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To Lond: to Celebrate Easter so greate a snow fell as seldome had I seene a greater, it fell as I was on the way, with two new stonehorses to the Coach, which made them unruly, but we got safe to Lond... 12. Mr Barkley, & Mr. Rob: Boyle that excellent person, & greate Virtuoso, Dr. Taylor & Dr. Wilkins dined with me at Sayes Court, when I presented Dr. Wilkins with my rare Burningglasse; Afternoone we all went to Coll: Blount to see his new invented Plows: & so went with them to Lond: *** 26 I went to see his Majesties House at Eltham both Palace & Chapell in miserable ruines, the noble woods & Park destroied by Rich the Rebell: ***  X4*x May ă  X 412 Was published my Essay on Lucretius with innumerable Errata &c; the negligence of Mr. Triplet who undertook the Correction of the Presse in my absence: [little of the Epicurean Philosophy was known then amongst us:] *** 28 Againe , to dine with Nieupoort the Holland Ambassador, who received  X$4me with extraordinary courtesie: I found him a judicious Crafty   X&41ĠHolbeins celebrated painting of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, destroyed in the Whitehall fire of 1698 (see p.412). A preparatory drawing for part survives in the National Portrait Gallery. "(0*0*0*N'"Ԍ& wise man: Gave me excellent cautions as to the danger of the times and Circumstances our Nation was in &c: remember the Observation he made, upon the ill successe of our former Parliaments, by their private animosities, & little care of the publicque: so taking the aire in Hideparke I went home: ***  X45x July ă 7 I began my journey to see some parts of the North East of England; but the weather so excessive hot & dusty, I shortned my progresse I lay this night at Ingulstone, [8] the next day to Colchester, a faire Towne but now wretchedly demolished by the late Siege; espeialy the suburbs all burnt & then repairing: The Towne is built on a rising, having faire meadows on one side, & a river, with a strong antient Castle, said to have ben built by K. Coilus father of Helena mother of Constantine the Greate of whom I find no memory, save at the pinacle of one of their Woolstaple houses, where Coilus has a statue of wood wretchedly carvd: The walles are exceeding strong, deeply trenched & filld with Earth. It has 6 gates & some Watch toures; & some handsome Churches; but what was shewd us as a kind of miracle, at the outside of the Castle, the Wall where (Sir Charles Lucas & Sir Geo: Lisle those valiant persons who so bravely behavd themselves in the late siege, & were barbarously shot to death & murderd by Ireton in cold blood & after rendission upon articles) the place was bare of grasse for a large space, all the rest of it abounding with herbage: For the rest, this is a raged, factious Towne, & now Swarming in Sectaries. Their trading Cloth with the Dutch, & Baies & saies with Spaine; & is the only place in England where these stuffs are made unsophisticated. Famous likewise will this Place ever be for the strenuous resistance of those most loyal Gent: &c: against the Rebells, when neere all the strong places & Townes in England had given up to the Conquerors, what time, they expected reliefe from the Scotch Army, defeated with his Majestie at Worcester: It is also famous for Oysters, & Erringo of rootes here about growing & Candied: Henc we went to Dedham a pretty Country Towne, & very faire Church, finely situated, the vally well watred: Here I met with Dr. Stokes a young Gent: but an excellent Mathematician: This is (as most are in Essex) a Clothing Towne, and lies in the unwholsome hundreds. [9] Hence to Ipswich in Suffolck, which is doubtlesse one of the Sweetest, most pleasant, well built in England. It has 12 faire Churches, many noble houses, especialy the Lord Devorixes &c a brave & commodious harbor, being about 7 miles from the maine: an ample Mercatplace, & here was borne the greate Cardinal Woolsey, who began a palace here, which was not finishd &c: I returnd to Dedham: At Ipswich I had the curiosity to visite some Quakers there in Prison, a new phanatic sect of dangerous Principles, the shew no respect to any man, magistrate or other & seeme a Melancholy proud sort of people, & exceedingly ignorant: one of these was said to have fasted 20 daies, but another endeavoring to do the like perishd the 10th, when he would have eaten, but could not: 10: I returnd