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                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

                              (Unabridged)

                      WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE'S NOTES

                        EDITED WITH ADDITIONS BY

                        HENRY B. WHEATLEY F.S.A.



                          DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
                                 OCTOBER
                                  1667


October 1st.  All the morning busy at the office, pleased mightily with
my girle that we have got to wait on my wife.  At noon dined with Sir G.
Carteret and the rest of our officers at his house in Broad Street, they
being there upon his accounts.  After dinner took coach and to my wife,
who was gone before into the Strand, there to buy a nightgown, where I
found her in a shop with her pretty girle, and having bought it away
home, and I thence to Sir G. Carteret's again, and so took coach alone,
it now being almost night, to White Hall, and there in the Boarded-
gallery did hear the musick with which the King is presented this night
by Monsieur Grebus, the master of his musick; both instrumentall--I think
twenty-four violins--and vocall; an English song upon Peace.  But, God
forgive me!  I never was so little pleased with a concert of musick in my
life.  The manner of setting of words and repeating them out of order,
and that with a number of voices, makes me sick, the whole design of
vocall musick being lost by it.  Here was a great press of people; but I
did not see many pleased with it, only the instrumental musick he had
brought by practice to play very just.  So thence late in the dark round
by the wall home by coach, and there to sing and sup with my wife, and
look upon our pretty girle, and so to bed.



2nd.  Up, and very busy all the morning, upon my accounts of Tangier, to
present to the Commissioners of the Treasury in the afternoon, and the
like upon the accounts of the office.  This morning come to me Mr. Gawden
about business, with his gold chain about his neck, as being Sheriffe of
the City this year.  At noon to the Treasury Office again, and there
dined and did business, and then by coach to the New Exchange, and there
met my wife and girl, and took them to the King's house to see "The
Traytour," which still I like as a very good play; and thence, round by
the wall, home, having drunk at the Cock ale-house, as I of late have
used to do, and so home and to my chamber to read, and so to supper and
to bed.



3rd.  Up, and going out of doors, I understand that Sir W. Batten is gone
to bed on a sudden again this morning, being struck very ill, and I
confess I have observed him for these last two months to look very ill
and to look worse and worse.  I to St. James's (though it be a sitting
day) to the Duke of York, about the Tangier Committee, which met this
morning, and he come to us, and the Charter for the City of Tangier was
read and the form of the Court Merchant.  That being done Sir W. Coventry
took me into the gallery, and walked with me an hour, discoursing of Navy
business, and with much kindness to, and confidence in, me still; which I
must endeavour to preserve, and will do; and, good man! all his care how
to get the Navy paid off, and that all other things therein may go well.
He gone, I thence to my Lady Peterborough, who sent for me; and with her
an hour talking about her husband's pension, and how she hath got an
order for its being paid again; though, I believe, for all that order,
it will hardly be; but of that I said nothing; but her design is to get
it paid again: and how to raise money upon it, to clear it from the
engagement which lies upon it to some citizens, who lent her husband
money, without her knowledge, upon it, to vast loss.  She intends to
force them to take their money again, and release her husband of those
hard terms.  The woman is a very wise woman, and is very plain in telling
me how her plate and jewels are at pawne for money, and how they are
forced to live beyond their estate, and do get nothing by his being a
courtier.  The lady I pity, and her family.  Having done with her, and
drunk two glasses of her meade, which she did give me, and so to the
Treasurer's Office, and there find my Lord Bruncker and [Sir] W. Pen at
dinner with Sir G. Carteret about his accounts, where I dined and talked
and settled some business, and then home, and there took out my wife and
Willet, thinking to have gone to a play, but both houses were begun, and
so we to the 'Change, and thence to my tailor's, and there, the coachman
desiring to go home to change his horses, we went with him into a nasty
end of all St. Giles's, and there went into a nasty room, a chamber of
his, where he hath a wife and child, and there staid, it growing dark
too, and I angry thereat, till he shifted his horses, and then home
apace, and there I to business late, and so home, to supper, and walk in
the garden with my wife and girle, with whom we are mightily pleased, and
after talking and supping, to bed.  This noon, going home, I did call on
Will Lincolne and agree with him to carry me to Brampton.



4th.  Up, and to White Hall to attend the Council about Commissioner
Pett's business, along with my Lord Bruncker and Sir W. Pen, and in the
Robe-chamber the Duke of York come to us, the officers of the Navy, and
there did meet together about Navy business, where Sir W. Coventry was
with us, and among other things did recommend his Royal Highness, now the
prizes were disposing, to remember Sir John Harman to the King, for some
bounty, and also for my Lady Minnes, which was very nobly done of him.
Thence all of us to attend the Council, where we were anon called on, and
there was a long hearing of Commissioner Pett, who was there, and there
were the two Masters Attendant of Chatham called in, who do deny their
having any order from Commissioner Pett about bringing up the great
ships, which gives the lie to what he says; but, in general, I find him
to be but a weak, silly man, and that is guilty of horrid neglect in this
business all along.  Here broke off without coming to an issue, but that
there should be another hearing on Monday next.  So the Council rose, and
I staid walking up and down the galleries till the King went to dinner,
and then I to my Lord Crew's to dinner; but he having dined, I took a
very short leave, confessing I had not dined; and so to an ordinary hard
by the Temple-gate, where I have heretofore been, and there dined--cost
me 10d.  And so to my Lord Ashly's, where after dinner Sir H. Cholmly,
Creed and I, with his Lordship, about Mr. Yeabsly's business, where
having come to agreement with him abating him L1000 of what he demands
for ships lost, I to Westminster, to Mrs. Martin's lodging, whither I
sent for her, and there hear that her husband is come from sea, which is
sooner than I expected; and here I staid and drank, and so did toucher
elle and away, and so by coach to my tailor's, and thence to my Lord
Crew's, and there did stay with him an hour till almost night,
discoursing about the ill state of my Lord Sandwich, that he can neither
be got to be called home, nor money got to maintain him there; which will
ruin his family.  And the truth is, he do almost deserve it, for by all
relation he hath, in a little more than a year and a half, spent L20,000
of the King's money, and the best part of L10,000 of his own; which is a
most prodigious expence, more than ever Embassador spent there, and more
than these Commissioners of the Treasury will or do allow.  And they
demand an account before they will give him any more money; which puts
all his friends to a loss what to answer.  But more money we must get
him, or to be called home.  I offer to speak to Sir W. Coventry about it;
but my Lord will not advise to it, without consent of Sir G. Carteret.
So home, and there to see Sir W. Batten, who fell sick yesterday morning:
He is asleep: and so I could not see him; but in an hour after, word is
brought me that he is so ill, that it is believed he cannot live till
to-morrow, which troubles me and my wife mightily, partly out of
kindness, he being a good neighbour and partly because of the money he
owes me, upon our bargain of the late prize.  So home and to supper and
to bed.



5th.  Up, and to the Office; and there all the morning; none but my Lord
Anglesey and myself; but much surprized with the news of the death of Sir
W. Batten, who died this morning, having been but two days sick.  Sir W.
Pen and I did dispatch a letter this morning to Sir W. Coventry, to
recommend Colonel Middleton, who we think a most honest and understanding
man, and fit for that place.  Sir G. Carteret did also come this morning,
and walked with me in the garden; and concluded not to concern [himself]
or have any advice made to Sir W. Coventry, in behalf of my Lord
Sandwich's business; so I do rest satisfied, though I do think they are
all mad, that they will judge Sir W. Coventry an enemy, when he is indeed
no such man to any body, but is severe and just, as he ought to be, where
he sees things ill done.  At noon home, and by coach to Temple Bar to a
India shop, and there bought a gown and sash, which cost me 26s., and so
she [Mrs. Pepys] and Willet away to the 'Change, and I to my Lord Crew,
and there met my Lord Hinchingbroke and Lady Jemimah, and there dined
with them and my Lord, where pretty merry, and after dinner my Lord Crew
and Hinchingbroke and myself went aside to discourse about my Lord
Sandwich's business, which is in a very ill state for want of money, and
so parted, and I to my tailor's, and there took up my wife and Willet,
who staid there for me, and to the Duke of York's playhouse, but the
house so full, it being a new play, "The Coffee House," that we could not
get in, and so to the King's house: and there, going in, met with Knepp,
and she took us up into the tireing-rooms: and to the women's shift,
where Nell was dressing herself, and was all unready, and is very pretty,
prettier than I thought.  And so walked all up and down the house above,
and then below into the scene-room, and there sat down, and she gave us
fruit and here I read the questions to Knepp, while she answered me,
through all her part of "Flora's Figary's," which was acted to-day.  But,
Lord! to see how they were both painted would make a man mad, and did
make me loath them; and what base company of men comes among them, and
how lewdly they talk!  and how poor the men are in clothes, and yet what
a shew they make on the stage by candle-light, is very observable.  But
to see how Nell cursed, for having so few people in the pit, was pretty;
the other house carrying away all the people at the new play, and is
said, now-a-days, to have generally most company, as being better
players.  By and by into the pit, and there saw the play, which is pretty
good, but my belly was full of what I had seen in the house, and so,
after the play done, away home, and there to the writing my letters, and
so home to supper and to bed.



6th (Lord's day).  Up, and dressed myself, and so walked out with the boy
to Smithfield to Cow Lane, to Lincolne's, and there spoke with him, and
agreed upon the hour to-morrow, to set out towards Brampton; but vexed
that he is not likely to go himself, but sends another for him.  Here I
took a hackney coach, and to White Hall, and there met Sir W. Coventry,
and discoursed with him, and then with my Lord Bruncker, and many others,
to end my matters in order to my going into the country to-morrow for
five or six days, which I have not done for above three years.  Walked
with Creed into the Park a little, and at last went into the Queen's
side, and there saw the King and Queen, and saw the ladies, in order to
my hearing any news stirring to carry into the country, but met with
none, and so away home by coach, and there dined, and W. How come to see
me, and after dinner parted, and I to my writing to my Lord Sandwich,
which is the greatest business I have to do before my going into the
country, and in the evening to my office to set matters to rights there,
and being in the garden Sir W. Pen did come to me, and fell to discourse
about the business of "The Flying Greyhound," wherein I was plain to him
and he to me, and at last concluded upon my writing a petition to the
Duke of York for a certain ship, The Maybolt Gallyott, and he offers to
give me L300 for my success, which, however, I would not oblige him to,
but will see the issue of it by fair play, and so I did presently draw a
petition, which he undertakes to proffer to the Duke of York, and solicit
for me, and will not seem to doubt of his success.  So I wrote, and did
give it him, and left it with him, and so home to supper, where Pelling
comes and sits with me, and there tells us how old Mr. Batelier is dead
this last night in the night, going to bed well, which I am mightily
troubled for, he being a good man.  Supper done, and he gone, I to my
chamber to write my journal to this night, and so to bed.



