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 LIBRARY MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BY THE REV. MYNORS BRIGHT M. A. LATE FELLOW AND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE

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 WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE'S NOTES

 EDITED WITH ADDITIONS BY

 HENRY B. WHEATLEY F. S. A. 

 DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. JULY & AUGUST 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 of hisaccounts now under dispute, in which I have taken much trouble upon myselfand raised a distance between Sir G. Carteret and myself, which troublesme, but I hope we have this morning light on an expedient that will rightall, that will answer their queries, and yet save Creed the L500 which hedid propose to make of the exchange abroad of the pieces of eight which hedisbursed. Being ready, he and I by water to White Hall, where I left himbefore we came into the Court, for fear I should be seen by Sir G. Carteret with him, which of late I have been forced to avoid to removesuspicion. I to St. James's, and there discoursed a while with Mr. Coventry, between whom and myself there is very good understanding andfriendship, and so to Westminster Hall, and being in the Parliament lobby, I there saw my Lord of Bristoll come to the Commons House to give hisanswer to their question, about some words he should tell the King thatwere spoke by Sir Richard Temple, a member of their House. A chair wasset at the bar of the House for him, which he used but little, but made anharangue of half an hour bareheaded, the House covered. His speech beingdone, he came out and withdrew into a little room till the House hadconcluded of an answer to his speech; which they staying long upon, I wentaway. And by and by out comes Sir W. Batten; and he told me that hisLordship had made a long and a comedian-like speech, and delivered withsuch action as was not becoming his Lordship. He confesses he did tellthe King such a thing of Sir Richard Temple, but that upon his honour theywere not spoke by Sir Richard, he having taken a liberty of enlarging tothe King upon the discourse which had been between Sir Richard and himselflately; and so took upon himself the whole blame, and desired theirpardon, it being not to do any wrong to their fellow-member, but out ofzeal to the King. He told them, among many other things, that as to hisreligion he was a Roman Catholique, but such a one as thought no man tohave right to the Crown of England but the Prince that hath it; and such aone as, if the King should desire his counsel as to his own, he would notadvise him to another religion than the old true reformed religion of thiscountry, it being the properest of this kingdom as it now stands; andconcluded with a submission to what the House shall do with him, saying, that whatever they shall do, says he, "thanks be to God, this head, thisheart, and this sword (pointing to them all), will find me a being in anyplace in Europe. " The House hath hereupon voted clearly Sir RichardTemple to be free from the imputation of saying those words; but when SirWilliam Batten came out, had not concluded what to say to my Lord, itbeing argued that to own any satisfaction as to my Lord from his speech, would be 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 Digby shouldcome to this House and make a speech there without leave first asked ofthe House of Lords. I hear also of another difficulty now upon him; thatmy Lord of Sunderland (whom I do not know) was so near to the marriage ofhis daughter as that the wedding-clothes were made, and portion and everything agreed on and ready; and the other day he goes away nobody yet knowswhither, sending her the next morning a release of his right or claim toher, and advice to his friends not to enquire into the reason of thisdoing, for he hath enough for it; but that he gives them liberty to sayand think what they will of him, so they do not demand the reason of hisleaving her, being resolved never to have her, but the reason desires andresolves not to give. Thence by water with Sir W. Batten to TrinityHouse, there to dine with him, which we did; and after dinner we felltalking, Sir J. Minnes, Mr. Batten and I; Mr. Batten telling us of a latetriall of Sir Charles Sydly the other day, before my Lord Chief JusticeFoster and the whole bench, for his debauchery a little while since atOxford 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, . . . . And abusing of scripture and as it were from thence preaching a mountebanksermon from the pulpit, saying that there he had to sell such a powder asshould make all the [women] in town run after him, 1000 people standingunderneath to see and hear him, and that being done he took a glass ofwine . . . . And then drank it off, and then took another and drankthe King's health. It seems my Lord and the rest of the judges did all ofthem round give him a most high reproof; my Lord Chief justice saying, that it was for him, and such wicked wretches as he was, that God's angerand judgments hung over us, calling him sirrah many times. It's said theyhave bound him to his good behaviour (there being no law against him forit) in L5000. It being told that my Lord Buckhurst was there, my Lordasked whether it was that Buckhurst that was lately tried for robbery; andwhen answered Yes, he asked whether he had so soon forgot his deliveranceat that time, and that it would have more become him to have been at hisprayers begging God's forgiveness, than now running into such coursesagain . . . . Thence home, and my clerks being gone by my leave to seethe East India ships that are lately come home, I staid all alone withinmy office all the afternoon. This day I hear at dinner that Don John ofAustria, since his flight out of Portugall, is dead of his wounds:--[nottrue]--so there is a great man gone, and a great dispute like to be endedfor the crown of Spayne, if the King should have died before him. Ireceived this morning a letter from my wife, brought by John Gower totown, wherein I find a sad falling out between my wife and my father andsister and Ashwell upon my writing to my father to advise Pall not to keepAshwell from her mistress, or making any difference between them. WhichPall telling to Ashwell, and she speaking some words that her mistressheard, caused great difference among them; all which I am sorry from myheart to hear of, and I fear will breed ill blood not to be laid again. So that I fear my wife and I may have some falling out about it, or atleast my father and I, but I shall endeavour to salve up all as well as Ican, or send for her out of the country before the time intended, which Iwould be loth to do. In the evening by water to my coz. Roger Pepys'chamber, where he was not come, but I found Dr. John newly come to town, and is well again after his sickness; but, Lord! what a simple man he isas to any public matter of state, and talks so sillily to his brother Dr. Tom. What the matter is I know not, but he has taken (as my father toldme a good while since) such displeasure that he hardly would touch his hatto me, and I as little to him. By and by comes Roger, and he told us thewhole passage of my Lord Digby to-day, much as I have said here above;only that he did say that he would draw his sword against the Popehimself, 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 that myLord Digby hath cleared the honour of his Majesty, and Sir RichardTemple's, and given perfect satisfaction of his own respects to the House. Thence to my brother's, and being vexed with his not minding my father'sbusiness here in getting his Landscape done, I went away in an anger, andwalked home, and so up to my lute and then to bed. 

2d. Up betimes to my office, and there all the morning doing business, atnoon to the Change, and there met with several people, among othersCaptain Cox, and with him to a Coffee [House], and drank with him and someother merchants. Good discourse. Thence home and to dinner, and, after alittle alone at my viol, to the office, where we sat all the afternoon, and so rose at the evening, and then home to supper and to bed, after alittle musique. My mind troubled me with the thoughts of the differencebetween my wife and my father in the country. Walking in the garden thisevening with Sir G. Carteret and Sir J. Minnes, Sir G. Carteret told uswith great contempt how like a stage-player my Lord Digby 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's head would have done better byhalf for his heart and his sword, I have nothing to say to them. " He toldus that for certain his head cost the late King his, for it was he thatbroke off the treaty at Uxbridge. He told us also how great a man he wasraised from a private gentleman in France 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, whenhe was banished out of France, with great matters, and recommended by himto the Queen as a man to be trusted and ruled by: yet when he came to havesome power over the Queen, he begun to dissuade her from her opinion ofthe Cardinal; which she said nothing to till the Cardinal was returned, and then she told him of it; who told my Lord Digby, "Eh bien, Monsieur, vous estes un fort bon amy donc:" but presently put him out of all; andthen he was, from a certainty of coming in two or three years' time to beMareschall of France (to which all strangers, even Protestants, and thoseas often as French themselves, are capable of coming, though it be one ofthe greatest places in France), he was driven to go out of France intoFlanders; but there was not trusted, nor received any kindness from thePrince of Conde, as one to whom also he had been false, as he had been tothe Cardinal and Grandmont. In fine, he told us how he is a man ofexcellent parts, but of no great faith nor judgment, and one very easy toget up to great height of preferment, but never able to hold it. So homeand to my musique; and then comes Mr. Creed to me giving me an account ofhis accounts, how he has now settled them fit for perusal the most strict, at which I am glad. So he and I to bed 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, and toattend 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 my LadyCastlemaine is fallen from Court, and this morning retired. He gives meno account of the reason of it, but that it is so: for which I am sorry:and yet if the King do it to leave off not only her but all othermistresses, I should be heartily glad of it, that he may fall to lookafter 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; but couldnot, it being morning, get to see the Archbishop's hearse: so he and Iwalked over the fields to Southwark, and there parted, and I spent half anhour in Mary Overy's Church, where are fine monuments of great antiquity, I believe, and has been a fine church. Thence to the Change, and meetingSir J. Minnes there, he and I walked to look upon Backwell's design ofmaking another alley from his shop through over against the Exchange door, which will be very noble and quite put down the other two. 

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 to seeSir W. Pen, and sat with him a while, and so home late, and to my viall. So up comes Creed again to me and stays all night, to-morrow morning beinga hearing before the Duke. So to bed full of discourse of his 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 the Dukethe Lisbon Gazette in Spanish, where the late victory is set downparticularly, and to the great honour of the English beyond measure. Theyhave since taken back Evora, which was lost to the Spaniards, the Englishmaking the assault, and lost not more than three men. Here I learnt thatthe English foot are highly esteemed all over the world, but the horse notso much, which yet we count among ourselves the best; but they abroad havehad no great knowledge of our horse, it seems. The Duke being ready, weretired with him, and there fell upon Mr. Creed's business, where theTreasurer did, like a mad coxcomb, without reason or method run over agreat many things against the account, and so did Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten, which the Duke himself and Mr. Coventry and my Lord Barkely andmyself did remove, and Creed being called in did answer all with greatmethod and excellently to the purpose (myself I am a little conscious didnot speak so well as I purposed and do think I used to do, that is, not sointelligibly and persuasively, as I well hoped I should), not that what Isaid was not well taken, and did carry the business with what was urgedand answered by Creed and Mr. Coventry, till the Duke himself did declarethat he was satisfied, and my Lord Barkely offered to lay L100 that theKing would receive no wrong in the account, and the two last knights heldtheir tongues, or at least by not understanding it did say what made forMr. Creed, and so Sir G. Carteret was left alone, but yet persisted to saythat the account was not good, but full of corruption and foul dealing. And so we broke up to his shame, but I do fear to the loss of hisfriendship to me a good while, which I am heartily troubled for. Thencewith Creed to the King's Head ordinary; but, coming late, dined at thesecond table very well for 12d. ; and a pretty gentleman in our company, who confirms my Lady Castlemaine's being gone from Court, but knows notthe reason; he told us of one wipe the Queen a little while ago did giveher, when she came in and found the Queen under the dresser's hands, andhad 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, andhe going into his coach, and telling me that he was going to shew a coupleof Swedish strangers the muster, I asked and went along with him; where agoodly sight to see so many fine horses and officers, and the King, Duke, and others come by a-horseback, and the two Queens in the Queen-Mother'scoach, my Lady Castlemaine not being there. And after long being there, I'light, and walked to the place where the King, Duke, &c. , did stand tosee the horse and foot march by and discharge their guns, to show a FrenchMarquisse (for whom this muster was caused) the goodness of our firemen;which indeed was very good, though not without a slip now and then; andone broadside close to our coach we had going out of the Park, even to thenearness as to be ready to burn our hairs. Yet methought all these gaymen are not the soldiers that must do the King's business, it being suchas these that lost the old King all he had, and were beat by the mostordinary fellows that could be. Thence with much ado out of the Park, andI 'lighted and through St. James's down the waterside over, to Lambeth, tosee the Archbishop's corps (who is to be carried away to Oxford onMonday), but came too late, and so walked over the fields and bridge home(calling by the way at old George's), but find that he is dead, and therewrote several letters, and so home to supper and to bed. This day in theDuke's chamber there being a Roman story in the hangings, and upon thestandards written these four letters--S. P. Q. R. , Sir G. Carteret came tome to know what the meaning of those four letters were; which ignorance isnot to be borne in a Privy Counsellor, methinks, that a schoolboy shouldbe whipt for not knowing. 

5th (Lord's day). Lady Batten had sent twice to invite me to go with themto Walthamstow to-day, Mrs. Martha' being married already this morning toMr. Castle, at this parish church. I could not rise soon enough to gowith them, but got myself ready, and so to Games's, where I got a horseand rode thither very pleasantly, only coming to make water I found astopping, which makes me fearful of my old pain. Being come thither, Iwas well received, and had two pair of gloves, as the rest, and walked upand down with my Lady in the garden, she mighty kind to me, and I have theway to please her. A good dinner and merry, but methinks none of thekindness nor bridall respect between the bridegroom and bride, that wasbetween my wife and I, but as persons that marry purely for convenience. After dinner to church by coach, and there my Lady, 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 doting parson preached. So homeagain, and by and by up and homewards, calling in our way (Sir J. Minnesand I only) at Mr. Batten's (who with his lady and child went in anothercoach by us), which is a very pretty house, and himself in all thingswithin and without very ingenious, and I find a very fine study and goodbooks. So set out, Sir J. Minnes and I in his coach together, talking allthe way of chymistry, wherein he do know something, at least, seems so tome, that cannot correct him, Mr. Batten's man riding my horse, and so homeand to my office a while to read my vows, then home to prayers and to bed. 