homeward, passd againe thro Colchester, & by the way saw neere the antient Towne of Chelmsford, saw Newhall built in a parke by Hen: 7th & 8, & given by Q: Eliz: to the Earle of Sussex who sold it to the late greate Duke of and since seizd on by O. Cromwell (pretended Protector) a faire old house, built with brick, low & but of 2 stories, as the manner then was: The Gatehouse better: The Court large & pretty: The staire case of extraordinary widenesse, with a piece representing Sir F: Drakes action in 88,"(0*0*0*&" an excellent Seapiece: The galleries are trifling, the hall noble, Garden a faire plot, & the whole seate well accommodated with water; but above all the Sweete & faire avenue planted with stately Limetrees in 4 rowes for neere a mile in length: It has 3 descents which is the onely fault, & may be reformed: There is another faire walk of the same at the Mall & wildernesse, with a TenisCourt, & a pleasant Terrace towards the Park, which was well stored with deere, & ponds: From the Towne we saw the antient Maldon (Camelodunum) suppd at Chelmsford, at Ingolstone & came home by Greenewich ferry, where I saw Sir Jo: Winters new project of Charring SeaCoale, to burne out the Sulphure & render it Sweete: he did it by burning them in such Earthenpots, as the glassemen, mealt their Mettal in, so firing the Coales, without Consuming them, using a barr of Yron in each crucible or Pot, which barr has an hooke at one end, that so the Coales being mealted in a furnace, with other crude sea Coales, under them, may be drawn out of the potte, sticking to the Yron, whence they beate them off in greate halfe exhausted Cinders, which rekindling they make a cleare pleasant Chamber fires with, deprivd of their Sulphury & Arsenic malignity: what successe it may have time will discover: ***  X4m August ă 3 to Lond, to receive the B: Sacrament, & was the first time that ever the Church of England was reduced to a Chamber & Conventicle, so sharp was the Persecution; The Parish churches filld with sectaries of all sorts, Blasphemous & Ignorant Mechanics usurping the Pulpets every where. In a private house in Fleetestreete Dr. Wild preachd on 14. Luke. 23: The B: Communion succeeded & we had a greate meeting of zealous Christians who were generaly much more devout & religious, than in our greatest propsperity: Afternoone, I went to the FrenchChurch in the Savoy, where I heard Monsieur DEspagne Catechize: & so returnd to my house: *** 20 Was a confused Election of Parliament cald by the Usurper:  X424: ... My son Richard a child of most prodigious hopes was now 4 years old: Deo  X~4gratias. ***  XR4` September ă 14 ... Now was old Sir Hen: Vane sent to Carisbrook Castle in Wight for a foolish booke he publishd: The pretended Protector fortifying himselfe exceedingly, & sending many to Prison: My deare boy, was sick of an Ague:... ***  X40a November ă 30 An accident keept me at home from Church also: Now indeede that I went at all to Church whilst these usurpers possessd the Pulpet, was that I might not be suspected for a Papist, & that though the Minister were Presbyterianly affected, he yet was as I understood duly ordaind, & preachd sound doctrine after their way, & besides was an harmelesse & peaceable man. ***  b>&4t 1657 ă  X'4k January ă ***"(0*0*0*4'"Ԍ7 Came Mr. Mathew Wren, [since Secretary to the Duke slaine in the Duth War] eldest sonn to the Bish: of Ely (now a Prisoner in the Tower) and a most worthy, & learned Gent: to visite me. (11) Being not well, could not go to the Parish Church. 18, my Indisposition continued: Dr. Joylife that famous Physitian (& Anatomist, first detector of the lymphatic veins) came to visite me. 24 Came againe the old Marquis of Argile & another Scotch Earle: 25. My sore Eyes hindred me from going to Church: 31 I was let bloud:  X4Wf February ă 3 Came my Bro: Geo: & Mr. Needham to visite me. 5, I dind at the Holland Ambassadors: he told me that the E. India Comp: of Holland had constantly a stock of 400000 pounds in India, 48 Men of Warr there: of their exact & just keeping their books, Correspondence &c: so as no Adventures Stock could possibly be lost or defeated: That it was a Vulgar Error of the Hollanders furnishing their Enemies with powder & ammunition for their mony, though ingaged in actual warr; but that they usd to merchandize indifferently, & were permitted to sell to the friends of their Enemies: He laughd at our