7th.  Up betimes, and did do several things towards the settling all
matters both of house and office in order for my journey this day, and
did leave my chief care, and the key of my closet, with Mr. Hater, with
directions what papers to secure, in case of fire or other accident; and
so, about nine o'clock, I, and my wife, and Willet, set out in a coach I
have hired, with four horses; and W. Hewer and Murford rode by us on
horseback; and so my wife and she in their morning gowns, very handsome
and pretty, and to my great liking.  We set out, and so out at Allgate,
and so to the Green Man, and so on to Enfield, in our way seeing Mr.
Lowther and his lady in a coach, going to Walthamstow; and he told us
that he would overtake us at night, he being to go that way.  So we to
Enfield, and there bayted, it being but a foul, bad day, and there
Lowther and Mr. Burford, an acquaintance of his, did overtake us, and
there drank and eat together; and, by and by, we parted, we going before
them, and very merry, my wife and girle and I talking, and telling tales,
and singing, and before night come to Bishop Stafford, where Lowther and
his friend did meet us again, and carried us to the Raynedeere, where
Mrs. Aynsworth,

     [Elizabeth Aynsworth, here mentioned, was a noted procurerss at
     Cambridge, banished from that town by the university authorities for
     her evil courses.  She subsequently kept the Rein Deer Inn at
     Bishops Stortford, at which the Vice-Chancellor, and some of the
     heads of colleges, had occasion to sleep, in their way to London,
     and were nobly entertained, their supper being served off plate.
     The next morning their hostess refused to make any charge, saying,
     that she was still indebted to the Vice-Chancellor, who, by driving
     her out of Cambridge, had made her fortune.  No tradition of this
     woman has been preserved at Bishops Stortford; but it appears, from
     the register of that parish, that she was buried there 26th of
     March, 1686.  It is recorded in the "History of Essex," vol. iii.,
     (p. 130) 8vo., 1770, and in a pamphlet in the British Museum,
     entitled, "Boteler's Case," that she was implicated in the murder of
     Captain Wood, a Hertfordshire gentleman, at Manuden, in Essex, and
     for which offence a person named Boteler was executed at Chelmsford,
     September 10th, 1667, and that Mrs. Aynsworth, tried at the same
     time as an accessory before the fact, was acquitted for want of
     evidence; though in her way to the jail she endeavoured to throw
     herself into the river, but was prevented.  See Postea, May 25th,
     1668.--B.]

who lived heretofore at Cambridge, and whom I knew better than they think
for, do live.  It was the woman that, among other things, was great with
my cozen Barnston, of Cottenham, and did use to sing to him, and did
teach me "Full forty times over," a very lewd song: a woman they are very
well acquainted with, and is here what she was at Cambridge, and all the
good fellows of the country come hither.  Lowther and his friend stayed
and drank, and then went further this night; but here we stayed, and
supped, and lodged.  But, as soon as they were gone, and my supper
getting ready, I fell to write my letter to my Lord Sandwich, which I
could not finish before my coming from London; so did finish it to my
good content, and a good letter, telling him the present state of all
matters, and did get a man to promise to carry it to-morrow morning, to
be there, at my house, by noon, and I paid him well for it; so, that
being done, and my mind at ease, we to supper, and so to bed, my wife and
I in one bed, and the girl in another, in the same room, and lay very
well, but there was so much tearing company in the house, that we could
not see my landlady; so I had no opportunity of renewing my old
acquaintance with her, but here we slept very well.



8th.  Up pretty betimes, though not so soon as we intended, by reason of
Murford's not rising, and then not knowing how to open our door, which,
and some other pleasant simplicities of the fellow, did give occasion to
us to call him.  Sir Martin Marrall, and W. Hewer being his helper and
counsellor, we did call him, all this journey, Mr. Warner, which did give
us good occasion of mirth now and then.  At last, rose, and up, and broke
our fast, and then took coach, and away, and at Newport did call on Mr.
Lowther, and he and his friend, and the master of the house, their
friend, where they were, a gentleman, did presently get a-horseback and
overtook us, and went with us to Audley-End, and did go along with us all
over the house and garden: and mighty merry we were.  The house indeed do
appear very fine, but not so fine as it hath heretofore to me;
particularly the ceilings are not so good as I always took them to be,
being nothing so well wrought as my Lord Chancellor's are; and though the
figure of the house without be very extraordinary good, yet the stayre-
case is exceeding poor; and a great many pictures, and not one good one
in the house but one of Harry the Eighth, done by Holben; and not one
good suit of hangings in all the house, but all most ancient things, such
as I would not give the hanging-up of in my house; and the other
furniture, beds and other things, accordingly.

     [Mr. George T. Robinson, F.S.A., in a paper on "Decorative Plaster
     Work," read before the Society of Arts in April, 1891, refers to the
     ceilings at Audley End as presenting an excellent idea of the state
     of the stuccoer's art in the middle of James I.'s reign, and adds,
     "Few houses in England can show so fine a series of the same date .
     .  .  .  The great hall has medallions in the square portions of the
     ceiling formed by its dividing timber beams.  The large saloon on
     the principal floor-a room about 66 feet long by 30 feet wide-has a
     very remarkable ceiling of the pendentive type, which presents many
     peculiarities, the most notable of which, that these not only depend
     from the ceiling, but the outside ones spring from the walls in a
     natural and structural manner.  This is a most unusual circumstance
     in the stucco work of the time, the reason for the omission of this
     reasonable treatment evidently being the unwillingness of the
     stuccoer to omit his elaborate frieze in which he took such delight"
     ("Journal Soc. of Arts," vol. xxxix., p. 449)]

Only the gallery is good, and, above all things, the cellars, where we
went down and drank of much good liquor; and indeed the cellars are fine:
and here my wife and I did sing to my great content.  And then to the
garden, and there eat many grapes, and took some with us and so away
thence, exceeding well satisfied, though not to that degree that, by my
old esteem of the house, I ought and did expect to have done, the
situation of it not pleasing me.  Here we parted with Lowther and his
friends, and away to Cambridge, it being foul, rainy weather, and there
did take up at the Rose, for the sake of Mrs. Dorothy Drawwater, the
vintner's daughter, which is mentioned in the play of Sir Martin Marrall.
Here we had a good chamber, and bespoke a good supper; and then I took my
wife, and W. Hewer, and Willet, it holding up a little, and shewed them
Trinity College and St. John's Library, and went to King's College
Chapel, to see the outside of it only; and so to our inne, and with much
pleasure did this, they walking in their pretty morning gowns, very
handsome, and I proud to find myself in condition to do this; and so home
to our lodging, and there by and by, to supper, with much good sport,
talking with the Drawers concerning matters of the town, and persons whom
I remember, and so, after supper, to cards; and then to bed, lying, I in
one bed, and my wife and girl in another, in the same room, and very
merry talking together, and mightily pleased both of us with the girl.
Saunders, the only violin in my time, is, I hear, dead of the plague in
the late plague there.



9th.  Up, and got ready, and eat our breakfast; and then took coach: and
the poor, as they did yesterday, did stand at the coach to have something
given them, as they do to all great persons; and I did give them
something: and the town musique did also come and play: but, Lord! what
sad music they made!  However, I was pleased with them, being all of us
in very good humour, and so through the town, and observed at our College
of Magdalene the posts new painted, and understand that the Vice-
Chancellor' is there this year.  And so away for Huntingdon mightily
pleased all along the road to remember old stories; and come to Brampton
at about noon, and there find my father and sister and brother all well
and here laid up our things, and up and down to see the garden with my
father, and the house, and do altogether find it very pretty; especially
the little parlour and the summerhouses in the garden, only the wall do
want greens upon it, and the house is too low-roofed; but that is only
because of my coming from a house with higher ceilings.  But altogether
is very pretty; and I bless God that I am like to have such a pretty
place to retire to: and I did walk with my father without doors, and do
find a very convenient way of laying out money there in building, which
will make a very good seat, and the place deserves it, I think, very
well.  By and by to dinner, and after dinner I walked up to
Hinchingbroke, where my Lady expected me; and there spent all the
afternoon with her: the same most excellent, good, discreet lady that
ever she was; and, among other things, is mightily pleased with the lady
that is like to be her son Hinchingbroke's wife, which I am mightily glad
of.  By and by my wife comes with Willet, my wife in her velvett vest,
which is mighty fine, and becomes her exceedingly.  I am pleased with my
Lady Paulina and Anne, who both are grown very proper ladies, and
handsome enough.  But a thousand questions my Lady asked me, till she
could think of no more almost, but walked up and down the house, with me.
But I do find, by her, that they are reduced to great straits for money,
having been forced to sell her plate, 8 or L900 worth; and she is now
going to sell a suit of her best hangings, of which I could almost wish
to buy a piece or two, if the pieces will be broke.  But the house is
most excellently furnished, and brave rooms and good pictures, so that it
do please me infinitely beyond Audley End.  Here we staid till night
walking and talking and drinking, and with mighty satisfaction my Lady
with me alone most of the day talking of my Lord's bad condition to be
kept in Spayne without money and at a great expense, which (as we will
save the family) we must labour to remove.  Night being come, we took
leave with all possible kindness, and so home, and there Mr. Shepley
staid with us and sapped, and full of good country discourse, and when
supper done took his leave, and we all to bed, only I a little troubled
that my father tells me that he is troubled that my wife shows my sister
no countenance, and, him but very little, but is as a stranger in the
house; and I do observe she do carry herself very high; but I perceive
there was some great falling out when she was here last, but the reason I
have no mind to enquire after, for vexing myself, being desirous to pass
my time with as much mirth as I can while I am abroad.  So all to bed.
My wife and I in the high bed in our chamber, and Willet in the trundle
bed, which she desired to lie in, by us.



