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23rd (Lord's day). To church, where a vain fellow with a
periwigg preached, Chaplain (as by his prayer appeared) to the
Earle of Carlisle.

24th. It being frost and dry, as far as Paul's, and so back
again through the City by Guildhall, observing the ruins
thereabouts till I did truly lose myself. No news yet of our
Gottenburgh fleet; which makes us have some fears, it being of
mighty concernment to have our supply of masts safe. I met with
Mr. Cade to-night, my stationer; and he tells me that he hears
for certain, that the Queene-Mother is about and hath near
finished a peace with France, which as a Presbyterian he do not
like, but seems to fear it will be a means to introduce Popery.

26th. To the Duke's house to a play. It was indifferently done,
Gosnell not singing, but a new wench that sings naughtily.

27th. Up; and called up by the King's trumpets, which cost me
10s. By coach to the King's playhouse, and there saw "The
Scornful Lady" well acted; Doll Common doing Abigail most
excellently, and Knipp the widow very well, (and will be an
excellent actor, I think.) In other parts the play not so well
done as need be by the old actors. This day a house or two was
blown up with powder in the Minorys, and several people spoiled,
and manye dug out from under the rubbish.

28th. I to my Lord Crewe's, where I find and hear the news how
my Lord's brother, Mr. Nathaniel Crewe, hath an estate of 6 or
700l. per annum left him by the death of as old acquaintance of
his, but not akin to him at all. And this man is dead without
will, but had above ten years since made over his estate to this
Mr. Crewe, to him and his heirs for ever, and given Mr. Crewe the
keeping of the deeds in his own hand all this time; by which, if
he would, he might have taken present possession of the estate,
for he knew what they were. This is as great an action of
confident friendship as this latter age, I believe, can show.
From hence to the Duke's house, and there saw "Macbeth" most
excellently acted, and a most excellent play for variety. I had
sent for my wife to meet me there, who did come: so I did not go
to White Hall, and got my Lord Bellasses to get me into the
playhouse; and there, after all staying above an hour for the
players (the King and all waiting, which was absurd,) saw "Henry
the Fifth" well done by the Duke's people, and in most excellent
habit, all new vests, being put on but this night. But I sat so
high and far off that I missed most of the words, and sat with a
wind coming into my back and neck, which did much trouble me.
The play continued till twelve at night; and then up, and a most
horrid cold night it was, and frosty, and moonshine.

29th. Called up with news from Sir W. Batten that Hogg hath
brought in two prizes more: and so I thither, and hear the
particulars, which are good; one of them, if prize, being worth
4000l.: for which God be thanked! Then to the office, and have
the news brought us of Captain Robinson's coming with his fleet
from Gottenburgh: dispersed, though, by foul weather. But he
hath light of five Dutch men-of-war, and taken three, whereof one
is sunk; which is very good news to close up the year with, and
most of our merchant-men already heard of to be safely come home,
though after long lookings for, and now to several ports as they
could make them.

30th (Lord's day). To church. Here was a collection for the
sexton, But it come into my head why we should be more bold in
making the collection while the psalm is singing, than in the
sermon or prayer.

31st. To my accounts, wherein at last I find them clear and
right; but to my great discontent do find that my gettings this
year have been 573l. less than my last: it being this year in
all but 2986l.; whereas, the last, I got 3560l. And then again
my spendings this year have exceeded my spendings the last, by
644l.: my whole spendings last year being but 509l.; whereas
this year it appears I have spent 1154l. which is a sum not fit
to be said that ever I should spend in one year, before I am
master of a better estate than I am. Yet, blessed be God! and I
pray God make me thankful for it, I do find myself worth in
money, all good, above 6200l.: which is above 1800l. more than I
was the last year. Thus ends this year of publick wonder and
mischief to this nation. Publick matters in a most sad
condition; seamen discouraged for want of pay, and are become not
to be governed: nor, as matters are now, can any fleet go out
next year. Our enemies, French and Dutch, great, and grow more
by our poverty. The Parliament backward in raising, because
jealous of the spending of the money; the City less and less
likely to be built again, every body settling elsewhere, and
nobody encouraged to trade. A sad, vicious, negligent Court, and
all sober men there fearful of the ruin of the whole kingdom this
next year; from which, good God deliver us! One thing I reckon
remarkable in my own condition is, that I am come to abound in
good plate, so as at all entertainments to be served wholly with
silver plates, having two dozen and a half.