Commit/e of Trade, as composd of men wholy ignorant of it, & how they were the ruine of Commerce, by gratifying some for private ends:... **** 10 I went to visite the Governor of Havana, a brave sober, valiant Spanish Gent: taken by Capt: Young of Deptford, when after 20 yeares being in the Indias & amassing greate Wealth, his lady, & whole family (excepting two ) were burnt, destroyed, & taken within sight of Spaine: His Eldest Son, daughter and Wife perishing with immense treasure: One Sonn, with his brother of one yeares old were the onely saved: The young Gent: about 17: was a well complexiond Youth, not olive colourd: he spake latine handsomly, was extreamely well bred, & borne in the 1000 miles south of the Equinoxial neere the mountaines of Potisi: had never ben in Europe before: The Governor was an antient Gent: of greate Courage, of the order of S: Jago: sore wounded, his arme & rib broken & lost for his owne share 100000 pounds sterling, which he seemd to beare with exceeding indifference, & nothing dejected; after some discourse I went with them to Arundel house where they dined: They were now going back into Spaine, having obtaind their liberty from Cromewell. An example of human Vicissitude: ***  X4p March ă 29 ... The Protector Oliver, now affecting Kingship, is petitiond to take the Title on him, by all his newmade sycophant Lords &c: but dares not for feare of the Phanatics, not thoroughly purged out of his rebell army: ***  Xx4u April ă 21 I went to Lond: to consult Dr. Bate about taking preventing Physick: Thence to Visite my Lord Hatton, with whom I dined; at my returne I stepd into Bedlame, where I saw nothing extraordinarie, besides some miserable poore Creatures in chaines, one was mad with making Verses: & also visited the Charterhouse, formerly belonging to the Carthusians; now an old neate, fresh solitarie Colledge for decaied Gent: It has a grove, bowlinggreene, Garden: Chapell, hall &c where they eate in common: I likewise saw ChristChurch & Hospital, a very goodly building, Gotic: also the Hall, Schoole, Lodgings, in greate order, for the bring up many hundreds of poore Children of both sexes, & is a exemplary Charity: There is a large picture at one end of the Hall, representing the Governors, founders, & Institution: so on the 23d I returnd home: 25. To Lond, returnd that Evening. I had a dangerous fall out of the Coach in Covent Garden, going to my Bro: but without harme, The Lord be praised:... ***  Xh)4*x May ă"h)0*0*0*-"Ԍ1 Divers Souldiers quarterd at my house, but I thank God, went away the next day towards Flanders: 2: I tooke Physick. The nextday (lying at Greenewich on the 4th) I went into Surrey with my Co: G: Tuke, to see Baynards, an house of my Bro: Richards, which he would have hired: We going in a Charriot drawne with unruly young horses, one of which (they said) had already killed two keepers, were often in very greate danger; so as after 20 riding, we were forced to change our horses. This is a very faire and & noble house of my Bro: built in a park, & having one of the goodliest avenue of Oakes up to it, that ever I saw: There is also a pond of 60 Ackers neere it: The Windos of the chiefe roomes are of very fine painted glasse: but the situation excessively dirty & melancholy: We returnd next day, dining by the way at Wotton: ***  X` 4v June ă 7 June My Wife fell in Labour from 2 in the morning till 8 at night, when my fourth Sonne was borne, it being Sonday: he was Christned on Wednesday on the 10th & named George (after my Grandfathers name) my Bro: Rich: Evelyn: Co: Geo: Tuke & Lady Cotton susceptors &c: Dr. Jer: Taylor officiating in the withdrawingroome at SaysCourt: *** 18 I saw at Greenewich a sort of Catt brought from the East Indies, shaped & snouted much like the Egyptian Ratoone, in the body like a Monkey, & so footed: the eares & taile like a Catt, onely the taile much longer, & the Skin curiously ringed, with black & white: With this taile, it wound up its body like a Serpent, & so got up into trees, & with it, would also wrap its whole body round; It was of a wolly haire as a lamb, exceedingly nimble, & yet gentle, & purrd as dos the Cat. ***  X45x July ă 3 A ship blownup at Wapping, shooke my whole house, & the chaire I was sitting & reading in my study. ***  X4` September ă 15 Going to Lond: with some Company, who would needes step in to see a famous Ropedaunser calld the Turk, I saw even