10th.  Waked in the morning with great pain of the collique, by cold
taken yesterday, I believe, with going up and down in my shirt, but with
rubbing my belly, keeping of it warm, I did at last come to some ease,
and rose, and up to walk up and down the garden with my father, to talk
of all our concernments: about a husband for my sister, whereof there is
at present no appearance; but we must endeavour to find her one now, for
she grows old and ugly: then for my brother; and resolve he shall stay
here this winter, and then I will either send him to Cambridge for a
year, till I get him some church promotion, or send him to sea as a
chaplain, where he may study, and earn his living.  Then walked round
about our Greene, to see whether, in case I cannot buy out my uncle
Thomas and his son's right in this house, that I can buy another place.
as good thereabouts to build on, and I do not see that I can.  But this,
with new building, may be made an excellent pretty thing, and I resolve
to look after it as soon as I can, and Goody Gorum dies.  By this time it
was almost noon, and then my father and I and wife and Willet abroad, by
coach round the towne of Brampton, to observe any other place as good as
ours, and find none; and so back with great pleasure; and thence went all
of us, my sister and brother, and W. Hewer, to dinner to Hinchingbroke,
where we had a good plain country dinner, but most kindly used; and here
dined the Minister of Brampton and his wife, who is reported a very good,
but poor man.  Here I spent alone with my Lady, after dinner, the most of
the afternoon, and anon the two twins were sent for from schoole, at Mr.
Taylor's, to come to see me, and I took them into the garden, and there,
in one of the summer-houses, did examine them, and do find them so well
advanced in their learning, that I was amazed at it: they repeating a
whole ode without book out of Horace, and did give me a very good account
of any thing almost, and did make me very readily very good Latin, and
did give me good account of their Greek grammar, beyond all possible
expectation; and so grave and manly as I never saw, I confess, nor could
have believed; so that they will be fit to go to Cambridge in two years
at most.  They are both little, but very like one another, and well-
looked children.  Then in to my Lady again, and staid till it was almost
night again, and then took leave for a great while again, but with
extraordinary kindness from my Lady, who looks upon me like one of her
own family and interest.  So thence, my wife and people by the highway,
and I walked over the park with Mr. Shepley, and through the grove, which
is mighty pretty, as is imaginable, and so over their drawbridge to Nun's
Bridge, and so to my father's, and there sat and drank, and talked a
little, and then parted.  And he being gone, and what company there was,
my father and I, with a dark lantern; it being now night, into the garden
with my wife, and there went about our great work to dig up my gold.
But, Lord!  what a tosse I was for some time in, that they could not
justly tell where it was; that I begun heartily to sweat, and be angry,
that they should not agree better upon the place, and at last to fear
that it was gone but by and by poking with a spit, we found it, and then
begun with a spudd to lift up the ground.  But, good God! to see how
sillily they did it, not half a foot under ground, and in the sight of
the world from a hundred places, if any body by accident were near hand,
and within sight of a neighbour's window, and their hearing also, being
close by: only my father says that he saw them all gone to church before
he begun the work, when he laid the money, but that do not excuse it to
me.  But I was out of my wits almost, and the more from that, upon my
lifting up the earth with the spudd, I did discern that I had scattered
the pieces of gold round about the ground among the grass and loose
earth; and taking up the iron head-pieces wherein they were put, I
perceive the earth was got among the gold, and wet, so that the bags were
all rotten, and all the notes, that I could not tell what in the world to
say to it, not knowing how to judge what was wanting, or what had been
lost by Gibson in his coming down: which, all put together, did make me
mad; and at last was forced to take up the head-pieces, dirt and all, and
as many of the scattered pieces as I could with the dirt discern by the
candlelight, and carry them up into my brother's chamber, and there locke
them up till I had eat a little supper: and then, all people going to
bed, W. Hewer and I did all alone, with several pails of water and
basins, at last wash the dirt off of the pieces, and parted the pieces
and the dirt, and then begun to tell [them]; and by a note which I had of
the value of the whole in my pocket, do find that there was short above a
hundred pieces, which did make me mad; and considering that the
neighbour's house was so near that we could not suppose we could speak
one to another in the garden at the place where the gold lay--especially
my father being deaf--but they must know what we had been doing on, I
feared that they might in the night come and gather some pieces and
prevent us the next morning; so W. Hewer and I out again about midnight,
for it was now grown so late, and there by candlelight did make shift to
gather forty-five pieces more.  And so in, and to cleanse them: and by
this time it was past two in the morning; and so to bed, with my mind
pretty quiet to think that I have recovered so many.  And then to bed,
and I lay in the trundle-bed, the girl being gone to bed to my wife, and
there lay in some disquiet all night, telling of the clock till it was
daylight.



11th.  And then rose and called W. Hewer, and he and I, with pails and a
sieve, did lock ourselves into the garden, and there gather all the earth
about the place into pails, and then sift those pails in one of the
summer-houses, just as they do for dyamonds in other parts of the world;
and there, to our great content, did with much trouble by nine o'clock
(and by the time we emptied several pails and could not find one), we did
make the last night's forty-five up seventy-nine: so that we are come to
about twenty or thirty of what I think the true number should be; and
perhaps within less; and of them I may reasonably think that Mr. Gibson
might lose some: so that I am pretty well satisfied that my loss is not
great, and do bless God that it is so well,

     [About the year 1842, in removing the foundation of an old wall,
     adjoining a mansion at Brampton, always considered the quondam
     residence of the Pepys family, an iron pot, full of silver coins,
     was discovered, and taken to the Earl of Sandwich, the owner of the
     house, in whose possession they still remain.  The pot was so much
     corroded, that a small piece of it only could be preserved.  The
     coins were chiefly half-crowns of Elizabeth and the two elder
     Stuarts, and all of a date anterior to the Restoration.  Although
     Pepys states that the treasure which he caused to be buried was gold
     exclusively, it is very probable that, in the confusion, a pot full
     of silver money was packed up with the rest; but, at all events, the
     coincidence appeared too singular to pass over without notice.--B.]

and do leave my father to make a second examination of the dirt, which he
promises he will do, and, poor man, is mightily troubled for this
accident, but I declared myself very well satisfied, and so indeed I am;
and my mind at rest in it, being but an accident, which is unusual; and
so gives me some kind of content to remember how painful it is sometimes
to keep money, as well as to get it, and how doubtful I was how to keep
it all night, and how to secure it to London: and so got all my gold put
up in bags.  And so having the last night wrote to my Lady Sandwich to
lend me John Bowles to go along with me my journey, not telling her the
reason, that it was only to secure my gold, we to breakfast, and then
about ten o'clock took coach, my wife and I, and Willet, and W. Hewer,
and Murford and Bowles (whom my Lady lent me), and my brother John on
horseback; and with these four I thought myself pretty safe.  But, before
we went out, the Huntingdon musick come to me and played, and it was
better than that of Cambridge.  Here I took leave of my father, and did
give my sister 20s.  She cried at my going; but whether it was at her
unwillingness for my going, or any unkindness of my wife's, or no, I know
not; but, God forgive me!  I take her to be so cunning and ill-natured,
that I have no great love for her; but only [she] is my sister, and must
be provided for.  My gold I put into a basket, and set under one of the
seats; and so my work every quarter of an hour was to look to see whether
all was well; and I did ride in great fear all the day, but it was a
pleasant day, and good company, and I mightily contented.  Mr. Shepley
saw me beyond St. Neots, and there parted, and we straight to Stevenage,
through Bald Lanes, which are already very bad; and at Stevenage we come
well before night, and all sat, and there with great care I got the gold
up to the chamber, my wife carrying one bag, and the girl another, and W.
Hewer the rest in the basket, and set it all under a bed in our chamber;
and then sat down to talk, and were very pleasant, satisfying myself,
among other things, from John Bowles, in some terms of hunting, and about
deere, bucks, and does.  And so anon to supper, and very merry we were,
and a good supper, and after supper to bed.  Brecocke alive still, and
the best host I know almost.



12th.  Up, and eat our breakfast, and set out about nine o'clock, and so
to Barnett, where we staid and baited, the weather very good all day and
yesterday, and by five o'clock got home, where I find all well; and did
bring my gold, to my heart's content, very safe home, having not this day
carried it in a basket, but in our hands: the girl took care of one, and
my wife another bag, and I the rest, I being afraid of the bottom of the
coach, lest it should break, and therefore was at more ease in my mind
than I was yesterday.  At home we find that Sir W. Batten's burial was
to-day carried from hence, with a hundred or two of coaches, to
Walthamstow, and there buried.  Here I hear by Mr. Pierce the surgeon;
and then by Mr. Lewes, and also by Mr. Hater, that the Parliament hath
met on Thursday last, and adjourned to Monday next.  The King did make
them a very kind speech, promising them to leave all to them to do, and
call to account what and whom they pleased; and declared by my Lord
Keeper how many, thirty-six, actes he had done since he saw them; among
others, disbanding the army, and putting all Papists out of employment,
and displacing persons that had managed their business ill, that the
Parliament is mightily pleased with the King's speech, and voted giving
him thanks for what he said and hath done; and, among things, would by
name thank him for displacing my Lord Chancellor, for which a great many
did speak in the House, but it was opposed by some, and particularly
Harry Coventry, who got that it should be put to a Committee to consider
what particulars to mention in their thanks to the King, saying that it
was too soon to give thanks for the displacing of a man, before they knew
or had examined what was the cause of his displacing.  And so it rested;
but this do shew that they are and will be very high; and Mr. Pierce do
tell me that he fears, and do hear, that it hath been said among them,
that they will move for the calling my Lord Sandwich home, to bring him
to account; which do trouble me mightily; but I trust it will not be so.
Anon comes home Sir W. Pen from the burial, and he and I to walk in the
garden, where he did confirm the most of this news, and so to talk of our
particular concernments, and among the rest he says that Lady Batten and
her children-in-law are all broke in pieces, and that there is but L800
found in the world, of money; and is in great doubt what we shall do
towards the doing ourselves right with them, about the prize-money.  This
troubles me, but we will fall to work upon that next week close.  Then he
tells me he did deliver my petition into the hands of Sir W. Coventry,
who did take it with great kindness and promised to present it to the
Duke of York, and that himself has since seen the Duke of York, but it
was in haste, and thinks the Duke of York did tell him that the thing was
done, but he is confident that it either is or will be done.  This do
please me mightily.  So after a little talk more I away home to supper
with John Bowles and brother and wife (who, I perceive, is already a
little jealous of my being fond of Willet, but I will avoid giving her
any cause to continue in that mind, as much as possible), and before that
did go with Sir W. Pen to my Lady Batten, whom I had not seen since she
was a widow, which she took unkindly, but I did excuse it; and the house
being full of company, and of several factions, she against the children,
and they against one another and her, I away, and home to supper, and
after supper to bed.