6th. Up pretty early and to my office all the morning, writing out a listof the King's ships in my Navy collections with great pleasure. At noonCreed comes to me, who tells me how well he has sped with Sir G. Carteretafter all our trouble, that he had his tallys up and all the kind wordspossible from him, which I believe is out of an apprehension what a foolhe has made of himself hitherto in making so great a stop therein. But Ifind, and so my Lord Sandwich may, that Sir G. Carteret had a design to dohim a disgrace, if he could possibly, otherwise he would never havecarried the business so far after that manner, but would first haveconsulted my Lord and given him advice what to do therein for his ownhonour, which he thought endangered. Creed dined with me and then walkeda while, and so away, and I to my office at my morning's work till darknight, and so with good content home. To supper, a little musique, andthen 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 barge withSir J. Minnes (who is going to Chatham) to Woolwich, in our way eating ofsome venison pasty in the barge, I having neither eat nor drank to-day, which fills me full of wind. Here also in Mr. Pett's garden I eat someand the first cherries I have eat this year, off the tree where the Kinghimself had been gathering some this morning. Thence walked alone, onlypart of the way Deane walked with me, complaining of many abuses in theYard, to Greenwich, and so by water to Deptford, where I found Mr. Coventry, and with him up and down all the stores, to the great trouble ofthe officers, and by his help I am resolved to fall hard to work again, asI used to do. So thence he and I by water talking of many things, and Isee he puts his trust most upon me in the Navy, and talks, as there isreason, slightly of the two old knights, and I should be glad by anydrudgery to see the King's stores and service looked to as they ought, butI fear I shall never understand half the miscarriages and tricks that theKing suffers by. He tells me what Mr. Pett did to-day, that my LordBristoll told the King that he will impeach the Chancellor of HighTreason: but I find that my Lord Bristoll hath undone himself already inevery body's opinion, and now he endeavours to raise dust to put out othermen's eyes, as well as his own; but I hope it will not take, inconsideration merely that it is hard for a Prince to spare an experiencedold officer, be he never so corrupt; though I hope this man is not so, assome report him to be. He tells me that Don John is yet alive, and notkilled, as was said, in the great victory against the Spaniards inPortugall of late. So home, and late at my office. Thence home and to mymusique. This night Mr. Turner's house being to be emptied out of mycellar, and therefore I think to sit up a little longer than ordinary. This afternoon, coming from the waterside with Mr. Coventry, I spied myboy upon Tower Hill playing with the rest of the boys; so I sent W. Griffin to take him, and he did bring him to me, and so I said nothing tohim, but caused him to be stripped (for he was run away with his bestsuit), and so putting on his other, I sent him going, without saying oneword hard to him, though I am troubled for the rogue, though he do notdeserve it. Being come home I find my stomach not well for want of eatingto-day my dinner as I should do, and so am become full of wind. I calledlate for some victuals, and so to bed, leaving the men below in the cellaremptying the vats up through Mr. Turner's own house, and so with morecontent to bed 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 day aftersadly. But I know not what will become of the corn this year, we havinghad but two fair days these many months. Up and to my office, where allthe morning busy, and then at noon home to dinner alone upon a good dishof eeles, given me by Michell, the Bewpers' man, and then to my viall alittle, and then down into the cellar and up and down with Mr. Turner tosee where his vault may be made bigger, or another made him, which I thinkmay well be. And so to my office, where very busy all day setting thingsin order my contract books and preparing things against the next sitting. In the evening I received letters out of the country, among others from mywife, who methinks writes so coldly that I am much troubled at it, and Ifear shall have much ado to bring her to her old good temper. So home tosupper and musique, which is all the pleasure I have of late given myself, or is fit I should, others spending too much time and money. Going in Istepped to Sir W. Batten, and there staid and talked with him (my Ladybeing in the country), and sent for some lobsters, and Mrs. Turner camein, and did bring us an umble pie hot out of her oven, extraordinary good, and afterwards some spirits of her making, in which she has greatjudgment, very good, and so 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, but verymodest, and, God forgive me, had a mind to something more. Thence to mylawyer's; up and down to the Six Clerks' Office, where I found my billagainst 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 money anannuity of about L100 per annum for two lives. So home, and there put upmy riding things against the evening, in case Mr. Moore should continuehis mind to go to Oxford, which I have little mind to do, the weathercontinuing so bad and the waters high. Dined at home, and Mr. Moore inthe afternoon comes to me and concluded not to go. Sir W. Batten and Isat a little this afternoon at the office, and thence I by water toDeptford, and there mustered the Yard, purposely, God forgive me, to findout Bagwell, a carpenter, whose wife is a pretty woman, that I might havesome occasion of knowing him and forcing her to come to the office again, which I did so luckily that going thence he and his wife did of themselvesmeet me in the way to thank me for my old kindness, but I spoke little toher, but shall give occasion for her coming to me. Her husband went alongwith me to show me Sir W. Pen's lodging, which I knew before, but only tohave a time of speaking to him and sounding him. So left and I went in toSir W. Pen, who continues ill, and worse, I think, than before. He tellsme my Lady Castlemaine was at Court, for all this talk this week, which Iam glad to hear; but it seems the King is stranger than ordinary to her. Thence walked home as I used to do, and to bed presently, having takengreat cold in my feet by walking in the dirt this day in thin shoes orsome other way, so that I begun to be in pain, and with warm clothes mademyself better by morning, but yet in pain. 

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 love theQueen, and do make much of her, more than he used to do. Up to the Lobby, and there sent out for Mr. Coventry and Sir W. Batten, and told them ifthey thought convenient I would go to Chatham today, Sir John Minnes beingalready there at a Pay, and I would do such and such business there, whichthey thought well of, and so I went home and prepared myself to go after, dinner with Sir W. Batten. Sir W. Batten and Mr. Coventry tell me that myLord Bristoll hath this day impeached my Lord Chancellor in the House ofLords of High Treason. The chief of the articles are these: 1st. That heshould be the occasion of the peace made with Holland lately upon suchdisadvantageous terms, and that he was bribed to it. 2d. That Dunkirkewas also sold by his advice chiefly, so much to the damage of England. 3d. That he had L6000 given him for the drawing-up or promoting of theIrish declaration lately, concerning the division of the lands there. 4th. He did carry on the design of the Portugall match, so much to theprejudice of the Crown of England, notwithstanding that he knew the Queenis not capable of bearing children. 5th. That the Duke's marrying of hisdaughter was a practice of his, thereby to raise his family; and that itwas done by indirect courses. 6th. That the breaking-off of the matchwith Parma, in which he was employed at the very time when the match withPortugall was made up here, which he took as a great slur to him, and soit was; and that, indeed, is the chief occasion of all this fewde. 7th. That he hath endeavoured to bring in Popery, and wrote to the Pope for acap for a subject of the King of England's (my Lord Aubigny ); and somesay that he lays it to the Chancellor, that a good Protestant Secretary(Sir Edward 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 they neverdid nor do agree; and all the world did judge the Chancellor to be fallingfrom the time that Sir H. Bennet was brought in. Besides my Lord Bristollbeing a Catholique himself, all this is very strange. These are the mainof the Articles. Upon which my Lord Chancellor desired that the nobleLord that brought in these Articles, would sign to them with his hand;which my Lord Bristoll did presently. Then the House did order that thejudges should, against Monday next, bring in their opinion, Whether thesearticles are treason, or no? and next, they would know, Whether they werebrought in regularly or no, without leave of the Lords' House? Afterdinner I took boat (H. Russell) and down to Gravesend in good time, andthence with a guide post to Chatham, where I found Sir J. Minnes and Mr. Wayth walking in the garden, whom I told all this day's news, which I leftthe town full of, and it is great news, and will certainly be in theconsequence 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 wordso to Mrs. Bradford, that I should be crowded into such a hole, while theclerks and boarders of her own take up the best rooms. However I laythere 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 to theHill-house in Commissioner Pett's coach, and after seeing the guard-ships, to dinner, and after dining done to the Dock by coach, it raining hard, tosee "The Prince" launched, which hath lain in the Dock in repairing thesethree years. I went into her and was launched in her. Thence by boatashore, it raining, and I went to Mr. Barrow's, where Sir J. Minnes andCommissioner Pett; we staid long eating sweetmeats and drinking, andlooking over some antiquities of Mr. Barrow's, among others an oldmanuscript Almanac, that I believe was made for some monastery, inparchment, which I could spend much time upon to understand. Here was apretty young lady, a niece of Barrow's, which I took much pleasure to lookon. Thence by barge to St. Mary Creek; where Commissioner Pett (doubtfulof the growing greatness of Portsmouth by the finding of those creeksthere), do design a wett dock at no great charge, and yet no little one;he thinks towards L10, 000. And the place, indeed, is likely to be a veryfit place, when the King hath money to do it with. Thence, it raining ashard as it could pour down, home to the Hillhouse, and anon to supper, andafter supper, Sir J. Minnes and I had great discourse with Captain Cox andMr. Hempson about business of the yard, and particularly of pursers'accounts with Hempson, who is a cunning knave in that point. So late tobed and, Mr. Wayth being gone, I lay above in the Treasurer's bed andslept well. About one or two in the morning the curtains of my bed beingdrawn waked me, and I saw a man stand there by the inside of my bedcalling me French dogg 20 times, one after another, and I starting, as ifI would get out of the bed, he fell a-laughing as hard as he could drive, still calling me French dogg, and laid his hand on my shoulder. At last, whether I said anything or no I cannot tell, but I perceived the man, after he had looked wistly upon me, and found that I did not answer him tothe names that he called me by, which was Salmon, Sir Carteret's clerk, and Robt. Maddox, another of the clerks, he put off his hat on a suddaine, and forebore laughing, and asked who I was, saying, "Are you Mr. Pepys?"I told him yes, and now being come a little better to myself, I found himto be Tom Willson, Sir W. Batten's clerk, and fearing he might be in somemelancholy fit, I was at a loss what to do or say. At last I asked himwhat he meant. He desired my pardon for that he was mistaken, for hethought verily, not knowing of my coming to lie there, that it had beenSalmon, the Frenchman, with whom he intended to have made some sport. SoI made nothing of it, but bade him good night, and I, after a littlepause, to sleep again, being well pleased that it ended no worse, andbeing a little the better pleased with it, because it was the Surveyor'sclerk, which will make sport when I come to tell Sir W. Batten of it, itbeing a report that old Edgeborough, the former Surveyor, who died here, do now 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 was not awoman with child, for it might have made me miscarry. With Sir J. Minnesto church, where an indifferent good sermon. Here I saw Mrs. Becky Allen, who hath been married, and is this day churched, after her bearing achild. She is grown tall, but looks very white and thin, and I can findno occasion while I am here to come to have her company, which I desireand expected in my coming, but only coming out of the church I kissed herand her sister and mother-in-law. So to dinner, Sir J. Minnes, Commissioner Pett, and I, &c. , and after dinner walked in the garden, itbeing a very fine day, the best we have had this great while, if not thiswhole summer. To church again, and after that walked through theRope-ground to the Dock, and there over and over the Dock and groundsabout it, and storehouses, &c. , with the officers of the Yard, and then toCommissioner Pett's and had a good sullybub and other good things, andmerry. Commissioner Pett showed me alone his bodys as a secrett, which Ifound afterwards by discourse with Sir J. Minnes that he had shown themhim, wherein he seems to suppose great mystery in the nature of Lynes tobe hid, but I do not understand it at all. Thence walked to theHill-house, being myself much dissatisfied, and more than I thought Ishould have been with Commissioner Pett, being, by what I saw since I camehither, convinced that he is not able to exercise the command in the Yardover the officers that he ought to do, or somebody else, if ever theservice be well looked after there. Sat up and with Sir J. Minnestalking, and he speaking his mind in slighting of the Commissioner, forwhich I wish there was not so much reason. For I do see he is but a manof words, though indeed he is the ablest man that we have to do service ifhe would or durst. Sir J. Minnes being gone to bed, I took Mr. Whitfield, one of the clerks, and walked to the Dock about eleven at night, and theregot a boat and a crew, and rowed down to the guard-ships, it being a mostpleasant moonshine evening that ever I saw almost. The guard-ships werevery ready to hail us, being no doubt commanded thereto by their Captain, who remembers how I surprised them the last time I was here. However, Ifound him ashore, but the ship in pretty good order, and the arms wellfixed, charged, and primed. Thence to the Soveraign, where I found noofficers aboard, no arms fixed, nor any powder to prime their few guns, which were charged, without bullet though. So to the London, whereneither officers nor any body awake; I boarded her, and might have donewhat I would, and at last could find but three little boys; and so spentthe whole night in visiting all the ships, in which I found, for the mostpart, neither an officer aboard, nor any men so much as awake, which I wasgrieved to find, specially so soon after a great Larum, as CommissionerPett brought us word that he [had] provided against, and put all in aposture of defence but a week ago, all which I am resolved to represent tothe Duke. 