JANUARY 2, 1666-7. My wife up, and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the
fields to frost-bite themselves. I find the Court full of great
apprehensions of the French, who have certainly shipped landsmen,
great numbers at Brest; and most of our people here guess his
design for Ireland. We have orders to send all the ships we can
possible to the Downes, every day bringing us news of new
mutinies among the seamen; so that our condition is like to be
very miserable. Mr. George Montagu tells me of the King
displeasing the House of Commons by evading their Bill for
examining Accounts, and putting it into a Commission, though
therein he hath left out Coventry and --[A blank in the MS.], and
named all the rest the Parliament named, and all country Lords,
not one Courtier: this do not please them. He finds the enmity
almost over for my Lord Sandwich. Up to the Painted Chamber, and
there heard a conference between the House of Lords and Commons
about the Wine Patent; which I was exceeding glad to be at,
because of my hearing exceeding good discourses, but especially
from the Commons; among others Mr. Swinfen, and a young man, one
Sir Thomas Meres: [Knight, M.P. for Lincoln, made a Commissioner
of the Admiralty 1679.] and do outdo the Lords infinitely.
Alone to the King's house, and there saw "The Custome of the
Country," [A tragi-comedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher.] the second
time of its being acted, wherein Knipp does the Widow well; but
of all the plays that ever I did see, the worst, having neither
plot, language, nor any thing in the earth that is acceptable;
only Knipp sings a song admirably.

3rd. This day, I hear, hath been a conference between the two
Houses about the Bill for examining Accounts, wherein the House
of Lords their proceedings in petitioning the King for doing it
by Commission, are in great heat voted by the Commons, after the
conference, unparliamentary.

4th. Comes our company to dinner; my Lord Brouncker, Sir W. Pen,
his lady, and Peg, [Their daughter.] and her servant, Mr.
Lowther [[Anthony Lowther, Esq., of Marske, Co. York, Ob. 1692.].
At night to sup, and then to cards, and last of all to have a
flaggon of ale and apples, drunk out of a wood cup, as a
Christmas draught, which made all merry; and they full of
admiration at my plate. Mr. Lowther a pretty gentleman, too good
for Peg. Sir W. Pen was much troubled to hear the song I sung,
"The New Droll," it touching him home.

5th. With my wife to the Duke's house, and there saw
"Mustapha," [A tragedy, by Roger Earl of Orrery.] a most
excellent play.

6th. Young Michell and I, it being an excellent frosty day, did
walk out. He showed me the baker's house in Pudding-lane, where
the late great fire begun: and thence all along Thames-street,
where I did view several places, and so up by London Wall by
Blackfriars to Ludgate; and thence to Bridewell, which I find to
have been heretofore an extraordinary good house, and a fine
coming to it before the house by the bridge was built.

7th. Lord Brouncker tells me that my Lady Denham is at last
dead. Some suspect her poisoned, but it will be best known when
her body is opened to-day, she dying yesterday morning. The Duke
of York is troubled for her; but hath declared he will never have
another public mistress again; which I shall be glad of, and
would the King would do the like. He tells me how the Parliament
is grown so jealous of the King's being unfayre to them in the
business of the Bill for examining Accounts, Irish Bill, and the
business of the Papists, that they will not pass the business for
money till they see themselves secure that those Bills will pass;
which they do observe the Court to keep off till all the Bills
come together, that the King may accept what he pleases, and what
he pleases to object to. He tells me how Mr. Henry Howard of
Norfolke hath given our Royal Society all his grandfather's
library: which noble gift they value at 2000l.; and gives them
accommodation to meet in at his house (Arundell House), they
being now disturbed at Gresham College. To the Duke's house, and
saw "Macbeth," which though I saw it lately, yet appears a most
excellent play in all respects, but especially in divertisement,
though it be a deep tragedy; which is a strange perfection in a
tragedy, it being most proper here, and suitable.