13th (Lord's day).  Up, and by water to White Hall, and thence walked to
Sir W. Coventry's lodgings, but he was gone out, so I to St. James's, and
there to the Duke of York's chamber: and there he was dressing; and many
Lords and Parliament-men come to kiss his hands, they being newly come to
town.  And there the Duke of York did of himself call me to him, and tell
me that he had spoke to the King, and that the King had granted me the
ship I asked for; and did, moreover, say that he was mightily satisfied
with my service, and that he would be willing to do anything that was in
his power for me: which he said with mighty kindness; which I did return
him thanks for, and departed with mighty joy, more than I did expect.
And so walked over the Park to White Hall, and there met Sir H. Cholmly,
who walked with me, and told me most of the news I heard last night of
the Parliament; and thinks they will do all things very well, only they
will be revenged of my Lord Chancellor; and says, however, that he thinks
there will be but two things proved on him; and that one is, that he may
have said to the King, and to others, words to breed in the King an ill
opinion of the Parliament--that they were factious, and that it was
better to dissolve them: and this, he thinks, they will be able to prove;
but what this will amount to, he knows not.  And next, that he hath taken
money for several bargains that have been made with the Crown; and did
instance one that is already complained of: but there are so many more
involved in it, that, should they unravel things of this sort, every body
almost will be more or less concerned.  But these are the two great
points which he thinks they will insist on, and prove against him.
Thence I to the Chapel, and there heard the sermon and a pretty good
anthem, and so home by water to dinner, where Bowies and brother, and a
good dinner, and in the afternoon to make good my journal to this day,
and so by water again to White Hall, and thence only walked to Mrs.
Martin's, and there sat with her and her sister and Borroughs.  .  .  and
there drank and talked and away by water home, and there walked with Sir
W. Pen, and told him what the Duke of York told me to-day about the ship
I begged; and he was knave enough, of his own accord, but, to be sure, in
order to his own advantage, to offer me to send for the master of the
vessel, "The Maybolt Galliott," and bid him to get her furnished as for a
long voyage, and I to take no notice of it, that she might be the more
worth to me: so that here he is a very knave to the King, and I doubt not
his being the same to me on occasion.  So in a doors and supped with my
wife and brother, W. Hewer, and Willett, and so evened with W. Hewer for
my expenses upon the road this last journey, and do think that the whole
journey will cost me little less than L18 or L20, one way or other; but I
am well pleased with it, and so after supper to bed.



14th.  Up, and by water to White Hall, and thence walked to St. James's,
and there to Mr. Wren's; and he told me that my business was done about
my warrant on the Maybolt Galliott; which I did see, and though it was
not so full in the reciting of my services as the other was in that of
Sir W. Pen's, yet I was well pleased with it, and do intend to fetch it
away anon.  Thence with Sir Thomas Allen, in a little sorry coach which
he hath set up of late, and Sir Jeremy Smith, to White Hall, and there I
took water and went to Westminster Hall, and there hear that the House is
this day again upon the business of giving the King the thanks of the
House for his speech, and, among other things, for laying aside of my
Lord Chancellor.  Thence I to Mrs. Martin's, where by appointment comes
to me Mrs. Howlett, which I was afraid was to have told me something of
my freedom with her daughter, but it was not so, but only to complain to
me of her son-in-law, how he abuses and makes a slave of her, and his
mother is one that encourages him in it, so that they are at this time
upon very bad terms one with another, and desires that I would take a
time to advise him and tell him what it becomes him to do, which office I
am very glad of, for some ends of my own also con sa fille, and there
drank and parted, I mightily satisfied with this business, and so home by
water with Sir W. Warren, who happened to be at Westminster, and there I
pretty strange to him, and little discourse, and there at the office Lord
Bruncker, W. Pen, T. Hater and I did some business, and so home to
dinner, and thence I out to visit Sir G. Carteret and ladies there; and
from him do understand that the King himself (but this he told me as a
great secret) is satisfied that this thanks which he expects from the
House, for the laying aside of my Lord Chancellor, is a thing irregular;
but, since it is come into the House, he do think it necessary to carry
it on, and will have it, and hath made his mind known to be so, to some
of the House.  But Sir G. Carteret do say he knows nothing of what my
Lord Bruncker told us to-day, that the King was angry with the Duke of
York yesterday, and advised him not to hinder what he had a mind to have
done, touching this business; which is news very bad, if true.  Here I
visited my Lady Carteret, who hath been sick some time, but now pretty
well, but laid on her bed.  Thence to my Lord Crew, to see him after my
coming out of the country, and he seems satisfied with some steps they
have made in my absence towards my Lord Sandwich's relief for money: and
so I have no more to do, nor will trouble myself more about it till they
send for me.  He tells me also that the King will have the thanks of the
House go on: and commends my Lord Keeper's speech for all but what he was
forced to say, about the reason of the King's sending away the House so
soon the last time, when they were met, but this he was forced to do.
Thence to Westminster Hall, and there walked with Mr. Scowen, who tells
me that it is at last carried in the House that the thanks shall be given
to the King--among other things, particularly for the removal of my Lord
Chancellor; but he tells me it is a strange act, and that which he thinks
would never have been, but that the King did insist upon it, that, since
it come into the House, it might not be let fall.  After walking there
awhile I took coach and to the Duke of York's House, and there went in
for nothing into the pit, at the last act, to see Sir Martin Marrall,
and met my wife, who was there, and my brother, and W. Hewer and Willett,
and carried them home, still being pleased with the humour of the play,
almost above all that ever I saw.  Home, and there do find that John
Bowles is not yet come thither.  I suppose he is playing the good fellow
in the town.  So to the office a while, and then home to supper and to
bed.



15th.  Up, and to the office, where, Sir W. Pen being ill of the gout, we
all of us met there in his parlour and did the business of the office,
our greatest business now being to manage the pay of the ships in order
and with speed to satisfy the Commissioners of the Treasury.  This
morning my brother set out for Brampton again, and is gone.  At noon home
to dinner, and thence my wife and I and Willet to the Duke of York's
house, where, after long stay, the King and Duke of York come, and there
saw "The Coffee-house," the most ridiculous, insipid play that ever I saw
in my life, and glad we were that Betterton had no part in it.  But here,
before the play begun, my wife begun to complain to me of Willet's
confidence in sitting cheek by jowl by us, which was a poor thing; but I
perceive she is already jealous of my kindness to her, so that I begin to
fear this girle is not likely to stay long with us.  The play done, we
home by coach, it being moonlight, and got well home, and I to my chamber
to settle some papers, and so to supper and to bed.



16th.  Up, and at home most of the morning with Sir H. Cholmly, about
some accounts of his; and for news he tells me that the Commons and Lords
have concurred, and delivered the King their thanks, among other things,
for his removal of the Chancellor; who took their thanks very well, and,
among other things, promised them, in these words, never, in any degree,
to entertain the Chancellor any employment again.  And he tells me that
it is very true, he hath it from one that was by, that the King did, give
the Duke of York a sound reprimand; told him that he had lived with him
with more kindness than ever any brother King lived with a brother, and
that he lived as much like a monarch as himself, but advised him not to
cross him in his designs about the Chancellor; in which the Duke of York
do very wisely acquiesce, and will be quiet as the King bade him, but
presently commands all his friends to be silent in the business of the
Chancellor, and they were so: but that the Chancellor hath done all that
is possible to provoke the King, and to bring himself to lose his head
by enraging of people.  He gone, I to the office, busy all the morning.
At noon to Broad Street to Sir G. Carteret and Lord Bruncker, and there
dined with them, and thence after dinner with Bruncker to White Hall,
where the Duke of York is now newly come for this winter, and there did
our usual business, which is but little, and so I away to the Duke of
York's house, thinking as we appointed, to meet my wife there, but she
was not; and more, I was vexed to see Young (who is but a bad actor at
best) act Macbeth in the room of Betterton, who, poor man! is sick: but,
Lord! what a prejudice it wrought in me against the whole play, and
everybody else agreed in disliking this fellow.  Thence home, and there
find my wife gone home; because of this fellow's acting of the part, she
went out of the house again.  There busy at my chamber with Mr. Yeabsly,
and then with Mr. Lewes, about public business late, and so to supper and
to bed.



17th.  Up, and being sent for by my Lady Batten, I to her, and there she
found fault with my not seeing her since her being a widow, which I
excused as well as I could, though it is a fault, but it is my nature not
to be forward in visits.  But here she told me her condition, which is
good enough, being sole executrix, to the disappointment of all her
husband's children, and prayed my friendship about the accounts of the
prizes, which I promised her.  And here do see what creatures widows are
in weeping for their husbands, and then presently leaving off; but I
cannot wonder at it, the cares of the world taking place of all other
passions.  Thence to the office, where all the morning busy, and at noon
home to dinner, where Mr. John Andrews and his wife come and dined with
me, and pretty merry we were, only I out of humour the greatest part of
the dinner, by reason that my people had forgot to get wine ready, I
having none in my house, which I cannot say now these almost three years,
I think, without having two or three sorts, by which we were fain to stay
a great while, while some could be fetched.  When it come I begun to be
merry, and merry we were, but it was an odd, strange thing to observe of
Mr. Andrews what a fancy he hath to raw meat, that he eats it with no
pleasure unless the blood run about his chops, which it did now by a leg
of mutton that was not above half boiled; but, it seems, at home all his
meat is dressed so, and beef and all, and [he] eats it so at nights also.
Here most of our discourse is of the business of the Parliament, who run
on mighty furiously, having yesterday been almost all the morning
complaining against some high proceedings of my Lord Chief Justice
Keeling, that the gentlemen of the country did complain against him in
the House, and run very high.  It is the man that did fall out with my
cozen Roger Pepys, once, at the Assizes there, and would have laid him
by the heels; but, it seems, a very able lawyer.  After dinner I to the
office, where we all met with intent to proceed to the publique sale of
several prize ships, but upon discourse my Lord Anglesey did discover
(which troubled me that he that is a stranger almost should do more than
we ourselves could) that the appraisements made by our officers were not
above half of what he had been offered for one of them, and did make it
good by bringing a gentleman to give us L700 for the Wildboare, which
they valued but at L276, which made us all startle and stop the sale, and
I did propose to acquaint the Duke of York with it, and accordingly we
did agree on it, and I wrote a severe letter about it, and we are to
attend him with it to-morrow about it.  This afternoon my Lord Anglesey
tells us that the House of Commons have this morning run into the inquiry
in many things; as, the sale of Dunkirke, the dividing of the fleete the
last year, the business of the prizes with my Lord Sandwich, and many
other things; so that now they begin to fall close upon it, and God knows
what will be the end of it, but a Committee they have chosen to inquire
into the miscarriages of the war.  Having done, and being a little tired,
Sir W. Pen and I in his coach out to Mile End Green, and there drank a
cup of Byde's ale, and so talking about the proceedings of Parliament,
and how little a thing the King is become to be forced to suffer it,
though I declare my being satisfied that things should be enquired into,
we back again home, and I to my office to my letters, and so home to
supper and to bed.