to astonishment the agilities he performd, one was his walking bare foote, & taking hold by his toes onely, of a rope almost perpendicular & without so much as touching it with his hands: also dauncing blindfold on the highroope: & with a boy of 12 yeares old, tyed to one of his feete about 20 foote beneath him dangling as he daunced, & yet moved as nimbly, as it had ben but a feather: Lastly he on his head, upon the very top of a very high mast, daunced on a small roope that was very slack, & finaly flew downe the perpendicular, with his head foreward on his breast, his legs & armes extended: with divers other actvities, to the admiration of all the Spectators: I also saw the hairy maid, or Woman wh 20 yeares before I had also seene when a child: her very Eyebrowes were combed upward, & all her forehead as thick & even as growes on any womans head, neately dressd: There come also tw lock very long out of Each Eare: she had also a most prolix beard, & mustachios, with long lockes of haire growing on the very middle of her nose, exactly like an Island Dog; the rest of her body not so hairy, yet exceeding long in comparison, armes, neck, breast & back; the of a bright browne, & fine as well dressed flax: She was now married, & told me had one Child, that was not hairy, [as] nor were any of her parents or relations: she was borne at Ausburg in Germanie, & for the rest very well shaped, plaied well on the Harpsichord &c: I returnd home: *** 22: To Lond: to visite the Holland Ambassador with whom I had now contracted much friendly correspondene: usefull to the Intelligence I constantly gave his Majestie abroad: returning, I saw at Dr. Joylifes, two Virginian rattlesnakes a live: they exceeded a yard in length, small heads, & slender tailes but as big as my leg in the middle; when vexed or provoked, swiftly vibrating & shaking theire tailes, they rattled as looud as a childs rattle,"h)0*0*0*-" or as if on heard a jack going: & this by the collision [or atrition] of certaine grisly Skinns curiously joynted, yet loose, like the Vertebra or back bone; & transparant as parchment; by which they give warning, a providential caution for other creatures to avoid them: They leape cruely: the Doctor tried their biting on ratts & mice which they immediately killed; but their vigour must needes be much exhausted here, where they had nothing to eate, & were in another Climate, kept onely in a barill of bran &c: ***  Xx4;b December ă 9 I paied in my fist payment to the E. Ind: stock: There being a Court in MerchantTaylors hall: *** 25, I went with my Wife &c: to Lond: to celebrate Christmas day. Mr. Gunning preaching in Excester Chapell on 7: Micha 2. Sermon Ended, as he was giving us the holy Sacrament, The Chapell was surrounded with Souldiers: All the Communicants and Assembly surprizd & kept Prisoners by them, some in the house, others carried away: It fell to my share to be confined to a roome in the house, where yet were permitted to Dine with the master of it, the Countesse of Dorset, Lady Hatton & some others of quality who invited me: In the afternoone came Collonel Whaly, Goffe & others from Whitehall to examine us one by one, & some they committed to the Martial, some to Prison, some Committed: When I came before them they tooke my name & aboad, examined me, why contrarie to an Ordinance made that none should any longer observe the superstitious time of the Nativity (so esteemd by them) I durst offend, & particularly be at Common prayers, which they told was but the Masse in English, & particularly pray for Charles stuard, for which we had no Scripture: I told them we did not pray for Cha: Steward but for all Christian Kings, Princes & Governors: The replied, in so doing we praied for the K. of Spaine too, who was their Enemie, & a Papist, with other frivolous & insnaring questions, with much threatning, & finding no colour to detaine me longer, with much pitty of my Ignorance, they dismissd me: These were men of high flight, and above Ordinances: & spake spitefull things of our B: Lords nativity: so I got home late the next day blessed be God: These wretched miscreants, held their muskets against us as we came up to receive the Sacred Elements, as if they would have shot us at the Altar, but yet suffering us to finish the Office of Communion, as perhaps not in their Instructions what they should do in case they found us in that Action: 28 I invited some of my Neighbours according to Costome. 