9th. In a hackney-coach to White Hall, the way being most
horribly bad upon the breaking up of the frost, so as not to be
passed almost. I do hear by my Lord Brouncker, that for certain
Sir W. Coventry hath resigned his place of Commissioner up; which
I believe he hath done upon good grounds of security to himself
from all the blame which must attend our office this next year;
but I fear the King will suffer by it. Thence to Westminster
Hall, and there to the conference of the Houses about the word
"Nusance," which the Commons would have, and the Lords will not,
in the Irish Bill. The Commons do it professedly to prevent the
King's dispensing with it; which Sir Robert Howard and others did
expressly repeat often: viz., "that no King ever could do any
thing which was hurtful to his people." Now the Lords did argue
that it was an ill precedent, and that which will ever hereafter
be used as a way of preventing the King's dispensation with acts;
and therefore rather advise to pass the Bill without that word,
and let it go accompanied with a petition to the King that he
will not dispense with it; this being a more civil way to the
King. They answered well, that this do imply that the King
should pass their Bill, and yet with design to dispense with it;
which is to suppose the King guilty of abusing them. And more,
they produce precedents for it; namely, that against new
buildings, and about leather, where the word "Nusance" is used to
the purpose: and further, that they do not rob the King of any
right he ever had, for he never had a power to do hurt to his
people, nor would exercise it; and therefore there is no danger
in the passing this Bill of imposing on his prerogative; and
concluded that they think they ought to do this, so as the people
may really have the benefit of it when it is passed, for never
any people could expect so reasonably to be indulged something
from a King, they having already given him so much money and are
likely to give more. Thus they broke up, both adhering to their
opinions; but the Commons seemed much more full of judgment and
reason than the Lords. Then the Commons made their Report to the
Lords of their vote that their Lordships' proceedings in the Bill
for examining Accounts were unparliamentary, they having, while a
Bill was sent up to them from the Commons about the business,
petitioned his Majesty that he would do the same thing by his
Commission. They did give their reasons: viz. that it had no
precedent; that the King ought not to be informed of any thing
passing in the Houses till it comes to a Bill; that it will
wholly break off all correspondence between the two Houses, and
in the issue wholly infringe the very use and being of
Parliaments. Thence to Faythorne, and bought a head or two; one
of them my Lord of Ormond's, the best I ever saw. To Arundell
House, where first the Royal Society meet by the favour of Mr.
Harry Howard, who was there. And here was a great meeting of
worthy noble persons; but my Lord Brouncker, who pretended to
make a congratulatory speech upon their coming hither, and great
thanks to Mr. Howard, did do it in the worst manner in the world.

14th. Sir W. Batten tells me the Lords do agree at last with the
Commons about the word "Nusance" in the Irish Bill, and do desire
a good correspondence between the two Houses; and that the King
do intend to prorogue them the last of this month.

16th. Sir W. Coventry came to me aside in the Duke's chamber to
tell that he had not answered part of a late letter of mine,
because LITTERA SCRIPTA MANET. About his leaving the office, he
tells me, it is because he finds that his business at Court will
not permit him to attend it; and then he confesses that he seldom
of late could come from it with satisfaction, and therefore would
not take the King's money for nothing. I professed my sorrow for
it, and prayed the continuance of his favour; which he promised,
I do believe he hath acted like a very wise man in reference to
himself; but I doubt it will prove ill for the King, and for the
office. Prince Rupert, I hear, is very ill; yesterday given
over, but better to-day. Sir Stephen Fox, among other things,
told me his whole mystery in the business of the interest he pays
as Treasurer for the Army. They give him 12d. per pound quite
through the Army, with condition to be paid weekly, This he
undertakes for his own private credit, and to be paid by the King
at the end of every four months. If the King pay him not at the
end of every four months, then, for all the time he stays longer,
my Lord Treasurer by agreement allows him eight per cent. per
annum for the forbearance. So that, in fine, he hath about
twelve per cent. from the King, and the Army, for fifteen or
sixteen months' interest; out of which he gains soundly, his
expense being about 130,000l. per annum; and hath no trouble in
it, compared (as I told him) to the trouble I must have to bring
in an account of interest. Talk there is of a letter to come
from Holland, desiring a place of treaty; but I do doubt it.
This day I observe still in many places the smoking remains of
the late fire: the ways mighty bad and dirty. This night Sir R.
Ford told me how this day, at Christ church Hospital, they have
given a living of 200l. per annum to Mr. Sanchy, my old
acquaintance, which I wonder at, he commending him mightily; but
am glad of it. He tells me too how the famous Stillingfleete was
a Blue-coat boy.