13th. So, it being high day, I put in to shore and to bed for two hoursjust, and so up again, and with the Storekeeper and Clerk of the Rope-yardup and down the Dock and Rope-house, and by and by mustered the Yard, andinstructed the Clerks of the Cheque in my new way of Callbook, and thatand other things done, to the Hill-house, and there we eat something, andso by barge to Rochester, and there took coach hired for our passage toLondon, and Mrs. Allen, the clerk of the Rope-yard's wife with us, desiring her passage, and it being a most pleasant and warm day, we got byfour o'clock home. In our way she telling us in what condition BeckyAllen is married against all expectation a fellow that proves to be acoxcomb and worth little if any thing at all, and yet are entered into away of living above their condition that will ruin them presently, forwhich, for the lady's sake, I am much troubled. Home I found all wellthere, and after dressing myself, I walked to the Temple; and there, frommy cozen Roger, hear that the judges have this day brought in their answerto the Lords, That the articles against my Lord Chancellor are notTreason; and to-morrow they are to bring in their arguments to the Housefor the same. This day also the King did send by my Lord Chamberlain tothe Lords, to tell them from him, that the most of the articles against myLord Chancellor he himself knows to be false. Thence by water toWhitehall, and so walked to St. James's, but missed Mr. Coventry. I metthe Queen-Mother walking in the Pell Mell, led by my Lord St. Alban's. Andfinding many coaches at the Gate, I found upon enquiry that the Duchess isbrought to bed of a boy; and hearing that the King and Queen are rodeabroad with the Ladies of Honour to the Park, and seeing a great crowd ofgallants staying here to see their return, I also staid walking up anddown, and among others spying a man like Mr. Pembleton (though I havelittle reason to think it should be he, speaking and discoursing long withmy Lord D'Aubigne), yet how my blood did rise in my face, and I fell intoa sweat 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 any bodypress (as she seemed to expect, and staid for it) to take her down, butwas taken down by her own gentleman. She looked mighty out of humour, andhad a yellow plume in her hat (which all took notice of), and yet is veryhandsome, but very melancholy: nor did any body speak to her, or she somuch as smile or speak to any body. I followed them up into White Hall, and into the Queen's presence, where all the ladies walked, talking andfiddling with their hats and feathers, and changing and trying oneanother's by one another's heads, and laughing. But it was the finestsight to me, considering their great beautys and dress, that ever I didsee in all my life. But, above all, Mrs. Stewart in this dress, with herhat cocked and a red plume, with her sweet eye, little Roman nose, andexcellent taille, is now the greatest beauty I ever saw, I think, in mylife; and, if ever woman can, do exceed my Lady Castlemaine, at least inthis dress nor do I wonder if the King changes, which I verily believe isthe reason of his coldness to my Lady Castlemaine. Here late, with muchado I left to look upon them, and went away, and by water, in a boat withother strange company, there being no other to be had, and out of him intoa sculler half to the bridge, and so home and to Sir W. Batten, where Istaid telling him and Sir J. Minnes and Mrs. Turner, with great mirth, mybeing frighted at Chatham by young Edgeborough, and so home to supper andto bed, before I sleep fancying myself to sport with Mrs. Stewart withgreat pleasure. 

14th. Up a little late, last night recovering my sleepiness for the nightbefore, which was lost, and so to my office to put papers and things toright, and making up my journal from Wednesday last to this day. All themorning at my office doing of business; at noon Mr. Hunt came to me, andhe and I to the Exchange, and a Coffee House, and drank there, and thenceto my house to dinner, whither my uncle Thomas came, and he tells me thathe is going down to Wisbech, there to try what he can recover of my uncleDay's estate, and seems to have good arguments for what he do go about, inwhich I wish him good speed. I made him almost foxed, the poor man havingbut a bad head, and not used I believe nowadays to drink much wine. Soafter dinner, they being gone, I to my office, and so home to bed. Thisday I hear the judges, according to order yesterday, did bring into theLords' House their reasons of their judgment in the business between myLord Bristoll and the Chancellor; and the Lords do concur with the Judgesthat the articles are not treason, nor regularly brought into the House, and so voted that a Committee should be chosen to examine them; butnothing to be done therein till the next sitting of this Parliament (whichis like to be adjourned in a day or two), and in the mean time the twoLords 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, they doby 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. Coventry didreport thus of me; which was greatly to my content, knowing how againsttheir minds I was brought into the Navy. Thence by water to Westminster, and there spent a good deal of time walking in the Hall, which is going tobe repaired, and, God forgive me, had a mind to have got Mrs. Lane abroad, or fallen in with any woman else (in that hot humour). But it so happenedshe could not go out, nor I meet with any body else, and so I walkedhomeward, and in my way did many and great businesses of my own at theTemple among my lawyers and others to my great content, thanking God thatI did not fall into any company to occasion spending time and money. Tosupper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy withthe 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 on severalDeall ships, and stood upon a stage in one place seeing calkers sheathingof 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; his name is Wise, who is a pretty fellow at it. Thence to the Exchange, and so home todinner, and then to my office, where a full board, and busy all theafternoon, and among other things made a great contract with Sir W. Warrenfor 40, 000 deals Swinsound, at L3 17s. Od. Per hundred. In the morningbefore I went on the water I was at Thames Street about some pitch, andthere meeting Anthony Joyce, I took him and Mr. Stacy, the Tarr merchant, to the tavern, where Stacy told me many old stories of my Lady Batten'sformer poor condition, and how her former husband broke, and how she cameto her state. At night, after office done, I went to Sir W. Batten's, where my Lady and I [had] some high words about emptying our house ofoffice, where I did tell her my mind, and at last agreed that it should bedone through my office, and so all well. So home 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 after dinnerSir W. Warren came to me, and he and I in my closet about his last night'scontract, and from thence to discourse of measuring of timber, wherein Imade him see that I could understand the matter well, and did both learnof and teach him something. Creed being gone through my staying talkingto him so long, I went alone by water down to Redriffe, and so to sit andtalk with Sir W. Pen, where I did speak very plainly concerning mythoughts of Sir G. Carteret and Sir J. Minnes. So as it may cost me sometrouble if he should tell them again, but he said as much or more to meconcerning them both, which I may remember if ever it should come forth, and nothing but what is true and my real opinion of them, that theyneither do understand to this day Creed's accounts, nor do deserve to beemployed in their places without better care, but that the King had bettergive them greater salaries to stand still and do nothing. Thence cominghome I was saluted by Bagwell and his wife (the woman I have a kindnessfor), and they would have me into their little house, which I was willingenough to, and did salute his wife. They had got wine for me, and Iperceive live prettily, and I believe the woman a virtuous modest woman. Her husband walked through to Redriffe with me, telling me things that Iasked of in the yard, and so by water home, it being likely to rain againto-night, which God forbid. To supper and to bed. 

18th. Up and to my office, where all the morning, and Sir J. Minnes and Idid a little, and but a little business at the office. So I eat a bit ofvictuals at home, and so abroad to several places, as my bookseller's, andthen to Thomson the instrument maker's to bespeak a ruler for my pocketfor timber, &c. , which I believe he will do to my mind. So to the Temple, Wardrobe, and lastly to Westminster Hall, where I expected some bands mademe by Mrs. Lane, and while she went to the starchers for them, I staid atMrs. Howlett's, who with her husband were abroad, and only their daughter(which I call my wife) was in the shop, and I took occasion to buy a pairof gloves to talk to her, and I find her a pretty spoken girl, and willprove a mighty handsome wench. I could love her very well. By and byMrs. Lane comes, and my bands not being done she and I posted and met atthe Crown in the Palace Yard, where we eat a chicken I sent for, anddrank, and were mighty merry, and I had my full liberty of towzing her anddoing what I would, but the last thing of all . . . . Of which I amheartily ashamed, but I do resolve never to do more so. But, Lord! to seewhat a mind she has to a husband, and how she showed me her hands to tellher her fortune, and every thing that she asked ended always whom and whenshe was to marry. And I pleased her so well, saying as. I know she wouldhave me, and then she would say that she had been with all the artists intown, and they always told her the same things, as that she should livelong, and rich, and have a good husband, but few children, and a great fitof sickness, and 20 other things, which she says she has always been toldby others. Here I staid late before my bands were done, and then theycame, and so I by water to the Temple, and thence walked home, all in asweat with my tumbling of her and walking, and so a little supper and tobed, fearful of having taken cold. 

19th (Lord's day). Lay very long in pleasant dreams till Church time, andso up, and it being foul weather so that I cannot walk as I intended tomeet my Cozen Roger at Thomas Pepys's house (whither he rode last night), to Hatcham, I went to church, where a sober Doctor made a good sermon. Sohome to dinner alone, and then to read a little, and so to church again, where the Scot made an ordinary sermon, and so home to my office, andthere read over my vows and increased them by a vow against all strongdrink till November next of any sort or quantity, by which I shall try howI can forbear it. God send it may not prejudice my health, and then Icare not. Then I fell to read over a silly play writ by a person ofhonour (which is, I find, as much as to say a coxcomb), called "Love a laMode, "' and that being ended, home, and played on my lute and sung psalmstill 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, butthere being no meeting with the Duke to-day, I returned by water and downto Greenwich, to look after some blocks that I saw a load carried off by acart from Woolwich, the King's Yard. But I could not find them, and soreturned, and being heartily weary I made haste to bed, and being in bedmade Will read and construe three or four Latin verses in the Bible, andchide him for forgetting his grammar. So to sleep, and sleep ill all thenight, 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 myself alittle mistaken), and so I rose and ranted at Will and the maid, and sworeI could find my heart to kick them down stairs, which the maid mumbled atmightily. It was my brother, who staid and talked with me, his chiefbusiness being about his going about to build his house new at the top, which will be a great charge for him, and above his judgment. By and bycomes Mr. Deane, of Woolwich, with his draught of a ship, and the bend andmain lines in the body of a ship very finely, and which do please memightily, and so am resolved to study hard, and learn of him to understanda body, and I find him a very pretty fellow in it, and rational, but alittle conceited, but that's no matter to me. At noon, by my LadyBatten's desire, I went over the water to Mr. Castle's, who brings hiswife home to his own house to-day, where I found a great many good oldwomen, and my Lady, Sir W. Batten, and Sir J. Minnes. A good, handsome, plain dinner, and then walked in the garden; which is pleasant enough, more than I expected there, and so Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and I bywater to the office, and there sat, and then I by water to the Templeabout my law business, and back again home and wrote letters to my fatherand wife about my desire that they should observe the feast at Brampton, and have my Lady and the family, and so home to supper and bed, my headaching all the day from my last night's bad rest, and yesterday'sdistempering myself with over walking, and to-day knocking my head againsta low door in Mr. Castle's house. This day the Parliament kept a fast forthe present unseasonable weather. 

