, and Tom came and dined with me, and so, anon, to church again, and there a simple coxcomb preached worse than theScot, and no Pembleton nor his wife there, which pleased me not alittle, and then home and spent most of the evening at Sir W. Pen's incomplaisance, seeing him though he deserves no respect from me. Thisevening came my uncle Wight to speak with me about my uncle Thomas'sbusiness, and Mr. Moore came, 4 or 5 days out of the country and notcome to see me before, though I desired by two or three messengers thathe would come to me as soon as he came to town. Which do trouble me tothink he should so soon forget my kindness to him, which I am afraid hedo. After walking a good while in the garden with these, I went up againto Sir W. Pen, and took my wife home, and after supper to prayers, andread very seriously my vowes, which I am fearful of forgetting by mylate great expenses, but I hope in God I do not, and so to bed. 

19th. Waked with a very high wind, and said to my wife, "I pray GodI hear not of the death of any great person, this wind is so high!"fearing that the Queen might be dead. So up; and going by coach withSir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes to St. James's, they tell me that SirW. Compton, who it is true had been a little sickly for a week orfortnight, but was very well upon Friday at night last at the TangierCommittee with us, was dead--died yesterday: at which I was mostexceedingly surprised, he being, and so all the world saying that hewas, one of the worthyest men and best officers of State now in England;and so in my conscience he was: of the best temper, valour, abilitiesof mind, integrity, birth, fine person, and diligence of any one man hehath left behind him in the three kingdoms; and yet not forty years old, or if so, that is all. 

 [Sir William Compton (1625-1663) was knighted at Oxford, December 12th, 1643. He was called by Cromwell "the sober young man and the godly cavalier. " After the Restoration he was M. P. For Cambridge (1661), and appointed Master of the Ordnance. He died in Drury Lane, suddenly, as stated in the text, and was buried at Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire. ]

I find the sober men of the Court troubled for him; and yet not so as tohinder or lessen their mirth, talking, laughing, and eating, drinking, and doing every thing else, just as if there was no such thing, which isas good an instance for me hereafter to judge of death, both as to theunavoidableness, suddenness, and little effect of it upon the spirits ofothers, let a man be never so high, or rich, or good; but that all diealike, no more matter being made of the death of one than another, and that even to die well, the praise of it is not considerable in theworld, compared to the many in the world that know not nor make anythingof it, nor perhaps to them (unless to one that like this poor gentleman, who is one of a thousand, there nobody speaking ill of him) that willspeak ill of a man. Coming to St. James's, I hear that the Queen didsleep five hours pretty well to-night, and that she waked and gargledher mouth, and to sleep again; but that her pulse beats fast, beatingtwenty to the King's or my Lady Suffolk's eleven; but not so strong asit was. It seems she was so ill as to be shaved and pidgeons put to herfeet, and to have the extreme unction given her by the priests, who wereso long about it that the doctors were angry. The King, they all say;is most fondly disconsolate for her, and weeps by her, which makes herweep;

 ["The queen was given over by her physicians, ... , and the good nature of the king was much affected with the situation in which he saw! a princess whom, though he did not love her, yet he greatly esteemed. She loved him tenderly, and thinking that it was the last time she should ever speak to him, she told him 'That the concern he showed for her death was enough to make her quit life with regret; but that not possessing charms sufficient to merit his tenderness, she had at least the consolation in dying to give place to a consort who might be more worthy, of it and to whom heaven, perhaps, might grant a blessing that had been refused to her. ' At these words she bathed his hands with some tears which he thought would be her last; he mingled his own with hers, and without supposing she would take him at his word, he conjured her to live for his sake. "--Grammont Memoirs, chap. Vii. ]

which one this day told me he reckons a good sign, for that it carriesaway some rheume from the head. This morning Captain Allen tells me howthe famous Ned Mullins, by a slight fall, broke his leg at the ancle, which festered; and he had his leg cut off on Saturday, but so ill done, notwithstanding all the great chyrurgeons about the town at the doingof it, that they fear he will not live with it, which is very strange, besides the torment he was put to with it. After being a little withthe Duke, and being invited to dinner to my Lord Barkeley's, and so, notknowing how to spend our time till noon, Sir W. Batten and I took coach, and to the Coffee-house in Cornhill;

 [This may be the Coffee House in Exchange Alley, which had for a sign, Morat the Great, or The Great Turk, where coffee was sold in berry, in powder, and pounded in a mortar. There is a token of the house, see "Boyne's Tokens, " ed. Williamson, vol. I. , p. 592. ]

where much talk about the Turk's proceedings, and that the plague is gotto Amsterdam, brought by a ship from Argier; and it is also carried toHambrough. The Duke says the King purposes to forbid any of theirships coming into the river. The Duke also told us of several Christiancommanders (French) gone over to the Turks to serve them; and uponinquiry I find that the King of France do by this aspire to the Empire, and so to get the Crown of Spayne also upon the death of the King, whichis very probable, it seems. Back to St. James's, and there dined withmy Lord Barkeley and his lady, where Sir G. Carteret, Sir W. Batten, and myself, with two gentlemen more; my Lady, and one of the ladies ofhonour to the Duchesse (no handsome woman, but a most excellent hand). A fine French dinner, and so we after dinner broke up and to Creed's newlodgings in Axe-yard, which I like very well and so with him to WhiteHall and walked up and down in the galleries with good discourse, andanon Mr. Coventry and Povy, sad for the loss of one of our number we satdown as a Committee for Tangier and did some business and so broke up, and I down with Mr. Coventry and in his chamber discoursing of businessof the office and Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten's carriage, when hemost ingeniously tells me how they have carried themselves to him inforbearing to speak the other day to the Duke what they know they haveso largely at other times said to him, and I told him what I am put toabout the bargain for masts. I perceive he thinks of it all and willremember it. Thence took up my wife at Mrs. Harper's where she and Janewere, and so called at the New Exchange for some things for her, andthen at Tom's went up and saw his house now it is finished, and indeedit is very handsome, but he not within and so home and to my office; andthen to supper and to bed. 

20th. Up and to the office, where we sat; and at noon Sir G. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, and I to dinner to my Lord Mayor's, being invited, wherewas the Farmers of the Customes, my Lord Chancellor's three sons, andother great and much company, and a very great noble dinner, as thisMayor--[Sir John Robinson. ]--is good for nothing else. No extraordinarydiscourse of any thing, every man being intent upon his dinner, andmyself willing to have drunk some wine to have warmed my belly, but Idid for my oath's sake willingly refrain it, but am so well pleasedand satisfied afterwards thereby, for it do keep me always in so good aframe of mind that I hope I shall not ever leave this practice. Thencehome, and took my wife by coach to White Hall, and she set down atmy Lord's lodgings, I to a Committee of Tangier, and thence with herhomeward, calling at several places by the way. Among others at Paul'sChurchyard, and while I was in Kirton's shop, a fellow came to offerkindness or force to my wife in the coach, but she refusing, he wentaway, after the coachman had struck him, and he the coachman. So I beingcalled, went thither, and the fellow coming out again of a shop, I didgive him a good cuff or two on the chops, and seeing him not oppose me, I did give him another; at last found him drunk, of which I was glad, and so left him, and home, and so to my office awhile, and so hometo supper and to bed. This evening, at my Lord's lodgings, Mrs. Sarahtalking with my wife and I how the Queen do, and how the King tendsher being so ill. She tells us that the Queen's sickness is the spottedfever; that she was as full of the spots as a leopard which is verystrange that it should be no more known; but perhaps it is not so. Andthat the King do seem to take it much to heart, for that he hath weptbefore her; but, for all that; that he hath not missed one night sinceshe was sick, of supping with my Lady Castlemaine; which I believe istrue, for she [Sarah] says that her husband hath dressed the suppersevery night; and I confess I saw him myself coming through the streetdressing of a great supper to-night, which Sarah says is also for theKing and her; which is a very strange thing. 

21st. Up, and by and by comes my brother Tom to me, though late (whichdo vex me to the blood that I could never get him to come time enoughto me, though I have spoke a hundred times; but he is very sluggish, andtoo negligent ever to do well at his trade I doubt), and having latelyconsidered with my wife very much of the inconvenience of my going inno better plight, we did resolve of putting me into a better garb, and, among other things, to have a good velvet cloake; that is, of clothlined with velvet and other things modish, and a perruque, and so Isent him and her out to buy me velvet, and I to the Exchange, and so toTrinity House, and there dined with Sir W. Batten, having some businessto speak with him, and Sir W. Rider. Thence, having my belly full, awayon foot to my brother's, all along Thames Streete, and my belly beingfull of small beer, I did all alone, for health's sake, drink halfa pint of Rhenish wine at the Still-yard, mixed with beer. From mybrother's with my wife to the Exchange, to buy things for her andmyself, I being in a humour of laying out money, but not prodigally, butonly in clothes, which I every day see that I suffer for want of, Iso home, and after a little at my office, home to supper and to bed. Memorandum: This morning one Mr. Commander, a scrivener, came to me fromMr. Moore with a deed of which. Mr. Moore had told me, that my Lordhad made use of my name, and that I was desired by my Lord to signit. Remembering this very well, though understanding little of theparticulars, I read it over, and found it concern Sir Robt. Bernard andDuckinford, their interest in the manor of Brampton. So I did sign it, declaring to Mr. Commander that I am only concerned in having my nameat my Lord Sandwich's desire used therein, and so I sealed it up after Ihad signed and sealed the deed, and desired him to give it so sealed toMr. Moore. I did also call at the Wardrobe this afternoon to have toldMr. Moore of it, but he was not within, but knowing Mr. Commander tohave the esteem of a good and honest man with my Lord Crew, I did notdoubt to intrust him with the deed after I had signed it. This eveningafter I came home I begun to enter my wife in arithmetique, in orderto her studying of the globes, and she takes it very well, and, I hope, with great pleasure, I shall bring her to understand many fine things. 

22nd. Up to the office, where we sat till noon and then I home todinner, and after dinner with my wife to her study and there read somemore arithmetique, which she takes with great ease and pleasure. Thismorning, hearing that the Queen grows worse again, I sent to stop themaking of my velvet cloake, till I see whether she lives or dies. So alittle abroad about several businesses, and then home and to my officetill night, and then home to supper, teach my wife, and so to bed. 

23rd. Up, and this morning comes Mr. Clerke, and tells me that theInjunction against Trice is dismissed again, which troubles me much. SoI am to look after it in the afternoon. There comes also by appointmentmy uncle Thomas, to receive the first payment of his daughter's money. But showing of me the original of the deed by which his daughter givesher right to her legacy to him, and the copy of it attested by theScrivener, for me to keep by me, I did find some difference, andthereupon did look more into it, and at last did find the whole thinga forgery; yet he maintained it again and again, upon oath, that it hadbeen signed and sealed by my cozen Mary ever since before her marriage. So I told him to his teeth he did like a knave, and so he did, and wentwith him to the Scrivener at Bedlam, and there found how it cameto pass, viz. , that he had lost, or pretends to have lost, the trueoriginal, and that so he was forced to take this course; but a knave, at least a man that values not what he swears to, I perceive he is. Buthowever I am now better able to see myself fully secured before I partwith the money, for I find that his son Charles has right to this legacytill the first L100 of his daughter's portion be paid, he being bond forit. So I put him upon getting both his sons to be bound for my security, and so left him and so home, and then abroad to my brother's, but foundhim abroad at the young couple that was married yesterday, and he one ofthe Br[ide's] men, a kinswoman (Brumfield) of the Joyces married to anupholster. Thence walked to the King's Head at Charing Cross and theredined, and hear that the Queen slept pretty well last night, but herfever continues upon her still. It seems she hath never a Portuguesedoctor here. Thence by appointment to the Six Clerks' office to meet Mr. Clerke, which I did and there waited all the afternoon for Wilkinsonmy attorney, but he came not, and so vexed and weary we parted, and Iendeavoured but in vain to have found Dr. Williams, of whom I shall haveuse in Trice's business, but I could not find him. So weary walked home;in my way bought a large kitchen knife and half dozen oyster knives. Thence to Mr. Holliard, who tells me that Mullins is dead of his leg cutoff the other day, but most basely done. He tells me that there is nodoubt but that all my slyme do come away in my water, and therefore nofear of the stone; but that my water being so slymy is a good sign. Hewould have me now and then to take a clyster, the same I did the otherday, though I feel no pain, only to keep me loose, and instead ofbutter, which he would have to be salt butter, he would have mesometimes use two or three ounces of honey, at other times two or threeounces of Linseed oil. Thence to Mr. Rawlinson's and saw some of my newbottles made, with my crest upon them, filled with wine, about five orsix dozen. So home and to my office a little, and thence home to preparemyself against T. Trice, and also to draw a bond fit for my uncle andhis sons to enter into before I pay them the money. That done to bed. 

24th. Up and to my office, where busy all the morning about Mr. Gauden'saccount, and at noon to dinner with him at the Dolphin, where mightymerry by pleasant stories of Mr. Coventry's and Sir J. Minnes's, whichI have put down some of in my book of tales. Just as I was going out myuncle Thomas came to the with a draught of a bond for him and his sonsto sign to me about the payment of the L20 legacy, which I agreed to, but he would fain have had from me the copy of the deed, which he hadforged and did bring me yesterday, but I would not give him it. Says[he] I perceive then you will keep it to defame me with, and desiredme not to speak of it, for he did it innocently. Now I confess I do notfind any great hurt in the thing, but only to keep from me a sight ofthe true original deed, wherein perhaps there was something else thatmay touch this business of the legacy which he would keep from me, orit may be, it is really lost as he says it is. But then he need not haveused such a slight, but confess it without danger. Thence by coach withMr. Coventry to the Temple, and thence I to the Six Clerks' office, anddiscoursed with my Attorney and Solicitor, and he and I to Mr. Turner, who puts me in great fear that I shall not get retayned again againstTom Trice; which troubles me. Thence, it being night, homewards, andcalled at Wotton's and tried some shoes, but he had none to fit me. Hetells me that by the Duke of York's persuasion Harris is come again toSir W. Davenant upon his terms that he demanded, which will make himvery high and proud. Thence to another shop, and there bought me a pairof shoes, and so walked home and to my office, and dispatch letters bythe post, and so home to supper and to bed, where to my trouble I findmy wife begin to talk of her being alone all day, which is nothingbut her lack of something to do, for while she was busy she never, orseldom, complained..... The Queen is in a good way of recovery; and SirFrancis Pridgeon hath got great honour by it, it being all imputed tohis cordiall, which in her dispaire did give her rest and brought her tosome hopes of recovery. It seems that, after the much talk of troublesand a plot, something is found in the North that a party was to rise, and some persons that were to command it are found, as I find in aletter that Mr. Coventry read to-day about it from those parts. 

 [This refers to a rising in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which took place on October 12th, and was known as the Farneley Wood Plot. The rising was easily put down, and several prisoners were taken. A special commission of oyer and terminer was sent down to York to try the prisoners in January, 1663-64, when twenty-one were convicted and executed. (See Whitaker's "Loidis and Elmete, " 1816. )]

25th (Lord's day). Up, and my wife and I to church, where it is strangeto see how the use and seeing Pembleton come with his wife thither tochurch, I begin now to make too great matter of it, which before was soterrible to me. Dined at home, my wife and I alone, a good dinner, andso in the afternoon to church again, where the Scot preached, and Islept most of the afternoon. So home, and my wife and I together all theevening discoursing, and then after reading my vowes to myself, and mywife with her mayds (who are mighty busy to get it dispatched because oftheir mistress's promise, that when it is done they shall have leave allto go see their friends at Westminster, whither my wife will carry them)preparing for their washing to-morrow, we hastened to supper and to bed. 

26th. Waked about one o'clock in the morning.... My wife being wakedrung her bell, and the mayds rose and went to washing, we to sleep againtill 7 o'clock, and then up, and I abroad to look out Dr. Williams, but being gone out I went to Westminster, and there seeing my LordSandwich's footman knew he was come to town, and so I went in and sawhim, and received a kind salute from him, but hear that my father isvery ill still. Thence to Westminster Hall with Creed, and spentthe morning walking there, where, it being Terme time, I met severalpersons, and talked with them, among others Dr. Pierce, who tellsme that the Queen is in a way to be pretty well again, but that herdelirium in her head continues still; that she talks idle, not by fits, but always, which in some lasts a week after so high a fever, in somemore, and in some for ever; that this morning she talked mightilythat she was brought to bed, and that she wondered that she should bedelivered without pain and without spueing or being sicke, and that shewas troubled that her boy was but an ugly boy. But the King being by, said, "No, it is a very pretty boy. "--"Nay, " says she, "if it be likeyou it is a fine boy indeed, and I would be very well pleased with it. "The other day she talked mightily of Sir H. Wood's lady's great belly, and said if she should miscarry he would never get another, and that shenever saw such a man as this Sir H. Wood in her life, and seeing of Dr. Pridgeon, she said, "Nay, Doctor, you need not scratch your head, thereis hair little enough already in the place. " But methinks it was nothandsome for the weaknesses of Princes to be talked of thus. ThenceCreed and I to the King's Head ordinary, where much and very goodcompany, among others one very talking man, but a scholler, that wouldneeds put in his discourse and philosophy upon every occasion, andthough he did well enough, yet his readiness to speak spoilt all. Herethey say that the Turkes go on apace, and that my Lord Castlehaven isgoing to raise 10, 000 men here for to go against him; that the King ofFrance do offer to assist the Empire upon condition that he may be theirGeneralissimo, and the Dolphin chosen King of the Romans: and it is saidthat the King of France do occasion this difference among the ChristianPrinces of the Empire, which gives the Turke such advantages. They sayalso that the King of Spayne is making all imaginable force againstPortugall again. Thence Creed and I to one or two periwigg shops aboutthe Temple, having been very much displeased with one that we saw, ahead of greasy and old woman's haire, at Jervas's in the morning; andthere I think I shall fit myself of one very handsomely made. Thence bycoach, my mind being troubled for not meeting with Dr. Williams, to St. Catharine's to look at a Dutch ship or two for some good handsome maps, but met none, and so back to Cornhill to Moxon's, but it being dark westaid not to see any, then to coach again, and presently spying Sir W. Batten; I 'light and took him in and to the Globe in Fleete Streete, by appointment, where by and by he and I with our solicitor to Sir F. Turner about Field's business, and back to the Globe, and thither I sentfor Dr. Williams, and he is willing to swear in my behalf against T. Trice, viz. , that at T. Trice's desire we have met to treat about ourbusiness. Thence (I drinking no wine) after an hour's stay Sir W. Battenand another, and he drinking, we home by coach, and so to my office andset down my Journall, and then home to supper and to bed, my washingbeing in a good condition over. I did give Dr. Williams 20s. Tonight, but it was after he had answered me well to what I had to ask him aboutthis business, and it was only what I had long ago in my petty bag bookallotted for him besides the bill of near L4 which I paid him a goodwhile since by my brother Tom for physique for my wife, without anyconsideration to this business that he is to do for me, as God shallsave me. Among the rest, talking of the Emperor at table to-day oneyoung gentleman, a pretty man, and it seems a Parliament man, did saythat he was a sot;

 [Leopold I, the Holy Roman Emperor, was born June 9th, 1640. He became King of Hungary in 1655, and King of Bohemia in 1658, in which year he received the imperial crown. The Princes of the German Empire watched for some time the progress of his struggle with the Turks with indifference, but in 1663 they were induced to grant aid to Leopold after he had made a personal appeal to them in the diet at Ratisbon. ]

for he minded nothing of the Government, but was led by the Jesuites. Several at table took him up, some for saying that he was a sot in beingled by the Jesuites, [who] are the best counsel he can take. Anothercommander, a Scott[ish] Collonell, who I believe had several under him, that he was a man that had thus long kept out the Turke till now, and did many other great things, and lastly Mr. Progers, one of ourcourtiers, who told him that it was not a thing to be said of anySoveraigne Prince, be his weaknesses what they will, to be called a sot, which methinks was very prettily said. 