18th. This morning come Captain Cocke to me, and tells me that
the King comes to the House this day to pass the Poll Bill and
the Irish Bill; and that, though the Faction is very froward in
the House, yet all will end well there. But he says that one had
got a Bill ready to present in the House against Sir W. Coventry
for selling of places, and says he is certain of it, and how he
was withheld from doing it. He says that the Vice-chamberlaine
is now one of the greatest men in England again, and was he that
did prevail with the King to let the Irish Bill go with the word
"Nusance." He told me that Sir G. Carteret's declaration of
giving double to any man that will prove that any of his people
have demanded or taken any thing for forwarding the payment of
the wages of any man, (of which he sent us a copy yesterday,
which we approved of,) is set up, among other places, upon the
House of Lords' door. I do not know how wisely this is done.
Sir W. Pen told me this night how the King did make them a very
sharp speech in the House of Lords to-day, saying that he did
expect to have had more Bills; that he purposes to prorogue them
on Monday come se'nnight; that whereas they have unjustly
conceived some jealousys of his making a peace, he declares he
knows of no such thing or treaty: and so left them. But with so
little effect, that as soon as he came into the house, Sir W.
Coventry moved, that now the King hath declared his intention of
proroguing them, it would be loss of time to go on with the thing
they were upon when they were called to the King, which was the
calling over the defaults of Members appearing in the House; for
that before any person could now come or be brought to town, the
House would be up. Yet the Faction did desire to delay time, and
contend so as to come to a division of the House; where, however
it was carried by a few voices that the debate should be laid by.
But this shows that they are not pleased, or that they have not
any awe over them from the King's displeasure.

20th. I was sorry to hear of the heat the House was in yesterday
about the ill management of the Navy; though I think they were
well answered both by Sir G. Carteret and Sir W. Coventry, as he
informs me the substance of their speeches. I to church, and
there beyond expectation find our seat and all the church crammed
by twice as many people as used to be: and to my great joy find
Mr. Frampton in the pulpit; and I think the best sermon, for
goodness and oratory, without affectation or study, that ever I
heard in my life. The truth is, he preaches the most like an
apostle that ever I heard man; and it was much the best time that
ever I spent in my life at church.

21st To the Swede's-Resident's in the Piazza, to discourse with
him about two of our prizes. A cunning fellow. He lives in one
of the great houses there, but ill-furnished; and come to us out
of bed in his furred mittins and furred cap. Up to the Lords'
House, and there come mighty seasonably to hear the Solicitor
about my Lord Buckingham's pretence to the title of Lord Rosse.
Mr. Atturny Montagu is also a good man, and so is old Sir P. Ball
[Sir Peter Bell, the Queen's attorney.] but the Solicitor, and
Scroggs [Sir William Scroggs, King's Serjeant 1669, and made a
Judge 1676.] after him, are excellent men. This night at supper
comes from Sir W. Coventry the Order of Councill for my Lord
Brouncker to do all the Controller's part relating to the
Treasurer's accounts, and Sir W. Pen all relating to the
Victualler's, and Sir J. Minnes to do the rest. This, I hope,
will do much better for the King, and I think will give neither
of them ground to over-top me, as I feared they would; which
pleases me mightily. This evening Mr. Wren and Captain Cocke
called upon me at the office, and there told me how the House was
in better temper to-day, and hath passed the Bill for the
remainder of the money, but not to be passed finally till they
have done some other things which they will have passed with it;
wherein they are very open, what their meaning is, which was but
doubted before, for they do in all respects doubt the King's
pleasing them.