22nd. Up, and by and by comes my uncle Thomas, to whom I paid L10 for hislast half year's annuity, and did get his and his son's hand and seal forthe confirming to us Piggott's mortgage, which was forgot to be expressedin our late agreement with him, though intended, and therefore they mighthave cavilled at it, if they would. Thence abroad calling at severalplaces upon some errands, among others to my brother Tom's barber and hadmy hair cut, while his boy played on the viallin, a plain boy, but has avery good genius, and understands the book very well, but to see what ashift he made for a string of red silk was very pleasant. Thence to myLord Crew's. My Lord not being come home, I met and staid below withCaptain Ferrers, who was come to wait upon my Lady Jemimah to St. James's, she being one of the four ladies that hold up the mantle at thechristening this afternoon of the Duke's child (a boy). In discourse ofthe ladies at Court, Captain Ferrers tells me that my Lady Castlemaine isnow as great again as ever she was; and that her going away was only a fitof her own upon some slighting words of the King, so that she called forher coach at a quarter of an hour's warning, and went to Richmond; and theKing the next morning, under pretence of going a-hunting, went to see herand make friends, and never was a-hunting at all. After which she cameback to Court, and commands the King as much as ever, and hath and dothwhat she will. No longer ago than last night, there was a privateentertainment made for the King and Queen at the Duke of Buckingham's, andshe: was not invited: but being at my Lady Suffolk's, her aunt's (where myLady Jemimah and Lord Sandwich dined) yesterday, she was heard to say, "Well; much good may it do them, and for all that I will be as merry asthey:" and so she went home and caused a great supper to be prepared. Andafter the King had been with the Queen at Wallingford House, he came to myLady Castlemaine's, and was there all night, and my Lord Sandwich withhim, which was the reason my Lord lay in town all night, which he has notdone a great while before. He tells me he believes that, as soon as theKing can get a husband for Mrs. Stewart however, my Lady Castlemaine'snose will be out of joynt; for that she comes to be in great esteem, andis more handsome than she. I found by his words that my Lord Sandwichfinds some pleasure in the country where he now is, whether he means oneof the daughters of the house or no I know not, but hope the contrary, that he thinks he is very well pleased with staying there, but yet uponbreaking up of the Parliament, which the King by a message to-day saysshall be on Monday next, he resolves to go. Ned Pickering, the coxcomb, notwithstanding all his hopes of my Lord's assistance, wherein I am sorryto hear my Lord has much concerned himself, is defeated of the place heexpected under the Queen. He came hither by and by and brought somejewells for my Lady Jem. To put on, with which and her other clothes shelooks passing well. I staid and dined with my Lord Crew, who whether hewas not so well pleased with me as he used to be, or that his head wasfull of business, as I believe it was, he hardly spoke one word to me alldinner time, we dining alone, only young Jack Crew, Sir Thomas's son, withus. After dinner I bade him farewell. Sir Thomas I hear has gone thismorning ill to bed, so I had no mind to see him. Thence homewards, and inthe way first called at Wotton's, the shoemaker's, who tells me the reasonof Harris'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 he wouldnever act there more, in expectation of being received in the other House;but the King will not suffer it, upon Sir W. Davenant's desire that hewould not, for then he might shut up house, and that is true. He tells methat his going is at present a great loss to the House, and that he fearshe hath a stipend from the other House privately. He tells the that thefellow grew very proud of late, the King and every body else crying him upso high, and that above Betterton, he being a more ayery man, as he isindeed. But yet Betterton, he says, they all say do act: some parts thatnone but himself can do. Thence to my bookseller's, and found myWaggoners done. The very binding cost me 14s. , but they are well done, and so with a porter home with them, and so by water to Ratcliffe, andthere went to speak with Cumberford the platt-maker, and there saw hismanner of working, which is very fine and laborious. So down to Deptford, reading Ben Jonson's "Devil is an asse, " and so to see Sir W. Pen, who Ifind walking 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 day Ihear that the Moores have made some attaques upon the outworks of Tangier;but my Lord Tiviott; with the loss of about 200 men, did beat them off, and killed many of them. To-morrow the King and Queen for certain go downto Tunbridge. But the King comes hack again against Monday to raise theParliament. 

23rd. Up and to my office, and thence by information from, Mr. Ackworth Iwent down to Woolwich, and mustered the three East India ships that liethere, believing that there is great-juggling between the Pursers andClerks of the Cheque in cheating the King of the wages and victuals of menthat do not give attendance, and I found very few on board. So to theyard, and there mustered the yard, and found many faults, and dischargedseveral fellows that were absent from their business. I staid also at Mr. Ackworth's desire at dinner with him and his wife, and there was a simplefellow, a gentleman I believe of the Court, their kinsmen, that threatenedme I could have little discourse or begin, acquaintance with Ackworth'swife, and so after dinner away, with all haste home, and there found SirJ. Minnes and Sir W. Batten at the office, and by Sir W. Batten'stestimony and Sir G. Carteret's concurrence was forced to consent to abusiness of Captain Cocke's timber, as bad as anything we have latelydisputed about, and all through Mr. Coventry's not being with us. So upand 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. Soto Westminster Hall, and there at Mrs. Michell's shop sent for beer andsugar and drink, and made great cheer with it among her and Mrs. Howlett, her neighbour, and their daughters, especially Mrs. Howlett's daughter, Betty, which is a pretty girl, and one I have long called wife, being, Iformerly thought, like my own wife. After this good neighbourhood, whichI do to give them occasion of speaking well and commending me in somecompany that now and then I know comes to their shop, I went to the Sixclerks' office, and there had a writ for Tom Trice, and paid 20s. For itto Wilkinson, and so up and down to many places, among others to the viallmaker's, and there saw the head, which now pleases me mightily, and sohome, and being sent for presently to Mr. Bland's, where Mr. Povy andGauden and I were invited to dinner, which we had very finely and greatplenty, but for drink, though many and good, I drank nothing but smallbeer and water, which I drank so much that I wish it may not do me hurt. They had a kinswoman, they call daughter, in the house, a short, ugly, red-haired slut, that plays upon the virginalls, and sings, but after sucha country manner I was weary of it, but yet could not but commend it. Soby and by after dinner comes Monsr. Gotier, who is beginning to teach her, but, Lord! what a droll fellow it is to make her hold open her mouth, andtelling this and that so drolly would make a man burst, but himself Iperceive sings very well. Anon we sat dawn again to a collacon ofcheesecakes, tarts, custards, and such like, very handsome, and so up andaway home, where I at the office a while, till disturbed by, Mr. Hill, ofCambridge, with whom I walked in the garden a while, and thence home andthen in my dining room walked, talking of several matters of state till 11at night, giving him a glass of wine. I was not unwilling to hear himtalk, though he is full of words, yet a man of large conversation, especially among the Presbyters and Independents; he tells me thatcertainly, let the Bishops alone, and they will ruin themselves, and he isconfident that the King's declaration about two years since will be thefoundation of the settlement of the Church some time or other, for theKing will find it hard to banish all those that will appear Nonconformistsupon this 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 to gethimself 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, and soby boat to White Hall, where I hear that the race is put off, because theLords do sit in Parliament to-day. However, having appointed Mr. Creed tocome to me to Fox Hall, I went over thither, and after some debate, Creedand I resolved to go to Clapham, to Mr. Gauden's, who had sent his coachto their place for me because I was to have my horse of him to go to therace. So I went thither by coach and my Will by horse with me; Mr. Creedhe went over back again to Westminster to fetch his horse. When I came toMr. Gauden's one first thing was to show me his house, which is almostbuilt, wherein he and his family live. I find it very regular and finelycontrived, and the gardens and offices about it as convenient and as fullof good variety as ever I saw in my life. It is true he hath beencensured for laying out so much money; but he tells me that he built itfor his brother, who is since dead (the Bishop), who when he should cometo be Bishop of Winchester, which he was promised (to which bishoprick atpresent there is no house), he did intend to dwell here. Besides, withthe good husbandry in making his bricks and other things I do not think itcosts him so much money as people think and discourse. By and by todinner, and in comes Mr. Creed. I saluted Mr. Gauden's lady, and theyoung ladies, he having many pretty children, and his sister, the Bishop'swidow; who was, it seems, Sir W. Russel's daughter, the Treasurer of theNavy; who by her discourse at dinner I find to be very well-bred, and awoman of excellent discourse, even so much as to have my attention alldinner with much more pleasure than I did give to Mr. Creed, whosediscourse was mighty merry in inveighing at Mr. Gauden's victuals thatthey had at sea the last voyage that he prosecuted, till methought thewoman began to take it seriously. After dinner by Mr. Gauden's motion wegot Mrs. Gauden and her sister to sing to a viall, on which Mr. Gauden'seldest son (a pretty man, but a simple one methinks) played but verypoorly, and the musique bad, but yet I commended it. Only I do find thatthe ladies have been taught to sing and do sing well now, but that theviall puts them out. I took the viall and played some things from one oftheir books, Lyra lessons, which they seemed to like well. Thus we passan hour or two after dinner and towards the evening we bade them Adieu!and took horse; being resolved that, instead of the race which fails us, we would go to Epsum. So we set out, and being gone a little way I senthome Will to look to the house, and Creed and I rode forward; the roadbeing full of citizens going and coming toward Epsum, where, when we came, we could hear of no lodging, the town so full; but which was better, Iwent towards Ashted, my old place of pleasure; and there by direction ofone goodman Arthur, whom we met on the way, we went to Farmer Page's, atwhich direction he and I made good sport, and there we got a lodging in alittle hole we could not stand upright in, but rather than go further tolook we staid there, and while supper was getting ready I took him to walkup and down behind my cozen Pepys's house that was, which I find comeslittle short of what I took it to be when I was a little boy, as thingsuse commonly to appear greater than then when one comes to be a man andknows more, and so up and down in the closes, which I know so wellmethinks, and account it good fortune that I lie here that I may haveopportunity to renew my old walks. It seems there is one Mr. Rouse, theycall him the Queen's Tailor, that lives there now. So to our lodging tosupper, and among other meats had a brave dish of cream, the best I evereat in my life, and with which we pleased ourselves much, and by and by tobed, 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 belong toMrs. 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 the company, though there were some others of better quality. I met many that I knew, and we drank each of us two pots and so walked away, it being verypleasant to see how everybody turns up his tail, here one and thereanother, in a bush, and the women in their quarters the like. Thence Iwalked with Creed to Mr. Minnes's house, which has now a very good waymade to it, and thence to Durdans and walked round it and within the CourtYard and to the Bowling-green, where I have seen so much mirth in my time;but now no family in it (my Lord Barkeley, whose it is, being with hisfamily at London), and so up and down by Minnes's wood, with greatpleasure viewing my old walks, and where Mrs. Hely and I did use to walkand talk, with whom I had the first sentiments of love and pleasure inwoman's company, discourse, and taking her by the hand, she being a prettywoman. So I led him to Ashted Church (by the place where Peter, mycozen's man, went blindfold and found a certain place we chose for himupon a wager), where we had a dull Doctor, one Downe, worse than I thinkeven parson King was, of whom we made so much scorn, and after sermonhome, and staid while our dinner, a couple of large chickens, weredressed, and a good mess of cream, which anon we had with good content, and after dinner (we taking no notice of other lodgers in the house, though there was one that I knew, and knew and spoke to me, one Mr. Rider, a merchant), he and I to walk, and I led him to the pretty little woodbehind my cozens house, into which we got at last by clambering, and ourlittle dog with us, but when we were among the hazel trees and bushes, Lord! what a course did we run for an hour together, losing ourselves, andindeed I despaired I should ever come to any path, but still from thicketto thicket, a thing I could hardly have believed a man could have beenlost so long in so small a room. At last I found out a delicate walk inthe middle that goes quite through the wood, and then went out of thewood, and holloed Mr. Creed, and made him hunt me from place to place, andat last went in and called him into my fine walk, the little dog stillhunting with us through the wood. In this walk being all bewildered andweary and sweating, Creed he lay down upon the ground, which I did alittle, but I durst not long, but walked from him in the fine green walk, which is half a mile long, there reading my vows as I used to on Sundays. And after that was done, and going and lying by Creed an hour, he and Irose and went to our lodging and paid our reckoning, and so mounted, whether to go toward London home or to find a new lodging, and so rodethrough Epsum, the whole town over, seeing the various companys that werethere walking; which was very pleasant to see how they are there withoutknowing almost what to do, but only in the morning to drink waters. But, Lord! to see how many I met there of citizens, that I could not havethought to have seen there, or that they had ever had it in their heads orpurses to go down thither. We rode out of the town through Yowell beyondNonesuch House a mile, and there our little dogg, as he used to do, fella-running after a flock of sheep feeding on the common, till he was out ofsight, and then endeavoured to come back again, and went to the last gatethat he parted with us at, and there the poor thing mistakes our scent, instead of coming forward he hunts us backward, and runs as hard as hecould drive back towards Nonesuch, Creed and I after him, and being bymany told 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, wewent back to Yowell, and there was told that he did pass through the town. We rode back to Nonesuch to see whether he might be gone back again, buthearing nothing we with great trouble and discontent for the loss of ourdogg came back once more to Yowell, and there set up our horses and selvesfor all night, employing people to look for the dogg in the town, but canhear nothing of him. However, we gave order for supper, and while thatwas dressing walked out through Nonesuch Park to the house, and thereviewed as much as we could of the outside, and looked through the greatgates, and found a noble court; and altogether believe it to have been avery noble house, and a delicate park about it, where just now there was adoe killed, for the King to carry up to Court. So walked back again, andby and by our supper being ready, a good leg of mutton boiled, we suppedand to bed, upon two beds in the same room, wherein we slept mostexcellently 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 yesterday therewas 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 the restbeing a quarter of a mile off, took them for the Waytes, so I rode up tothem, and found them only voices, some citizens met by chance, that sungfour or five parts excellently. I have not been more pleased with a snappof musique, considering the circumstances of the time and place, in allmy life anything so pleasant. We drank each of us, three cupps, and so, after riding up to the horsemen upon the hill, where they were making ofmatches to run, we went away and to Yowell, where we found our breakfast, the remains of our supper last night hashed, and by and by, after thesmith had set on two new shoes to Creed's horse, we mounted, and withlittle discourse, I being intent upon getting home in time, we rode hardhome, observing Mr. Gauden's house, but not calling there (it being toolate for me to stay, and wanting their dog too). The house stands veryfinely, and has a graceful view to the highway. Set up our horses at FoxHall, and I by water (observing the King's barge attending his going tothe House this day) home, it being about one o'clock. So got myself readyand shifting myself, and so by water to Westminster, and there came mostluckily to the Lords' House as the House of Commons were going into theLord's House, and there I crowded in along with the Speaker, and got tostand close behind him, where he made his speech to the King (who sat withhis crown on and robes, and so all the Lords in their robes, a finesight); wherein he told his Majesty what they have done this Parliament, and now offered for his royall consent. The greatest matters were a billfor the Lord's day (which it seems the Lords have lost, and so cannot bepassed, at which the Commons are displeased); the bills againstConventicles and Papists (but it seems the Lords have not passed them), and giving his Majesty four entire subsidys; which last, with about twentysmaller Acts, were passed with this form: The Clerk of the House reads thetitle of the bill, and then looks at the end and there finds (writ by theKing I suppose) "Le Roy le veult, " and that he reads. And to others hereads, "Soit fait comme vous desirez. " And to the Subsidys, as well thatfor the Commons, I mean the layety, as for the Clergy, the King writes, "Le Roy remerciant les Seigneurs, &c. , Prelats, &c. , accepte leurbenevolences. " The Speaker's speech was far from any oratory, but was asplain (though good matter) as any thing could be, and void of elocution. After the bills passed, the King, sitting on his throne, with his speechwrit in a paper which he held in his lap, and scarce looked off of it, Ithought, all the time he made his speech to them, giving them thanks fortheir subsidys, of which, had he not need, he would not have asked orreceived them; and that need, not from any extravagancys of his, he wassure, 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 would haveall others to do so too. He desired that nothing of old faults should beremembered, or severity for the same used to any in the country, it beinghis desire to have all forgot as well as forgiven. But, however, to useall care in suppressing any tumults, &c. ; assuring them that the restlessspirits of his and their adversaries have great expectations of somethingto be done this summer. And promised that though the Acts aboutConventicles and Papists were not ripe for passing this Session, yet hewould take care himself that neither of them should in this intervall beencouraged to the endangering of the peace; and that at their next meetinghe would himself prepare two bills for them concerning them. So heconcluded, that for the better proceeding of justice he did think fit tomake this a Session, and to prorogue them to the 16th of March next. Hisspeech was very plain, nothing at all of spirit in it, nor spoke with any;but rather on the contrary imperfectly, repeating many times his wordsthough he read all which I was sorry to see, it having not been hard forhim to have got all the speech without book. So they all went away, theKing out of the House at the upper end, he being by and by to go toTunbridge to the Queen; and I in the Painted Chamber spoke with my LordSandwich while he was putting off his robes, who tells me he will nowhasten down into the country, as soon as he can get some money settled onthe Wardrobe. Here meeting Creed, he and I down to the Hall, and I havingat Michell's shop wrote a little letter to Mr. Gauden, to go with hishorse, and excusing my not taking leave or so much as asking after the oldlady the widow when we came away the other day from them, he and I overthe water to Fox Hall, and there sent away the horse with my letter, andthen to the new Spring Garden, walking up and down, but things being dearand little attendance to be had we went away, leaving much brave companythere, and so to a less house hard by, where we liked very well theirCodlin tarts, having not time, as we intended, to stay the getting readyof a dish of pease. And there came to us an idle boy to show us sometumbling tricks, which he did very well, and the greatest bending of hisbody that ever I observed in my life. Thence by water to White Hall, andwalked over the Park to St. James's; but missed Mr. Coventry, he not beingwithin; and so out again, and there the Duke was coming along thePell-Mell. It being a little darkish, I staid not to take notice of him, but we went directly back again. And in our walk over the Park, one ofthe Duke's footmen came running behind us, and came looking just in ourfaces to see who we were, and went back again. What his meaning is I knownot, but was fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off, though methinks 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 to Mr. Hollyard about it, and I am glad to find it now, that I may prevent itbefore 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, I hopewith greater cheerfulness and success by this refreshment. At the officeall the morning, and at noon to Wise's about my viall that is a-doing, andso home to dinner and then to the office, where we sat all the afternoontill night, and I late at it till after the office was risen. Late camemy Jane and her brother Will: to entreat for my taking of the boy again, but I will not hear her, though I would yet be glad to do anything for hersake to the boy, but receive him again I will not, nor give him anything. She would have me send him to sea; which if I could I would do, but thereis no ship going out. The poor girl cried all the time she was with me, and would not go from me, staying about two hours with me till 10 or 11o'clock, expecting that she might obtain something of me, but receive himI will not. So the poor girl was fain to go away crying and sayinglittle. So from thence home, where my house of office was emptying, and Ifind they will do, it with much more cleanness than I expected. I went upand down among them a good while, but knowing that Mr. Coventry was tocall me in the morning, I went to bed and left them to look after thepeople. So to bed. 