31 Praised God for his mercies the yeare past, & set all things in order in my family:  b4t 1658 ă  X 4k January ă *** 27 After six fitts of a Quartan Ague it pleased God to visite my deare child Dick with fitts so extreame, especiale one of his sides, that after the rigor was over & he in his hot fitt, he fell into so greate & intollerable a sweate, that being surprizd with the aboundance of vapours ascending to his head, he fell into such fatal Symptoms, as all the help at hand was not able to recover his spirits, so as after a long & painefull Conflict, falling to sleep as we thought, & coverd too warme, (though in the midst of a severe frosty season) and by a greate fire in the roome; he plainely expired, to our unexpressable griefe & affliction. We sent for Physitians to Lond, whilst there was yet life in him; but the river was frozen up, & the Coach brake by the way ere it got a mile from the house; so as all artificial help failing, & his natural strength exhausted, we lost the prettiest, and dearest Child, that ever parents had, being but 5 years <5 months> & 3 days old in years but even at that tender age, a prodigie for Witt, & understanding; for beauty of body a very Angel, & for endowments of mind, of incredible & rare hopes. To give onely a little tast of some of them, & thereby glory to God, (who out of the mouths of Babes & Infants dos sometimes perfect his praises) At 2 yeare & halfe old he could perfectly reade any of the English, Latine, french, or Gottic letters; pronouncing the"h)0*0*0*." three first languages exactly: He had before the 5t yeare or in that yeare not onely skill to reade most written hands, but to decline all the Nounes, Conjugate the verbs, regular, & most  X4of the irregular; learned out Puerilis, got by heart almost the intire Vocabularie of Latine & french primitives & words, could make congruous Syntax, turne English into Lat: & vice versa, construe & prove what he read & did, the government & use of Relatives, Verbs Transitive, Substantives &c: Elipses & many figures & tropes, & made a considerable  X4progress in Commeniuss Janua; began himselfe [to] write legibly, & had a strange passion for Greeke: the number of verses he could recite was prodigious, & what he remembred of the parts of playes, which he would also act: & when seeing a Plautus in ones hand, he asked what booke it was, & being told it was Comedy &c, & too difficult for him, he wept for sorrow: strange was his apt & ingenious application of fables & Morals, for he had read Aesop, & had a wonderfull disposition to Mathematics, having by heart, divers propositions of Euclid that were read to him in play, & he would make lines, & demonstrate them: As to his Piety, astonishing were his applications of Scripture upon occasion, & his sense of God, he had learnd all his Catechisme early, & understood the historical part of the Bible & N. Test: to a wonder, & how Christ came to redeeme Mankind &c: & how comprehending these necessarys, himselfe, his Godfathers &c were discharged of their promise: These and the like illuminations, far exceeding his age & experience considering the prettinesse of his addresse & behaviour, cannot but leave impressions in me at the memory of him: When one told him how many dayes a certaine Quaker had fasted in Colchester, he replied, that was no wonder, for Christ had sayd, That Man should not live by bread alone, but by the word of God: He would of himselfe select the most pathetical Psalmes, & Chapters out of Jobe, to reade to his Mayde, during his sicknesse, telling her (when she pittied him) that all Gods Children must suffer affliction: He declaimd against the Vanities of the World, before he had seene any: often he would desire those who came to see him, to pray by him, & before he fell sick a yeare, to kneele & pray with him alone in some Corner: How thankfully would he receive admonition, how soone be reconciled! how indifferent, continualy cherefull: Grave advise would he be giving his brother John, beare with his impertinences, & say he was but a Child: If he heard of, or saw any new thing, he was unquiet till he was told how it was made, & brought us all difficulties that he found in booke, to be expounded: He had learnd by heart divers Sentences in Lat: & Greeke which on occasion he would produce even to wonder: In a word he was all life, all prettinesse, far from morose, sullen, or