27th. Up, and my uncle Thomas and his scrivener bringing me a bond andaffidavit to my mind, I paid him his L20 for his daughter's legacy, and L5 more for a Quarter's annuity, in the manner expressed in eachacquittance, to which I must be referred on any future occasion, and tothe bond and affidavit. Thence to the office and there sat till noon, and then home to dinner, and after dinner (it being a foul house to-dayamong my maids, making up their clothes) abroad with my Will with meby coach to Dr, Williams, and with him to the Six Clerks's office, andthere, by advice of his acquaintance, I find that my case, through myneglect and the neglect of my lawyers, is come to be very bad, so asthat it will be very hard to get my bill retayned again. However, I gothim to sign and swear an affidavit that there was treaties between T. Trice and me with as much advantage as I could for me, but I will saythat for him he was most exact as ever I saw man in my life, word byword what it was that he swore to, and though, God forgive me, I couldhave been almost naturally willing to have let him ignorantly have swornto something that was not of itself very certain, either or no, yet outof his own conscience and care he altered the words himself so asto make them very safe for him to swear. This I carrying to my clerkWilkinson, and telling him how I heard matters to stand, he, like aconceited fellow, made nothing of it but advised me to offer Trice'sclerks the cost of the dismission, viz. , 46s. 8d. , which I did, but theywould not take it without his client. Immediately thereupon we parted, and met T. Trice coming into the room, and he came to me and served mewith a subpoena for these very costs, so I paid it him, but Lord! to seehis resolution, and indeed discretion, in the wording of his receipt, he would have it most express to my greatest disadvantage that could be, yet so as I could not deny to give it him. That being paid, my clerke, and then his began to ask why we could not think, being friends, ofreferring it, or stating it, first ourselves, and then put it to somegood lawyer to judge in it. From one word to more we were resolved totry, and to that end to step to the Pope's Head Taverne, and therehe and his Clerke and Attorney and I and my Clerke, and sent for Mr. Smallwood, and by and by comes Mr. Clerke, my Solicitor, and after I hadprivately discoursed with my men and seen how doubtfully they talked, and what future certain charge and trouble it would be, with a doubtfulvictory, I resolved to condescend very low, and after some talke alltogether Trice and I retired, and he came to L150 the lowest, and I bidhim L80. So broke off and then went to our company, and they putting usto a second private discourse, at last I was contented to give him L100, he to spend 40s. Of it among this good company that was with us. So wewent to our company, both seeming well pleased that we were come to anend, and indeed I am in the respects above said, though it be a greatsum for us to part with. I am to pay him by giving him leave to buyabout L40 worth of Piggott's land and to strike off so much of Piggott'sdebt, and the other to give him bond to pay him in 12 months afterwithout interest, only giving him a power to buy more land of Piggottand paying him that way as he did for the other, which I am well enoughcontented with, or at least to take the land at that price and give himthe money. This last I did not tell him, but I shall order it so. Havingagreed upon to-morrow come se'nnight for the spending of the 40s. At Mr. Rawlinson's, we parted, and I set T. Trice down in Paul's Churchyardand I by coach home and to my office, and there set down this day'spassages, and so home to supper and to bed. Mr. Coventry tells me to-daythat the Queen had a very good night last night; but yet it is strangethat still she raves and talks of little more than of her having ofchildren, and fancys now that she hath three children, and that thegirle is very like the King. And this morning about five o'clock waked(the physician feeling her pulse, thinking to be better able to judge, she being still and asleep, waked her) and the first word she said was, "How do the children?"

28th. Up and at my office all the morning, and at noon Mr. Creed came tome and dined with me, and after dinner Murford came to me and he and Idiscoursed wholly upon his breach of contract with us. After that Mr. Creed and I abroad, I doing several errands, and with him at last to thegreat coffee-house, and there after some common discourse we parted andI home, paying what I owed at the Mitre in my way, and at home Sympsonthe joyner coming he set up my press for my cloaks and other smallthings, and so to my office a little, and to supper, and to bed. Thismorning Mr. Blackburne came to me, and telling me what complaints Willmade of the usage he had from my wife and other discouragements, and, I seeing him, instead of advising, rather favouring his kinsman, I toldhim freely my mind, but friendlily, and so we have concluded to have himhave a lodging elsewhere, and that I will spare him L15 of his salary, and if I do not need to keep another L20. 

29th. Up, it being my Lord Mayor's day, Sir Anthony Bateman. Thismorning was brought home my new velvet cloake, that is, lined withvelvet, a good cloth the outside, the first that ever I had in my life, and I pray God it may not be too soon now that I begin to wear it. I hadit this day brought, thinking to have worn it to dinner, but I thoughtit would be better to go without it because of the crowde, and so I didnot wear it. We met a little at the office, and then home again and gotme ready to go forth, my wife being gone forth by my consent before tosee her father and mother, and taken her cooke mayde and little girleto Westminster with her for them to see their friends. This morning indressing myself and wanting a band, [The band succeeded the ruff as the ordinary civil costume. The lawyers, who now retain bands, and the clergy, who have only lately left them off, formerly wore ruffs. ]

I found all my bands that were newly made clean so ill smoothed thatI crumpled them, and flung them all on the ground, and was angry withJane, which made the poor girle mighty sad, so that I were troubled forit afterwards. At noon I went forth, and by coach to Guild Hall (by theway calling at Mr. Rawlinson's), and there was admitted, and meetingwith Mr. Proby (Sir R. Ford's son), and Lieutenant-Colonel Baron, a Citycommander, we went up and down to see the tables; where under every saltthere was a bill of fare, and at the end of the table the personsproper for the table. Many were the tables, but none in the Hall but theMayor's and the Lords of the Privy Council that had napkins

 [As the practice of eating with forks gradually was introduced from Italy into England, napkins were not so generally used, but considered more as an ornament than a necessary. 

 "The laudable use of forks, Brought into custom here, as they are in Italy, To the sparing of napkins. "

 Ben Jonson, The Devil is an Ass, act v. , sc. 3. 

 The guests probably brought their own knife and fork with them in a case. --M. B. ]

or knives, which was very strange. We went into the Buttry, and therestayed and talked, and then into the Hall again: and there wine wasoffered and they drunk, I only drinking some hypocras, which do notbreak my vowe, it being, to the best of my present judgement, only amixed compound drink, and not any wine. 

 [A drink, composed usually of red wine, but sometimes of white, with the addition of sugar and spices. Sir Walter Scott ("Quarterly Review, " vol. Xxxiii. ) says, after quoting this passage of Pepys, "Assuredly his pieces of bacchanalian casuistry can only be matched by that of Fielding's chaplain of Newgate, who preferred punch to wine, because the former was a liquor nowhere spoken against in Scripture. "]

If I am mistaken, God forgive me! but I hope and do think I am not. Byand by met with Creed; and we, with the others, went within the severalCourts, and there saw the tables prepared for the Ladies and Judges andBishopps: all great sign of a great dinner to come. By and by about oneo'clock, before the Lord Mayor came, come into the Hall, from the roomwhere they were first led into, the Lord Chancellor (Archbishopp beforehim), with the Lords of the Council, and other Bishopps, and they todinner. Anon comes the Lord Mayor, who went up to the lords, and thento the other tables to bid wellcome; and so all to dinner. I sat nearProby, Baron, and Creed at the Merchant Strangers' table; where ten gooddishes to a messe, with plenty of wine of all sorts, of which I drunknone; but it was very unpleasing that we had no napkins nor change oftrenchers, and drunk out of earthen pitchers and wooden dishes. --[TheCity plate was probably melted during the Civil War. -M. B. ]--It happenedthat after the lords had half dined, came the French Embassador, up tothe lords' table, where he was to have sat; but finding the table set, he would not sit down nor dine with the Lord Mayor, who was notyet come, nor have a table to himself, which was offered; but in adiscontent went away again. After I had dined, I and Creed rose andwent up and down the house, and up to the lady's room, and there stayedgazing upon them. But though there were many and fine, both young andold, yet I could not discern one handsome face there; which was verystrange, nor did I find the lady that young Dawes married so pretty as Itook her for, I having here an opportunity of looking much upon hervery near. I expected musique, but there was none but only trumpets anddrums, which displeased me. The dinner, it seems, is made by the Mayorand two Sheriffs for the time being, the Lord Mayor paying one half, andthey the other. And the whole, Proby says, is reckoned to come to about7 or L800 at most. Being wearied with looking upon a company of uglywomen, Creed and I went away, and took coach and through Cheapside, andthere saw the pageants, which were very silly, and thence to the Temple, where meeting Greatorex, he and we to Hercules Pillars, there to show methe manner of his going about of draining of fenns, which I desired muchto know, but it did not appear very satisfactory to me, as he discoursedit, and I doubt he will faile in it. Thence I by coach home, and therefound my wife come home, and by and by came my brother Tom, with whomI was very angry for not sending me a bill with my things, so as that Ithink never to have more work done by him if ever he serves me so again, and so I told him. The consideration of laying out L32 12s. This verymonth in his very work troubles me also, and one thing more, that is tosay, that Will having been at home all the day, I doubt is the occasionthat Jane has spoken to her mistress tonight that she sees she cannotplease us and will look out to provide herself elsewhere, which dotrouble both of us, and we wonder also at her, but yet when the rogue isgone I do not fear but the wench will do well. To the office a little, to set down my Journall, and so home late to supper and to bed. TheQueen mends apace, they say; but yet talks idle still. 

30th. Lay long in bed with my wife, and then up and a while at myoffice, and so to the Change, and so [home] again, and there I found mywife in a great passion with her mayds. I upstairs to set some things inorder in our chamber and wardrobe, and so to dinner upon a good dish ofstewed beef, then up again about my business. Then by coach with my wifeto the New Exchange, and there bought and paid for several things, andthen back, calling at my periwigg-makers, and there showed my wifethe periwigg made for me, and she likes it very well, and so to mybrother's, and to buy a pair of boddice for her, and so home, and tomy office late, and then home to my wife, purposing to go on to a newlesson in arithmetique with her. So to supper and to bed. The Queenmends apace, but her head still light. My mind very heavy thinking of mygreat layings out lately, and what they must still be for clothes, butI hope it is in order to getting of something the more by it, for Iperceive how I have hitherto suffered for lack of going as becomes myplace. After a little discourse with my wife upon arithmetique, to bed. 

31st. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and at noonhome to dinner, where Creed came and dined with me, and after dinner heand I upstairs, and I showed him my velvet cloake and other things ofclothes, that I have lately bought, which he likes very well, and I tookhis opinion as to some things of clothes, which I purpose to wear, beingresolved to go a little handsomer than I have hitherto. Thence to theoffice; where busy till night, and then to prepare my monthly account, about which I staid till 10 or 11 o'clock at night, and to my greatsorrow find myself L43 worse than I was the last month, which wasthen L760, and now it is but L717. But it hath chiefly arisen from mylayings-out in clothes for myself and wife; viz. , for her about L12, andfor myself L55, or thereabouts; having made myself a velvet cloake, twonew cloth suits, black, plain both; a new shagg

 [Shag was a stuff similar to plush. In 1703 a youth who was missing is described in an advertisement as wearing "red shag breeches, striped with black stripes. " (Planche's "Cyclopxdia of Costume "). ]

gowne, trimmed with gold buttons and twist, with a new hat, and, silktops for my legs, and many other things, being resolved henceforward togo like myself. And also two perriwiggs, one whereof costs me L3, andthe other 40s. --I have worn neither yet, but will begin next week, Godwilling. So that I hope I shall not need now to lay out more money agreat while, I having laid out in clothes for myself and wife, and forher closett and other things without, these two months, this and thelast, besides household expenses of victuals, &c. , above L110. ButI hope I shall with more comfort labour to get more, and with bettersuccesse than when, for want of clothes, I was forced to sneake like abeggar. Having done this I went home, and after supper to bed, my mindbeing eased in knowing my condition, though troubled to think that Ihave been forced to spend so much. 

Thus I end this month worth L717, or thereabouts, with a good deal ofgood goods more than I had, and a great deal of new and good clothes. My greatest trouble and my wife's is our family, mighty out of order bythis fellow Will's corrupting the mayds by his idle talke and carriage, which we are going to remove by hastening him out of the house, whichhis uncle Blackburne is upon doing, and I am to give him L20 per annumtoward his maintenance. The Queene continues lightheaded, but in hopesto recover. The plague is much in Amsterdam, and we in fears of it here, which God defend. 

 [Defend is used in the sense of forbid. It is a Gallicism from the French "defendre. "]

The Turke goes on mightily in the Emperor's dominions, and the Princescannot agree among themselves how to go against him. Myself in prettygood health now, after being ill this month for a week together, butcannot yet come to.... Well, being so costive, but for this month almostI have not had a good natural stool, but to this hour am forced to takephysic every night, which brings me neither but one stool, and that inthe morning as soon as I am up, all the rest of the day very costive. Myfather has been very ill in the country, but I hope better again now. Iam lately come to a conclusion with Tom Trice to pay him L100, which isa great deale of money, but I hope it will save a great deale more. Butthus everything lessens, which I have and am like to have, and thereforeI must look about me to get something more than just my salary, or elseI may resolve to live well and die a beggar. 

NOVEMBER 1663

November 1st (Lord's day). This morning my brother's man brought me anew black baize waistecoate, faced with silke, which I put on from thisday, laying by half-shirts for this winter. He brought me also my newgowne of purple shagg, trimmed with gold, very handsome; he also broughtme as a gift from my brother, a velvet hat, very fine to ride in, andthe fashion, which pleases me very well, to which end, I believe, hesent it me, for he knows I had lately been angry with him. Up and tochurch with my wife, and at noon dined at home alone, a good calveshead boiled and dumplings, an excellent dinner methought it was. Thento church again, whither Sir W. Pen came, the first time he has been atchurch these several months, he having been sicke all the while. Homeand to my office, where I taught my wife some part of subtraction, and then fell myself to set some papers of my last night's accountsin order, and so to supper home, and after supper another bout atarithmetique with my wife, and then to my office again and made an endof my papers, and so home to prayers, and then to read my vowes, and tobed. 

2d. Up, and by coach to White Hall, and there in the long Matted GalleryI find Sir G. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, and Sir W. Batten--and by and bycomes the King to walk there with three or four with him; and soon ashe saw us, says he, "Here is the Navy Office, " and there walked twentyturns the length of the gallery, talking, methought, but ordinary talke. By and by came the Duke, and he walked, and at last they went into theDuke's lodgings. The King staid so long that we could not discourse withthe Duke, and so we parted. I heard the Duke say that he was going towear a perriwigg; and they say the King also will. I never till thisday observed that the King is mighty gray. Thence, meeting with Creed, walked with him to Westminster Hall, and thence by coach took up Mrs. Hunt, and carried her towards my house, and we light at the 'Change, andsent her to my house, Creed and I to the Coffeehouse, and then to the'Change, and so home, and carried a barrel of oysters with us, and soto dinner, and after a good dinner left Mrs. Hunt and my wife makingmarmalett of quinces, and Creed and I to the perriwigg makers, but itbeing dark concluded of nothing, and so Creed went away, and I with SirW. Pen, who spied me in the street, in his coach home. There found thembusy still, and I up to my vyall. Anon, the comfiture being well done, my wife and I took Mrs. Hunt at almost 9 at night by coach and carriedMrs. Hunt home, and did give her a box of sugar and a haunch of venisongiven me by my Lady the other day. We did not 'light, but saw herwithin doors, and straight home, where after supper there happening somediscourse where my wife thought she had taken Jane in a lie, she toldme of it mighty triumphantly, but I, not seeing reason to conclude it alie, was vexed, and my wife and I to very high words, wherein I up tomy chamber, and she by and by followed me up, and to very bad words fromher to me, calling me perfidious and man of no conscience, whatever Ipretend to, and I know not what, which troubled me mightily, and thoughI would allow something to her passion, yet I see again and again thatshe spoke but somewhat of what she had in her heart. But I temperedmyself very well, so as that though we went to bed with discontent sheyielded to me and began to be fond, so that being willing myself topeace, we did before we sleep become very good friends, it being past 12o'clock, and so with good hearts and joy to rest. 

3rd. Up and to the office, where busy all the morning, and at noon tothe Coffee-house, and there heard a long and most passionate discoursebetween two doctors of physique, of which one was Dr. Allen, whom I knewat Cambridge, and a couple of apothecarys; these maintaining chymistryagainst them Galenicall physique; and the truth is, one of theapothecarys whom they charged most, did speak very prettily, that is, his language and sense good, though perhaps he might not be so knowinga physician as to offer to contest with them. At last they came to somecooler terms, and broke up. I home, and there Mr. Moore coming by myappointment dined with me, and after dinner came Mr. Goldsborough, andwe discoursed about the business of his mother, but could come to noagreement in it but parted dissatisfied. By and by comes Chapman, theperiwigg-maker, and upon my liking it, without more ado I went up, andthere he cut off my haire, which went a little to my heart at present topart with it; but, it being over, and my periwigg on, I paid him L3 forit; and away went he with my owne haire to make up another of, and Iby and by, after I had caused all my mayds to look upon it; and theyconclude it do become me; though Jane was mightily troubled formy parting of my own haire, and so was Besse, I went abroad to theCoffeehouse, and coming back went to Sir W. Pen and there sat with himand Captain Cocke till late at night, Cocke talking of some of theRoman history very well, he having a good memory. Sir W. Pen observedmightily, and discoursed much upon my cutting off my haire, as he do ofevery thing that concerns me, but it is over, and so I perceive after aday or two it will be no great matter. 

4th. Up and to my office, shewing myself to Sir W. Batten, and Sir J. Minnes, and no great matter made of my periwigg, as I was afeard therewould be. Among other things there came to me Shales of Portsmouth, bymy order, and I began to discourse with him about the arrears of storesbelonging to the Victualling Office there, and by his discourse I am insome hopes that if I can get a grant from the King of such a part of allI discover I may chance to find a way to get something by the by, whichdo greatly please me the very thoughts of. Home to dinner, and verypleasant with my wife, who is this day also herself making of marmalettof quince, which she now do very well herself. I left her at it and bycoach I to the New Exchange and several places to buy and bring homethings, among others a case I bought of the trunk maker's for myperiwigg, and so home and to my office late, and among other thingswrote a letter to Will's uncle to hasten his removal from me, and sohome to supper and to bed. This morning Captain Cocke did give me a goodaccount of the Guinny trade. The Queene is in a great way to recovery. This noon came John Angier to me in a pickle, I was sad to see him, desiring my good word for him to go a trooper to Tangier, but Idid schoole him and sent him away with good advice, but no presentencouragement. Presently after I had a letter from his poor fatherat Cambridge, who is broke, it seems, and desires me to get him aprotection, or a place of employment; but, poor man, I doubt I can helpehim, but will endeavour it. 