18th.  Up, and by coach with Sir W. Pen to White Hall, and there attended
the Duke of York; but first we find him to spend above an hour in private
in his closet with Sir W. Coventry; which I was glad to see, that there
is so much confidence between them.  By and by we were called in and did
our usual business, and complained of the business yesterday discovered
of our officers abusing the King in the appraisement of the prizes.  Here
it was worth observing that the Duke of York, considering what third rate
ships to keep abroad, the Rupert was thought on, but then it was said
that Captain Hubbert was Commander of her and that the King had a mind
for Spragg to command the ship, which would not be well to be by turning
out Hubbert, who is a good man, but one the Duke of York said he did not
know whether he did so well conforme, as at this lime to please the
people and Parliament.  Sir W. Coventry answered, and the Duke of York
merrily agreed to it, that it was very hard to know what it was that the
Parliament would call conformity at this time, and so it stopped, which I
only observe to see how the Parliament's present temper do amuse them
all.  Thence to several places to buy a hat, and books, and neckcloths,
and several errands I did before I got home, and, among others, bought me
two new pair of spectacles of Turlington, who, it seems, is famous for
them; and his daughter, he being out of the way, do advise me two very
young sights, as that that will help me most, and promises me great ease
from them, and I will try them.  At the Exchange I met Creed, and took
him home with me, and dined, and among other things he tells me that Sir
Robert Brookes is the man that did mention the business in Parliament
yesterday about my Lord Sandwich, but that it was seconded by nobody, but
the matter will fall before the Committee for miscarriages.  Thence,
after dinner, my wife and he, and I, and Willet to the King's house, and
saw "Brenoralt," which is a good tragedy, that I like well, and parted
after the play, and so home, and there a little at my office, and so to
my chamber, and spent this night late in telling over all my gold, and
putting it into proper bags and my iron chest, being glad with my heart
to see so much of it here again, but cannot yet tell certainly how much I
have lost by Gibson in his journey, and my father's burying of it in the
dirt.  At this late, but did it to my mind, and so to supper and to bed.



19th.  At the office all the morning, where very busy, and at noon home
to a short dinner, being full of my desire of seeing my Lord Orrery's new
play this afternoon at the King's house, "The Black Prince," the first
time it is acted; where, though we come by two o'clock, yet there was no
room in the pit, but we were forced to go into one of the upper boxes, at
4s. a piece, which is the first time I ever sat in a box in my life.  And
in the same box come, by and by, behind me, my Lord Barkeley
[of Stratton] and his lady; but I did not turn my face to them to be
known, so that I was excused from giving them my seat; and this pleasure
I had, that from this place the scenes do appear very fine indeed, and
much better than in the pit.  The house infinite full, and the King and
Duke of York was there.  By and by the play begun, and in it nothing
particular but a very fine dance for variety of figures, but a little too
long.  But, as to the contrivance, and all that was witty (which, indeed,
was much, and very witty), was almost the same that had been in his two
former plays of "Henry the 5th" and "Mustapha," and the same points and
turns of wit in both, and in this very same play often repeated, but in
excellent language, and were so excellent that the whole house was
mightily pleased with it all along till towards the end he comes to
discover the chief of the plot of the play by the reading of along
letter, which was so long and some things (the people being set already
to think too long) so unnecessary that they frequently begun to laugh,
and to hiss twenty times, that, had it not been for the King's being
there, they had certainly hissed it off the stage.  But I must confess
that, as my Lord Barkeley says behind me, the having of that long letter
was a thing so absurd, that he could not imagine how a man of his parts
could possibly fall into it; or, if he did, if he had but let any friend
read it, the friend would have told him of it; and, I must confess, it is
one of the most remarkable instances that ever I did or expect to meet
with in my life of a wise man's not being wise at all times, and in all
things, for nothing could be more ridiculous than this, though the letter
of itself at another time would be thought an excellent letter, and
indeed an excellent Romance, but at the end of the play, when every body
was weary of sitting, and were already possessed with the effect of the
whole letter; to trouble them with a letter a quarter of an hour long,
was a most absurd thing.  After the play done, and nothing pleasing them
from the time of the letter to the end of the play, people being put into
a bad humour of disliking (which is another thing worth the noting), I
home by coach, and could not forbear laughing almost all the way home,
and all the evening to my going to bed, at the ridiculousness of the
letter, and the more because my wife was angry with me, and the world,
for laughing, because the King was there, though she cannot defend the
length of the letter.  So after having done business at the office, I
home to supper and to bed.



20th (Lord's day).  Up, and put on my new tunique of velvett; which is
very plain, but good.  This morning is brought to me an order for the
presenting the Committee of Parliament to-morrow with a list of the
commanders and ships' names of all the fleetes set out since the war,
and particularly of those ships which were divided from the fleete with
Prince Rupert;

     [This question of the division of the fleet in May, 1666, was one
     over which endless controversy as to responsibility was raised.
     When Prince Rupert, with twenty ships, was detached to prevent the
     junction of the French squadron with the Dutch, the Duke of
     Albemarle was left with fifty-four ships against eighty belonging to
     the Dutch.  Albemarle's tactics are praised by Captain Mahan.]

which gives me occasion to see that they are busy after that business,
and I am glad of it.  So I alone to church, and then home, and there Mr.
Deane comes and dines with me by invitation, and both at and after dinner
he and I spent all the day till it was dark in discourse of business of
the Navy and the ground of the many miscarriages, wherein he do inform me
in many more than I knew, and I had desired him to put them in writing,
and many indeed they are and good ones; and also we discoursed of the
business of shipping, and he hath promised me a draught of the ship he is
now building, wherein I am mightily pleased.  This afternoon comes to me
Captain O'Bryan, about a ship that the King hath given him; and he and I
to talk of the Parliament; and he tells me that the business of the Duke
of York's slackening sail in the first fight, at the beginning of the
war, is brought into question, and Sir W. Pen and Captain Cox are to
appear to-morrow about it; and it is thought will at last be laid upon
Mr. Bruncker's giving orders from the Duke of York (which the Duke of
York do not own) to Captain Cox to do it; but it seems they do resent
this very highly, and are mad in going through all business, where they
can lay any fault.  I am glad to hear, that in the world I am as kindly
spoke of as any body; for, for aught I see, there is bloody work like to
be, Sir W. Coventry having been forced to produce a letter in Parliament
wherein the Duke of Albemarle did from Sheernesse write in what good
posture all things were at Chatham, and that the chain was so well placed
that he feared no attempt of the enemy: so that, among other things, I
see every body is upon his own defence, and spares not to blame another
to defend himself, and the same course I shall take.  But God knows where
it will end!  He gone, and Deane, I to my chamber for a while, and then
comes Pelling the apothecary to see us, and sat and supped with me (my
wife being gone to bed sick of the cholique), and then I to bed, after
supper.  Pelting tells me that my Lady Duchesse Albemarle was at Mrs.
Turner's this afternoon, she being ill, and did there publickly talk of
business, and of our Office; and that she believed that I was safe, and
had done well; and so, I thank God!  I hear every body speaks of me; and
indeed, I think, without vanity, I may expect to be profited rather than
injured by this inquiry, which the Parliament makes into business.



21st.  Up, and betimes got a coach at the Exchange, and thence to St.
James's, where I had forgot that the Duke of York and family were gone to
White Hall, and thence to Westminster Hall and there walked a little,
finding the Parliament likely to be busy all this morning about the
business of Mr. Bruncker for advising Cox and Harman to shorten sail when
they were in pursuit of the Dutch after the first great victory.  I went
away to Mr. Creed's chamber, there to meet Sir H. Cholmly, about business
of Mr. Yeabsly, where I was delivered of a great fear that they would
question some of the orders for payment of money which I had got them
signed at the time of the plague, when I was here alone, but all did
pass.  Thence to Westminster again, and up to the lobby, where many
commanders of the fleete were, and Captain Cox, and Mr. Pierce, the
Surgeon; the last of whom hath been in the House, and declared that he
heard Bruncker advise; and give arguments to, Cox, for the safety of the
Duke of York's person, to shorten sail, that they might not be in the
middle of the enemy in the morning alone; and Cox denying to observe his
advice, having received the Duke of York's commands over night to keep
within cannon-shot (as they then were) of the enemy, Bruncker did go to
Harman, and used the same arguments, and told him that he was sure it
would be well pleasing to the King that care should be taken of not
endangering the Duke of York; and, after much persuasion, Harman was
heard to say, "Why, if it must be, then lower the topsail."  And so did
shorten sail, to the loss, as the Parliament will have it, of the
greatest victory that ever was, and which would have saved all the
expence of blood, and money, and honour, that followed; and this they do
resent, so as to put it to the question, whether Bruncker should not be
carried to the Tower: who do confess that, out of kindness to the Duke of
York's safety, he did advise that they should do so, but did not use the
Duke of York's name therein; and so it was only his error in advising it,
but the greatest theirs in taking it, contrary to order.  At last, it
ended that it should be suspended till Harman comes home; and then the
Parliament-men do all tell me that it will fall heavy, and, they think,
be fatal to Bruncker or him.  Sir W. Pen tells me he was gone to bed,
having been all day labouring, and then not able to stand, of the goute,
and did give order for the keeping the sails standing, as they then were,
all night.  But, which I wonder at, he tells me that he did not know the
next day that they had shortened sail, nor ever did enquire into it till
about ten days ago, that this begun to be mentioned; and, indeed, it is
charged privately as a fault on the Duke of York, that he did not
presently examine the reason of the breach of his orders, and punish it.
But Cox tells me that he did finally refuse it; and what prevailed with
Harman he knows not, and do think that we might have done considerable
service on the enemy the next day, if this had not been done.  Thus this
business ended to-day, having kept them till almost two o'clock; and then
I by coach with Sir W. Pen as far as St. Clement's, talking of this
matter, and there set down; and I walked to Sir G. Carteret's, and there
dined with him and several Parliament-men, who, I perceive, do all look
upon it as a thing certain that the Parliament will enquire into every
thing, and will be very severe where they can find any fault.  Sir W.
Coventry, I hear, did this day make a speech, in apology for his reading
the letter of the Duke of Albemarle, concerning the good condition which
Chatham was in before the enemy come thither: declaring his simple
intention therein, without prejudice to my Lord.  And I am told that he
was also with the Duke of Albemarle yesterday to excuse it; but this day
I do hear, by some of Sir W. Coventry's friends, that they think he hath
done himself much injury by making this man, and his interest, so much
his enemy.  After dinner, I away to Westminster, and up to the
Parliament-house, and there did wait with great patience, till seven at
night, to be called in to the Committee, who sat all this afternoon,
examining the business of Chatham; and at last was called in, and told,
that the least they expected from us Mr. Wren had promised them, and only
bade me to bring all my fellow-officers thitherto attend them tomorrow,
afternoon.  Sir Robert Brookes in the chair: methinks a sorry fellow to
be there, because a young man; and yet he seems to speak very well.  I
gone thence, my cozen Pepys comes out to me, and walks in the Hall with
me, and bids me prepare to answer to every thing; for they do seem to
lodge the business of Chatham upon the Commissioners of the Navy, and
they are resolved to lay the fault heavy somewhere, and to punish it: and
prays me to prepare to save myself, and gives me hints what to prepare
against; which I am obliged to him for, and do begin to mistrust lest
some unhappy slip or other after all my diligence and pains may not be
found (which I can [not] foresee) that may prove as fatal to a man as the
constant course of negligence and unfaithfulness of other men.  Here we
parted, and I to White Hall to Mr. Wren's chamber, thereto advise with
him about the list of ships and commanders which he is to present to the
Parliament, and took coach (little Michell being with me, whom I took
with me from Westminster Hall), and setting him down in Gracious street
home myself, where I find my wife and the two Mercers and Willett and W.
Batelier have been dancing, but without a fidler.  I had a little
pleasure in talking with these, but my head and heart full of thoughts
between hope and fear and doubts what will become of us and me
particularly against a furious Parliament.  Then broke up and to bed, and
there slept pretty well till about four o'clock, and from that time could
not, but my thoughts running on speeches to the Parliament to excuse
myself from the blame which by other men's negligence will 'light, it may
be, upon the office.  This day I did get a list of the fourteen
particular miscarriages which are already before the Committee to be
examined; wherein, besides two or three that will concern this Office
much, there are those of the prizes, and that of Bergen, and not
following the Dutch ships, against my Lord Sandwich; that, I fear, will
ruine him, unless he hath very good luck, or they may be in better temper
before he can come to be charged: but my heart is full of fear for him
and his family.  I hear that they do prosecute the business against my
Lord Chief Justice Keeling with great severity.