childish in any thing he said or did: The last time he had ben at Church, (which was at Greenewich) according to costome, I asked him what he remembred of the Sermon: Two goodthings  XX4Father, replys he: Bonum Gratiae, & bonum Gloriae with a just account of what the preacher said: The day before he died, he cald to me, & in a more serious manner than usualy, Told me, That for all I loved him so dearely, I would give my house, land & all my fine things to his Bro: Jack, he should have none of them, & next morning when first he found himselfe ill, & that I perswaded him to keepe his hands in bed, he demanded, whither he might pray to God with his hands unjoynd, & a little after, whilst in greate agonie, whither he should not offend God, by using his holy name so oft, calling for Ease: What shall I say of his frequent pathetical ejaculations utterd of himselfe, Sweet Jesus save me, deliver me, pardon my sinns, Let thine Angels receive me &c: so early knowledge, so much piety & perfection; but thus God having dressed up a Saint fit for himselfe, would not permit him longer with us, unworthy of the future fruits of this incomparable hopefull blossome: such a Child I never saw; for such a child I blesse God; in whose boosome he is: May I & mine become as this little child, which now follows the Child Jesus, that  XH&4Lamb of God, in a white robe whithersoever he goes. Even so Lord Jesus, fiat Voluntas tua, Thou gavest him to us, thou hast taken him from us, blessed be the name of the Lord, That I had any thing acceptable to thee, was from thy Grace alone, since from me he had nothing but sinn; But that thou hast pardond, blessed be my God for ever Amen:"(0*0*0*,"Ԍ30 On the Saturday following, I sufferd the Physitians to have him opened: Dr. Needham & Dr. Welles, who were come three days before, & a little time ere he expired, but was past all help, & in my opinion he was suffocated by the woman & maide that tended him, & covered him too hott with blankets as he lay in a Cradle, neere an excessive hot fire in a close roome; for my Wife & I being then below & not long come from him, being come up, & I lifting up the blanket, which had quite coved the Cradle, taking first notice of his wonderfull fresh colour, & hardly hearing him breath or heave, soone perceived that he was neere overcome with heate & sweate, & so doubtlesse it was, & the Child so farr gon, as we could not make him to heare, or once open his eyes, though life was apparently in him: we gave him something to make him neeze but ineffectivly: Being opend they they found a membranous substance growing to the cavous part of the liver, somewhat neere the edge of it for the compasse of 3 Inches, which ought not to be; for the Liver is fixed onely by three strong ligaments, all far distant from that part; on which they confidently affirmd, the Child was (as tis vulgarly cald) livergrowne, & thence that sicknesse & so frequent complaint of his side: & indeede both Liver & Splen were exceedingly large &c: After this I caused the body to be Cofind in Lead & reposited him that night, about 8 a clock in the Church of Deptford, accompanied with divers of my relations &  XH 4neighbours, among whom I distributed rings with this MMM Dominus abstulit: intending (God willing) to have him transported with my owne body, to be interrd at our Dormitorie in Wotton churh in my deare native County Surry, & to lay my bones & mingle my dust  X4with my Fathers &c1: If God be so gracious to me; & make me as fit for him, as this blessed child was: Here ends the joy of my life, & for which I go even mourning to the grave: The L. Jesus sanctifie this & all others my Afflictions: Amen: ***  X4Wf February ă 15 The afflicting hand of God being still upon us, it pleased him also to take away from us this morning my other youngest sonn George now 7 weeks languishing at Nurse, breeding Teeth, & ending in a Dropsie: Gods holy will be don: he was buried in Deptford church the 17th following:MMMM ***  Xp4 p March ă ... This had ben the severest Winter, that man alive had knowne in England: The Crowes feet were frozen to their prey: Ilands of Ice inclosed both fish & foule frozen, & some persons in their boates: ***  XX4u April ă 21 Being greately afflicted with the Hemerhoids very much, by reason of the purges which I tooke, stoping this day on a suddain taking cold, I was so ill, that I was not far from death, & so continued to the 23. when being let bloude in the foote, it pleasd God to restore me after some time; Blessed God.  