5th. Lay long in bed, then up, called by Captain Cocke about business ofa contract of his for some Tarre, and so to the office, and then toSir W. Pen and there talked, and he being gone came Sir W. Warren anddiscoursed about our business with Field, and at noon by agreement tothe Miter to dinner upon T. Trice's 40s. , to be spent upon our lateagreement. Here was a very poor dinner and great company. All ourlawyers on both sides, and several friends of his and some of minebrought by him, viz. , Mr. Moore, uncle Wight, Dr. Williams, and my cozenAngier, that lives here in town, who t Captain John Shales afterdinner carried me aside and showed me a letter from his poor brother atCambridge to me of the same contents with that yesterday to me desiringhelp from me. Here I was among a sorry company without any content orpleasure, and at the last the reckoning coming to above 40s. By 15s. , hewould have me pay the 10s. And he would pay the 5s. , which was so poorthat I was ashamed of it, and did it only to save contending withhim. There, after agreeing a day for him and I to meet and seal ouragreement, I parted and home, and at the office by agreement came Mr. Shales, and there he and I discourse till late the business of hishelping me in the discovery of some arrears of provisions and storesdue to the stores at Portsmouth, out of which I may chance to get somemoney, and save the King some too, and therefore I shall endeavour to dothe fellow some right in other things here to his advantage between Mr. Gauden and him. He gone my wife and I to her arithmetique, in which shepleases me well, and so to the office, there set down my Journall, andso home to supper and to bed. A little troubled to see how my family isout of order by Will's being there, and also to hear that Jane do notplease my wife as I expected and would have wished. 

6th. This morning waking, my wife was mighty-earnest with me to persuademe that she should prove with child since last night, which, if it be, let it come, and welcome. Up to my office, whither Commissioner Pettcame, newly come out of the country, and he and I walked together inthe garden talking of business a great while, and I perceive that by ourcountenancing of him he do begin to pluck up his head, and will do goodthings I hope in the yard. Thence, he being gone, to my office and theredispatched many people, and at noon to the 'Change to the coffee-house, and among other things heard Sir John Cutler say, that of his owneexperience in time of thunder, so many barrels of beer as have a pieceof iron laid upon them will not be soured, and the others will. Thenceto the 'Change, and there discoursed with many people, and I hopeto settle again to my business and revive my report of following ofbusiness, which by my being taken off for a while by sickness and, laying out of money has slackened for a little while. Home, and therefound Mrs. Hunt, who dined very merry, good woman; with us. After dinnercame in Captain Grove, and he and I alone to talk of many things, andamong many others of the Fishery, in which he gives the such hopes thatbeing at this time full of projects how to get a little honestly, ofwhich some of them I trust in God will take, I resolved this afternoonto go and consult my Lord Sandwich about it, and so, being to carry homeMrs. Hunt, I took her and my wife by coach and set them at Axe Yard, andI to my Lord's and thither sent for Creed and discoursed with him aboutit, and he and I to White Hall, where Sir G. Carteret and my Lord met mevery fortunately, and wondered first to see me in my perruque, and I amglad it is over, and then, Sir G. Carteret being gone, I took my Lordaside, who do give me the best advice he can, and telling me how thereare some projectors, by name Sir Edward Ford, who would have the makingof farthings, [Sir Edward Ford, son of Sir William Ford of Harting, born at Up Park in 1605. "After the Restoration he invented a mode of coining farthings. Each piece was to differ minutely from another to prevent forgery. He failed in procuring a patent for these in England, but obtained one for Ireland. He died in Ireland before he could carry his design into execution, on September 3rd, 1670" ("Dictionary of National Biography "). ]

and out of that give so much to the King for the maintenance of theFishery; but my Lord do not like that, but would have it go as theyoffered the last year, and so upon my desire he promises me when it isseasonable to bring me into the commission with others, if any of themtake, and I perceive he and Mr. Coventry are resolved to follow ithard. Thence, after walking a good while in the Long gallery, home to myLord's lodging, my Lord telling me how my father did desire him to speakto me about my giving of my sister something, which do vex me to seethat he should trouble my Lord in it, but however it is a good occasionfor me to tell my Lord my condition, and so I was glad of it. After thatwe begun to talk of the Court, and he tells me how Mr. Edward Montagubegins to show respect to him again after his endeavouring to bespatterhim all was, possible; but he is resolved never to admit him into hisfriendship again. He tells me how he and Sir H. Bennet, the Duke ofBuckingham and his Duchesse, was of a committee with somebody else forthe getting of Mrs. Stewart for the King; but that she proves a cunningslut, and is advised at Somerset House by the Queene-Mother, and by hermother, and so all the plot is spoiled and the whole committee broke. Mr. Montagu and the Duke of Buckingham fallen a-pieces, the Duchessegoing to a nunnery; and so Montagu begins to enter friendship with myLord, and to attend the Chancellor whom he had deserted. My Lord tellsme that Mr. Montagu, among other things, did endeavour to representhim to the Chancellor's sons as one that did desert their father in thebusiness of my Lord of Bristoll; which is most false, being the only manthat hath several times dined with him when no soul hath come to him, and went with him that very day home when the Earl impeached him in theParliament House, and hath refused ever to pay a visit to my Lordof Bristoll, not so much as in return to a visit of his. So that theChancellor and my Lord are well known and trusted one by another. Butyet my Lord blames the Chancellor for desiring to have it put off to thenext Session of Parliament, contrary to my Lord Treasurer's advice, towhom he swore he would not do it: and, perhaps, my Lord Chancellor, foraught I see by my Lord's discourse, may suffer by it when the Parliamentcomes to sit. My Lord tells me that he observes the Duke of York dofollow and understand business very well, and is mightily improvedthereby. Here Mr. Pagett coming in I left my Lord and him, and thenceI called my wife and her maid Jane and by coach home and to my office, where late writing some things against tomorrow, and so home to supperand to bed. This morning Mr. Blackburne came to me to let me know thathe had got a lodging very commodious for his kinsman, and so he is readyat my pleasure to go when I would bid him, and so I told him that Iwould in a day or two send to speak with him and he and I would talk andadvise Will what to do, of which I am very glad. 

7th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and Sir W. Penand I had a word or two, where by opposing him in not being willing toexcuse a mulct put upon the purser of the James, absent from duty, hesays, by his business and order, he was mighty angry, and went out ofthe office like an asse discontented: At which I am never a whit sorry;I would not have [him] think that I dare not oppose him, where I seereason and cause for it. Home to dinner, and then by coach abroad aboutseveral businesses to several places, among others to Westminster Hall, where, seeing Howlett's daughter going out of the other end of the Hall, I followed her if I would to have offered talk to her and dallied withher a little, but I could not overtake her. Then calling at Unthank'sfor something of my wife's not done, a pretty little gentlewoman, alodger there, came out to tell me that it was not yet done, which thoughit vexed me yet I took opportunity of taking her by the hand with theboot, and so found matter to talk a little the longer to her, but Iwas ready to laugh at myself to see how my anger would not operate, my disappointment coming to me by such a messenger. Thence to Doctors'Commons and there consulted Dr. Turner about some differences we havewith the officers of the East India ships about goods brought by themwithout paying freight, which we demand of them. So home to my office, and there late writing letters, and so home to supper and to bed, havinggot a scurvy cold by lying cold in my head the last night. This dayCaptain Taylor brought me a piece of plate, a little small state dish, he expecting that I should get him some allowance for demorage

 ["'Demurrage' is the compensation due to a shipowner from a freighter for unduly decaying his vessel in port beyond the time specified in the charter-party or bill of lading. It is in fact an extended freight. A ship, unjustly detained as a prize is entitled to 'demurrage. '"--Smyth's Sailor's Word-Book, 1867. ]

of his ship "William, " kept long at Tangier, which I shall and mayjustly do. 

8th (Lord's day). Up, and it being late, to church without my wife, andthere I saw Pembleton come into the church and bring his wife withhim, a good comely plain woman, and by and by my wife came after meall alone, which I was a little vexed at. I found that my coming ina perriwigg did not prove so strange to the world as I was afear'd itwould, for I thought that all the church would presently have casttheir eyes all upon me, but I found no such thing. Here an ordinary lazysermon of Mr. Mill's, and then home to dinner, and there Tom came anddined with us; and after dinner to talk about a new black cloth suitthat I have a making, and so at church time to church again, where theScott preached, and I slept most of the time. Thence home, and Ispent most of the evening upon Fuller's "Church History" and Barckly's"Argeny, " and so after supper to prayers and to bed, a little fearingmy pain coming back again, myself continuing as costive as ever, and myphysic ended, but I had sent a porter to-day for more and it was broughtme before I went to bed, and so with pretty good content to bed. 

9th. Up and found myself very well, and so by coach to White Hall andthere met all my fellow officers, and so to the Duke, where, when wecame into his closett, he told us that Mr. Pepys was so altered with hisnew perriwigg that he did not know him. So to our discourse, and amongand above other things we were taken up in talking upon Sir J. Lawson'scoming home, he being come to Portsmouth; and Captain Berkely is come totowne with a letter from the Duana of Algier to the King, wherein theydo demand again the searching of our ships and taking out of strangers, and their goods; and that what English ships are taken without theDuke's pass they will detain (though it be flat contrary to the words ofthe peace) as prizes, till they do hear from our King, which they advisehim may be speedy. And this they did the very next day after they hadreceived with great joy the Grand Seignor's confirmation of the Peacefrom Constantinople by Captain Berkely; so that there is no command norcertainty to be had of these people. The King is resolved to send hiswill by a fleete of ships; and it is thought best and speediest to sendthese very ships that are now come home, five sail of good ships, backagain after cleaning, victualling, and paying them. But it is a pleasantthing to think how their Basha, Shavan Aga, did tear his hair to see thesoldiers order things thus; for (just like his late predecessor) whenthey see the evil of war with England, then for certain they complain tothe Grand Seignor of him, and cut his head off: this he is sure of, and knows as certain. Thence to Westminster Hall, where I met with Mr. Pierce, chyrurgeon; and among other things he asked me seriously whetherI knew anything of my Lord's being out of favour with the King; and toldme, that for certain the King do take mighty notice of my Lord's livingobscurely in a corner not like himself, and becoming the honour thathe is come to. I was sorry to hear, and the truth is, from my Lord'sdiscourse among his people (which I am told) of the uncertainty ofprinces' favours, and his melancholy keeping from Court, I am doubtfulof some such thing; but I seemed wholly strange to him in it, butwill make my use of it. He told me also how loose the Court is, nobodylooking after business, but every man his lust and gain; and howthe King is now become besotted upon Mrs. Stewart, that he gets intocorners, and will be with her half an houre together kissing her to theobservation of all the world; and she now stays by herself and expectsit, as my Lady Castlemaine did use to do; to whom the King, he says, is still kind, so as now and then he goes to have a chat with her ashe believes; but with no such fondness as he used to do. But yet it isthought that this new wench is so subtle, that she lets him not do anything than is safe to her, but yet his doting is so great that, Piercetells me, it is verily thought if the Queene had died, he would havemarried her. The Duke of Monmouth is to have part of the Cockpitt newbuilt for lodgings for him, and they say to be made Captain of theGuards in the room of my Lord Gerard. Having thus talked with him, therecomes into the Hall Creed and Ned Pickering, and after a turne or twowith them, it being noon, I walked with them two to the King's Headordinary, and there we dined; little discourse but what was common, onlythat the Duke of Yorke is a very, desperate huntsman, but I was ashamedof Pickering, who could not forbear having up my Lord Sandwich now andthen in the most paltry matters abominable. Thence I took leave of them, and so having taken up something at my wife's tailor's, I home by coachand there to my office, whither Shales came and I had much discoursewith him about the business of the victualling, and thence inthe evening to the Coffee-house, and there sat till by and by, byappointment Will brought me word that his uncle Blackburne was ready tospeak with me. So I went down to him, and he and I to a taverne hard by, and there I begun to speak to Will friendlily, advising him how to carryhimself now he is going from under my roof, without any reflections uponthe occasion from whence his removal arose. This his uncle seconded, andafter laying down to him his duty to me, and what I expect of him, ina discourse of about a quarter of an houre or more, we agreed upon hisgoing this week, towards the latter (end) of the week, and so dismissedhim, and Mr. Blackburne and I fell to talk of many things, wherein I didspeak so freely to him in many things agreeing with his sense thathe was very open to me: first, in that of religion, he makes it greatmatter of prudence for the King and Council to suffer liberty ofconscience; and imputes the losse of Hungary to the Turke from theEmperor's denying them this liberty of their religion. He says that manypious ministers of the word of God, some thousands of them, do now begtheir bread: and told me how highly the present clergy carry themselvesevery where, so as that they are hated and laughed at by everybody;among other things, for their excommunications, which they send upon theleast occasions almost that can be. And I am convinced in my judgement, not only from his discourse, but my thoughts in general, that thepresent clergy will never heartily go down with the generality of thecommons of England; they have been so used to liberty and freedom, andthey are so acquainted with the pride and debauchery of the presentclergy. He did give me many stories of the affronts which the clergyreceive in all places of England from the gentry and ordinary persons ofthe parish. He do tell me what the City thinks of General Monk, as ofa most perfidious man that hath betrayed every body, and the King also;who, as he thinks, and his party, and so I have heard other good friendsof the King say, it might have been better for the King to have had hishands a little bound for the present, than be forced to bring such acrew of poor people about him, and be liable to satisfy the demands ofevery one of them. He told me that to his knowledge (being present atevery meeting at the Treaty at the Isle of Wight), that the old Kingdid confess himself overruled and convinced in his judgement against theBishopps, and would have suffered and did agree to exclude the serviceout of the churches, nay his own chappell; and that he did always say, that this he did not by force, for that he would never abate one inchby any vyolence; but what he did was out of his reason and judgement. Hetells me that the King by name, with all his dignities, is prayed for bythem that they call Fanatiques, as heartily and powerfully as in any ofthe other churches that are thought better: and that, let the King thinkwhat he will, it is them that must helpe him in the day of warr. For asthey are the most, so generally they are the most substantial sort ofpeople, and the soberest; and did desire me to observe it to my LordSandwich, among other things, that of all the old army now you cannotsee a man begging about the street; but what? You shall have thiscaptain turned a shoemaker; the lieutenant, a baker; this a brewer; thata haberdasher; this common soldier, a porter; and every man in his apronand frock, &c. , as if they never had done anything else: whereasthe others go with their belts and swords, swearing and cursing, andstealing; running into people's houses, by force oftentimes, to carryaway something; and this is the difference between the temper of oneand the other; and concludes (and I think with some reason, ) that thespirits of the old parliament soldiers are so quiett and contented withGod's providences, that the King is safer from any evil meant him bythem one thousand times more than from his own discontented Cavalier. And then to the publique management of business: it is done, as heobserves, so loosely and so carelessly, that the kingdom can never behappy with it, every man looking after himself, and his owne lust andluxury; among other things he instanced in the business of money, he dobelieve that half of what money the Parliament gives the King is not somuch as gathered. And to the purpose he told me how the Bellamys (whohad some of the Northern counties assigned them for their debt for thepetty warrant victualling) have often complained to him that they cannotget it collected, for that nobody minds, or, if they do, they won't payit in. Whereas (which is a very remarkable thing, ) he hath been toldby some of the Treasurers at Warr here of late, to whom the most ofthe L120, 000 monthly was paid, that for most months the payments weregathered so duly, that they seldom had so much or more than 40s. , or thelike, short in the whole collection; whereas now the very Commissionersfor Assessments and other publique payments are such persons, and thosethat they choose in the country so like themselves, that from top tobottom there is not a man carefull of any thing, or if he be, he is notsolvent; that what between the beggar and the knave, the King is abusedthe best part of all his revenue. From thence we began to talk of theNavy, and particularly of Sir W. Pen, of whose rise to be a general Ihad a mind to be informed. He told me he was always a conceited man, andone that would put the best side outward, but that it was his pretenceof sanctity that brought him into play. Lawson, and Portman, and theFifth-monarchy men, among whom he was a great brother, importuned thathe might be general; and it was pleasant to see how Blackburne himselfdid act it, how when the Commissioners of the Admiralty would enquireof the captains and admirals of such and such men, how they would witha sigh and casting up the eyes say, "Such a man fears the Lord, " or, "Ihope such a man hath the Spirit of God, " and such things as that. But hetells me that there was a cruel articling against Pen after one fight, for cowardice, in putting himself within a coyle of cables, of which hehad much ado to acquit himself: and by great friends did it, not withoutremains of guilt, but that his brethren had a mind to pass it by, andSir H. Vane did advise him to search his heart, and see whether thisfault or a greater sin was not the occasion of this so great tryall. And he tells me, that what Pen gives out about Cromwell's sending andentreating him to go to Jamaica, is very false; he knows the contrary:besides, the Protector never was a man that needed to send for any man, specially such a one as he, twice. He tells me that the business ofJamaica did miscarry absolutely by his pride, and that when he was inthe Tower he would cry like a child. This he says of his own personalknowledge, and lastly tells me that just upon the turne, when Monk wascome from the North to the City, and did begin to think of bringing inthe King, Pen was then turned Quaker. This he is most certain of. Hetells me that Lawson was never counted any thing but only a seaman, and a stout man, but a false man, and that now he appears the greatesthypocrite in the world. And Pen the same. He tells me that it is muchtalked of, that the King intends to legitimate the Duke of Monmouth; andthat he has not, nor his friends of his persuasion, have any hopes ofgetting their consciences at liberty but by God Almighty's turning ofthe King's heart, which they expect, and are resolved to live and die inquiett hopes of it; but never to repine, or act any thing more than byprayers towards it. And that not only himself but all of them have, andare willing at any time to take the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. Thus far, and upon many more things, we had discoursed when some personsin a room hard by began to sing in three parts very finely and to playupon a flagilette so pleasantly that my discourse afterwards was buttroublesome, and I could not attend it, and so, anon, considering of asudden the time of night, we found it 11 o'clock, which I thought ithad not been by two hours, but we were close in talk, and so we rose, he having drunk some wine and I some beer and sugar, and so by afair moonshine home and to bed, my wife troubled with tooth ache. Mr. Blackburne observed further to me, some certain notice that he had ofthe present plot so much talked of; that he was told by Mr. Rushworth, how one Captain Oates, a great discoverer, did employ several to bringand seduce others into a plot, and that one of his agents met with onethat would not listen to him, nor conceal what he had offered him, butso detected the trapan. This, he says, is most true. He also, amongother instances how the King is served, did much insist upon thecowardice and corruption of the King's guards and militia, which to besure will fail the King, as they have done already, when there will beoccasion for them. 

10th. Up and to the office, where we sat till noon, and then to theExchange, where spoke with several and had my head casting about how toget a penny and I hope I shall, and then hone, and there Mr. Moore byappointment dined with me, and after dinner all the afternoon till nightdrawing a bond and release against to-morrow for T. Trice, and I to cometo a conclusion in which I proceed with great fear and jealousy, knowinghim to be a rogue and one that I fear has at this time got too greata hank--[hold]--over me by the neglect of my lawyers. But among otherthings I am come to an end with Mr. Moore for a L32, a good while lyingin my hand of my Lord Privy Seal's which he for the odd L7 do give me abond to secure me against, and so I got L25 clear. Then, he beinggone, to the office and there late setting down yesterday's remarkablediscourses, and so home and to supper, late, and to bed. The Queene, Ihear, is now very well again, and that she hath bespoke herself a newgowne. 