22nd.  Slept but ill all the last part of the night, for fear of this
day's success in Parliament: therefore up, and all of us all the morning
close, till almost two o'clock, collecting all we had to say and had done
from the beginning, touching the safety of the River Medway and Chatham.
And, having done this, and put it into order, we away, I not having time
to eat my dinner; and so all in my Lord Bruncker's coach, that is to say,
Bruncker, W. Pen, T. Harvy, and myself, talking of the other great matter
with which they charge us, that is, of discharging men by ticket, in
order to our defence in case that should be asked.  We come to the
Parliament-door, and there, after a little waiting till the Committee was
sat, we were, the House being very full, called in: Sir W. Pen went in
and sat as a Member; and my Lord Bruncker would not at first go in,
expecting to have a chair set for him, and his brother had bid him not go
in, till he was called for; but, after a few words, I had occasion to
mention him, and so he was called in, but without any more chair or
respect paid him than myself: and so Bruncker, and T. Harvy, and I, were
there to answer: and I had a chair brought me to lean my books upon: and
so did give them such an account, in a series of the whole business that
had passed the Office touching the matter, and so answered all questions
given me about it, that I did not perceive but they were fully satisfied
with me and the business as to our Office: and then Commissioner Pett
(who was by at all my discourse, and this held till within an hour after
candlelight, for I had candles brought in to read my papers by) was to
answer for himself, we having lodged all matters with him for execution.
But, Lord! what a tumultuous thing this Committee is, for all the
reputation they have of a great council, is a strange consideration;
there being as impertinent questions, and as disorderly proposed, as any
man could make.  But Commissioner Pett, of all men living, did make the
weakest defence for himself: nothing to the purpose, nor to satisfaction,
nor certain; but sometimes one thing and sometimes another, sometimes for
himself and sometimes against him; and his greatest failure was, that I
observed, from his [not] considering whether the question propounded was
his part to answer or no, and the thing to be done was his work to do:
the want of which distinction will overthrow him; for he concerns himself
in giving an account of the disposal of the boats, which he had no reason
at all to do, or take any blame upon him for them.  He charged the not
carrying up of "The Charles" upon the Tuesday, to the Duke of Albemarle;
but I see the House is mighty favourable to the Duke of Albemarle, and
would give little weight to it.  And something of want of armes he spoke,
which Sir J. Duncomb answered with great imperiousness and earnestness;
but, for all that, I do see the House is resolved to be better satisfied
in the business of the unreadiness of Sherenesse, and want of armes and
ammunition there and every where: and all their officers were here to-day
attending, but only one called in, about armes for boats, to answer
Commissioner Pett.  None of my brethren said anything but me there, but
only two or three silly words my Lord Bruncker gave, in answer to one
question about the number of men there were in the King's Yard at the
time.  At last, the House dismissed us, and shortly after did adjourne
the debate till Friday next: and my cozen Pepys did come out and joy me
in my acquitting myself so well, and so did several others, and my
fellow-officers all very brisk to see themselves so well acquitted; which
makes me a little proud, but yet not secure but we may yet meet with a
back-blow which we see not.  So, with our hearts very light, Sir W. Pen
and I in his coach home, it being now near eight o'clock, and so to the
office, and did a little business by the post, and so home, hungry, and
eat a good supper, and so, with my mind well at ease, to bed.  My wife
not very well of those.



23rd.  Up, and Sir W. Pen and I in his coach to White Hall, there to
attend the Duke of York; but come a little too late, and so missed it:
only spoke with him, and heard him correct my Lord Barkeley, who fell
foul on Sir Edward Spragg, who, it seems, said yesterday to the House,
that if the Officers of the Ordnance had done as much work at Shereness
in ten weeks as "The Prince" did in ten days, he could have defended the
place against the Dutch: but the Duke of York told him that every body
must have liberty, at this time, to make their own defence, though it be
to the charging of the fault upon any other, so it be true; so I perceive
the whole world is at work in blaming one another.  Thence Sir W. Pen and
I back into London; and there saw the King, with his kettle-drums and
trumpets, going to the Exchange, to lay the first stone of the first
pillar of the new building of the Exchange; which, the gates being shut,
I could not get in to see: but, with Sir W. Pen, to Captain Cocke's to
drink a dram of brandy, and so he to the Treasury office about Sir G.
Carteret's accounts, and I took coach and back again toward Westminster;
but in my way stopped at the Exchange, and got in, the King being newly
gone; and there find the bottom of the first pillar laid.  And here was a
shed set up, and hung with tapestry, and a canopy of state, and some good
victuals and wine, for the King, who, it seems, did it; and so a great
many people, as Tom Killigrew, and others of the Court there, and there I
did eat a mouthful and drink a little, and do find Mr. Gawden in his
gowne as Sheriffe, and understand that the King hath this morning
knighted him upon the place, which I am mightily pleased with; and I
think the other Sheriffe, who is Davis, the little fellow, my
schoolfellow,--the bookseller, who was one of Audley's' Executors, and
now become Sheriffe; which is a strange turn, methinks.  Here mighty
merry (there being a good deal of good company) for a quarter of an hour,
and so I away and to Westminster Hall, where I come just as the House
rose; and there, in the Hall, met with Sir W. Coventry, who is in pain to
defend himself in the business of tickets, it being said that the paying
of the ships at Chatham by ticket was by his direction, and he hath wrote
to me to find his letters, and shew them him, but I find none; but did
there argue the case with him, and I think no great blame can be laid on
us for that matter, only I see he is fearfull.  And he tells me his
mistake in the House the other day, which occasions him much trouble, in
shewing of the House the Duke of Albemarle's letter about the good
condition of Chatham, which he is sorry for, and, owns as a mistake, the
thing not being necessary to have been done; and confesses that nobody
can escape from such error, some times or other.  He says the House was
well satisfied with my Report yesterday; and so several others told me in
the Hall that my Report was very good and satisfactory, and that I have
got advantage by it in the House: I pray God it may prove so!  And here,
after the Hall pretty empty, I did walk a few turns with Commissioner
Pett, and did give the poor weak man some advice for his advantage how to
better his pleading for himself, which I think he will if he can remember
and practise, for I would not have the man suffer what he do not deserve,
there being enough of what he do deserve to lie upon him.  Thence to Mrs.
Martin's, and there staid till two o'clock, and drank and talked, and did
give her L3 to buy my goddaughter her first new gowne .  .  .  .  and so
away homeward, and in my way met Sir W. Pen in Cheapside, and went into
his coach, and back again and to the King's playhouse, and there saw "The
Black Prince" again: which is now mightily bettered by that long letter
being printed, and so delivered to every body at their going in, and some
short reference made to it in heart in the play, which do mighty well;
but, when all is done, I think it the worst play of my Lord Orrery's.
But here, to my great satisfaction, I did see my Lord Hinchingbroke and
his mistress, with her father and mother; and I am mightily pleased with
the young lady, being handsome enough--and, indeed, to my great liking,
as I would have her.  I could not but look upon them all the play; being
exceeding pleased with my good hap to see them, God bring them together!
and they are now already mighty kind to one another, and he is as it were
one of their family.  The play done I home, and to the office a while,
and then home to supper, very hungry, and then to my chamber, to read the
true story, in Speed, of the Black Prince, and so to bed.  This day, it
was moved in the House that a day might be appointed to bring in an,
impeachment against the Chancellor, but it was decried as being
irregular; but that, if there was ground for complaint, it might be
brought to the Committee for miscarriages, and, if they thought good, to
present it to the House; and so it was carried.  They did also vote this
day thanks to be given to the Prince and Duke of Albemarle, for their
care and conduct in the last year's war, which is a strange act; but, I
know not how, the blockhead Albemarle hath strange luck to be loved,
though he be, and every man must know it, the heaviest man in the world,
but stout and honest to his country.  This evening late, Mr. Moore come
to me to prepare matters for my Lord Sandwich's defence; wherein I can
little assist, but will do all I can; and am in great fear of nothing but
the damned business of the prizes, but I fear my Lord will receive a
cursed deal of trouble by it.