29th. Up about 6 o'clock, and found the people to have just done, andHannah not gone to bed yet, but was making clean of the yard and kitchen. Will newly gone to bed. So I to my office, and having given some order toTom Hater, to whom I gave leave for his recreation to go down toPortsmouth this Pay, I went down to Wapping to Sir W. Warren, and therestaid an hour or two discoursing of some of his goods and then things ingeneral relating to this office, &c. , and so home, and there going to SirWilliam Batten (having no stomach to dine at home, it being yet hardlyclean of last night's [mess])and there I dined with my Lady and herdaughter and son Castle, and mighty kind she is and I kind to her, but, Lord! how freely and plainly she rails against Commissioner Pett, callinghim rogue, and wondering that the King keeps such a fellow in the Navy. Thence by and by walked to see Sir W. Pen at Deptford, reading by the waya most ridiculous play, a new one, called "The Politician Cheated. " Aftera little sitting with him I walked to the yard a little and so home again, my Will with me, whom I bade to stay in the yard for me, and so to bed. This morning my brother Tom was with me, and we had some discourse againconcerning his country mistress, but I believe the most that is fit for usto condescend to, will not content her 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 good dinnerand mightily tempted with wines of all sorts and brave French Syder, but Idrunk none. But that which is a great wonder I find his little daughterBetty, that was in hanging sleeves but a month or two ago, and is a verylittle young child; married, and to whom, but to young Scott, son to MadamCatharine Scott, that was so long in law, and at whose triall I was withher husband; he pleading that it was unlawfully got and would not own it, she, it seems, being brought to bed of it, if not got by somebody else atOxford, but it seems a little before his death he did own the child, andhath left him his estate, not long since. So Sir G. Carteret hath struckup of a sudden a match with him for his little daughter. He hath aboutL2000 per annum; and it seems Sir G. Carteret hath by this meansover-reached Sir H. Bennet, who did endeavour to get this gentleman for asister of his, but Sir G. Carteret I say has over-reached him. By thismeans Sir G. Carteret hath married two daughters this year both very well. After dinner into Deptford yard, but our bellies being full we could do nogreat business, and so parted, and Mr. Coventry and I to White Hall bywater, where we also parted, and I to several places about business, andso calling for my five books of the Variorum print bound according to mycommon binding instead of the other which is more gaudy I went home. Thetown talk this day is of nothing but the great foot-race run this day onBanstead Downes, between Lee, the Duke of Richmond's footman, and a tyler, a famous runner. And Lee hath beat him; though the King and Duke of Yorkand all men almost did 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 my viallmaker'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 to get tobe groom of the Privy-Chamber to the Queen, and without my Lord Sandwich'shelp; but only by his good fortune, meeting a man that hath let him havehis right for a small matter, about L60, for which he can every day haveL400. But he tells me my Lord hath lost much honour in standing so longand so much for that coxcomb Pickering, and at last not carrying it forhim; but hath his name struck out by the King and Queen themselves afterhe had been in ever since the Queen's coming. But he tells me he believesthat either Sir H. Bennet, my Lady Castlemaine, or Sir Charles Barkeleyhad received some money for the place, and so the King could notdisappoint them, but was forced to put out this fool rather than a betterman. And I am sorry to hear what he tells me that Sir Charles Barkeleyhath still such power over the King, as to be able to fetch him from theCouncil-table to my Lady Castlemaine when he pleases. He tells me also, as a friend, the great injury that he thinks I do myself by being sosevere in the Yards, and contracting the ill-will of the whole Navy forthose offices, singly upon myself. Now I discharge a good consciencetherein, and I tell him that no man can (nor do he say any say it) chargeme with doing wrong; but rather do as many good offices as any man. Theythink, he says, that I have a mind to get a good name with the King andDuke, who he tells me do not consider any such thing; but I shall have asgood thanks to let all alone, and do as the rest. But I believe thecontrary; and yet I told him I never go to the Duke alone, as others do, to talk of my own services. However, I will make use of his council, andtake some course to prevent having the single ill-will of the office. Before I went to the office I went to the Coffee House, where Sir J. Cutler and Mr. Grant were, and there Mr. Grant showed me letters of SirWilliam Petty's, wherein he says, that his vessel which he hath built upontwo keeles (a modell whereof, built for the King, he showed me) hath thismonth won a wager of L50 in sailing between Dublin and Holyhead with thepacquett-boat, the best ship or vessel the King hath there; and he offersto lay with any vessel in the world. It is about thirty ton in burden, and carries thirty men, with good accommodation, (as much more as any shipof her burden, ) and so any vessel of this figure shall carry more men, with better accommodation by half, than any other ship. This carries alsoten guns, of about five tons weight. In their coming back from Holyheadthey started together, and this vessel came to Dublin by five at night, and the pacquett-boat not before eight the next morning; and when theycame they did believe that, this vessel had been drowned, or at leastbehind, not thinking she could have lived in that sea. Strange things aretold of this vessel, and he concludes his letter with this position, "Ionly affirm 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 of theWights, and would have me to be kind and study to please him, which I amresolved 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 to refuse, andyet I did without any reluctancy to drink wine in a tavern, where nothingelse almost was drunk, and that excellent good. Thence with Mr. Moore tothe Wardrobe, and there sat while my Lord was private with Mr. Townsendabout his accounts an hour or two, we reading of a merry book against thePresbyters called Cabbala, extraordinary witty. Thence walked home and tomy office, setting papers of all sorts and writing letters and puttingmyself into a condition to go to Chatham with Mr. Coventry to-morrow. So, at almost 12 o'clock, and my eyes tired with seeing to write, I went homeand to bed. Ending the month with pretty good content of mind, my wife inthe country and myself in good esteem, and likely by pains to becomeconsiderable, I think, with God's blessing upon my diligence. 

 DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. 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, and he andI did some business, and then Mr. Coventry sending for me, he staying inthe boat, I got myself presently ready and down to him, he and I by waterto Gravesend (his man Lambert with us), and there eat a bit and somounted, I upon one of his horses which met him there, a brave proudhorse, all the way talking of businesses of the office and other mattersto good purpose. Being come to Chatham, we put on our boots and so walkedto the yard, where we met Commissioner Pett, and there walked up and downlooking and inquiring into many businesses, and in the evening went to theCommissioner's and there in his upper Arbor sat and talked, and therepressed upon the Commissioner to take upon him a power to correct andsuspend officers that do not their duty and other things, which heunwillingly answered he would if we would own him in it. Being gonethence Mr. Coventry and I did discourse about him, and conclude that he isnot able to do the same in that yard that he might and can and it maybewill do in another, what with his old faults and the relations that he hasto most people that act there. After an hour or two's discourse at theHill-house before going to bed, I see him to his and he me to my chamber, he lying in the Treasurer's and I in the Controller's chambers. 