11th. Up and to my office all the morning, and at noon to theCoffee-house, where with Dr. Allen some good discourse about physiqueand chymistry. And among other things, I telling him what Dribble theGerman Doctor do offer of an instrument to sink ships; he tells me thatwhich is more strange, that something made of gold, which they call inchymistry Aurum fulminans, a grain, I think he said, of it put into asilver spoon and fired, will give a blow like a musquett, and strikea hole through the spoon downward, without the least force upward; andthis he can make a cheaper experiment of, he says, with iron prepared. Thence to the 'Change, and being put off a meeting with T. Trice, he notcoming, I home to dinner, and after dinner by coach with my wife to myperiwigg maker's for my second periwigg, but it is not done, and so, calling at a place or two, home, and there to my office, and theretaught my wife a new lesson in arithmetique and so sent her home, and Ito several businesses; and so home to supper and to bed, being mightilytroubled with a cold in my stomach and head, with a great pain bycoughing. 

12th. Lay long in bed, indeed too long, divers people and the officersstaying for me. My cozen Thomas Pepys the executor being below, and Iwent to him and stated reckonings about our debt, for his payments ofmoney to my uncle Thomas heretofore by the Captain's orders. I did notpay him but will soon do it if I can. To the office and there all themorning, where Sir W. Pen, like a coxcomb, was so ready to cross me in amotion I made unawares for the entering a man at Chatham into the works, wherein I was vexed to see his spleene, but glad to understand it, andthat it was in no greater a matter, I being not at all concerned here. To the 'Change and did several businesses there and so home with Mr. Moore to dinner, my wife having dined, with Mr. Hollyard with herto-day, he being come to advise her about her hollow sore place. Afterdinner Mr. Moore and I discoursing of my Lord's negligence in attendanceat Court, and the discourse the world makes of it, with the too greatreason that I believe there is for it; I resolved and took coach to hislodgings, thinking to speak with my Lord about it without more ado. Here I met Mr. Howe, and he and I largely about it, and he very soberlyacquainted me how things are with my Lord, that my Lord do not doanything like himself, but follows his folly, and spends his time eitherat cards at Court with the ladies, when he is there at all, or elseat Chelsy with the slut to his great disgrace, and indeed I do see andbelieve that my Lord do apprehend that he do grow less too at Court. Anon my Lord do come in, and I begun to fall in discourse with him, butmy heart did misgive me that my Lord would not take it well, and thenfound him not in a humour to talk, and so after a few ordinary words, myLord not talking in the manner as he uses to do; I took leave, and spentsome time with W. Howe again, and told him how I could not do what I hadso great a mind and resolution to do, but that I thought it would be aswell to do it in writing, which he approves of, and so I took leave ofhim, and by coach home, my mind being full of it, and in pain concerningit. So to my office busy very late, the nights running on faster thanone thinks, and so to supper and to bed. 

13th. Up and to my office, busy all the morning with CommissionerPett; at noon I to the Exchange, and meeting Shales, he and I to theCoffee-house and there talked of our victualling matters, which I fearwill come to little. However I will go on and carry it as far as I can. So home to dinner where I expected Commissioner Pett, and had a gooddinner, but he came not. After dinner came my perriwigg-maker, andbrings me a second periwigg, made of my own haire, which comes to 21s. 6d. More than the worth of my own haire, so that they both come to L41s. 6d. , which he sayth will serve me two years, but I fear it. He beinggone, I to my office, and put on my new shagg purple gowne, with goldbuttons and loop lace, I being a little fearful of taking cold and ofpain coming upon me. Here I staid making an end of a troublesome letter, but to my advantage, against Sir W. Batten, giving Sir G. Carteret anaccount of our late great contract with Sir W. Warren for masts, whereinI am sure I did the King L600 service. That done home to my wife to takea clyster, which I did, and it wrought very well and brought a greatdeal of wind, which I perceive is all that do trouble me. After that, about 9 or 10 o'clock, to supper in my wife's chamber, and then about 12to bed. 

14th. Up and to the office, where we sat, and after we had almostdone, Sir W. Batten desired to have the room cleared, and there he didacquaint the board how he was obliged to answer to something lately saidwhich did reflect upon the Comptroller and him, and to that purposetold how the bargain for Winter's timber did not prove so bad as I hadreported to the board it would. After he had done I cleared the matterthat I did not mention the business as a thing designed by me againstthem, but was led to it by Sir J. Minnes, and that I said nothing butwhat I was told by Mayers the surveyor as much as by Deane upon whomthey laid all the fault, which I must confess did and do still troubleme, for they report him to be a fellow not fit to be employed, when inmy conscience he deserves better than any officer in the yard. I thoughtit not convenient to vindicate him much now, but time will serve when Iwill do it, and I am bound to do it. I offered to proceed to examineand prove what I said if they please, but Mr. Coventry most discreetlyadvised not, it being to no purpose, and that he did believe that whatI said did not by my manner of speaking it proceed from any design ofreproaching them, and so it ended. But my great trouble is for poorDeane. At noon home and dined with my wife, and after dinner Will toldme if I pleased he was ready to remove his things, and so before mywife I did give him good counsel, and that his going should not abatemy kindnesse for him, if he carried himself well, and so bid "God blesshim, " and left him to remove his things, the poor lad weeping, but I amapt to think matters will be the better both for him and us. So to theoffice and there late busy. In the evening Mr. Moore came to tell methat he had no opportunity of speaking his mind to my Lord yesterday, and so I am resolved to write to him very suddenly. So after my businessdone I home, I having staid till 12 o'clock at night almost, making anend of a letter to Sir G. Carteret about the late contract for masts, wherein I have done myself right, and no wrong to Sir W. Batten. Thisnight I think is the first that I have lain without ever a man in myhouse besides myself, since I came to keep any. Will being this nightgone to his lodging, and by the way I hear to-day that my boy Waynmanhas behaved himself so with Mr. Davis that they have got him put intoa Barbadoes ship to be sent away, and though he sends to me to get arelease for him I will not out of love to the boy, for I doubt to keephim here were to bring him to the gallows. 

15th (Lord's day). Lay very long in bed with my wife and then up and tomy office there to copy fair my letter to Sir G. Carteret, which I did, and by and by most opportunely a footman of his came to me about otherbusiness, and so I sent it him by his own servant. I wish good luck withit. At noon home to dinner, my wife not being up, she lying to expectMr. Holyard the surgeon. So I dined by myself, and in the afternoon tomy office again, and there drew up a letter to my Lord, stating to himwhat the world talks concerning him, and leaving it to him and myself tobe thought of by him as he pleases, but I have done but my duty in it. I wait Mr. Moore's coming for his advice about sending it. So hometo supper to my wife, myself finding myself by cold got last nightbeginning to have some pain, which grieves me much in my mind to seeto what a weakness I am come. This day being our Queene's birthday, theguns of the Tower went all off; and in the evening the Lord Mayor sentfrom church to church to order the constables to cause bonfires to bemade in every streete, which methinks is a poor thing to be forced tobe commanded. After a good supper with my wife, and hearing of the maydsread in the Bible, we to prayers, and to bed. 

16th. Up, and being ready then abroad by coach to White Hall, and therewith the Duke, where Mr. Coventry did a second time go to vindicatehimself against reports and prove by many testimonies that he brought, that he did nothing but what had been done by the Lord Admiral'ssecretaries heretofore, though he do not approve of it, nor since hehad any rule from the Duke hath he exceeded what he is there directed totake, and the thing I think is very clear that they always did take andthat now he do take less than ever they did heretofore. Thence away, andSir G. Carteret did call me to him and discourse with me about my letteryesterday, and did seem to take it unkindly that I should doubt of hissatisfaction in the bargain of masts, and did promise me that hereafterwhatever he do hear to my prejudice he would tell me before he wouldbelieve it, and that this was only Sir W. Batten's report in thisbusiness, which he says he did ever approve of, in which I know he lies. Thence to my Lord's lodgings thinking to find Mr. Moore, in order to thesending away my letter of reproof to my Lord, but I do not find him, but contrary do find my Lord come to Court, which I am glad to hear andshould be more glad to hear that he do follow his business that I maynot have occasion to venture upon his good nature by such a provocationas my letter will be to him. So by coach home, to the Exchange, whereI talked about several businesses with several people, and so home todinner with my wife, and then in the afternoon to my office, and therelate, and in the evening Mr. Hollyard came, and he and I about our greatwork to look upon my wife's malady, which he did, and it seems hergreat conflux of humours, heretofore that did use to swell there, didin breaking leave a hollow which has since gone in further and further;till now it is near three inches deep, but as God will have it do notrun into the bodyward, but keeps to the outside of the skin, and so hemust be forced to cut it open all along, and which my heart I doubt willnot serve for me to see done, and yet she will not have any body elseto see it done, no, not her own mayds, and so I must do it, poor wretch, for her. To-morrow night he is to do it. He being gone, I to my officeagain a little while, and so home to supper and to bed. 

17th. Up, and while I am dressing myself, Mr. Deane of Woolwich cameto me, and I did tell him what had happened to him last Saturday in theoffice, but did encourage him to make no matter of it, for that I didnot fear but he would in a little time be master of his enemies as muchas they think to master him, and so he did tell me many instances of theabominable dealings of Mr. Pett of Woolwich towards him. So we brokeup, and I to the office, where we sat all the forenoon doing severalbusinesses, and at noon I to the 'Change where Mr. Moore came to me, andby and by Tom Trice and my uncle Wight, and so we out to a taverne (theNew Exchange taverne over against the 'Change where I never was before, and I found my old playfellow Ben Stanley master of it), and thence to ascrivener to draw up a bond, and to another tavern (the King's Head) wewent, and calling on my cozen Angier at the India House there we eat abit of pork from a cookes together, and after dinner did seal the bond, and I did take up the old bond of my uncle's to my aunt, and here T. Trice before them do own all matters in difference between us is clearas to this business, and that he will in six days give me it under thehand of his attorney that there is no judgment against the bond thatmay give me any future trouble, and also a copy of their letters of hisAdministration to Godfrey, as much of it as concerns me to have. Allthis being done towards night we broke up, and so I home and with Mr. Moore to my office, and there I read to him the letter I have wroteto send to my Lord to give him an account how the world, both city andcourt, do talk of him and his living as he do there in such a poor andbad house so much to his disgrace. Which Mr. Moore do conclude so welldrawn: that he would not have me by any means to neglect sending it, assuring me in the best of his judgment that it cannot but endear me tomy Lord instead of what I fear of getting his offence, and did offerto take the same words and send them as from, him with his hand to him, which I am not unwilling should come (if they are at all fit to go) fromany body but myself, and so, he being gone, I did take a copy of itto keep by me in shorthand, and sealed them up to send to-morrow by myWill. So home, Mr. Hollyard being come to my wife, and there she beingin bed, he and I alone to look again upon her .... And there he do findthat, though it would not be much pain, yet she is so fearful, and thething will be somewhat painful in the tending, which I shall not be ableto look after, but must require a nurse and people about her; so thatupon second thoughts he believes that a fomentation will do as well, and though it will be troublesome yet no pain, and what her mayd will beable to do without knowing directly what it is for, but only that it maybe for the piles. For though it be nothing but what is fiery honest, yetmy wife is loth to give occasion of discourse concerning it. By thismy mind and my wife's is much eased, for I confess I should have beentroubled to have had my wife cut before my face, I could not have borneto have seen it. I had great discourse with him about my disease. Hetells me again that I must eat in a morning some loosening gruel, and atnight roasted apples, that I must drink now and then ale with my wine, and eat bread and butter and honey, and rye bread if I can endure it, it being loosening. I must also take once a week a clyster of his lastprescription, only honey now and then instead of butter, which things Iam now resolved to apply myself to. He being gone I to my office againto a little business, and then home to supper and to bed, being in, alittle pain by drinking of cold small beer to-day and being in a coldroom at the Taverne I believe. 

18th. Up, and after being ready, and done a little business at theoffice, I and Mr. Hater by water to Redriffe, and so walked to Deptford, where I have not been a very great, while, and there paid off theMilford in very good order, and all respect showed me in the office asmuch as there used to be to any of the rest or the whole board. Thatdone at noon I took Captain Terne, and there coming in by chance CaptainBerkeley, him also to dinner with me to the Globe. Captain Berkeley, whowas lately come from Algier, did give us a good account of the place, and how the Basha there do live like a prisoner, being at the mercyof the soldiers and officers, so that there is nothing but a greatconfusion there. After dinner came Sir W. Batten, and I left him to payoff another ship, and I walked home again reading of a little bookof new poems of Cowley's, given me by his brother. Abraham do lie, itseems, very sicke, still, but like to recover. At my office till late, and then came Mr. Hollyard so full of discourse and Latin that I thinkhe hath got a cupp, but I do not know; but full of talke he is indefence of Calvin and Luther. He begun this night the fomentation tomy wife, and I hope it will do well with her. He gone, I to the officeagain a little, and so to bed. This morning I sent Will with my greatletter of reproof to my Lord Sandwich, who did give it into his ownehand. I pray God give a blessing to it, but confess I am afeard whatthe consequence may be to me of good or bad, which is according to theingenuity that he do receive it with. However, I am satisfied that itwill do him good, and that he needs it:

 MY LORD, I do verily hope that neither the manner nor matter of this advice will be condemned by your Lordship, when for my defence in the first I shall alledge my double attempt, since your return from Hinchinbroke, of doing it personally, in both of which your Lordship's occasions, no doubtfulnesse of mine, prevented me, and that being now fearful of a sudden summons to Portsmouth, for the discharge of some ships there, I judge it very unbecoming the duty which every bit of bread I eat tells me I owe to your Lordship to expose the safety of your honour to the uncertainty of my return. For the matter, my Lord, it is such as could I in any measure think safe to conceal from, or likely to be discovered to you by any other hand, I should not have dared so far to owne what from my heart I believe is false, as to make myself but the relater of other's discourse; but, sir, your Lordship's honour being such as I ought to value it to be, and finding both in city and court that discourses pass to your prejudice, too generally for mine or any man's controllings but your Lordship's, I shall, my Lord, without the least greatening or lessening the matter, do my duty in laying it shortly before you. 

 People of all conditions, my Lord, raise matter of wonder from your Lordship's so little appearance at Court: some concluding thence their disfavour thereby, to which purpose I have had questions asked me, and endeavouring to put off such insinuations by asserting the contrary, they have replied, that your Lordship's living so beneath your quality, out of the way, and declining of Court attendance, hath been more than once discoursed about the King. Others, my Lord, when the chief ministers of State, and those most active of the Council have been reckoned up, wherein your Lordship never used to want an eminent place, have said, touching your Lordship, that now your turn was served, and the King had given you a good estate, you left him to stand or fall as he would, and, particularly in that of the Navy, have enlarged upon your letting fall all service there. 

 Another sort, and those the most, insist upon the bad report of the house wherein your Lordship, now observed in perfect health again, continues to sojourne, and by name have charged one of the daughters for a common courtizan, alledging both places and persons where and with whom she hath been too well known, and how much her wantonnesse occasions, though unjustly, scandal to your Lordship, and that as well to gratifying of some enemies as to the wounding of more friends I am not able to tell. 

 Lastly, my Lord, I find a general coldness in all persons towards your Lordship, such as, from my first dependance on you, I never yet knew, wherein I shall not offer to interpose any thoughts or advice of mine, well knowing your Lordship needs not any. But with a most faithful assurance that no person nor papers under Heaven is privy to what I here write, besides myself and this, which I shall be careful to have put into your owne hands, I rest confident of your Lordship's just construction of my dutifull intents herein, and in all humility take leave, may it please your Lordship, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, S. P. 

The foregoing letter was sealed up, and enclosed in this that follows

 MY LORD, If this finds your Lordship either not alone, or not at leisure, I beg the suspending your opening of the enclosed till you shall have both, the matter very well bearing such a delay, and in all humility remain, may it please your Lordship, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, S. P. 

 November 17, 1663. 

 My servant hath my directions to put this into your Lordship's owne hand, but not to stay for any answer. 

19th. Up, and to the office, where (Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Battenbeing gone this morning to Portsmouth) the rest of us met, and rode atnoon. So I to the 'Change, where little business, and so home to dinner, and being at dinner Mr. Creed in and dined with us, and after dinner Mr. Gentleman, my Jane's father, to see us and her. And after a little staywith them, I was sent for by Sir G. Carteret by agreement, and soleft them, and to him and with him by coach to my Lord Treasurer, todiscourse with him about Mr. Gauden's having of money, and to offer tohim whether it would not be necessary, Mr. Gauden's credit being so lowas it is, to take security of him if he demands any great sum, suchas L20, 000, which now ought to be paid him upon his next year'sdeclaration. Which is a sad thing, that being reduced to this by us, weshould be the first to doubt his credit; but so it is. However, it willbe managed with great tenderness to him. My Lord Treasurer we found inhis bed-chamber, being laid up of the goute. I find him a very readyman, and certainly a brave servant to the King: he spoke so quick andsensibly of the King's charge. Nothing displeased me in him but his longnails, which he lets grow upon a pretty thick white short hand, that ittroubled me to see them. Thence with Sir G. Carteret by coach, and heset me down at the New Exchange. In our way he told me there is no suchthing likely yet as a Dutch war, neither they nor we being in conditionfor it, though it will come certainly to that in some time, ourinterests lying the same way, that is to say, in trade. But not yet. Thence to the Temple, and there visited my cozen Roger Pepys and hisbrother Dr. John, a couple, methinks, of very ordinary men, and thenceto speak [with] Mr. Moore, and met him by the way, who tells me, tomy great content, that he believes my letter to my Lord Sandwich hathwrought well upon him, and that he will look after himself and hisbusiness upon it, for he begins already to do so. But I dare notconclude anything till I see him, which shall be to-morrow morning, thatI may be out of my pain to know how he takes it of me. He and I to theCoffee-house, and there drank and talked a little, and so I home, andafter a little at my office home to supper and to bed, not knowing howto avoid hopes from Mr. Moore's words to-night, and yet I am fearful ofthe worst. 

20th. Up, and as soon as I could to my Lord Sandwich's lodgings, buthe was gone out before, and so I am defeated of my expectation of beingeased one way or other in the business of my Lord. But I went up to Mr. Howe, who I saw this day the first time in a periwigg, which becomeshim very well, and discoursed with him. He tells me that my Lord is ofa sudden much changed, and he do believe that he do take my letter well. However, we do both bless God that it hath so good an effect upon him. Thence I home again, calling at the Wardrobe, where I found my Lord, butso busy with Mr. Townsend making up accounts there that I was unwillingto trouble him, and so went away. By and by to the Exchange, and theremet by agreement Mr. Howe, and took him with a barrel of oysters home todinner, where we were very merry, and indeed I observe him to be a veryhopeful young man, but only a little conceited. After dinner I took himand my wife, and setting her in Covent Garden at her mother's, he and Ito my Lord's, and thence I with Mr. Moore to White Hall, there the Kingand Council being close, and I thinking it an improper place to meetmy Lord first upon the business; I took coach, and calling my wife wenthome, setting Mr. Moore down by the way, and having been late at theoffice alone looking over some plates of the Northern seas, the Whiteseas, and Archangell river, I went home, and, after supper, to bed. My wife tells me that she and her brother have had a great falling outto-night, he taking upon him to challenge great obligation upon her, andtaxing her for not being so as she ought to be to her friends, and thatshe can do more with me than she pretends, and I know not what, but Godbe thanked she cannot. A great talke there is today of a crush betweensome of the Fanatiques up in arms, and the King's men in the North; butwhether true I know not yet. 