24th.  Up, and to the office, where all the morning very busy, and at
noon took Mr. Hater home with me to dinner, and instantly back again to
write what letters I had to write, that I might go abroad with my wife,
who was not well, only to jumble her, and so to the Duke of York's
playhouse; but there Betterton not being yet well, we would not stay,
though since I hear that Smith do act his part in "The Villaine," which
was then acted, as well or better than he, which I do not believe; but to
Charing Cross, there to see Polichinelli.  But, it being begun, we in to
see a Frenchman, at the house, where my wife's father last lodged, one
Monsieur Prin, play on the trump-marine,

     [The trumpet marine is a stringed instrument having a triangular-
     shaped body or chest and a long neck, a single string raised on a
     bridge and running along the body and neck.  It was played with a
     bow.]

which he do beyond belief; and, the truth is, it do so far outdo a
trumpet as nothing more, and he do play anything very true, and it is
most admirable and at first was a mystery to me that I should hear a
whole concert of chords together at the end of a pause, but he showed me
that it was only when the last notes were 5ths or 3rds, one to another,
and then their sounds like an Echo did last so as they seemed to sound
all together.  The instrument is open at the end, I discovered; but he
would not let me look into it, but I was mightily pleased with it, and he
did take great pains to shew me all he could do on it, which was very
much, and would make an excellent concert, two or three of them, better
than trumpets can ever do, because of their want of compass.  Here we
also saw again the two fat children come out of Ireland, and a brother
and sister of theirs now come, which are of little ordinary growth, like
other people.  But, Lord!  how strange it is to observe the difference
between the same children, come out of the same little woman's belly!
Thence to Mile-End Greene, and there drank, and so home bringing home
night with us, and so to the office a little, and then to bed.



25th.  Up, and all the morning close till two o'clock, till I had not
time to eat my dinner, to make our answer ready for the Parliament this
afternoon, to shew how Commissioner Pett was singly concerned in the
executing of all orders from Chatham, and that we did properly lodge all
orders with him.  Thence with Sir W. Pen to the Parliament Committee, and
there we all met, and did shew, my Lord Bruncker and I, our commissions
under the Great Seal in behalf of all the rest, to shew them our duties,
and there I had no more matters asked me, but were bid to withdraw, and
did there wait, I all the afternoon till eight at, night, while they were
examining several about the business of Chatham again, and particularly
my Lord Bruncker did meet with two or three blurs that he did not think
of.  One from Spragg, who says that "The Unity" was ordered up contrary
to his order, by my Lord Bruncker and Commissioner Pett.  Another by
Crispin, the waterman, who said he was upon "The Charles;" and spoke to
Lord Bruncker coming by in his boat, to know whether they should carry up
"The Charles," they being a great many naked men without armes, and he
told them she was well as she was.  Both these have little in them
indeed, but yet both did stick close against him; and he is the weakest
man in the world to make his defence, and so is like to have much fault
laid on him therefrom.  Spragg was in with them all the afternoon, and
hath much fault laid on him for a man that minded his pleasure, and
little else of his whole charge.  I walked in the lobby, and there do
hear from Mr. Chichly that they were (the Commissioners of the Ordnance)
shrewdly put to it yesterday, being examined with all severity and were
hardly used by them, much otherwise than we, and did go away with mighty
blame; and I am told by every body that it is likely to stick mighty hard
upon them: at which every body is glad, because of Duncomb's pride, and
their expecting to have the thanks of the House whereas they have
deserved, as the Parliament apprehends, as bad as bad can be.  Here is
great talk of an impeachment brought in against my Lord Mordaunt, and
that another will be brought in against my Lord Chancellor in a few days.
Here I understand for certain that they have ordered that my Lord
Arlington's letters, and Secretary Morrice's letters of intelligence, be
consulted, about the business of the Dutch fleete's coming abroad, which
is a very high point, but this they have done, but in what particular
manner I cannot justly say, whether it was not with the King's leave
first asked.  Here late, as I have said, and at last they broke up, and
we had our commissions again, and I do hear how Birch is the high man
that do examine and trouble every body with his questions, and they say
that he do labour all he can to clear Pett, but it seems a witness has
come in tonight, C. Millett, who do declare that he did deliver a message
from the Duke of Albemarle time enough for him to carry up "The Charles,"
and he neglected it, which will stick very hard, it seems, on him.  So
Sir W. Pen and I in his coach home, and there to supper, a good supper,
and so weary, and my eyes spent, to bed.



26th.  Up, and we met all this morning at Sir W. Pen's roome, the office
being fowle with the altering of our garden door.  There very busy, and
at noon home, where Mrs. Pierce and her daughter's husband and Mr. Corbet
dined with me.  I had a good dinner for them, and mighty merry.  Pierce
and I very glad at the fate of the officers of Ordnance, that they are
like to have so much blame on them.  Here Mrs. Pierce tells me that the
two Marshalls at the King's house are Stephen Marshall's, the great
Presbyterian's daughters: and that Nelly and Beck Marshall, falling out
the other day, the latter called the other my Lord Buckhurst's whore.
Nell answered then, "I was but one man's whore, though I was brought up
in a bawdy-house to fill strong waters to the guests; and you are a whore
to three or four, though a Presbyter's praying daughter!"  which was very
pretty.  Mrs. Pierce is still very pretty, but paints red on her face,
which makes me hate her, that I thank God I take no pleasure in her at
all more.  After much mirth and good company at dinner, I to the office
and left them, and Pendleton also, who come in to see my wife and talk of
dancing, and there I at the office all the afternoon very busy, and did
much business, with my great content to see it go off of hand, and so
home, my eyes spent, to supper and to bed.



27th (Lord's day).  Up, and to my office, there, with W. Hewer, to
dictate a long letter to the Duke of York, about the bad state of the
office, it being a work I do think fit for the office to do, though it be
to no purpose but for their vindication in these bad times; for I do now
learn many things tending to our safety which I did not wholly forget
before, but do find the fruits of, and would I had practised them more,
as, among other things, to be sure to let our answers to orders bear date
presently after their date, that we may be found quick in our execution.
This did us great good the other day before the Parliament.  All the
morning at this, at noon home to dinner, with my own family alone.  After
dinner, I down to Deptford, the first time that I went to look upon "The
Maybolt," which the King hath given me, and there she is; and I did meet
with Mr. Uthwayte, who do tell me that there are new sails ordered to be
delivered her, and a cable, which I did not speak of at all to him.  So,
thereupon, I told him I would not be my own hindrance so much as to take
her into my custody before she had them, which was all I said to him, but
desired him to take a strict inventory of her, that I might not be
cheated by the master nor the company, when they come to understand that
the vessel is gone away, which he hath promised me, and so away back
again home, reading all the way the book of the collection of oaths in
the several offices of this nation, which is worth a man's reading, and
so away home, and there my boy and I to sing, and at it all the evening,
and to supper, and so to bed.  This evening come Sir J. Minnes to me, to
let me know that a Parliament-man hath been with him, to tell him that
the Parliament intend to examine him particularly about Sir W. Coventry's
selling of places, and about my Lord Bruncker's discharging the ships at
Chatham by ticket: for the former of which I am more particularly sorry
that that business of [Sir] W. Coventry should come up again; though this
old man tells me, and, I believe, that he can say nothing to it.