2nd (Lord's day). Up and after the barber had done he and I walked to theDocke, and so on board the Mathias, where Commissioner Pett and he and Iand 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, " amost 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 discourse andlaid 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, but donot find it so proper for a wet docks as we would have it, it being unevenground and hard in the bottom and no, great depth of water in many places. Returned and walked from the Docke home, Mr. Coventry and I very muchtroubled to see how backward Commissioner Pett is to tell any of thefaults of the officers, and to see nothing in better condition here forhis being here than they are in other yards where there is none. Aftersome discourse to bed. But I sat up an hour after Mr. Coventry was goneto read my vows, it raining a wonderful hard showre about 11 at night foran 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, and muchbetter we believe than any but Riga. We did many other things thismorning, and I caused the Timber measurer to measure some timber, where Ifound much fault and with reason, which we took public notice of, and didgive them admonition for the time to come. At noon Mr. Pett did give us avery great dinner, too big in all conscience, so that most of it was leftuntouched. Here was Collonell Newman and several other gentlemen of thecountry and officers of the yard. After dinner they withdrew andCommissioner Pett, Mr. Coventry and I sat close to our business all thenoon in his parler, and there run through much business and answeredseveral people. And then in the evening walked in the garden, where weconjured him to look after the yard, and for the time to come that hewould take the whole faults and ill management of the yard upon himself, he having full power and our concurrence to suspend or do anything elsethat he thinks fit to keep people and officers to their duty. He havingmade good promises, though I fear his performance, we parted (though Ispoke so freely that he could have been angry) good friends, and in somehopes that matters will be better for the time to come. So walked to theHillhouse (which we did view and the yard about it, and do think to put itoff as soon as we can conveniently) and there made ourselves ready andmounted and rode to Gravesend (my riding Coate not being to be found Ifear it is stole) on our way being overtaken by Captain Browne that servesthe office of the Ordnance at Chatham. All the way, though he was a rogueand served the late times all along, yet he kept us in discourse of themany services that he did for many of the King's party, lords and Dukes, and among others he recovered a dog that was stolne from Mr. Cary(head-keeper of the buck-hounds to the King) and preserved several horsesof the Duke of Richmond's, and his best horse he was forst to put out hiseyes and keep him for a stallion to preserve him from being carried away. But he gone at last upon my enquiry to tell us how (he having been heretoo for survey of the Ropeyard) the day's work of the Rope-makers becomesettled, which pleased me very well. Being come to our Inn Mr. Coventryand I sat, and talked 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 at noonhome and dined with him, and after dinner and the barber been with me Iwalked out with him to my viall maker's and other places and then lefthim, and I by water to Blackbury's, and there talked with him about somemasts (and by the way he tells me that Paul's is now going to be repairedin good earnest), and so with him to his garden close by his house, whereI eat some peaches and apricots; a very pretty place. So over the waterto Westminster hall, and not finding Mrs. Lane, with whom I purposed to bemerry, I went to Jervas's and took him and his wife over the water totheir mother Palmer's (the woman that speaks in the belly, and with whom Ihave two or three years ago made good sport with Mr. Mallard), thinkingbecause I had heard that she is a woman of that sort that I might therehave lit upon some lady of pleasure (for which God forgive me), but blestbe God there was none, nor anything that pleased me, but a poor littlehouse that she has set out as fine as she can, and for her singing whichshe pretends to is only some old body songs and those sung abominably, only she pretends to be able to sing both bass and treble, which she dosomething like, but not what I thought formerly and expected now; nor doher speaking in her belly take me now as it did then, but it may be thatis because I know it and see her mouth when she speaks, which should notbe. After I had spent a shilling there in wine I took boat with Jervasand his wife and set them at Westminster, and it being late forbore Mrs. Lane and went by water to the Old Swan by a boat, where I had good sportwith one of the young men about his travells as far as Voxhall, inmockery, which yet the fellow answered me most prettily and traveller-likeunto my very good mirth. So home, and with my brother eat a bit of breadand cheese, and so to bed, he with me. This day I received a letter frommy wife, which troubles me mightily, wherein she tells me how Ashwell didgive her the lie to her teeth, and that thereupon my wife giving her a boxon the eare, the other struck her again, and a deal of stir which troublesme, and that my Lady has been told by my father or mother something of mywife's carriage, which altogether vexes me, and I fear I shall find atrouble of 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 if Ican, or else I shall bid Adieu to all content in the world. So to bed, mymind somewhat disturbed at this, but yet I shall take care, by prudence, to avoid the ill consequences which I fear, things not being gone too faryet, and this height that my wife is come to being occasioned from my ownfolly in giving her too much head heretofore for the year past. 

5th. All the morning at the office, whither Deane of Woolwich came to meand 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 thencehome to dinner with my brother, and in the afternoon to Westminster hall, and there found Mrs. Lane, and by and by by agreement we met at theParliament stairs (in my way down to the boat who should meet us but mylady Jemimah, who saw me lead her but said nothing to me of her, though Iought to speak to her to see whether she would take notice of it or no)and off to Stangate and so to the King's Head at Lambeth marsh, and hadvariety of meats and drinks, but I did so towse her and handled her, butcould get nothing more from her though I was very near it; but as wantonand bucksome as she is she dares not adventure upon the business, in whichI very much commend and like her. Staid pretty late, and so over with herby water, and being in a great sweat with my towsing of her durst not gohome by water, but took coach, and at home my brother and I fell upon DesCartes, and I perceive he has studied him well, and I cannot find but hehas minded his book, and do love it. This evening came a letter aboutbusiness from Mr. Coventry, and with it a silver pen he promised me tocarry inke in, which is very necessary. 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 contract withhim for the office, and so parted, and I to my cozen Mary Joyce's at agossiping, 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 rich manof the same Company of Leathersellers of which the Joyces are, did givefor this. Ballard's wife, a pretty and a very well-bred woman, I tookoccasion to kiss several times, and she to carve, drink, and show me greatrespect. After dinner to talk and laugh. I drank no wine, but sent forsome water; the beer not being good. A fiddler was sent for, and thereone Mrs. Lurkin, a neighbour, a good, and merry poor woman, but a verytall woman, did dance and show such tricks that made us all merry, butabove all a daughter of Mr. Brumfield's, black, but well-shaped andmodest, did dance very well, which pleased me mightily. I begun theDuchess with her, but could not do it; but, however, I came off wellenough, and made mighty much of her, kissing and leading her home, withher cozen Anthony and Kate Joyce (Kate being very handsome and well, thatis, handsomely dressed to-day, and I grew mighty kind and familiar withher, and kissed her soundly, which she takes very well) to their house, and there I left them, having in our way, though nine o'clock at night, carried them into a puppet play in Lincolnes Inn Fields, where there wasthe story of Holofernes, and other clockwork, well done. There was atthis house today Mr. Lawrence, who did give the name, it seems, to mycozen Joyce's child, Samuel, who is a very civil gentleman, and his wife apretty woman, who, with Kate Joyce, were stewards of the feast to-day, anda double share cost for a man and a woman came to 16s. , which I also wouldpay, though they would not by any means have had me do so. I walked homevery well contented with this afternoon's work, I thinking it convenientto keep in with the Joyces against a bad day, if I should have occasion tomake use of them. So I walked home, and after a letter to my wife by thepost and my father, I home to supper, and after a little talk with mybrother 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 commodious forcarrying in one's pocket, and most useful that ever was made, and myselfhave the honour of being as it were the inventor of this form of it. HereI staid discoursing an hour with him and then home, and thither came SirFairbrother to me, and we walked a while together in the garden and thenabroad into the cittie, and then we parted for a while and I to my Viall, which I find done and once varnished, and it will please me very well whenit is quite varnished. Thence home and to study my new rule till my headaked cruelly. So by and by to dinner and the Doctor and Mr. Creed came tome. The Doctor's discourse, which (though he be a very good-natured man)is but simple, was some sport to me and Creed, though my head akeing Itook no great pleasure in it. We parted after dinner, and I walked toDeptford and there found Sir W. Pen, and I fell to measuring of someplanks that was serving into the yard, which the people took notice of, and the measurer himself was amused at, for I did it much more ready thanhe, and I believe Sir W. Pen would be glad I could have done less or hemore. By and by he went away and I staid walking up and down, discoursingwith the officers of the yard of several things, and so walked back again, and on my way young Bagwell and his wife waylayd me to desire my favourabout getting him a better ship, which I shall pretend to be willing to dofor them, but my mind is to know his wife a little better. They beingparted I went with Cadbury the mast maker to view a parcel of good mastswhich I think it were good to buy, and resolve to speak to the board aboutit. So home, and my brother John and I up and I to my musique, and thento discourse with him, and I find him not so thorough a philosopher, atleast in 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 the 4Elements. 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 up mytrust upon it that I cannot have a better, nor any man else have so goodfor this purpose, this being of my own ordering. By and by we sat all themorning dispatching of business, and then at noon rose, and I with Mr. Coventry down to the water-side, talking, wherein I see so much goodnessand endeavours of doing the King service, that I do more and more admirehim. It being the greatest trouble to me, he says, in the world to seenot only in the Navy, but in the greatest matters of State, where he canlay his finger upon the soare (meaning this man's faults, and this man'soffice the fault lies in), and yet dare or can not remedy matters. Thenceto the Exchange about several businesses, and so home to dinner, and inthe afternoon took my brother John and Will down to Woolwich by water, andafter being there a good while, and eating of fruit in Sheldon's garden, we began our walk back again, I asking many things in physiques of mybrother John, to which he gives me so bad or no answer at all, as in theregions of the ayre he told me that he knew of no such thing, for he neverread Aristotle's philosophy and Des Cartes ownes no such thing, whichvexed me to hear him say. But I shall call him to task, and see what itis that he has studied since his going to the University. It was latebefore we could get from Greenwich to London by water, the tide beingagainst us and almost past, so that to save time and to be clear ofanchors I landed at Wapping, and so walked home weary enough, walking overthe stones. This night Sir W. Batten and Sir 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, Ito church, and heard Mr. Mills (who is lately returned out of the country, and it seems was fetched in by many of the parishioners, with greatstate, ) preach upon the authority of the ministers, upon these words, "Weare therefore embassadors of Christ. " Wherein, among other highexpressions, he said, that such a learned man used to say, that if aminister 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, which Ishall, 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, andbeing willing to hear how they left things at Portsmouth, which I foundbut ill enough, and are mightily for a Commissioner to be at seat there tokeep the yard in order. Thence in the afternoon with my Lady Batten, leading her through the streets by the hand to St. Dunstan's Church, hardby us (where by Mrs. Russell's means we were set well), and heard anexcellent sermon of one Mr. Gifford, the parson there, upon "RememberLot's wife. " So from thence walked back to Mrs. Russell's, and theredrank and sat talking a great while. Among other things talked of youngDawes that married the great fortune, who it seems has a Baronet's patentgiven him, and is now Sir Thos. Dawes, and a very fine bred man they sayhe is. Thence home, and my brother being abroad I walked to my uncleWight's and there staid, though with little pleasure, and supped, therebeing the husband of Mrs. Anne Wight, who it seems is lately married toone Mr. Bentley, a Norwich factor. Home, and staid up a good whileexamining Will in his Latin below, and my brother along with him in hisGreeke, and so to prayers and to bed. This afternoon I was amused at thetune set to the Psalm by the Clerke of the parish, and thought at firstthat he was out, but I find him to be a good songster, and the parishcould sing it very well, and was a good tune. But I wonder that thereshould 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 before theseason of rising be quite past. To my office to fit myself to wait on theDuke 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 we were all asusual taken in with him and discoursed of our matters, and that beingdone, he walked, and I in the company with him, to White Hall, and therehe took barge for Woolwich, and, I up to the Committee of Tangier, wheremy Lord Sandwich, pay Lord Peterborough, (whom I have not seen beforesince his coming back, ) Sir W. Compton, and Mr. Povy. Our discourse aboutsupplying my Lord Teviott with money, wherein I am sorry to see, thoughthey do not care for him, yet they are willing to let him for civility andcompliment only have money almost without expecting any account of it; butby this means, he being such a cunning fellow as he is, the King is liketo pay dear for our courtiers' ceremony. Thence by coach with my LordsPeterborough and Sandwich to my Lord Peterborough's house; and there, after an hour's looking over some fine books of the Italian buildings, with fine cuts; and also my Lord Peterborough's bowes and arrows, of whichhe is a great lover, we sat down to dinner, my Lady coming down to dinneralso, and there being Mr. Williamson, that belongs to Sir H. Bennet, whomI find a pretty understanding and accomplished man, but a littleconceited. After dinner I took leave and went to Greatorex's, whom Ifound in his garden, and set him to work upon my ruler, to engrave analmanac and other things upon the brasses of it, which a little beforenight he did, but the latter part he slubbered over, that I must get himto do it over better, or else I shall not fancy my rule, which is such afolly that I am come to now, that whereas before my delight was inmultitude of books, and spending money in that and buying alway of otherthings, now that I am become a better husband, and have left off buying, now my delight is in the neatness of everything, and so cannot be pleasedwith anything unless it be very neat, which is a strange folly. Hithercame W. Howe about business, and he and I had a great deal of discourseabout my Lord Sandwich, and I find by him that my Lord do dote upon one ofthe daughters of Mrs. [Becke] where he lies, so that he spends his timeand money upon her. He tells me she is a woman of a very bad fame andvery impudent, and has told my Lord so, yet for all that my Lord do spendall his 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 him whenhe do worse, and that hence it is that my Lord has no more mind to go intothe country than he has. In fine, I perceive my Lord is dabbling withthis wench, for which I am sorry, though I do not wonder at it, being aman amorous enough, and now begins to allow himself the liberty that hesays every body else at Court takes. Here I am told that my Lord Bristollis either fled or concealed himself; having been sent for to the King, itis believed to be sent to the Tower, but he is gone out of the way. Yesterday, I am told also, that Sir J. Lenthall, in Southwarke, didapprehend about one hundred Quakers, and other such people, and hath sentsome of them to the gaole at Kingston, it being now the time of theAssizes. 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. But Ifind they have lived very ill together since she went, and I must use allthe brains I have to bring her to any good when she do come home, which Ifear will be hard to do, and do much disgust me the thoughts of it. 