21st. At the office all the morning and at noon I receive a letter fromMr. Creed, with a token, viz. , a very noble parti-coloured Indian gownefor my wife. The letter is oddly writ, over-prizing his present, andlittle owning any past service of mine, but that this was his genuinerespects, and I know not what: I confess I had expectations of a betteraccount from him of my service about his accounts, and so give his boy12d. , and sent it back again, and after having been at the pay of aship this afternoon at the Treasury, I went by coach to Ludgate, and, bypricing several there, I guess this gowne may be worth about L12 or L15. But, however, I expect at least L50 of him. So in the evening I wrotehim a letter telling him clearly my mind, a copy of which I keep andof his letter and so I resolve to have no more such correspondence asI used to have but will have satisfaction of him as I do expect. So towrite my letters, and after all done I went home to supper and to bed, my mind being pretty well at ease from my letter to Creed, and more formy receipt this afternoon of L17 at the Treasury, for the L17 paid ayear since to the carver for his work at my house, which I did intend tohave paid myself, but, finding others to do it, I thought it not amisseto get it too, but I am afeard that we may hear of it to our greaterprejudices hereafter. 

22nd (Lord's day). Up pretty early, and having last night bespoke acoach, which failed me this morning, I walked as far as the Temple, andthere took coach, and to my Lord's lodgings, whom I found ready to goto chappell; but I coming, he begun, with a very serious countenance, to tell me that he had received my late letter, wherein first he tooknotice of my care of him and his honour, and did give me thanks for thatpart of it where I say that from my heart I believe the contrary of whatI do there relate to be the discourse of others; but since I intendedit not a reproach, but matter of information, and for him to make ajudgment of it for his practice, it was necessary for me to tell him thepersons of whom I have gathered the several particulars which I thereinsist on. I would have made excuses in it; but, seeing him so earnestin it, I found myself forced to it, and so did tell him Mr. Pierce;the chyrurgeon, in that of his Lordship's living being discoursed of atCourt; a mayd servant that-I kept, that lived at Chelsy school; and alsoMr. Pickering, about the report touching the young woman; and also Mr. Hunt, in Axe Yard, near whom she lodged. I told him the whole citydo discourse concerning his neglect of business; and so I many timesasserting my dutifull intention in all this, and he owning his acceptingof it as such. That that troubled me most in particular is, that hedid there assert the civility of the people of the house, and the younggentlewoman, for whose reproach he was sorry. His saying that he wasresolved how to live, and that though he was taking a house, meaning tolive in another manner, yet it was not to please any people, or to stopreport, but to please himself, though this I do believe he might saythat he might not seem to me to be so much wrought upon by what I havewrit; and lastly, and most of all, when I spoke of the tenderness thatI have used in declaring this to him, there being nobody privy to it, he told me that I must give him leave to except one. I told him thatpossibly somebody might know of some thoughts of mine, I having borrowedsome intelligence in this matter from them, but nobody could say theyknew of the thing itself what I writ. This, I confess, however, dotrouble me, for that he seemed to speak it as a quick retort, and itmust sure be Will. Howe, who did not see anything of what I writ, thoughI told him indeed that I would write; but in this, I think, there is nogreat hurt. I find him, though he cannot but owne his opinion of mygood intentions, and so, he did again and again profess it, that heis troubled in his mind at it; and I confess, I think I may have donemyself an injury for his good, which, were it to do again, and thatI believed he would take it no better, I think I should sit quietlywithout taking any notice of it, for I doubt there is no medium betweenhis taking it very well or very ill. I could not forbear weeping beforehim at the latter end, which, since, I am ashamed of, though I cannotsee what he can take it to proceed from but my tenderness and goodwill to him. After this discourse was ended, he began to talk very, cheerfully of other things, and I walked with him to White Hall, and wediscoursed of the pictures in the gallery, which, it may be, he might doout of policy, that the boy might not see any, strangeness in him; but Irather think that his mind was somewhat eased, and hope that he will beto me as he was before. But, however, I doubt not when he sees that Ifollow my business, and become an honour to him, and not to be like toneed him, or to be a burden to him, and rather able to serve him than toneed him, and if he do continue to follow business, and so come tohis right witts again, I do not doubt but he will then consider myfaithfulnesse to him, and esteem me as he ought. At chappell I hadroom in the Privy Seale pew with other gentlemen, and there heard Dr. Killigrew, preach, but my mind was so, I know not whether troubled, oronly full of thoughts of what had passed between my Lord and me that Icould not mind it, nor can at this hour remember three words. The anthemwas good after sermon, being the fifty-first psalme, made for fivevoices by one of Captain Cooke's boys, a pretty boy. And they say thereare four or five of them that can do as much. And here I first perceivedthat the King is a little musicall, and kept good time with his handall along the anthem. Up into the gallery after sermon and there I metCreed. We saluted one another and spoke but not one word of what hadpassed yesterday between us, but told me he was forced to such a placeto dinner and so we parted. Here I met Mr. Povy, who tells me howTangier had like to have been betrayed, and that one of the King'sofficers is come, to whom 8, 000 pieces of eight were offered for hispart. Hence I to the King's Head ordinary, and there dined, good andmuch company, and a good dinner: most of their discourse was abouthunting, in a dialect I understand very little. Thence by coach to ourown church, and there my mind being yet unsettled I could mind nothing, and after sermon home and there told my wife what had passed, and thenceto my office, where doing business only to keep my mind employed tilllate; and so home to supper, to prayers, and to bed. 

23rd: Up and to Alderman Backwell's, where Sir W. Rider, by appointment, met us to consult about the insuring of our hempe ship from Archangell, in which we are all much concerned, by my Lord Treasurer's command. Thatbeing put in a way I went to Mr. Beacham, one of our jury, to conferwith him about our business with Field at our trial to-morrow, andthence to St. Paul's Churchyarde, and there bespoke "Rushworth'sCollections, " and "Scobell's Acts of the Long Parliament, "' &c. , whichI will make the King pay for as to the office; and so I do not break myvow at all. Back to the Coffee-house, and then to the 'Change, where SirW. Rider and I did bid 15 per cent. , and nobody will take it under 20per cent. , and the lowest was 15 per cent. Premium, and 15 more to beabated in case of losse, which we did not think fit without order togive, and so we parted, and I home to a speedy, though too good a dinnerto eat alone, viz. , a good goose and a rare piece of roast beef. Thenceto the Temple, but being there too soon and meeting Mr. Moore I took himup and to my Lord Treasurer's, and thence to Sir Ph. Warwick's, whereI found him and did desire his advice, who left me to do what I thoughtfit in this business of the insurance, and so back again to the Templeall the way telling Mr. Moore what had passed between my Lord and meyesterday, and indeed my fears do grow that my Lord will not reform asI hoped he would nor have the ingenuity to take my advice as he oughtkindly. But however I am satisfied that the one person whom he said hewould take leave to except is not Mr. Moore, and so W. Howe I am surecould tell him nothing of my letter that ever he saw it. Here Mr. Mooreand I parted, and I up to the Speaker's chamber, and there met Mr. Coventry by appointment to discourse about Field's business, and thencewe parting I homewards and called at the Coffeehouse, and there bygreat accident hear that a letter is come that our ship is safe cometo Newcastle. With this news I went like an asse presently to AldermanBackewell and, told him of it, and he and I went to the African Housein Broad Street to have spoke with Sir W. Rider to tell him of it, butmissed him. Now what an opportunity had I to have concealed this andseemed to have made an insurance and got L100 with the least troubleand danger in the whole world. This troubles me to think I should beso oversoon. So back again with Alderman Backewell talking of the newmoney, which he says will never be counterfeited, he believes; but it isdeadly inconvenient for telling, it is so thick, and the edges are madeto turn up. I found him as full of business, and, to speak the truth, he is a very painfull man, and ever was, and now-a-days is well paidfor it. So home and to my office, doing business late in order to thegetting a little money, and so home to supper and to bed. 

24th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and at noonto the 'Change, where everybody joyed me in our hemp ship's coming safe, and it seems one man, Middleburgh, did give 20 per cent. In gold lastnight, three or four minutes before the newes came of her being safe. Thence with Mr. Deane home and dined, and after dinner and a good dealof discourse of the business of Woolwich Yard, we opened his draught ofa ship which he has made for me, and indeed it is a most excellent oneand that that I hope will be of good use to me as soon as I get a littletime, and much indebted I am to the poor man. Toward night I by coach toWhitehall to the Tangier committee, and there spoke with my Lord and heseems mighty kind to me, but I will try him to-morrow by a visit to seewhether he holds it or no. Then home by coach again and to my office, where late with Captain Miners about the East India business. So hometo supper and to bed, being troubled to find myself so bound as I am, notwithstanding all the physic that I take. This day our tryall was withField, and I hear that they have given him L29 damage more, which is astrange thing, but yet not so much as formerly, nor as I was afeard of. 

25th. Up and to Sir G. Carteret's house, and with him by coach toWhitehall. He uses me mighty well to my great joy, and in our discoursetook occasion to tell me that as I did desire of him the other day so hedesires of me the same favour that we may tell one another at any timeany thing that passes among us at the office or elsewhere wherein we areeither dissatisfied one with another, and that I should find him inall things as kind and ready to serve me as my own brother. Thismethinks-was very sudden and extraordinary and do please me mightily, and I am resolved by no means ever to lose him again if I can. Hetold me that he did still observe my care for the King's service in myoffice. He set me down in Fleet Street and thence I by another coach tomy Lord Sandwich's, and there I did present him Mr. Barlow's "Terella, "with which he was very much pleased, and he did show me great kindnesse, and by other discourse I have reason to think that he is not at all, asI feared he would be, discontented against me more than the trouble ofthe thing will work upon him. I left him in good humour, and I to WhiteHall, to the Duke of York and Mr. Coventry, and there advised aboutinsuring the hempe ship at 12 per cent. , notwithstanding her being cometo Newcastle, and I do hope that in all my three places which are nowmy hopes and supports I may not now fear any thing, but with care, whichthrough the Lord's blessing I will never more neglect, I don't doubt butto keep myself up with them all. For in the Duke, and Mr. Coventry, my Lord Sandwich and Sir G. Carteret I place my greatest hopes, and itpleased me yesterday that Mr. Coventry in the coach (he carrying me tothe Exchange at noon from the office) did, speaking of Sir W. Batten, say that though there was a difference between them, yet he wouldembrace any good motion of Sir W. Batten to the King's advantage as wellas of Mr. Pepys' or any friend he had. And when I talked that I would goabout doing something of the Controller's work when I had time, and thatI thought the Controller would not take it ill, he wittily replied thatthere was nothing in the world so hateful as a dog in the manger. Backby coach to the Exchange, there spoke with Sir W. Rider about insuring, and spoke with several other persons about business, and shall becomepretty well known quickly. Thence home to dinner with my poor wife, andwith great joy to my office, and there all the afternoon about business, and among others Mr. Bland came to me and had good discourse, and he haschose me a referee for him in a business, and anon in the evening comesSir W. Warren, and he and I had admirable discourse. He advised me inthings I desired about, bummary, --[bottomry]--and other ways of puttingout money as in parts of ships, how dangerous they are, and lastly fellto talk of the Dutch management of the Navy, and I think will helpe meto some accounts of things of the Dutch Admiralty, which I am mightydesirous to know. He seemed to have been mighty privy with my LordAlbemarle in things before this great turn, and to the King's dallyingwith him and others for some years before, but I doubt all was not verytrue. However, his discourse is very useful in general, though he wouldseem a little more than ordinary in this. Late at night home to supperand to bed, my mind in good ease all but my health, of which I am not alittle doubtful. 

26th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and at noonI to the 'Change, and there met with Mr. Cutler the merchant, who wouldneeds have me home to his house by the Dutch Church, and there in an oldbut good house, with his wife and mother, a couple of plain old women, I dined a good plain dinner, and his discourse after dinner with me uponmatters of the navy victualling very good and worth my hearing, and sohome to my office in the afternoon with my mind full of business, andthere at it late, and so home to supper to my poor wife, and to bed, myself being in a little pain..... By a stroke.... In pulling up mybreeches yesterday over eagerly, but I will lay nothing to it till I seewhether it will cease of itself or no. The plague, it seems, grows moreand more at Amsterdam; and we are going upon making of all ships comingfrom thence and Hambrough, or any other infected places, to performtheir Quarantine (for thirty days as Sir Rd. Browne expressed it in theorder of the Council, contrary to the import of the word, though in thegeneral acceptation it signifies now the thing, not the time spent indoing it) in Holehaven, a thing never done by us before. 

27th. Up and to my office, where busy with great delight all themorning, and at noon to the 'Change, and so home to dinner with my poorwife, and with great content to my office again, and there hard at workupon stating the account of the freights due to the King from the EastIndia Company till late at night, and so home to supper and to bed. Mywife mightily pleased with my late discourse of getting a trip over toCalais, or some other port of France, the next summer, in one of theyachts, and I believe I shall do it, and it makes good sport that mymayde Jane dares not go, and Besse is wild to go, and is mad for joy, but yet will be willing to stay if Jane hath a mind, which is the besttemper in this and all other things that ever I knew in my life. 

28th. Up and at the office sat all the morning, and at noon by Mr. Coventry's coach to the 'Change, and after a little while there where Imet with Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, who tells me for good newes thatmy Lord Sandwich is resolved to go no more to Chelsy, and told me hebelieved that I had been giving my Lord some counsel, which I neitherdenied nor affirmed, but seemed glad with him that he went thither nomore, and so I home to dinner, and thence abroad to Paul's Church Yard, and there looked upon the second part of Hudibras, which I buy not, butborrow to read, to see if it be as good as the first, which the worldcry so mightily up, though it hath not a good liking in me, though I hadtried by twice or three times reading to bring myself to think it witty. Back again home and to my office, and there late doing business andso home to supper and to bed. I have been told two or three times, butto-day for certain I am told how in Holland publickly they have picturedour King with reproach. One way is with his pockets turned the wrongside outward, hanging out empty; another with two courtiers picking ofhis pockets; and a third, leading of two ladies, while others abuse him;which amounts to great contempt. 

29th (Lord's day). This morning I put on my best black cloth suit, trimmed with scarlett ribbon, very neat, with my cloake lined withvelvett, and a new beaver, which altogether is very noble, with my blacksilk knit canons I bought a month ago. I to church alone, my wife notgoing, and there I found my Lady Batten in a velvet gown, which vexedme that she should be in it before my wife, or that I am able to puther into one, but what cannot be, cannot be. However, when I came home Itold my wife of it, and to see my weaknesse, I could on the sudden havefound my heart to have offered her one, but second thoughts put it by, and indeed it would undo me to think of doing as Sir W. Batten and hisLady do, who has a good estate besides his office. A good dinner we hadof boeuf a la mode, but not roasted so well as my wife used to do it. Soafter dinner I to the French Church, but that being too far begun I cameback to St. Dunstan's by six and heard a good sermon, and so home andto my office all, the evening making up my accounts of this month, andblessed be God I have got up my crumb again to L770, the most that everI had yet, and good clothes a great many besides, which is a great mercyof God to me. So home to supper and to bed. 

30th. Was called up by a messenger from Sir W. Pen to go with him bycoach to White Hall. So I got up and went with him, and by the way hebegan to observe to me some unkind dealing of mine to him a weeke or twosince at the table, like a coxcomb, when I answered him pretty freelythat I would not think myself to owe any man the service to do this orthat because they would have it so (it was about taking of a mulctupon a purser for not keeping guard at Chatham when I was there), sohe talked and I talked and let fall the discourse without giving orreceiving any great satisfaction, and so to other discourse, but I shallknow him still for a false knave. At White Hall we met the Duke in theMatted Gallery, and there he discoursed with us; and by and by my LordSandwich came and stood by, and talked; but it being St. Andrew's, and acollar-day, he went to the Chappell, and we parted. From him and Sir W. Pen and I back again and 'light at the 'Change, and to the Coffee-house, where I heard the best story of a cheate intended by a Master of a ship, who had borrowed twice his money upon the bottomary, and as much moreinsured upon his ship and goods as they were worth, and then would havecast her away upon the coast of France, and there left her, refusing anypilott which was offered him; and so the Governor of the place took herand sent her over hither to find an owner, and so the ship is come safe, and goods and all; they all worth L500, and he had one way or othertaken L3000. The cause is to be tried to-morrow at Guildhall, whereI intend to be. Thence home to dinner, and then with my wife to herarithmetique. In the evening came W. Howe to see me, who tells me thatmy Lord hath been angry three or four days with him, would not speak tohim; at last did, and charged him with having spoken to me about what hehad observed concerning his Lordship, which W. Howe denying stoutly, hewas well at ease; and continues very quiett, and is removing fromChelsy as fast as he can, but, methinks, both by my Lord's looks uponme to-day, or it may be it is only my doubtfulness, and by W. Howe'sdiscourse, my Lord is not very well pleased, nor, it may be, will be agood while, which vexes me; but I hope all will over in time, or else Iam but ill rewarded for my good service. Anon he and I to the Templeand there parted, and I to my cozen Roger Pepys, whom I met going to hischamber; he was in haste, and to go out of town tomorrow. He tells me ofa letter from my father which he will keep to read to me at his comingto town again. I perceive it is about my father's jealousys concerningmy wife's doing ill offices with me against him only from thedifferences they had when she was there, which he very unwiselycontinues to have and troubles himself and friends about to speak to mein, as my Lord Sandwich, Mr. Moore, and my cozen Roger, which vexes me, but I must impute it to his age and care for my mother and Pall andso let it go. After little discourse with him I took coach and home, calling upon my bookseller's for two books, Rushworth's and Scobell'sCollections. I shall make the King pay for them. The first I spent sometime at the office to read and it is an excellent book. So home andspent the evening with my wife in arithmetique, and so to supper and tobed. I end this month with my mind in good condition for any thing else, but my unhappy adventuring to disoblige my Lord by doing him service inrepresenting to him the discourse of the world concerning him and hisaffairs. 

DECEMBER 1663

December 1st. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning. Atnoon I home to dinner with my poor wife, with whom now-a-days I enjoygreat pleasure in her company and learning of Arithmetique. After dinnerI to Guild Hall to hear a tryall at King's Bench, before Lord ChiefJustice Hide, about the insurance of a ship, the same I mention in myyesterday's journall, where everything was proved how money was so takenup upon bottomary and insurance, and the ship left by the master andseamen upon rocks, where, when the sea fell at the ebb, she must perish. The master was offered helpe, and he did give the pilotts 20 sols todrink to bid them go about their business, saying that the rocks wereold, but his ship was new, and that she was repaired for L6 and lessall the damage that she received, and is now brought by one, sent foron purpose by the insurers, into the Thames, with her cargo, vesselsof tallow daubed over with butter, instead of all butter, the whole notworth above L500, ship and all, and they had took up, as appeared, aboveL2, 400. He had given his men money to content them; and yet, forall this, he did bring some of them to swear that it was very stormyweather, and [they] did all they could to save her, and that she wasseven feete deep water in hold, and were fain to cut her main andforemast, that the master was the last man that went out, and they werefain to force [him] out when she was ready to sink; and her rudder brokeoff, and she was drawn into the harbour after they were gone, as wreckeall broken, and goods lost: that she could not be carried out againwithout new building, and many other things so contrary as is notimaginable more. There was all the great counsel in the kingdom in thecause; but after one witnesse or two for the plaintiff, it was crieddown as a most notorious cheate; and so the jury, without going out, found it for the plaintiff. But it was pleasant to see what mad sort oftestimonys the seamen did give, and could not be got to speak in order:and then their terms such as the judge could not understand; and to hearhow sillily the Counsel and judge would speak as to the terms necessaryin the matter, would make one laugh: and above all, a Frenchman thatwas forced to speak in French, and took an English oathe he did notunderstand, and had an interpreter sworn to tell us what he said, which was the best testimony of all. So home well satisfied with thisafternoon's work, purposing to spend an afternoon or two every term so, and so to my office a while and then home to supper, arithmetiquewith my wife, and to bed. I heard other causes, and saw the course ofpleading by being at this trial, and heard and learnt two things: oneis that every man has a right of passage in, but not a title to, anyhighway. The next, that the judge would not suffer Mr. Crow, who hathfined for Alderman, to be called so, but only Mister, and did eight ornine times fret at it, and stop every man that called him so. 