23rd. My Lord Brouncker and I walking into the Park, I did
observe the new buildings: and my Lord seeing I had a desire to
see them, they being the place for the priests and friers, he
took me back to my Lord Almoner; [Cardinal Howard of Norfolk, the
Queen's Almoner.] and he took us quite through the whole house
and chapel, and the new monastery, showing me most excellent
pieces in wax-worke: a crucifix given by a Pope to Mary Queene
of Scotts, where a piece of the Cross is; two bits set in the
manner of a cross in the foot of the crucifix: several fine
pictures, but especially very good prints of holy pictures. I
saw the dortoire [Dormitory.] and the cells of the priests, and
we went into one; a very pretty little room, very clean, hung
with pictures, set with books. The Priest was in his cell, with
his hair clothes to his skin, bare-legged with a sandall only on,
and his little bed without sheets, and no feather-bed; but yet I
thought, soft enough. His cord about his middle; but in so good
company, living with ease, I thought it a very good life. A
pretty library they have. And I was in the refectoire, where
every man his napkin, knife, cup of earth, and basin of the same;
and a place for one to sit and read while the rest are at meals.
And into the kitchen I went, where a good neck of mutton at the
fire, and other victuals boiling. I do not think they fared very
hard. Their windows all looking into a fine garden and the Park;
and mighty pretty rooms all. I wished myself one of the
Capuchins. To the King's house, and there saw "The Humerous
Lieutenant:" [A tragi-comedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher.] a silly
play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall and
then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one,
and then Knipp's singing, did please us. Here in a box above we
spied Mrs. Pierce; and going out they called us, and so we staid
for them; and Knipp took us all in, and brought to us Nelly,
[Nell Gwynne.] a most pretty woman, who acted the great part
Coelia to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed her,
and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw
Mrs. Ball, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is
mighty pretty: she is usually called Betty. Knipp made us stay
in a box and see the dancing preparatory to to-morrow for "The
Goblins," a play of Suckling's [Sir John Suckling, the poet.],
not acted these twenty-five years; which was pretty. In our way
home we find the Guards of horse in the street, and hear the
occasion to be news that the seamen are in a mutiny; which put me
into a great fright.

24th. Company at home: amongst others, Captain Rolt. And anon
at about seven or eight o'clock comes Mr. Harris of the Duke's
playhouse, and brings Mrs. Pierce with him, and also one dressed
like a country-maid with a straw-hat, on, and at first I could
not tell who it was, though I expected Knipp: but it was she
coming off the stage just as she acted this day in "The Goblins;"
a merry jade. Now my house is full, and four fiddlers that play
well. Harris I first took to my closet: and I find him a very
curious and understanding person in all pictures and other
things, and a man of fine conversation; and so is Rolt. Among
other things, Harris sung his Irish song, the strangest in itself
and the prettiest sung by him that ever I heard.

25th. This afternoon I saw the Poll Bill, now printed; wherein I
do fear I shall be very deeply concerned, being to be taxed for
all my offices, and then for my money that I have, and my title
as well as my head. It is a very great tax; but yet I do think
it is so perplexed, it will hardly ever be collected duly. The
late invention of Sir G. Downing's is continued of bringing all
the money into the Exchequer. This day the House hath passed the
Bill for the Assessment; which I am glad of. And also our little
Bill, for giving any of us in the office the power of justice of
peace, is done as I would have it.

27th. Roger Pepys and I to walk in the Pell Mell. I find by him
that the House of Parliament continues full of ill humours; and
do say how in their late Poll Bill, which cost so much time, the
yeomanry, and indeed two-thirds of the nation, are left out to be
taxed. Walked to White Hall, and there I showed my cosen Roger
the Duchesse of York sitting in state, while her own mother
stands by her: and my Lady Castlemaine, whom he approves to be
very handsome, and wonders that she cannot be as good within as
she is fair without. Her little black boy come by him, and a dog
being in his way, the little boy swore at the dog: "How," says
he, blessing himself, "would I whip this child till the blood
come, if it were my child!"