11th. Up and to my office, whither, by and by, my brother Tom came, and Idid soundly rattle him for his neglecting to see and please the Joyces ashe has of late done. I confess I do fear that he do not understand hisbusiness, nor will do any good in his trade, though he tells me that he doplease every body and that he gets money, but I shall not believe it tillI see a state of his accounts, which I have ordered him to bring me beforehe sees me any more. We met and sat at the office all the morning, and atnoon I to the 'Change, where I met Dr. Pierce, who tells me that the Kingcomes to towne this day, from Tunbridge, to stay a day or two, and thenfetch the Queen from thence, who he says is grown a very debonnaire lady, and now hugs him, and meets him gallopping upon the road, and all theactions of a fond and pleasant lady that can be, that he believes has achat now and then of Mrs. Stewart, but that there is no great danger ofher, she being only an innocent, young, raw girl; but my Lady Castlemaine, who rules the King in matters of state, and do what she list with him, hebelieves is now falling quite out of favour. After the Queen is come backshe goes to the Bath; and so to Oxford, where great entertainments aremaking for her. This day I am told that my Lord Bristoll hath warrantsissued out against him, to have carried him to the Tower; but he is fledaway, or hid himself. So much the Chancellor hath got the better of him. Upon the 'Change my brother, and Will bring me word that Madam Turnerwould come and dine with me to-day, so I hasted home and found her andMrs. Morrice there (The. Joyce being gone into the country), which is thereason of the mother rambling. I got a dinner for them, and after dinnermy uncle Thomas and aunt Bell came and saw me, and I made them almostfoxed with wine till they were very kind (but I did not carry them up tomy 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 thereshewed Mrs. Turner his perspective 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 them onboard the King's pleasure-boat, all the way reading in a book of Receiptsof making fine meats and sweetmeats, among others to make my own sweetwater, which made us good sport. So I landed them at Greenwich, and thereto a garden, and gave them fruit and wine, and so to boat again, andfinally, 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, andI 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, Iwent out to several places and to Mrs. Turner's, she inviting me lastnight, and there dined; with her and Madam Morrice and a stranger we werevery merry and had a fine dinner, and thence I took leave and to WhiteHall, where my Lords Sandwich, Peterborough, and others made a TangierCommittee; spent the afternoon in reading and ordering with a great dealof alteration, and yet methinks never a whit the better, of a letter drawnby Creed to my Lord Rutherford. The Lords being against anything thatlooked to be rough, though it was in matter of money and accounts, whereintheir courtship may cost the King dear. Only I do see by them, thatspeaking in matters distasteful to him that we write to, it is best to doit in the plainest way and without ambages or reasoning, but only saymatters of fact, and leave the party to collect your meaning. Thence bywater to my brother's, and there I hear my wife is come and gone home, andmy father is come to town also, at which I wondered. But I discern it isto give my brother advice about his business, and it may be to pacify meabout the differences that have been between my wife and him and my motherat 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 talkedto him a little while and left him to lie at the end of the town, and Ihome, where methought I found my wife strange, not knowing, I believe, inwhat temper she could expect me to be in, but I fell to kind words, and sowe were very kind, only she could not forbear telling me how she had beenused by them and her mayde, Ashwell, in the country, but I find it will bebest not to examine it, for I doubt she's in fault too, and therefore Iseek to put it off from my hearing, and so to bed and there entertainedher with great content, and so to sleep. 

13th. Lay long in bed with my wife talking of family matters, and so upand to the office, where we sat all the' morning, and then home to dinner, and after dinner my wife and I to talk again about getting of a couple ofgood mayds and to part with Ashwell, which troubles me for her father'ssake, though I shall be glad to have the charge taken away of keeping awoman. Thence a little to the office, and so abroad with my wife by waterto White Hall, and there at my Lord's lodgings met my Lady Jemimah, withwhom we staid a good while. Thence to Mrs. Hunt's, where I left my wife, and I to walk a little in St. James's Park, while Mrs. Harper might comehome, with whom we came to speak about her kinswoman Jane Gentleman tocome and live with us as a chamber mayde, and there met with Mr. Hoole myold acquaintance of Magdalen, and walked with him an hour in the Parke, discoursing chiefly of Sir Samuel Morland, whose lady is gone into France. It seems he buys ground and a farm in the country, and lays out money uponbuilding, and God knows what! so that most of the money he sold hispension of L500 per annum for, to Sir Arthur Slingsby, is believed isgone. It seems he hath very great promises from the King, and Hoole hathseen some of the King's letters, under his own hand, to Morland, promisinghim great things (and among others, the order of the Garter, as Sir Samuelsays); but his lady thought it below her to ask any thing at the King'sfirst coming, believing the King would do it of himself, when as Hoole doreally think if he had asked to be Secretary of State at the King's firstcoming, he might have had it. And the other day at her going into France, she did speak largely to the King herself, how her husband hath failed ofwhat his 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 had newly writto me, wherein he had enclosed one from Commissioner Pett complaining ofhis being defeated in his attempt to suspend two pursers, wherein themanner of his doing it, and complaint of our seeing him (contrary to ourpromises the other day), deserted, did make us laugh mightily, and wasgood sport to think how awkwardly he goes about a thing that he has nocourage of his own nor mind to do. Mr. Coventry answered it veryhandsomely, but I perceive Pett has left off his corresponding with me anymore. 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 verylively, but not pretty at all), by water to Mrs. Turner's, and there madea short visit, and so home by coach, and after supper to prayers and tobed, and before going to bed Ashwell began to make her complaint, and byher I do perceive that she has received most base usage from my wife, which my wife sillily denies, but it is impossible the wench could inventwords and matter so particularly, against which my wife has nothing to saybut flatly to deny, which I am sorry to see, and blows to have past, andhigh words even at Hinchinbrooke House among my Lady's people, of which Iam mightily 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 has gottoo 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 that weshall 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 before wecould sit down to dinner Mrs. Harper and her cousin Jane came, and wetreated 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-clock almost, and then I walked forth to my brother's, where I found my father verydiscontented, and has no mind to come to my house, and would have begunsome of the differences between my wife and him, but I desired to hearnone of them, and am sorry at my folly in forcing it and theirs in nottelling me of it at the beginning, and therefore am resolved to make thebest of a bad market, and to bring my wife to herself again as soon and aswell 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, andafter an hour with him went home and supped, and with great content tobed. 

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 too soonto sit walked to my viail, which is well nigh done, and I believe I mayhave it home to my mind next week. So back to my office, and there we satall the morning, I till 2 o'clock before I could go to dinner again. After dinner walked forth to my instrument maker, and there had my rule hemade me lay now so perfected, that I think in all points I have never needor desire a better, or think that any man yet had one so good in all theseveral points of it for my use. So by water down to Deptford, takinginto my boat with me Mr. Palmer, one whom I knew and his wife when I wasfirst married, being an acquaintance of my wife's and her friends lodgingat Charing Cross during our differences. He joyed me in my condition, andhimself it seems is forced to follow the law in a common ordinary way, butseems to do well, and is a sober man, enough by his discourse. He landedwith me at Deptford, where he saw by the officers' respect to me a pieceof my command, and took notice of it, though God knows I hope I shall notbe elated with that, but rather desire to be known for serving the Kingwell, and doing my duty. He gone I walked up and down the yard a whilediscoursing with the officers, and so by water home meditating on my newRule with great pleasure. So to my office, and there by candle lightdoing business, and so home to supper and 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, but hewas not there, and so I thought my jealousy in vain, and treat the sermonwith great quiet. And home to dinner very pleasant, only some angry, notwithstanding my wife could not forbear to give Ashwell, and afterdinner to church again, and there, looking up and down, I found Pembletonto stand in the isle against us, he coming too late to get a pew. Which, Lord! into what a sweat did it put me! I do not think my wife did seehim, which did a little satisfy me. But it makes me mad to see of what ajealous temper I am and cannot helpe it, though let him do what he can Ido not see, as I am going to reduce my family, what hurt he can do me, there being no more occasion now for my wife to learn of him. Herepreached a confident young coxcomb. So home, and I staid a while with SirJ. Minnes, at Mrs. Turner's, hearing his parrat talk, laugh, and crow, which it do to admiration. So home and with my wife to see Sir W. Pen, and thence to my uncle Wight, and took him at supper and sat down, wheremethinks my uncle is more kind than he used to be both to me now, and myfather tell me to him also, which I am glad at. After supper home, itbeing extraordinary dark, and by chance a lanthorn came by, and so wehired it to light us home, otherwise were we no sooner within doors but agreat showre fell that had doused us cruelly if we had not been within, itbeing as dark as pitch. So to prayers and to bed. 

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 Sir W. Batten to St. James's, and there attended of course the Duke. And so toWhite Hall, where I met Mr. Moore, and he tells me with great sorrow of mylord's being debauched he fears by this woman at Chelsey, which I amtroubled at, and resolve to speak to him of it if I can seasonably. Thencehome, where I dined, and after dinner comes our old mayde Susan to lookfor a gorgett that she says she has lost by leaving it here, and by manycircumstances it being clear to me that Hannah, our present cook-mayde, not only has it, but had it on upon her necke when Susan came in, andshifted it off presently upon her coming in, I did charge her so home withit (having a mind to have her gone from us), that in a huff she told usshe would be gone to-night if I would pay her her wages, which I was gladand my wife of, and so fetched her her wages, and though I am doubtfulthat she may convey some things away with her clothes, my wife searchingthem, yet we are glad of her being so gone, and so she went away in aquarter of an hour's time. Being much amused at this to have never a maidbut Ashwell, that we do not intend to keep, nor a boy, and my wife and Ibeing left for an hour, till my brother came in, alone in the house, Igrew very melancholy, and so my brother being come in I went forth to Mrs. Holden's, to whom I formerly spoke about a girle to come to me instead ofa boy, and the like I did to Mrs. Standing and also to my brother Tom, whom I found at an alehouse in Popinjay ally drinking, and I standing withhim at the gate of the ally, Ashwell came by, and so I left Tom and wentalmost home with her, talking of her going away. I find that she iswilling to go, and told her (though behind my back my wife has told herthat it was more my desire than hers that she should go, which was notwell), that seeing my 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 hertoo. To which she willing agreed, and will not tell me anything but thatshe do believe that my wife would have some body there that might not beso liable to give me information of things as she takes her to be. But, however, I must later to prevent all that. I parted with her near home, agreeing to take no notice of my coming along with her, and so by and bycame home after her. Where I find a sad distracted house, which troublesme. However, to supper and prayers and to bed. And while we were gettingto bed my wife began to discourse to her, and plainly asked whether shehad got a place or no. And the other answered that she could go if wewould to one of our own office, to which we agreed if she would. Shethereupon said no; she would not go to any but where she might teachchildren, because of keeping herself in use of what things she had earnt, which she 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, itbeing a cold night. But till my house is settled, I do not see that I canmind my business of the office, which grieves me to the heart. But I hopeall will over in a little time, and I hope to the best. This day at Mrs. 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 helped mywife 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 and mywife in the country, I went forth to several places about businesses, andso 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 strictly observedit, and by my drinking of small beere and not eating, I am so mightilytroubled with wind, that I know not what to do almost. Thence to WhiteHall, and there met Mr. Moore, and fell a-talking about my Lord's folly atChelsey, and it was our discourse by water to London and to the greatcoffee house against the Exchange, where we sat a good while talking; andI find that my lord is wholly given up to this wench, who it seems hasbeen reputed a common strumpett. I have little encouragement from Mr. Moore to meddle with it to tell my Lord, for fear it may do him no good, but me hurt. Thence homewards, taking leave of him, and met Tom Marsh, myold acquaintance at Westminster, who talks mightily of the honour of hisplace, being Clerke Assistant to the Clerke of the House of Commons, and Itake him to be a coxcombe, and so did give him half a pint of wine, butdrink none myself, and so got shut of him. So home, and there found mywife almost mad with Susan's tricks, so as she is forced to let her go andleave the house all in dirt and the clothes all wet, and gets GoodyTaylour to do the business for her till another comes. Here came WillHowe, and he and I alone in my chamber talking of my Lord, who drives meout of love to my Lord to tell my Lord of the matter we discoursed of, which tend so much to the ruin of his state, and so I resolved to take agood heart and do whatever comes of it. He gone, we sat down and eat abit of dinner fetched from the cooke's, and so up again and to my joyners, who will make my floors very handsome. By and by comes in Pembleton, which begun to make me sweat, but I did give him so little countenance, and declared at one word 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 andso went away, and I think without any time of receiving any greatsatisfaction from my wife or invitation to come again. To my office tillit was dark doing business, and so home by candle light to make up myaccounts for my Lord and Mr. Moore. By and by comes Mr. Moore to me, andstaid a good while with me making up his accounts and mine, and we did notcome to any end therein for want of his papers, and so put it off toanother time. He supped with me in all my dirt and disorder, and so wentaway and we to bed. I discoursed with him a great while about my speakingto my Lord of his business, and I apprehend from him that it is likely toprove perhaps of bad effect to me and no good to him, and therefore Ishall even 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 sat allthe morning, and at noon dined at home, and there found a little girl, which she told my wife her name was Jinny, by which name we shall callher. I think a good likely girl, and a parish child of St. Bride's, ofhonest parentage, and recommended by the churchwarden. After dinner amongmy joyners laying my floors, which please me well, and so to my office, and we sat this afternoon upon an extraordinary business of victualling. In the evening came Commissioner Pett, who fell foule on mee for mycarriage to him at Chatham, wherein, after protestation of my love andgood meaning to him, he was quiet; but I doubt he will not be able to dothe service there that any other man of his ability would. Home in theevening my viall (and lute new strung being brought home too), and I wouldhave paid Mr. Hunt for it, but he did not come along with it himself, which I expected and was angry for it, so much is it against my nature toowe anything to any body. This evening the girle that was brought to meto-day for so good a one, being cleansed of lice this day by my wife, andgood, new clothes put on her back, she run away from Goody Taylour thatwas shewing her the way to the bakehouse, and we heard no more of her. Soto 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. Then abroadand by water to White Hall, and there got Sir G. Carteret to sign me mylast quarter's bills for my wages, and meeting with Mr. Creed he told mehow my Lord Teviott hath received another attaque from Guyland at Tangierwith 10, 000 men, and at last, as is said, is come, after a personal treatywith him, to a good understanding and peace with him. Thence to mybrother's, and there told him how my girl has served us which he sent me, and directed him to get my clothes again, and get the girl whipped. So toother places by the way about small businesses, and so home, and afterlooking over all my workmen, I went by water and land to Deptford, andthere found by appointment Sir W. Batten, but he was got to Mr. Waith's todinner, where I dined with him, a good dinner and good discourse, and hiswife, I believe, a good woman. We fell in discourse of Captain Cocke, andhow his lady has lost all her fine linen almost, but besides that they sayshe gives out she had L3000 worth of linen, which we all laugh at, and SirW. Batten (who I perceive is not so fond of the Captain as he used to be, and less of her, from her slight receiving of him and his lady it seemsonce) told me how he should 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 not good enough to spend so much. After dinner altered ourdesign to go to Woolwich, and put it off to to-morrow morning, and so wentall to Greenwich (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 organist came, whom by discourse I afterwards knew, having employed him for my LordSandwich, to prick out something (his name Arundell), and he did give me afine voluntary or two, and so home by water, and at home I find my girlthat run away brought by a bedel of St. Bride's Parish, and stripped herand sent her away, and a newe one come, of Griffin's helping to, which Ithink will prove a pretty girl. Her name, Susan, and so to supper afterhaving this evening paid Mr. Hunt L3 for my viall (besides the carvingwhich I paid this day 10s. For to the carver), and he tells me that I may, without flattery, say, I have as good a Theorbo viall and viallin as is inEngland. So to bed. 