2nd. My wife troubled all last night with the toothache and thismorning. I up and to my office, where busy, and so home to dinner withmy wife, who is better of her tooth than she was, and in the afternoonby agreement called on by Mr. Bland, and with him to the Ship aneighbour tavern and there met his antagonist Mr. Custos and his refereeMr. Clarke a merchant also, and begun the dispute about the freight of aship hired by Mr. Bland to carry provisions to Tangier, and the freightis now demanded, whereas he says that the goods were some spoiled, somenot delivered, and upon the whole demands L1300 of the other, and theirminds are both so high, their demands so distant, and their wordsso many and hot against one another that I fear we shall bring it tonothing. But however I am glad to see myself so capable of understandingthe business as I find I do, and shall endeavour to do Mr. Bland all thejust service I can therein. Here we were in a bad room, which vexed memost, but we meet at another house next. So at noon I home and tomy office till 9 o'clock, and so home to my wife to keep her company, arithmetique, then to supper, and to bed, she being well of her toothagain. 

3rd. Up and to the office, where all the forenoon, and then (by Mr. Coventry's coach) to the 'Change, and so home to dinner, very pleasantwith my poor wife. Somebody from Portsmouth, I know not who, has thisday sent me a Runlett of Tent. So to my office all the afternoon, wheremuch business till late at night, and so home to my wife, and then tosupper and to bed. This day Sir G. Carteret did tell us at the table, that the Navy (excepting what is due to the Yards upon the quarter nowgoing on, and what few bills he hath not heard of) is quite out of debt;which is extraordinary good newes, and upon the 'Change to hear how ourcreditt goes as good as any merchant's upon the 'Change is a joyfullthing to consider, which God continue! I am sure the King will have thebenefit of it, as well as we some peace and creditt. 

4th. Up pretty betimes, that is about 7 o'clock, it being now dark then, and so got me ready, with my clothes, breeches and warm stockings, andby water with Henry Russell, cold and wet and windy to Woolwich, to ahempe ship there, and staid looking upon it and giving direction as tothe getting it ashore, and so back again very cold, and at home withoutgoing on shore anywhere about 12 o'clock, being fearful of taking cold, and so dined at home and shifted myself, and so all the afternoon at myoffice till night, and then home to keep my poor wife company, and so tosupper and to bed. 

5th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and then withthe whole board, viz. , Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and myself alongwith Captain Allen home to dinner, where he lives hard by in Mark Lane, where we had a very good plain dinner and good welcome, in a prettylittle house but so smoky that it was troublesome to us all till theyput out the fire, and made one of charcoale. I was much pleased withthis dinner for the many excellent stories told by Mr. Coventry, which Ihave put down in my book of tales and so shall not mention them here. Westaid till night, and then Mr. Coventry away, and by and by I home tomy office till 9 or 10 at night, and so home to supper and to bed aftersome talke and Arithmetique with my poor wife, with whom now-a-days Ilive with great content, out of all trouble of mind by jealousy (forwhich God forgive me), or any other distraction more than my fear of myLord Sandwich's displeasure. 

6th (Lord's day). Lay long in bed, and then up and to church alone, which is the greatest trouble that I have by not having a man or, boy towait on me, and so home to dinner, my wife, it being a cold day, and itbegun to snow (the first snow we have seen this year) kept her bed tillafter dinner, and I below by myself looking over my arithmetique booksand timber rule. So my wife rose anon, and she and I all the afternoonat arithmetique, and she is come to do Addition, Subtraction, andMultiplicacion very well, and so I purpose not to trouble her yet withDivision, but to begin with the Globes to her now. At night came CaptainGrove to discourse with me about Field's business and of other matters, and so, he being gone, I to my office, and spent an houre or two readingRushworth, and so to supper home, and to prayers and bed, findingmyself by cold to have some pain begin with me, which God defend shouldincrease. 

7th. Up betimes, and, it being a frosty morning, walked on foot to WhiteHall, but not without some fear of my pain coming. At White Hall I hearand find that there was the last night the greatest tide that ever wasremembered in England to have been in this river: all White Hall havingbeen drowned, of which there was great discourse. Anon we all met, andup with the Duke and did our business, and by and by my Lord of Sandwichcame in, but whether it be my doubt or no I cannot tell, but I do notfind that he made any sign of kindnesse or respect to me, which troublesme more than any thing in the world. After done there Sir W. Batten andCaptain Allen and I by coach to the Temple, where I 'light, they goinghome, and indeed it being my trouble of mind to try whether I could meetwith my Lord Sandwich and try him to see how he will receive me. I tookcoach and back again to Whitehall, but there could not find him. Buthere I met Dr. Clerke, and did tell him my story of my health; how mypain comes to me now-a-days. He did write something for me which Ishall take when there is occasion. I then fell to other discourse ofDr. Knapp, who tells me he is the King's physician, and is become asolicitor for places for people, and I am mightily troubled with him. Hetells me he is the most impudent fellow in the world, that gives himselfout to be the King's physician, but it is not so, but is cast out of theCourt. From thence I may learn what impudence there is in the world, and how a man may be deceived in persons: Anon the King and Duke andDuchesse came to dinner in the Vane-roome, where I never saw thembefore; but it seems since the tables are done, he dines there alltogether. The Queene is pretty well, and goes out of her chamber to herlittle chappell in the house. The King of France, they say, is hiring ofsixty sail of ships of the Dutch, but it is not said for what design. Byand by, not hoping to see my Lord, I went to the King's Head ordinary, where a good dinner but no discourse almost, and after dinner by coach, home, and found my wife this cold day not yet out of bed, and after alittle good talk with her to my office, and there spent my time tilllate. Sir W. Warren two or three hours with me talking of trade, andother very good discourse, which did please me very, well, and so, afterreading in Rushworth, home to supper and to bed. 

8th. Lay long in bed, and then up and to the office, where we sat allthe morning, and among other things my Lord Barkely called in questionhis clerk Mr. Davy for something which Sir W. Batten and I did tell himyesterday, but I endeavoured to make the least of it, and so all wasput up. At noon to the 'Change, and among other businesses did discoursewith Captain Taylor, and I think I shall safely get L20 by his ship'sfreight at present, besides what it may be I may get hereafter. So hometo dinner, and thence by coach to White Hall, where a great while walkedwith my Lord Tiviott, whom I find a most carefull, thoughtfull, andcunning man, as I also ever took him to be. He is this day bringing inan account where he makes the King debtor to him L10, 000 already on thegarrison of Tangier account; but yet demands not ready money to payit, but offers such ways of paying it out of the sale of old decayedprovisions as will enrich him finely. Anon came my Lord Sandwich, andthen we fell to our business at the Committee about my Lord Tiviott'saccounts, wherein I took occasion to speak now and then, so as my LordSandwich did well seem to like of it, and after we were up did bid megood night in a tone that, methinks, he is not so displeased with me asI did doubt he is; however, I will take a course to know whether he beor no. The Committee done, I took coach and home to my office, and therelate, and so to supper at home, and to bed, being doubtful of my painthrough the very cold weather which we have, but I will take all thecare I can to prevent it. 

9th. Lay very long in bed for fear of my pain, and then rose and went tostool (after my wife's way, who by all means would have me sit long andupright) very well, and being ready to the office. From thence I wascalled by and by to my wife, she not being well. So to her, and foundher in great pain...... So by and by to my office again, and then abroadto look out a cradle to burn charcoal in at my office, and I found oneto my mind in Newgate Market, and so meeting Hoby's man in the street, I spoke to him to serve it in to the office for the King. So home todinner, and after talk with my wife, she in bed and pain all day, I tomy office most of the evening, and then home to my wife. This day Mrs. Russell did give my wife a very fine St. George, in alabaster, whichwill set out my wife's closett mightily. This evening at the office, after I had wrote my day's passages, there came to me my cozen Angierof Cambridge, poor man, making his moan, and obtained of me that I wouldsend his son to sea as a Reformado, which I will take care to do. But tosee how apt every man is to forget friendship in time of adversity. Howglad was I when he was gone, for fear he should ask me to be bond forhim, or to borrow money of me. 

10th. Up, pretty well, the weather being become pretty warm again, and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and I confess havingreceived so lately a token from Mrs. Russell, I did find myselfconcerned for our not buying some tallow of her (which she bought onpurpose yesterday most unadvisedly to her great losse upon confidence ofputting it off to us). So hard it is for a man not to be warped againsthis duty and master's interest that receives any bribe or present, though not as a bribe, from any body else. But she must be contented, and I to do her a good turn when I can without wrong to the King'sservice. Then home to dinner (and did drink a glass of wine and beer, the more for joy that this is the shortest day in the year, --[OldStyle]--which is a pleasant consideration) with my wife. She in bed butpretty well, and having a messenger from my brother, that he is not wellnor stirs out of doors, I went forth to see him, and found him below, he has not been well, but is not ill. I found him taking order for thedistribution of Mrs. Ramsey's coals, a thing my father for many yearsdid, and now he after him, which I was glad to see, as also to hear thatMr. Wheatly begins to look after him. I hope it is about his daughter. Thence to St. Paul's Church Yard, to my bookseller's, and having gainedthis day in the office by my stationer's bill to the King about 40s. OrL3, I did here sit two or three hours calling for twenty books to laythis money out upon, and found myself at a great losse where to choose, and do see how my nature would gladly return to laying out money inthis trade. I could not tell whether to lay out my money for books ofpleasure, as plays, which my nature was most earnest in; but at last, after seeing Chaucer, Dugdale's History of Paul's, Stows London, Gesner, History of Trent, besides Shakespeare, Jonson, and Beaumont's plays, I at last chose Dr. Fuller's Worthys, the Cabbala or Collections ofLetters of State, and a little book, Delices de Hollande, with anotherlittle book or two, all of good use or serious pleasure: and Hudibras, both parts, the book now in greatest fashion for drollery, though Icannot, I confess, see enough where the wit lies. My mind being thussettled, I went by linke home, and so to my office, and to read inRushworth; and so home to supper and to bed. Calling at Wotton's, myshoemaker's, today, he tells me that Sir H. Wright is dying; and thatHarris is come to the Duke's house again; and of a rare play to be actedthis week of Sir William Davenant's: the story of Henry the Eighth withall his wives. 

11th. Up and abroad toward the Wardrobe, and going out Mr. Clerke met meto tell me that Field has a writ against me in this last business ofL30 10s. , and that he believes he will get an execution against me thismorning, and though he told me it could not be well before noon, andthat he would stop it at the Sheriff's, yet it is hard to believe withwhat fear I did walk and how I did doubt at every man I saw and do startat the hearing of one man cough behind my neck. I to, the Wardrobe andthere missed Mr. Moore. So to Mr. Holden's and evened all reckoningsthere for hats, and then walked to Paul's Churchyard and after a littleat my bookseller's and bought at a shop Cardinall Mazarin's Will inFrench. I to the Coffeehouse and there among others had good discoursewith an Iron Merchant, who tells me the great evil of discouraging ournatural manufacture of England in that commodity by suffering the Swedeto bring in three times more than ever they did and our owne Ironworksbe lost, as almost half of them, he says, are already. Then I went andsat by Mr. Harrington, and some East country merchants, and talking ofthe country about Quinsborough, and thereabouts, he told us himself thatfor fish, none there, the poorest body, will buy a dead fish, but mustbe alive, unless it be in winter; and then they told us the manner ofputting their nets into the water. Through holes made in the thick ice, they will spread a net of half a mile long; and he hath known a hundredand thirty and a hundred and seventy barrels of fish taken at onedraught. And then the people come with sledges upon the ice, with snowat the bottome, and lay the fish in and cover them with snow, and socarry them to market. And he hath seen when the said fish have beenfrozen in the sledge, so as that he hath taken a fish and brokea-pieces, so hard it hath been; and yet the same fishes taken out of thesnow, and brought into a hot room, will be alive and leap up and down. Swallows are often brought up in their nets out of the mudd from underwater, hanging together to some twigg or other, dead in ropes, andbrought to the fire will come to life. Fowl killed in December. (Alderman Barker said) he did buy, and putting into the box under hissledge, did forget to take them out to eate till Aprill next, and theythen were found there, and were through the frost as sweet and fresh andeat as well as at first killed. Young beares are there; their flesh soldin market as ordinarily as beef here, and is excellent sweet meat. Theytell us that beares there do never hurt any body, but fly away from you, unless you pursue and set upon them; but wolves do much mischief. Mr. Harrington told us how they do to get so much honey as they send abroad. They make hollow a great fir-tree, leaving only a small slitt downstraight in one place, and this they close up again, only leave a littlehole, and there the bees go in and fill the bodys of those trees as fullof wax and honey as they can hold; and the inhabitants at times go andopen the slit, and take what they please without killing the bees, andso let them live there still and make more. Fir trees are always plantedclose together, because of keeping one another from the violence of thewindes; and when a fell is made, they leave here and there a grown treeto preserve the young ones coming up. The great entertainment and sportof the Duke of Corland, and the princes thereabouts, is hunting; whichis not with dogs as we, but he appoints such a day, and summons all thecountry-people as to a campagnia; and by several companies gives everyone their circuit, and they agree upon a place where the toyle is to beset; and so making fires every company as they go, they drive all thewild beasts, whether bears, wolves, foxes, swine, and stags, and roes, into the toyle; and there the great men have their stands in such andsuch places, and shoot at what they have a mind to, and that is theirhunting. They are not very populous there, by reason that people marrywomen seldom till they are towards or above thirty; and men thirty orforty years old, or more oftentimes. Against a publique hunting the Dukesends that no wolves be killed by the people; and whatever harm they do, the Duke makes it good to the person that suffers it: as Mr. Harringtoninstanced in a house where he lodged, where a wolfe broke into ahog-stye, and bit three or four great pieces off the back of the hog, before the house could come to helpe it (it calling, and that did givenotice to the people of the house); and the man of the house told himthat there were three or four wolves thereabouts that did them greathurt; but it was no matter, for the Duke was to make it good to him, otherwise he would kill them. Hence home and upstairs, my wife keepingher bed, and had a very good dinner, and after dinner to my office, andthere till late busy. Among other things Captain Taylor came to me abouthis bill for freight, and besides that I found him contented that I havethe L30 I got, he do offer me to give me L6 to take the getting of thebill paid upon me, which I am ready to do, but I am loath to have itsaid that I ever did it. However, I will do him the service to get itpaid if I can and stand to his courtesy what he will give me. Late tosupper home, and to my great joy I have by my wife's good advice almostbrought myself by going often and leisurely to the stool that I am comealmost to have my natural course of stool as well as ever, which I prayGod continue to me. 

12th. Up and to the office where all the morning, and among other thingsgot Sir G. Carteret to put his letters to Captain Taylor's bill by whichI am in hopes to get L5, which joys my heart. We had this morning agreat dispute between Mr. Gauden, Victualler of the Navy, and Sir J. Lawson, and the rest of the Commanders going against Argier, about theirfish and keeping of Lent; which Mr. Gauden so much insists upon to haveit observed, as being the only thing that makes up the loss of his dearbargain all the rest of the year. At noon went home and there I foundthat one Abrahall, who strikes in for the serving of the King with Shipchandlery ware, has sent my wife a Japan gowne, which pleases her verywell and me also, it coming very opportune, but I know not how to carrymyself to him, I being already obliged so far to Mrs. Russell, so that Iam in both their pays. To the Exchange, where I had sent Luellin wordI would come to him, and thence brought him home to dinner with me. Hetells me that W. Symon's wife is dead, for which I am sorry, she beinga good woman, and tells me an odde story of her saying before her death, being in good sense, that there stood her uncle Scobell. Then he beganto tell me that Mr. Deering had been with him to desire him to speak tome that if I would get him off with these goods upon his hands, he wouldgive me 50 pieces, and further that if I would stand his friend to helpehim to the benefit of his patent as the King's merchant, he could spareme L200 per annum out of his profits. I was glad to hear both of these, but answered him no further than that as I would not by any thing bebribed to be unjust in my dealings, [Edward Dering was granted, August, 1660, "the office of King's merchant in the East, for buying and providing necessaries for apparelling the Navy" ("Calendar, " Domestic, 1660-61, p. 212). There is evidence among the State Papers of some dissatisfaction with the timber, &c. , which he supplied to the Navy, and at this time he appears to have had some stores left on his hands. ]

so I was not so squeamish as not to take people's acknowledgment whereI had the good fortune by my pains to do them good and just offices, andso I would not come to be at any agreement with him, but I wouldlabour to do him this service and to expect his consideration thereofafterwards as he thought fit. So I expect to hear more of it. I did makevery much of Luellin in hopes to have some good by this business, and inthe evening received some money from Mr. Moore, and so went and settledaccounts in my books between him and me, and I do hope at Christmas notonly to find myself as rich or more than ever I was yet, but also myaccounts in less compass, fewer reckonings either of debts or moneysdue to me, than ever I have been for some years, and indeed do so, thegoodness of God bringing me from better to a better expectation andhopes of doing well. This day I heard my Lord Barkeley tell Sir G. Carteret that he hath letters from France that the King hath undukedtwelve Dukes, only to show his power and to crush his nobility, who hesaid he did see had heretofore laboured to cross him. And this my LordBarkeley did mightily magnify, as a sign of a brave and vigorous mind, that what he saw fit to be done he dares do. At night, after businessdone at my office, home to supper and to bed. I have forgot to set downa very remarkable passage that, Lewellen being gone, and I going intothe office, and it begun to be dark, I found nobody there, my clerksbeing at the burial of a child of W. Griffin's, and so I spent a littletime till they came, walking in the garden, and in the mean time, whileI was walking Mrs. Pen's pretty maid came by my side, and went into theoffice, but finding nobody there I went in to her, being glad of theoccasion. She told me as she was going out again that there was nobodythere, and that she came for a sheet of paper. So I told her I wouldsupply her, and left her in the office and went into my office andopened my garden door, thinking to have got her in, and there to havecaressed her, and seeming looking for paper, I told her this way was asnear a way for her, but she told me she had left the door open and sodid not come to me. So I carried her some paper and kissed her, leadingher by the hand to the garden door and there let her go. But, Lord! tosee how much I was put out of order by this surprisal, and how much Icould have subjected my mind to have treated and been found with thiswench, and how afterwards I was troubled to think what if she shouldtell this and whether I had spoke or done any thing that might be unfitfor her to tell. But I think there was nothing more passed than justwhat I here write. 

13th (Lord's day). Up and made me ready for Church, but my wife and Ihad a difference about her old folly that she would fasten lies upon hermayds, and now upon Jane, which I did not see enough to confirm me init, and so would not consent to her. To church, where after sermonhome, and to my office, before dinner, reading my vowes, and so home todinner, where Tom came to me and he and I dined together, my wife notrising all day, and after dinner I made even accounts with him, andspent all the afternoon in my chamber talking of many things with him, and about Wheately's daughter for a wife for him, and then about theJoyces and their father Fenner, how they are sometimes all honey onewith another and then all turd, and a strange rude life there is amongthem. In the evening, he gone, I to my office to read Rushworth uponthe charge and answer of the Duke of Buckingham, which is very fine, andthen to do a little business against to-morrow, and so home to supper tomy wife, and then to bed. 