28th. To Westminster, where I spent the morning at the Lords'
House door to hear the conference between the two Houses about my
Lord Mordaunt, of which there was great expectation. Many
hundreds of people coming to hear it. But when they come, the
Lords did insist upon my Lord Mordaunt's having leave to sit upon
a stool uncovered within their barr, and that he should have
counsel, which the Commons would not suffer, but desired leave to
report their Lordships' resolution to the House of Commons; and
so parted for this day, which troubles me, I having by this means
lost the whole day. Here I hear from Mr. Hayes that Prince
Rupert is very bad still, and so bad that he do now yield to be
trepanned. After supper and reading a little, and my wife's
cutting off my hair short, which is grown too long upon my crown
of my head, I to bed.

FEBRUARY 2, 1666-7. I am very well pleased this night with
reading a poem I brought home with me last night from Westminster
Hall, of Dryden's, upon the present war; a very good poem.

3rd. To White Hall, and there to Sir W. Coventry's chamber, and
there staid till he was ready. Talking, and among other things
of the Prince's being trepanned, which was in doing just as we
passed through the Stone Gallery, we asking at the door of his
lodgings, and were told so. We are full of wishes for the good
success; though I dare say but few do really concern ourselves
for him in our hearts. With others into the House, and there
hear that the work is done to the Prince in a few minutes without
any pain at all to him, he not knowing when it was done. It was
performed by Moulins. Having cut the outward table, as they call
it, they find the inner all corrupted, so as it come out without
any force; and their fear is, that the whole inside of his head
is corrupted like that, which do yet make them afraid of him; but
no ill accident appeared in the doing of the thing, but all with
all imaginable success, as Sir Alexander Frazier did tell me
himself, I asking him, who is very kind to me. To Sir G.
Carteret's to dinner; and before dinner he tells me that he
believes the Duke of York will go to sea with the fleet, which I
am sorry for in respect to his person, but yet there is no person
in condition to command the fleet, now the Captains are grown so
great, but him. By and by to dinner, where very good company.
Among other discourse, we talked much of Nostradamus [Michael
Nostradamus, a physician and astrologer, born in the diocese of
Avignon, 1503. Amongst other predictions he prophesied the death
of Henry II. of France, by which the celebrity he had before
acquired was not a little increased. He succeeded also in
rendering assistance to the inhabitants of Aix, during the
plague, by a powder of his own invention. He died at Salon, July
1566.] his prophecy of these times, and the burning of the City
of London, some of whose verses are put into Booker's Almanack
this year: [John Booker, an eminent astrologer and writing-
master at Hadley.] and Sir G. Carteret did tell a story, how at
his death he did make the town swear that he should never be dug
up, or his tomb opened, after he was buried; but they did after
sixty years do it, and upon his breast they found a plate of
brasse, saying what a wicked and unfaithful people the people of
that place were, who after so many vows should disturb and open
him such a day and year and hour which, if true, is very strange.
Then we fell to talk of the burning of the City. And my Lady
Carteret herself did tell us how abundance of pieces of burnt
papers were cast by the wind as far as Cranborne; and among
others she took up one, or had one brought her to see, which was
a little bit of paper that had been printed, whereon there
remained no more nor less than these words: "Time is, it is
done." Away home, and received some letters from Sir W.
Coventry, touching the want of victuals to Kempthorne's fleet
going to the Streights and now in the Downes: which did trouble
me, he saying that this disappointment might prove fatal; and the
more, because Sir W. Coventry do intend to come to the office
upon business to-morrow morning, and I shall not know what answer
to give him. [John Kempthorne, a distinguished Naval Officer,
afterwards knighted and made Commissioner at Portsmouth, which
place he represented in Parliament. Ob. 1679. Vide some curious
letters about his election in the Correspondence.]