22nd. Up by four o'clock to go with Sir W. Batten to Woolwich and Sir J. Minnes, which we did, though not before 6 or 7 by their laying a-bed. Ourbusiness was to survey the new wharf building there, in order to thegiving more to him that do it (Mr. Randall) than contracted for, but I seeno reason for it, though it be well done, yet no better than contracted tobe. Here we eat and drank at the Clerke of the Cheques, and in takingwater at the Tower gate, we drank a cup of strong water, which I did outof pure conscience to my health, and I think is not excepted by my oaths, but it is a thing I shall not do again, hoping to have no such occasion. After breakfast Mr. Castle and I walked to Greenwich, and in our way metsome gypsys, who would needs tell me my fortune, and I suffered one ofthem, who told me many things common as others do, but bade me beware of aJohn and a Thomas, for they did seek to do me hurt, and that somebodyshould be with me this day se'nnight to borrow money of me, but I shouldlend him none. She got ninepence of me. And so I left them and toGreenwich and so to Deptford, where the two knights were come, and thencehome by water, where I find my closet done at my office to my mind andwork gone well on at home; and Ashwell gone abroad to her father, my wifehaving spoken plainly to her. After dinner to my office, getting mycloset made clean and setting some papers in order, and so in the eveninghome and to bed. This day Sir W. Batten tells me that Mr. Newburne (ofwhom the nickname came up among us forarse Tom Newburne) is dead of eatingcowcumbers, of which, the other day, I heard another, I think Sir NicholasCrisp's son. 

23rd (Lord's day). Up and to church without my wife, she being all dirty, as my house is. God forgive me, I looked about to see if I could spyPembleton, but I could not, which did please me not a little. Home todinner, and then to walk up and down in my house with my wife, discoursingof our family matters, and I hope, after all my troubles of mind andjealousy, we shall live happily still. To church again, and so home to mywife; and with her read "Iter Boreale, " a poem, made just at the King'scoming home; but I never read it before, and now like it pretty well, butnot so as it was cried up. So to supper. No pleasure or discourse withAshwell, with whom for her neglect and unconcernment to do any thing inthis time of dirt and trouble in the house, but gadding abroad as she hasbeen all this afternoon, I know not whither. After supper to prayers andto bed, having been, by a sudden letter coming to me from Mr. Coventry, been with Sir W. Pen, to discourse with him about sending 500 soldiersinto Ireland. I doubt matters do not go very right there. 

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 uses todo, and tells me his condition, which is now very well all I fear is thathe will not live within compass, for I am told this morning of strangedotages of his upon the slut at Chelsea, even in the presence of hisdaughter, my Lady Jem, and Mrs. Ferrets, who took notice of it. Therecome to him this morning his prints of the river Tagus and the City ofLisbon, which he measured with his own hand, and printed by command of theKing. My Lord pleases himself with it, but methinks it ought to have beenbetter done than by jobing. Besides I put him upon having some took offupon white sattin, which he ordered presently. I offered my Lord myaccounts, and did give him up his old bond for L500 and took a new one ofhim for L700, which I am by lending him more money to make up: and I amglad of it. My Lord would have had me dine with him, but I had a mind togo home to my workmen, and so took a kind good bye of him, and so withCreed to St. James's, and, missing Mr. Coventry, walked to the NewExchange, and there drank some whey, and so I by water home, and found myclosett at my office made very clean and neat to my mind mightily, andhome to dinner, and then to my office to brush my books, and put them andmy papers in order again, and all the afternoon till late at night doingbusiness there, and so home to supper, and then to work in my chamber, making matters of this day's accounts clear in my books, they being alittle extraordinary, and so being very late I put myself to bed, the restbeing 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, where wesat; and being rose, and Mr. Coventry being gone, taking his leave, forthat he is to go to the Bath with the Duke to-morrow, I to the 'Change andthere spoke with several persons, and lastly with Sir W. Warren, and withhim to a Coffee House, and there sat two hours talking of office businessand Mr. Wood's knavery, which I verily believe, and lastly he tells methat he hears that Captain Cocke is like to become a principal officer, either a Controller or a Surveyor, at which I am not sorry so either ofthe other may be gone, and I think it probable enough that it may be so. So home at 2 o'clock, and there I found Ashwell gone, and her wages cometo 50s. , and my wife, by a mistake from me, did give her 20s. More; but Iam glad that she is gone and the charge saved. After dinner among myjoyners, and with them till dark night, and this night they made an end ofall; and so having paid them 40s. For their six days' work, I am glad theyhave ended and are gone, for I am weary and my wife too of this dirt. Mywife growing peevish at night, being weary, and I a little vexed to seethat she do not retain things in her memory that belong to the house asshe ought and I myself do, I went out in a little seeming discontent tothe office, and after being there a while, home to supper and to bed. To-morrow they say the King and the Duke set out for the Bath. This noongoing to the Exchange, I met a fine fellow with trumpets before him inLeadenhall-street, and upon enquiry I find that he is the clerk of theCity Market; and three or four men carried each of them an arrow of apound weight in their hands. It seems this Lord Mayor begins again an oldcustome, that upon the three first days of Bartholomew Fayre, the first, there is a match of wrestling, which was done, and the Lord Mayor thereand Aldermen in Moorefields yesterday: to-day, shooting: and to-morrow, hunting. And this officer of course is to perform this ceremony of ridingthrough the city, I think to proclaim or challenge any to shoot. It seemsthat the people of the fayre 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, where theCourt full of waggons and horses, the King and Court going this day outtowards the Bath, and I to St. James's, where I spent an hour or moretalking 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 so lefthim, and I meeting Mr. Gauden, with him to our offices and in Sir W. Pen'schamber did discourse by a meeting on purpose with Mr. Waith about thevictualling business and came to some issue in it. So home to dinner, andMr. Moore came and dined with me, and after dinner I paid him some moneywhich evened all reckonings between him and me to this day, and for myLord also I paid him some money, so that now my Lord owes me, for which Ihave his bond, just L700. After long discourse with him of the fitness ofhis giving me a receipt for this money, which I for my security thinknecessary and he otherwise do not think so, at last, after being a littleangry, and I resolving not to let go my money without it, he did give meone. Thence I took him, and he and I took a pleasant walk to Deptford andback again, I doing much business there. He went home and I home also, indoors to supper, being very glad to see my house begin to look likeitself again, hoping after this is over not to be in any dirt a greatwhile again, but it is very handsome, and will be more when the floorscome to be of one colour. So weary to bed. Pleased this day to seeCaptain Hickes come to me with a list of all the officers of DeptfordYard, wherein he, being a high old Cavalier, do give me an account ofevery one of them to their reproach in all respects, and discovers many oftheir knaverys; and tells me, and so I thank God I hear every where, thatmy name is up for a good husband for the King, and a good man, for which Ibless God; and that he did this by particular direction of Mr. Coventry. 

27th. Up, after much pleasant talke with my wife and a little that vexesme, for I see that she is confirmed in it that all that I do is by design, and that my very keeping of the house in dirt, and the doing of this andany thing else in the house, is but to find her employment to keep herwithin and from minding of her pleasure, in which, though I am sorry tosee she minds it, is true enough in a great degree. To my office, andthere we sat and despatched much business. Home and dined with my wifewell, and then up and made clean my closet of books, and had my chamber athird time made very clean, so that it is now in a very fine condition. Thence down to see some good plank in the river with Sir W. Batten andback again, it being a very cold day and a cold wind. Home again, andafter seeing Sir W. Pen, to my office, and there till late doing ofbusiness, being mightily encouraged by every body that I meet withal uponthe 'Change and every where else, that I am taken notice of for a man thatdo the King's business wholly and well. For which the Lord be praised, for I know no honour I desire more. Home to supper, where I find my housevery clean from top to bottom again to my great content. I found a feacho(as he calls it) of fine sugar and a case of orange-flower water come fromMr. Cocke, of Lisbon, the fruits of my last year's service to him, which Idid in great justice to the man, a perfect stranger. He sends it medesiring that I would not let Sir J. Minnes know it, from whom he expectedto have found the service done that he had from me, from whom he couldexpect nothing, and the other failed him, and would have done I am sure tothis day had not I brought it 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. , tillthe evening, and after that in my closet till late, and quite tired withbusiness, 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 the otherday to show me, having some thoughts, though no great desire or resolutionyet to wear one, and so I put it off for a while. Thence to my wife, andcalling at both the Exchanges, buying stockings for her and myself, andalso at Leadenhall, where she and I, it being candlelight, bought meat forto-morrow, having never a mayde to do it, and I myself bought, while mywife was gone to another shop, a leg of beef, a good one, for six pense, and my wife says is worth my money. So walked home with a woman carryingour things. I am mightily displeased at a letter Tom sent me last night, to borrow L20 more of me, and yet gives me no account, as I have longdesired, how matters stand with him in the world. I am troubled also tosee how, contrary to my expectation, my brother John neither is thescholler nor minds his studies as I thought would have done, but loitersaway his time, so that I must send him soon to Cambridge again. 

31st. Up and to my office all the morning, where Sir W. Batten and Sir J. Minnes did pay the short allowance money to the East India companies, andby the assistance of the City Marshall and his men, did lay hold of two orthree of the chief of the companies that were in the mutiny the other day, and sent them to prison. This noon came Jane Gentleman to serve my wifeas her chamber mayde. I wish she may prove well. So ends this month, with my mind pretty well in quiett, and in good disposition of healthsince my drinking at home of a little wine with my beer; but no where elsedo I drink any wine at all. The King and Queen and the Court at the Bath, my Lord Sandwich in the country newly gone. 

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 And so to bed and there entertained her with great content Apprehend about one hundred Quakers Being cleansed of lice this day by my wife Conceited, but that's no matter to me Fear it may do him no good, but me hurt Fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off He having made good promises, though I fear his performance My wife has got too great head to be brought down soon So much is it against my nature to owe anything to any body Sporting in my fancy with the Queen Things being dear and little attendance to be had we went away Towzing her and doing what I would, but the last thing of all. . . .