14th. Up by candlelight, which I do not use to do, though it be verylate, that is to say almost 8 o'clock, and out by coach to White Hall, where we all met and to the Duke, where I heard a large discoursebetween one that goes over an agent from the King to Legorne andthereabouts, to remove the inconveniences his ships are put to by denialof pratique; which is a thing that is now-a-days made use of only as acheat, for a man may buy a bill of health for a piece of eight, and myenemy may agree with the Intendent of the Sante for ten pieces of eightor so; that he shall not give me a bill of health, and so spoil me in mydesign, whatever it be. This the King will not endure, and so resolveseither to have it removed, or to keep all ships from coming in, or goingout there, so long as his ships are stayed for want hereof. Then, myLord Sandwich being there, we all went into the Duke's closet and didour business. But among other things, Lord! what an account did Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten make of the pulling down and burning of thehead of the Charles, where Cromwell was placed with people under hishorse, and Peter, as the Duke called him, is praying to him; and Sir J. Minnes would needs infer the temper of the people from their joy at thedoing of this and their building a gibbet for the hanging of his headup, when God knows, it is even the flinging away of L100 out of theKing's purse, to the building of another, which it seems must be aNeptune. Thence I through White Hall only to see what was doing, butmeeting none that I knew I went through the garden to my Lord Sandwich'slodging, where I found my Lord got before me (which I did not intendor expect) and was there trying some musique, which he intends for ananthem of three parts, I know not whether for the King's chapel or no, but he seems mighty intent upon it. But it did trouble me to hear himswear before God and other oathes, as he did now and then without anyoccasion, which methinks did so ill become him, and I hope will be acaution for me, it being so ill a thing in him. The musique being done, without showing me any good or ill countenance, he did give me his hatand so adieu, and went down to his coach without saying anything to me. He being gone I and Mr. Howe talked a good while. He tells me that myLord, it is true, for a while after my letter, was displeased, and didshew many slightings of me when he had occasion of mentioning me to hisLordship, but that now my Lord is in good temper and he do believe willshew me as much respect as ever, and would have me not to refrain tocome to him. This news I confess did much trouble me, but when I didhear how he is come to himself, and hath wholly left Chelsy, and theslut, and that I see he do follow his business, and becomes in betterrepute than before, I am rejoiced to see it, though it do cost me somedisfavour for a time, for if not his good nature and ingenuity, yet Ibelieve his memory will not bear it always in his mind. But it is mycomfort that this is the thing that after so many years good servicethat has made him my enemy. Thence to the King's Head ordinary, andthere dined among a company of fine gentlemen; some of them discoursedof the King of France's greatness, and how he is come to make thePrinces of the Blood to take place of all foreign Embassadors, which itseems is granted by them of Venice and other States, and expected frommy Lord. Hollis, our King's Embassador there; and that either upon thatscore or something else he hath not had his entry yet in Paris, but hathreceived several affronts, and among others his harnesse cut, and hisgentlemen of his horse killed, which will breed bad blood if true. Theysay also that the King of France hath hired threescore ships of Holland, and forty of the Swede, but nobody knows what to do; but some greatdesigns he hath on foot against the next year. Thence by coach homeand to my office, where I spent all the evening till night with CaptainTaylor discoursing about keeping of masts, and when he was gone, withSir W. Warren, who did give me excellent discourse about the same thing, which I have committed to paper, and then fell to other talk of hisbeing at Chatham lately and there discoursing of his masts. CommissionerPett did let fall several scurvy words concerning my pretending to knowmasts as well as any body, which I know proceeds ever since I told him Icould measure a piece of timber as well as anybody employed by the King. But, however, I shall remember him for a black sheep again a good while, with all his fair words to me, and perhaps may let him know that myignorance does the King as much good as all his knowledge, which woulddo more it is true if it were well used. Then we fell to talk of SirJ. Minnes's and Sir W. Batten's burning of Oliver's head, while he wasthere; which was done with so much insulting and folly as I never heardof, and had the Trayned Band of Rochester to come to the solemnity, which when all comes to all, Commissioner Pett says it never was madefor him; but it troubles me the King should suffer L100 losse in hispurse, to make a new one after it was forgot whose it was, or any wordsspoke of it. He being gone I mightily pleased with his discourse, bywhich I always learn something, I to read a little in Rushworth, and sohome to supper to my wife, it having been washing day, and so to bed, mymind I confess a little troubled for my Lord Sandwich's displeasure. But God will give me patience to bear since it rises from so good anoccasion. 

15th. Before I was up, my brother's man came to tell me that my cozen, Edward Pepys, was dead, died at Mrs. Turner's, for which my wife andI are very sorry, and the more for that his wife was the only handsomewoman of our name. So up and to the office, where the greatest businesswas Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten against me for Sir W. Warren'scontract for masts, to which I may go to my memorandum book to see whatpast, but came off with conquest, and my Lord Barkely and Mr. Coventrywell convinced that we are well used. So home to dinner, and thithercame to me Mr. Mount and Mr. Luellin, I think almost foxed, and theredined with me and very merry as I could be, my mind being troubled tosee things so ordered at the Board, though with no disparagement to meat all. At dinner comes a messenger from the Counter with an executionagainst me for the L30 10s. , given the last verdict to Field. The man'sname is Thomas, of the Poultry Counter. I sent Griffin with him to theDolphin, where Sir W. Batten was at dinner, and he being satisfiedthat I should pay the money, I did cause the money to be paid him, andGriffin to tell it out to him in the office. He offered to go along withme to Sir R. Ford, but I thought it not necessary, but let him go withit, he also telling me that there is never any receipt for it given, but I have good witness of the payment of it. They being gone, Luellinhaving again told me by myself that Deering is content to give me L50 ifI can sell his deals for him to the King, not that I did ever offer totake it, or bid Luellin bargain for me with him, but did tacitly seem tobe willing to do him what service I could in it, and expect histhanks, what he thought good. Thence to White Hall by coach, by the wayovertaking Mr. Moore, and took him into the coach to me, and there hecould tell me nothing of my Lord, how he stands as to his thoughts orrespect to me, but concludes that though at present he may be angry yethe will come to be pleased again with me no doubt, and says that he domind his business well, and keeps at Court. So to White Hall, and thereby order found some of the Commissioners of Tangier met, and my LordSandwich among the rest, to whom I bowed, but he shewed me very littleif any countenance at all, which troubles me mightily. Having soon donethere, I took up Mr. Moore again and set him down at Pauls, by the wayhe proposed to me of a way of profit which perhaps may shortly bemade by money by fines upon houses at the Wardrobe, but how I did notunderstand but left it to another discourse. So homeward, calling uponMr. Fen, by Sir G. Carteret's desire, and did there shew him the bill ofCaptain Taylor's whereby I hope to get something justly. Home and tomy office, and there very late with Sir W. Warren upon very seriousdiscourse, telling him how matters passed to-day, and in the close heand I did fall to talk very openly of the business of this office, and(if I was not a little too open to tell him my interest, which is myfault) he did give me most admirable advice, and such as do speak him amost able and worthy man, and understanding seven times more than everI thought to be in him. He did particularly run over every one of theofficers and commanders, and shewed me how I had reason to mistrustevery one of them, either for their falsenesse or their over-greatpower, being too high to fasten a real friendship in, and did give mea common but a most excellent saying to observe in all my life. He didgive it in rhyme, but the sense was this, that a man should treat everyfriend in his discourse and opening his mind to him as of one that mayhereafter be his foe. He did also advise me how I should take occasionto make known to the world my case, and the pains that I take in mybusiness, and above all to be sure to get a thorough knowledge in myemployment, and to that add all the interest at Court that I can, whichI hope I shall do. He staid talking with me till almost 12 at night, and so good night, being sorry to part with him, and more sorry that heshould have as far as Wapping to walk to-night. So I to my Journall andso home, to supper and to bed. 

16th. Up, and with my head and heart full of my business, I to myoffice, and there all the morning, where among other things to my greatcontent Captain Taylor brought me L40, the greater part of which I shallgain to myself after much care and pains out of his bill of freight, as I have at large set down in my book of Memorandums. At noon to the'Change and there met with Mr. Wood by design, and got out of him tomy advantage a condition which I shall make good use of against Sir W. Batten (vide my book of Memorandums touching the contract of masts ofSir W. Warren about which I have had so much trouble). So home to dinnerand then to the Star Tavern hard by to our arbitration of Mr. Bland'sbusiness, and at it a great while, but I found no order like to be keptin our inquiry, and Mr. Clerke, the other arbitrator, one so far frombeing fit (though able as to his trade of a merchant) to inquire andto take pains in searching out the truth on both sides, that we partedwithout doing anything, nor do I believe we shall at all ever attainto anything in it. Then home and till 12 at night making up my accountswith great account of this day's receipt of Captain Taylor's money andsome money reimbursed me which I have laid out on Field's business. Sohome with my mind in pretty good quiet, and to Supper and to bed. 

17th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning. At noon hometo my poor wife and dined, and then by coach abroad to Mrs. Turner'swhere I have not been for many a day, and there I found her and hersister Dike very sad for the death of their brother. After a littlecommon expression of sorrow, Mrs. Turner told me that the trouble shewould put me to was, to consult about getting an achievement prepared, scutcheons were done already, to set over the door. So I did go out toMr. Smith's, where my brother tells me the scutcheons are made, but henot being within, I went to the Temple, and there spent my time in aBookseller's shop, reading in a book of some Embassages into Moscovia, &c. , where was very good reading, and then to Mrs. Turner's, and thithercame Smith to me, with whom I did agree for L4 to make a handsome one, ell square within the frame. After he was gone I sat an houre talking ofthe suddennesse of his death within 7 days, and how by little and littledeath came upon him, neither he nor they thinking it would come to that. He died after a day's raveing, through lightness in his head for want ofsleep. His lady did not know of his sickness, nor do they hear yethow she takes it. Hence home, taking some books by the way in Paul'sChurchyard by coach to my office, where late doing business, and so hometo supper and to bed. 

18th. Up, and after being ready and done several businesses with people, I took water (taking a dram of the bottle at the waterside) with agaily, the first that ever I had yet, and down to Woolwich, calling atHam Creeke, where I met Mr. Deane, and had a great deal of talke withhim about business, and so to the Ropeyarde and Docke, discoursingseveral things, and so back again and did the like at Deptford, and Ifind that it is absolutely necessary for me to do thus once a weeke atleast all the yeare round, which will do me great good, and so home withgreat ease and content, especially out of the content which I met within a book I bought yesterday, being a discourse of the state of Romeunder the present Pope, Alexander the 7th, it being a very excellentpiece. After eating something at home, then to my office, where tillnight about business to dispatch. Among other people came Mr. Primate, the leather seller, in Fleete Streete, to see me, he says, coming thisway; and he tells me that he is upon a proposal to the King, whereby, by a law already in being, he will supply the King, without wrong toany man, or charge to the people in general, so much as it is now, aboveL200, 000 per annum, and God knows what, and that the King do likethe proposal, and hath directed that the Duke of Monmouth, with theirconsent, be made privy, and go along with him and his fellow proposer inthe business, God knows what it is; for I neither can guess nor believethere is any such thing in his head. At night made an end of thediscourse I read this morning, and so home to supper and to bed. 

19th. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and I labouredhard at Deering's business of his deals more than I would if I did notthink to get something, though I do really believe that I did what isto the King's advantage in it, and yet, God knows, the expectation ofprofit will have its force and make a man the more earnest. Dined athome, and then with Mr. Bland to another meeting upon his arbitration, and seeing we were likely to do no good I even put them upon it, andthey chose Sir W. Rider alone to end the matter, and so I am rid of it. Thence by coach to my shoemaker's and paid all there, and gave somethingto the boys' box against Christmas. To Mrs. Turner's, whom I find busywith Sir W. Turner, about advising upon going down to Norfolke with thecorps, and I find him in talke a sober, considering man. So home tomy office late, and then home to supper and to bed. My head full ofbusiness, but pretty good content. 

20th (Lord's day). Up and alone to church, where a common sermon of Mr. Mills, and so home to dinner in our parler, my wife being clean, andthe first time we have dined here a great while together, and in theafternoon went to church with me also, and there begun to take her placeabove Mrs. Pen, which heretofore out of a humour she was wont togive her as an affront to my Lady Batten. After a dull sermon of theScotchman, home, and there I found my brother Tom and my two cozensScotts, he and she, the first time they were ever here. And by and byin comes my uncle. Wight and Mr. Norbury, and they sat with us a whiledrinking, of wine, of which I did give them plenty. But the two wouldnot stay supper, but the other two did. And we were as merry as I couldbe with people that I do wish well to, but know not what discourseeither to give them or find from them. We showed them our house from topto bottom, and had a good Turkey roasted for our supper, and store ofwine, and after supper sent them home on foot, and so we to prayers andto bed. 

21st. Up betimes, my wife having a mind to have gone abroad with me, butI had not because of troubling me, and so left her, though against mywill, to go and see her father and mother by herself, and I straight tomy Lord Sandwich's, and there I had a pretty kind salute from my Lord, and went on to the Duke's, where my fellow officers by and by came, andso in with him to his closet, and did our business, and so broke up, andI with Sir W. Batten by coach to Salisbury Court, and there spoke withClerk our Solicitor about Field's business, and so parted, and I to Mrs. Turner's, and there saw the achievement pretty well set up, and itis well done. Thence I on foot to Charing Crosse to the ordinary, andthere, dined, meeting Mr. Gauden and Creed. Here variety of talk butto no great purpose. After dinner won a wager of a payre of gloves ofa crowne of Mr. Gauden upon some words in his contract for victualling. There parted in the street with them, and I to my Lord's, but he notbeing within, took coach, and, being directed by sight of bills upon thewalls, I did go to Shoe Lane to see a cocke-fighting at a new pit there, a sport I was never at in my life; but, Lord! to see the strange varietyof people, from Parliament-man (by name Wildes, that was Deputy Governorof the Tower when Robinson was Lord Mayor) to the poorest 'prentices, bakers, brewers, butchers, draymen, and what not; and all these fellowsone with another in swearing, cursing, and betting. I soon had enoughof it, and yet I would not but have seen it once, it being strange toobserve the nature of these poor creatures, how they will fight tillthey drop down dead upon the table, and strike after they are readyto give up the ghost, not offering to run away when they are weary orwounded past doing further, whereas where a dunghill brood comes hewill, after a sharp stroke that pricks him, run off the stage, andthen they wring off his neck without more ado, whereas the other theypreserve, though their eyes be both out, for breed only of a true cockof the game. Sometimes a cock that has had ten to one against him willby chance give an unlucky blow, will strike the other starke dead in amoment, that he never stirs more; but the common rule is, that though acock neither runs nor dies, yet if any man will bet L10 to a crowne, andnobody take the bet, the game is given over, and not sooner. One thingmore it is strange to see how people of this poor rank, that look asif they had not bread to put in their mouths, shall bet three or fourpounds at one bet, and lose it, and yet bet as much the next battle (sothey call every match of two cocks), so that one of them will lose L10or L20 at a meeting. Thence, having enough of it, by coach to my LordSandwich's, where I find him within with Captain Cooke and his boys, Dr. Childe, Mr. Madge, and Mallard, playing and singing over my Lord'santhem which he hath made to sing in the King's Chappell: my Lordsaluted me kindly and took me into the withdrawing-room, to hear it ata distance, and indeed it sounds very finely, and is a good thing, Ibelieve, to be made by him, and they all commend it. And after that wasdone Captain Cooke and his two boys did sing some Italian songs, whichI must in a word say I think was fully the best musique that I ever yetheard in all my life, and it was to me a very great pleasure to hearthem. After all musique ended, my Lord going to White Hall, I went alongwith him, and made a desire for to have his coach to go along with mycozen Edward Pepys's hearse through the City on Wednesday next, whichhe granted me presently, though he cannot yet come to speak to me in thefamiliar stile that he did use to do, nor can I expect it. But I was thewillinger of this occasion to see whether he would deny me or no, whichhe would I believe had he been at open defyance against me. Being not alittle pleased with all this, though I yet see my Lord is not right yet, I thanked his Lordship and parted with him in White Hall. I back to myLord's, and there took up W. Howe in a coach, and carried him as far asthe Half Moone, and there set him down. By the way, talking of my Lord, who is come another and a better man than he was lately, and God bepraised for it, and he says that I shall find my Lord as he used to beto me, of which I have good hopes, but I shall beware of him, I mean W. Howe, how I trust him, for I perceive he is not so discreet as I tookhim for, for he has told Captain Ferrers (as Mr. Moore tells me) of myletter to my Lord, which troubles me, for fear my Lord should think thatI might have told him. So called with my coach at my wife's brother'slodging, but she was gone newly in a coach homewards, and so I drovehard and overtook her at Temple Bar, and there paid off mine, and wenthome with her in her coach. She tells me how there is a sad house amongher friends. Her brother's wife proves very unquiet, and so her motheris, gone back to be with her husband and leave the young couple tothemselves, and great trouble, and I fear great want, will be amongthem, I pray keep me from being troubled with them. At home to put on mygowne and to my office, and there set down this day's Journall, and byand by comes Mrs. Owen, Captain Allen's daughter, and causes me to staywhile the papers relating to her husband's place, bought of his father, be copied out because of her going by this morning's tide home toChatham. Which vexes me, but there is no help for it. I home to supperwhile a young [man] that she brought with her did copy out the things, and then I to the office again and dispatched her, and so home to bed. 

22nd. Up and there comes my she cozen Angier, of Cambridge, to me tospeak about her son. But though I love them, and have reason so to do, yet, Lord! to consider how cold I am to speak to her, for fear of givingher too much hopes of expecting either money or anything else from mebesides my care of her son. I let her go without drinking, though thatwas against my will, being forced to hasten to the office, where we satall the morning, and at noon I to Sir R. Ford's, where Sir R. Browne (adull but it seems upon action a hot man), and he and I met upon settinga price upon the freight of a barge sent to France to the Duchess ofOrleans. And here by discourse I find them greatly crying out againstthe choice of Sir J. Cutler to be Treasurer for Paul's upon conditionthat he give L1500 towards it, and it seems he did give it uponcondition that he might be Treasurer for the work, which they say willbe worth three times as much money, and talk as if his being chosen tothe office will make people backward to give, but I think him as likelya man as either of them, or better. The business being done we parted, Sir R. Ford never inviting me to dine with him at all, and I was notsorry for it. Home and dined. I had a letter from W. Howe that my Lordhath ordered his coach and six horses for me to-morrow, which pleasesme mightily to think that my Lord should do so much, hoping thereby thathis anger is a little over. After dinner abroad with my wife by coachto Westminster, and set her at Mrs. Hunt's while I about my business, having in our way met with Captain Ferrers luckily to speak to him aboutmy coach, who was going in all haste thither, and I perceive the Kingand Duke and all the Court was going to the Duke's playhouse to see"Henry VIII. " acted, which is said to be an admirable play. But, Lord!to see how near I was to have broken my oathe, or run the hazard of 20s. Losse, so much my nature was hot to have gone thither; but I did not go, but having spoke with W. Howe and known how my Lord did do this kindlyas I would have it, I did go to Westminster Hall, and there met Hawley, and walked a great while with him. Among other discourse encouraging himto pursue his love to Mrs. Lane, while God knows I had a roguish meaningin it. Thence calling my wife home by coach, calling at several places, and to my office, where late, and so home to supper and to bed. This dayI hear for certain that my Lady Castlemaine is turned Papist, whichthe Queene for all do not much like, thinking that she do it not forconscience sake. I heard to-day of a great fray lately between Sir H. Finch's coachman, who struck with his whip a coachman of the King'sto the losse of one of his eyes; at which the people of the Exchangeseeming to laugh and make sport with some words of contempt to him, myLord Chamberlin did come from the King to shut up the 'Change, and bythe help of a justice, did it; but upon petition to the King it wasopened again. 