28th.  Up, and by water to White Hall (calling at Michell's and drank a
dram of strong water, but it being early I did not see his wife), and
thence walked to Sir W. Coventry's lodging, but he was gone out, and so
going towards St. James's I find him at his house which is fitting for
him; and there I to him, and was with him above an hour alone,
discoursing of the matters of the nation, and our Office, and himself.
He owns that he is, at this day, the chief person aymed at by the
Parliament--that is, by the friends of my Lord Chancellor, and also by
the Duke of Albemarle, by reason of his unhappy shewing of the Duke of
Albemarle's letter, the other day, in the House; but that he thinks that
he is not liable to any hurt they can fasten on him for anything, he is
so well armed to justify himself in every thing, unless in the old
business of selling places, when he says every body did; and he will now
not be forward to tell his own story, as he hath been; but tells me he
is grown wiser, and will put them to prove any thing, and he will defend
himself: besides that, he will dispute the statute, thinking that it will
not be found to reach him.  We did talk many things, which, as they come
into my mind now, I shall set down without order: that he is weary of
public employment; and neither ever designed, nor will ever, if his
commission were brought to him wrapt in gold, would he accept of any
single place in the State, as particularly Secretary of State; which,
he says, the world discourses Morrice is willing to resign, and he thinks
the King might have thought of him, but he would not, by any means,
now take it, if given him, nor anything, but in commission with others,
who may bear part of the blame; for now he observes well, that whoever
did do anything singly are now in danger, however honest and painful they
were, saying that he himself was the only man, he thinks, at the council-
board that spoke his mind clearly, as he thought, to the good of the
King; and the rest, who sat silent, have nothing said to them, nor are
taken notice of.  That the first time the King did take him so closely
into his confidence and ministry of affairs was upon the business of
Chatham, when all the disturbances were there, and in the kingdom; and
then, while everybody was fancying for himself, the King did find him to
persuade him to call for the Parliament, declaring that it was against
his own proper interest, forasmuch as [it was] likely they would find
faults with him, as well as with others, but that he would prefer the
service of the King before his own: and, thereupon, the King did take him
into his special notice, and, from that time to this, hath received him
so; and that then he did see the folly and mistakes of the Chancellor in
the management of things, and saw that matters were never likely to be
done well in that sort of conduct, and did persuade the King to think fit
of the taking away the seals from the Chancellor, which, when it was
done, he told me that he himself, in his own particular, was sorry for
it; for, while he stood, there was he and my Lord Arlington to stand
between him and harm: whereas now there is only my Lord Arlington, and
he is now down, so that all their fury is placed upon him but that he did
tell the King, when he first moved it, that, if he thought the laying of
him, W. Coventry, aside, would at all facilitate the removing of the
Chancellor, he would most willingly submit to it, whereupon the King did
command him to try the Duke of York about it, and persuade him to it,
which he did, by the King's command, undertake, and compass, and the Duke
of York did own his consent to the King, but afterwards was brought to be
of another mind for the Chancellor, and now is displeased with him, and
[so is] the Duchesse, so that she will not see him; but he tells me the
Duke of York seems pretty kind, and hath said that he do believe that
W. Coventry did mean well, and do it only out of judgment.  He tells me
that he never was an intriguer in his life, nor will be, nor of any
combination of persons to set up this, or fling down that, nor hath, in
his own business, this Parliament, spoke to three members to say any
thing for him, but will stand upon his own defence, and will stay by it,
and thinks that he is armed against all they can [say], but the old
business of selling places, and in that thinks they cannot hurt him.
However, I do find him mighty willing to have his name used as little as
he can, and he was glad when I did deliver him up a letter of his to me,
which did give countenance to the discharging of men by ticket at
Chatham, which is now coming in question; and wherein, I confess, I am
sorry to find him so tender of appearing, it being a thing not only good
and fit, all that was done in it, but promoted and advised by him.  But
he thinks the House is set upon wresting anything to his prejudice that
they can pick up.  He tells me he did never, as a great many have, call
the Chancellor rogue and knave, and I know not what; but all that he hath
said, and will stand by, is, that his counsels were not good, nor the
manner of his managing of things.  I suppose he means suffering the King
to run in debt; for by and by the King walking in the parke, with a great
crowd of his idle people about him, I took occasion to say that it was a
sorry thing to be a poor King, and to have others to come to correct the
faults of his own servants, and that this was it that brought us all into
this condition.  He answered that he would never be a poor King, and then
the other would mend of itself.  "No," says he, "I would eat bread and
drink water first, and this day discharge all the idle company about me,
and walk only with two footmen; and this I have told the King, and this
must do it at last."  I asked him how long the King would suffer this.
He told me the King must suffer it yet longer, that he would not advise
the King to do otherwise; for it would break out again worse, if he
should break them up before the core be come up.  After this, we fell to
other talk, of my waiting upon him hereafter, it may be, to read a
chapter in Seneca, in this new house, which he hath bought, and is making
very fine, when we may be out of employment, which he seems to wish more
than to fear, and I do believe him heartily.  Thence home, and met news
from Mr. Townsend of the Wardrobe that old Young, the yeoman taylor,
whose place my Lord Sandwich promised my father, is dead.  Upon which,
resolving presently that my father shall not be troubled with it, but I
hope I shall be able to enable him to end his days where he is, in quiet,
I went forth thinking to tell Mrs. Ferrers (Captain Ferrers's wife), who
do expect it after my father, that she may look after it, but upon second
thoughts forbore it, and so back again home, calling at the New Exchange,
and there buying "The Indian Emperour," newly printed, and so home to
dinner, where I had Mr. Clerke, the sollicitor, and one of the Auditor's
clerks to discourse about the form of making up my accounts for the
Exchequer, which did give me good satisfaction, and so after dinner, my
wife, and Mercer, who grows fat, and Willett, and I, to the King's house,
and there saw "The Committee," a play I like well, and so at night home
and to the office, and so to my chamber about my accounts, and then to
Sir W. Pen's to speak with Sir John Chichly, who desired my advice about
a prize which he hath begged of the King, and there had a great deal of
his foolish talk of ladies and love and I know not what, and so home to
supper and to bed.



29th.  Up, and at the office, my Lord Bruncker and I close together till
almost 3 after noon, never stirring, making up a report for the Committee
this afternoon about the business of discharging men by ticket, which it
seems the House is mighty earnest in, but is a foolery in itself, yet
gives me a great deal of trouble to draw up a defence for the Board, as
if it was a crime; but I think I have done it to very good purpose.  Then
to my Lady Williams's, with her and my Lord, and there did eat a snapp of
good victuals, and so to Westminster Hall, where we find the House not
up, but sitting all this day about the method of bringing in the charge
against my Lord Chancellor; and at last resolved for a Committee to draw
up the heads, and so rose, and no Committee to sit tonight.  Here Sir
W. Coventry and Lord Bruncker and I did in the Hall (between the two
Courts at the top of the Hall) discourse about a letter of [Sir]
W. Coventry's to Bruncker, whereon Bruncker did justify his discharging
men by ticket, and insists on one word which Sir W. Coventry would not
seem very earnest to have left out, but I did see him concerned, and did
after labour to suppress the whole letter, the thing being in itself
really impertinent, but yet so it is that [Sir] W. Coventry do not desire
to have his name used in this business, and I have prevailed with
Bruncker for it.  Thence Bruncker and I to the King's House, thinking to
have gone into a box above, for fear of being seen, the King being there,
but the play being 3 acts done we would not give 4s., and so away and
parted, and I home, and there after a little supper to bed, my eyes ill,
and head full of thoughts of the trouble this Parliament gives us.



30th.  All the morning till past noon preparing over again our report
this afternoon to the Committee of Parliament about tickets, and then
home to eat a bit, and then with Sir W. Pen to White Hall, where we did a
very little business with the Duke of York at our usual meeting, only I
perceive that he do leave all of us, as the King do those about him, to
stand and fall by ourselves, and I think is not without some cares
himself what the Parliament may do in matters wherein his honour is
concerned.  Thence to the Parliament-house; where, after the Committee
was sat, I was called in; and the first thing was upon the complaint of a
dirty slut that was there, about a ticket which she had lost, and had
applied herself to me for another.  .  .  . I did give them a short and
satisfactory answer to that; and so they sent her away, and were ashamed
of their foolery, in giving occasion to 500 seamen and seamen's wives to
come before them, as there was this afternoon.  But then they fell to the
business of tickets, and I did give them the best answer I could, but had
not scope to do it in the methodical manner which I had prepared myself
for, but they did ask a great many broken rude questions about it, and
were mightily hot whether my Lord Bruncker had any order to discharge
whole ships by ticket, and because my answer was with distinction, and
not direct, I did perceive they were not so fully satisfied therewith as
I could wish they were.  So my Lord Bruncker was called in, and they
could fasten nothing on him that I could see, nor indeed was there any
proper matter for blame, but I do see, and it was said publicly in the
House by Sir T. Clerges that Sir W. Batten had designed the business of
discharging men by ticket and an order after the thing was done to
justify my Lord Bruncker for having done it.  But this I did not owne at
all, nor was it just so, though he did indeed do something like it, yet
had contributed as much to it as any man of the board by sending down of
tickets to do it.  But, Lord! to see that we should be brought to justify
ourselves in a thing of necessity and profit to the King, and of no
profit or convenience to us, but the contrary.  We being withdrawn, we
heard no more of it, but there staid late and do hear no more, only my
cozen Pepys do tell me that he did hear one or two whisper as if they
thought that I do bogle at the business of my Lord Bruncker, which is a
thing I neither did or have reason to do in his favour, but I do not
think it fit to make him suffer for a thing that deserves well.  But this
do trouble me a little that anything should stick to my prejudice in any
of them, and did trouble me so much that all the way home with Sir W. Pen
I was not at good ease, nor all night, though when I come home I did find
my wife, and Betty Turner, the two Mercers, and Mrs. Parker, an ugly
lass, but yet dances well, and speaks the best of them, and W. Batelier,
and Pembleton dancing; and here I danced with them, and had a good
supper, and as merry as I could be, and so they being gone we to bed.



31st.  Up, and all the morning at the office, and at noon Mr. Creed and
Yeabsly dined with me (my wife gone to dine with Mrs. Pierce and see a
play with her), and after dinner in comes Mr. Turner, of Eynsbury, lately
come to town, and also after him Captain Hill of the "Coventry," who lost
her at Barbadoes, and is come out of France, where he hath been long
prisoner.  After a great deal of mixed discourse, and then Mr. Turner and
I alone a little in my closet, talking about my Lord Sandwich (who I hear
is now ordered by the King to come home again), we all parted, and I by
water, calling at Michell's, and saw and once kissed su wife, but I do
think that he is jealous of her, and so she dares not stand out of his
sight; so could not do more, but away by water to the Temple, and there,
after spending a little time in my bookseller's shop, I to Westminster;
and there at the lobby do hear by Commissioner Pett, to my great
amazement, that he is in worse condition than before, by the coming in of
the Duke of Albemarle's and Prince Rupert's Narratives' this day; wherein
the former do most severely lay matters upon him, so as the House this
day have, I think, ordered him to the Tower again, or something like it;
so that the poor man is likely to be overthrown, I doubt, right or wrong,
so infinite fond they are of any thing the Duke of Albemarle says or
writes to them!  I did then go down, and there met with Colonel Reames
and cozen Roger Pepys; and there they do tell me how the Duke of
Albemarle and the Prince have laid blame on a great many, and
particularly on our Office in general; and particularly for want of
provision, wherein I shall come to be questioned again in that business
myself; which do trouble me.  But my cozen Pepys and I had much discourse
alone: and he do bewail the constitution of this House, and says there is
a direct caball and faction, as much as is possible between those for and
those against the Chancellor, and so in other factions, that there is
nothing almost done honestly and with integrity; only some few, he says,
there are, that do keep out of all plots and combinations, and when their
time comes will speak and see right done, if possible; and that he
himself is looked upon to be a man that will be of no faction, and so
they do shun to make him; and I am glad of it.  He tells me that he
thanks God he never knew what it was to be tempted to be a knave in his
life; till he did come into the House of Commons, where there is nothing
done but by passion, and faction, and private interest.  Reames did tell
me of a fellow last night (one Kelsy, a commander of a fire-ship, who
complained for want of his money paid him) did say that he did see one of
the Commissioners of the Navy bring in three waggon-loads of prize-goods
into Greenwich one night; but that the House did take no notice of it,
nor enquire; but this is me, and I must expect to be called to account,
and answer what I did as well as I can.  So thence away home, and in
Holborne, going round, it being dark, I espied Sir D. Gawden's coach, and
so went out of mine into his; and there had opportunity to talk of the
business of victuals, which the Duke of Albemarle and Prince did complain
that they were in want of the last year: but we do conclude we shall be
able to show quite the contrary of that; only it troubles me that we must
come to contend with these great persons, which will overrun us.  So with
some disquiet in my mind on this account I home, and there comes Mr.
Yeabsly, and he and I to even some accounts, wherein I shall be a gainer
about L200, which is a seasonable profit, for I have got nothing a great
while; and he being gone, I to bed.




ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS:

Commons, where there is nothing done but by passion, and faction
Disquiet all night, telling of the clock till it was daylight
Painful to keep money, as well as to get it
Sorry thing to be a poor King
Spares not to blame another to defend himself
Wise man's not being wise at all times




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