23rd. Up betimes and my wife; and being in as mourning a dress as wecould, at present, without cost, put ourselves into, we by Sir W. Pen'scoach to Mrs. Turner's, at Salisbury Court, where I find my Lord's coachand six horses. We staid till almost eleven o'clock, and much companycame, and anon, the corps being put into the hearse, and the scutcheonsset upon it, we all took coach, and I and my wife and Auditor Beale inmy Lord Sandwich's coach, and went next to Mrs. Turner's mourning coach, and so through all the City and Shoreditch, I believe about twentycoaches, and four or five with six and four horses. Being come thither, I made up to the mourners, and bidding them a good journey, I took leaveand back again, and setting my wife into a hackney out of BishopsgateStreet, I sent her home, and I to the 'Change and Auditor Beale abouthis business. Did much business at the 'Change, and so home to dinner, and then to my office, and there late doing business also to my greatcontent to see God bless me in my place and opening honest ways, I hopeto get a little money to lay up and yet to live handsomely. So to supperand to bed. My wife having strange fits of the toothache, some times onthis, and by and by on that side of her tooth, which is not common. 

24th. Up betimes; and though it was a most foggy morning, and cold, yetwith a gally down to Eriffe, several times being at a loss whither wewent. There I mustered two ships of the King's, lent by him to the GuinyCompany, which are manned better than ours at far less wages. Thence onboard two of the King's, one of them the "Leopard, " Captain Beech, whoI find an able and serious man. He received me civilly, and his wife wasthere, a very well bred and knowing woman, born at Antwerp, but speaksas good English as myself, and an ingenious woman. Here was also SirG. Carteret's son, who I find a pretty, but very talking man, but goodhumour. Thence back again, entertaining myself upon my sliding rule withgreat content, and called at Woolwich, where Mr. Chr. Pett having anopportunity of being alone did tell me his mind about several things hethought I was offended with him in, and told me of my kindness to hisassistant. I did give him such an answer as I thought was fit and lefthim well satisfied, he offering to do me all the service, either bydraughts or modells that I should desire. Thence straight home, beingvery cold, but yet well, I thank God, and at home found my wife makingmince pies, and by and by comes in Captain Ferrers to see us, and, amongother talke, tells us of the goodness of the new play of "Henry VIII. , "which makes me think [it] long till my time is out; but I hope before Igo I shall set myself such a stint as I may not forget myself as I havehitherto done till I was forced for these months last past wholly toforbid myself the seeing of one. He gone I to my office and there latewriting and reading, and so home to bed. 

25th (Christmas day). Lay long talking pleasantly with my wife, butamong other things she begun, I know not whether by design or chance, toenquire what she should do if I should by any accident die, to which Idid give her some slight answer; but shall make good use of it to bringmyself to some settlement for her sake, by making a will as soon as Ican. Up and to church, where Mr. Mills made an ordinary sermon, and sohome and dined with great pleasure with my wife, and all the afternoonfirst looking out at window and seeing the boys playing at many severalsports in our back yard by Sir W. Pen's, which reminded me of my ownformer times, and then I began to read to my wife upon the globes withgreat pleasure and to good purpose, for it will be pleasant to her andto me to have her understand these things. In the evening at theoffice, where I staid late reading Rushworth, which is a most excellentcollection of the beginning of the late quarrels in this kingdom, and sohome to supper and to bed, with good content of mind. 

26th. Up and walked forth first to the Minerys to Brown's, and therewith great pleasure saw and bespoke several instruments, and so toCornhill to Mr. Cades, and there went up into his warehouse to lookfor a map or two, and there finding great plenty of good pictures, Godforgive me! how my mind run upon them, and bought a little one for mywife's closett presently, and concluded presently of buying L10 worth, upon condition he would give me the buying of them. Now it is true I didstill within me resolve to make the King one way or other pay for them, though I saved it to him another way, yet I find myself too forward tofix upon the expense, and came away with a resolution of buying them, but do hope that I shall not upon second thoughts do it without a waymade out before I buy them to myself how to do [it] without charge to mymain stock. Thence to the Coffee-house, and sat long in good discoursewith some gentlemen concerning the Roman Empire. So home and found Mr. Hollyard there, and he stayed and dined with us, we having a pheasantto dinner. He gone, I all the afternoon with my wife to cards, and, Godforgive me! to see how the very discourse of plays, which I shall be atliberty to see after New Year's Day next, do set my mind upon them, butI must be forced to stint myself very strictly before I begin, or else Ifear I shall spoil all. In the evening came my aunt Wight's kinswoman tosee how my wife do, with a compliment from my aunt, which I take kindlyas it is unusual for her to do it, but I do perceive my uncle is verykind to me of late. So to my office writing letters, and then to readand make an end of Rushworth, which I did, and do say that it is a bookthe most worth reading for a man of my condition or any man that hopesto come to any publique condition in the world that I do know. So hometo supper and to bed. 

27th. Up and to church alone and so home to dinner with my wife verypleasant and pleased with one another's company, and in our generalenjoyment one of another, better we think than most other couples do. Soafter dinner to the French church, but came too late, and so back to ourowne church, where I slept all the sermon the Scott preaching, and sohome, and in the evening Sir J. Minnes and I met at Sir W. Pen's aboutordering some business of the Navy, and so I home to supper, discourse, prayers, and bed. 

28th. Up and by coach to my Lord's lodgings, but he was gone abroad, soI lost my pains, but, however, walking through White Hall I heard theKing was gone to play at Tennis, so I down to the new Tennis Court; andsaw him and Sir Arthur Slingsby play against my Lord of Suffolke and myLord Chesterfield. The King beat three, and lost two sets, they all, andhe particularly playing well, I thought. Thence went and spoke with theDuke of Albemarle about his wound at Newhall, but I find him a heavydull man, methinks, by his answers to me. Thence to the King's Headordinary and there dined, and found Creed there, but we met and dinedand parted without any thing more than "How do you?" After dinnerstraight on foot to Mr. Hollyard's, and there paid him L3 in full forhis physic and work to my wife.... But whether it is cured for ever orno I cannot tell, but he says it will never come to anything, though itmay be it may ooze now and then a little. So home and found my wife goneout with Will (whom she sent for as she do now a days upon occasion) tohave a tooth drawn, she having it seems been in great pain all day, andat night came home with it drawn, and pretty well. This evening I had astove brought me to the office to try, but it being an old one it smokesas much as if there was nothing but a hearth as I had before, but it maybe great new ones do not, and therefore I must enquire further. So atnight home to supper and to bed. The Duchesse of York is fallen sicke ofthe meazles. 

29th. Up and to the office, where all the morning sitting, at noon tothe 'change, and there I found and brought home Mr. Pierse the surgeonto dinner. Where I found also Mr. Luellin and Mount, and merry atdinner, but their discourse so free.... That I was weary of them. Butafter dinner Luellin took me up to my chamber to give me L50 for theservice I did him, though not so great as he expected and I intended. But I told him that I would not sell my liberty to any man. If he wouldgive me any thing by another's hand I would endeavour to deserve it, but I will never give him himself thanks for it, not acknowledging thereceiving of any, which he told me was reasonable. I did also tell himthat neither this nor any thing should make me to do any thing thatshould not be for the King's service besides. So we parted and left themthree at home with my wife going to cards, and I to my office and therestaid late. Sir W. Pen came like a cunning rogue to sit and talk with meabout office business and freely about the Comptroller's business of theoffice, to which I did give him free answers and let him make the bestof them. But I know him to be a knave, and do say nothing that I fearto have said again. Anon came Sir W. Warren, and after talking of hisbusiness of the masts and helping me to understand some foul dealing inthe business of Woods we fell to other talk, and particularly to speakof some means how to part this great familiarity between Sir W. Battenand Sir J. Minnes, and it is easy to do by any good friend of Sir J. Minnes to whom it will be a good service, and he thinks that SirJ. Denham will be a proper man for it, and so do I. So after otherdiscourse we parted, and I home and to bed. 

30th. Up betimes and by coach to my Lord Sandwich, who I met going out, and he did aske me how his cozen, my wife; did, the first time he hathdone so since his being offended, and, in my conscience, he would beglad to be free with me again, but he knows not how to begin. So he wentout, and I through the garden to Mr. Coventry, where I saw Mr. Ch. Pettbringing him a modell, and indeed it is a pretty one, for a New Year'sgift; but I think the work not better done than mine. With him by coachto London, with good and friendly discourse of business and against SirW. Batten and his foul dealings. So leaving him at the Guiny House I tothe Coffee House, whither came Mr. Grant and Sir W. Petty, with whomI talked, and so did many, almost all the house there, about his newvessel, wherein he did give me such satisfaction in every point that Iam almost confident she will prove an admirable invention. So home todinner, and after being upon the 'Change awhile I dined with my wife, who took physique to-day, and so to my office, and there all theafternoon till late at night about office business, and so to supper andto bed. 

31st. Up and to the office, where we sat all the morning, and amongother things Sir W. Warren came about some contract, and there did atthe open table, Sir W. Batten not being there; openly defy him, andinsisted how Sir W. Batten did endeavour to oppose him in everythingthat he offered. Sir W. Pen took him up for it, like a counterfeitrogue, though I know he was as much pleased to hear him talk so as anyman there. But upon his speaking no more was said but to the business. At noon we broke up and I to the 'Change awhile, and so home again todinner, my head aching mightily with being overcharged with business. Wehad to dinner, my wife and I, a fine turkey and a mince pie, and dinedin state, poor wretch, she and I, and have thus kept our Christmastogether all alone almost, having not once been out, but to-morrow myvowes are all out as to plays and wine, but I hope I shall not be longbefore I come to new ones, so much good, and God's blessing, I find tohave attended them. Thence to the office and did several businesses andanswered several people, but my head aching and it being my great nightof accounts, I went forth, took coach, and to my brother's, but he wasnot within, and so I back again and sat an hour or two at the Coffee[house], hearing some simple discourse about Quakers being charmed by astring about their wrists, and so home, and after a little while atmy office, I home and supped, and so had a good fire in my chamberand there sat till 4 o'clock in the morning making up my accounts andwriting this last Journall of the year. And first I bless God I do, after a large expense, even this month, by reason of Christmas, and somepayments to my father, and other things extraordinary, find that Iam worth in money, besides all my household stuff, or any thing ofBrampton, above L800, whereof in my Lord Sandwich's hand, L700, and therest in my hand. So that there is not above L5 of all my estate in moneyat this minute out of my hands and my Lord's. For which the good God bepleased to give me a thankful heart and a mind careful to preserve thisand increase it. I do live at my lodgings in the Navy Office, my familybeing, besides my wife and I, Jane Gentleman, Besse, our excellent, good-natured cookmayde, and Susan, a little girle, having neither mannor boy, nor like to have again a good while, living now in most perfectcontent and quiett, and very frugally also; my health pretty good, but only that I have been much troubled with a costiveness which I amlabouring to get away, and have hopes of doing it. At the office I amwell, though envied to the devil by Sir William Batten, who hates me todeath, but cannot hurt me. The rest either love me, or at least do notshow otherwise, though I know Sir W. Pen to be a false knave touchingme, though he seems fair. My father and mother well in the country; andat this time the young ladies of Hinchingbroke with them, their househaving the small-pox in it. The Queene after a long and sore sicknesseis become well again; and the King minds his mistresse a little toomuch, if it pleased God! but I hope all things will go well, and in theNavy particularly, wherein I shall do my duty whatever comes of it. Thegreat talke is the designs of the King of France, whether against thePope or King of Spayne nobody knows; but a great and a most promisingPrince he is, and all the Princes of Europe have their eye upon him. Mywife's brother come to great unhappiness by the ill-disposition, my wifesays, of his wife, and her poverty, which she now professes, after allher husband's pretence of a great fortune, but I see none of them, atleast they come not to trouble me. At present I am concerned for mycozen Angier, of Cambridge, lately broke in his trade, and this day amsending his son John, a very rogue, to sea. My brother Tom I know notwhat to think of, for I cannot hear whether he minds his business ornot; and my brother John at Cambridge, with as little hopes ofdoing good there, for when he was here he did give me great cause ofdissatisfaction with his manner of life. Pall with my father, and Godknows what she do there, or what will become of her, for I have notanything yet to spare her, and she grows now old, and must be disposedof one way or other. The Duchesse of York, at this time, sicke of themeazles, but is growing well again. The Turke very far entered intoGermany, and all that part of the world at a losse what to expect fromhis proceedings. Myself, blessed be God! in a good way, and design andresolution of sticking to my business to get a little money with doingthe best service I can to the King also; which God continue! So ends theold year. 

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 A woman sober, and no high-flyer, as he calls it Academy was dissolved by order of the Pope After oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb After some pleasant talk, my wife, Ashwell, and I to bed After awhile I caressed her and parted seeming friends Again that she spoke but somewhat of what she had in her heart And there, did what I would with her And so to sleep till the morning, but was bit cruelly And so to bed and there entertained her with great content And so to bed, my father lying with me in Ashwell's bed Apprehend about one hundred Quakers At last we pretty good friends Before I sent my boy out with them, I beat him for a lie Being cleansed of lice this day by my wife Better we think than most other couples do Book itself, and both it and them not worth a turd But a woful rude rabble there was, and such noises Compliment from my aunt, which I take kindly as it is unusual Conceited, but that's no matter to me Content as to be at our own home, after being abroad awhile Dare not oppose it alone for making an enemy and do no good Did so watch to see my wife put on drawers, which (she did) Did go to Shoe Lane to see a cocke-fighting at a new pit there Did find none of them within, which I was glad of Dined at home alone, a good calves head boiled and dumplings Dinner was great, and most neatly dressed Dog attending us, which made us all merry again Dr. Calamy is this day sent to Newgate for preaching Duodecimal arithmetique Eat a mouthful of pye at home to stay my stomach Employed by the fencers to play prizes at Enquiring into the selling of places do trouble a great many Every man looking after himself, and his owne lust and luxury Every small thing is enough now-a-days to bring a difference Excommunications, which they send upon the least occasions Expectation of profit will have its force Familiarity with her other servants is it that spoils them all Fear it may do him no good, but me hurt Fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off Feverish, and hath sent for Mr. Pierce to let him blood Found guilty, and likely will be hanged (for stealing spoons) Found him a fool, as he ever was, or worse Galileo's air thermometer, made before 1597 Give her a Lobster and do so touse her and feel her all over God knows that I do not find honesty enough in my own mind Goes with his guards with him publiquely, and his trumpets Goes down the wind in honour as well as every thing else Great plot which was lately discovered in Ireland Had a good supper of an oxe's cheek Half a pint of Rhenish wine at the Still-yard, mixed with beer Hanged with a silken halter He is too wise to be made a friend of He hoped he should live to see her "ugly and willing" He having made good promises, though I fear his performance His readiness to speak spoilt all How highly the Presbyters do talk in the coffeehouses still I calling her beggar, and she me pricklouse, which vexed me I and she never were so heartily angry in our lives as to-day I do not find other people so willing to do business as myself I slept most of the sermon I was very angry, and resolve to beat him to-morrow Ill humour to be so against that which all the world cries up In some churches there was hardly ten people in the whole church Insurrection of the Catholiques there It must be the old ones that must do any good Jealous, though God knows I have no great reason John has got a wife, and for that he intends to part with him Justice of proceeding not to condemn a man unheard Keep at interest, which is a good, quiett, and easy profit King was gone to play at Tennis Lady Castlemaine hath all the King's Christmas presents Lay long in bed talking and pleasing myself with my wife Lay very long with my wife in bed talking with great pleasure Lay chiding, and then pleased with my wife in bed Liability of a husband to pay for goods supplied his wife Many thousands in a little time go out of England Matters in Ireland are full of discontent Money, which sweetens all things Most flat dead sermon, both for matter and manner of delivery Much discourse, but little to be learned My maid Susan ill, or would be thought so My wife has got too great head to be brought down soon My wife and her maid Ashwell had between them spilled the pot.... No more matter being made of the death of one than another No sense nor grammar, yet in as good words that ever I saw Nor will yield that the Papists have any ground given them Nor would become obliged too much to any Nothing in the world done with true integrity Nothing of any truth and sincerity, but mere envy and design Nothing is to be got without offending God and the King Once a week or so I know a gentleman must go.... Opening his mind to him as of one that may hereafter be his foe Out of an itch to look upon the sluts there Pain of the stone, and makes bloody water with great pain Parliament do agree to throw down Popery Pen was then turned Quaker Persuade me that she should prove with child since last night Plague is much in Amsterdam, and we in fears of it here Pride and debauchery of the present clergy Pride himself too much in it Quakers being charmed by a string about their wrists Rabbit not half roasted, which made me angry with my wife Railed bitterly ever and anon against John Calvin Reading my Latin grammar, which I perceive I have great need Reckon nothing money but when it is in the bank Resolve to live well and die a beggar Sad for want of my wife, whom I love with all my heart Saw his people go up and down louseing themselves Scholler, that would needs put in his discourse (every occasion) Scholler, but, it may be, thinks himself to be too much so See how time and example may alter a man See whether my wife did wear drawers to-day as she used to do Sent me last night, as a bribe, a barrel of sturgeon Servant of the King's pleasures too, as well as business She was so ill as to be shaved and pidgeons put to her feet She is conceited that she do well already She used the word devil, which vexed me She begins not at all to take pleasure in me or study to please So home, and mighty friends with my wife again So much is it against my nature to owe anything to any body So home to supper and bed with my father So home, and after supper did wash my feet, and so to bed So neat and kind one to another Softly up to see whether any of the beds were out of order or no Sorry for doing it now, because of obliging me to do the like Sporting in my fancy with the Queen Statute against selling of offices Talk very highly of liberty of conscience Taught my wife some part of subtraction That I might say I saw no money in the paper That he is not able to live almost with her The plague is got to Amsterdam, brought by a ship from Argier The goldsmith, he being one of the jury to-morrow The house was full of citizens, and so the less pleasant Thence by coach, with a mad coachman, that drove like mad There is no passing but by coach in the streets, and hardly that There is no man almost in the City cares a turd for him Therefore ought not to expect more justice from her These young Lords are not fit to do any service abroad They were so false spelt that I was ashamed of them They say now a common mistress to the King Things being dear and little attendance to be had we went away Though it be but little, yet I do get ground every month Through the Fleete Ally to see a couple of pretty [strumpets] To bed with discontent she yielded to me and began to be fond Towzing her and doing what I would, but the last thing of all Upon a small temptation I could be false to her Vexed at my wife's neglect in leaving of her scarf Waked this morning between four and five by my blackbird We having no luck in maids now-a-days Who is over head and eares in getting her house up Whose voice I am not to be reconciled Wife and the dancing-master alone above, not dancing but talking Wine, new and old, with labells pasted upon each bottle With much ado in an hour getting a coach home Would not make my coming troublesome to any Yet it was her fault not to see that I did take them