X@4*x May ă 15 I went to Lond: to divert myselfe from my sadnesse, lay at my Bro: ***  X!4v June ă 2. An extraordinary storme of haile & raine, cold season as winter, wind northerly neere 6 moneths. 3 A large Whale taken, twixt my Land butting on the Thames & Greenewich, which drew an infinite Concourse to see it, by water, horse, coach, on foote from Lond, & all parts: It appeared first below Greenewich at lowwater, for at high water, it would have destroyed all the boates: but lying now in shallow water, incompassed with boates, after a long Conflict it was killed with the harping yrons, & struck in the head, out of which spouted blood & water, by two tunnells like Smoake from a chimney: & after an horrid grone it ran quite on  X(4shore & died: The length was 58 foote: 16 in height, black "h)0*0*0*."Ԍ X41ĠRichards body was never moved. See p. 44950 for his epitaph, still at St. Nicholas,  X4Deptford. E gave a similar account of his sons life in the preface to his translation of the  X4Golden Book of John Chrysostom, see p. 119 and 459. skind like Coachleather, very small eyes, greate taile, small finns & but 2: a piked snout, & a mouth so wide & divers men might have stood upright in it: No teeth at all, but sucked the slime onely as thro a grate made of that bone which we call Whale bone: The throate so narrow, as would not have admitted the least of fishes: The extreames of the Cetaceous bones hang downewards, from the Upper , & was hairy towards the Ends, & bottom withinside: all of it prodigious, but in nothing more wonderfull then that an Animal of so greate a bulk should be nourished onely by slime, thro those grates: a) The bones making the grate. b) The Tongue, c. the finn: d the Eye: e) one of the bones making the grate (a) f the Tunnells through which, shutting the mouth, the water is forced upward, at least 30 foote, like a black thick mist. &c: ***  XH 4m August ă The 10th to Sir Ambros Brown at Betchworth Castle in that tempestious Wind, which threwdowne my greatest trees at Says Court, & did so much mischiefe all England over: It continued all night, till 3 afternoone next day, & was S. West, destroying all our winter fruit... ***  X04` September ă 3 Died that archrebell Oliver Cromwell, cald Protector. 5 ... I fell sick of a sore throate & feavor, which made me keepe my bed 4 or 5 dayes: on the 9 let bloud, & my Bro: Richard came to visite me. 16 I tooke a Vomite of . And this day was published my Translation  X4of St. Chrysostomes Education of Children, which I dedicated to both my Brothers, to comfort them upon the losse of their Children: ***  Xp4i October ă 18 I was summoned to Lond. by the Commissioners for new buildings ... 19 To the Commissioners of Sewers, but because there was an Oath to be taken of fidelity to the Government as now constituted without a King: I got to be excusd & returned home: ***  X 40a November ă  X41 I went to dine with the Fefees1 of the poores stock: *** 22 To Lond, to visite my Bro: & the next day saw the superb Funerall of the Protectors: [22] He was carried from Somersethouse in a velvet bed of state drawn by six horses houssd with the same: The Pall heldup by his new Lords: Oliver lying in Effigie in royal robes, & Crownd with a Crown, scepter, & Mund, like a King: The Pendants, & Guidons were carried by the Officers of the Army, The Imperial banners, Atchivements &c by the Heraulds in their Coates, a rich caparizond Horse all embroidred over with gold: a  X(#4Knight of honour armd Cap a p/ & after all his Guards, Souldiers & innumerable   X$41Ġfoeffees were trustees holding land for charitable uses (de Beer).  XH&4Mourners: In this equipage they proceeded to Westminster  ) -)%'1 &c: but it was the joyfullest funeral that ever I saw, for there was none but Cried, but dogs, which the souldiers hooted away with a barbarous noise; drinking, & taking Tabacco in the streetes as they went:... ***"h) 0*0*0*C."Ԍ X4( December January 1659 ă 3 I was summoned againe to appeare before the Commissioners about new foundations erected within such a distance of Lond: ...  XX46 I returnd: Now was publishd my French Gardiner2 the first & best of that kind that introduced the use of the Olitorie Garden to any purpose: ... 23 I went with my Wife to keepe Christmas at my Co: Geo: Tukes at Cressing Temple in Essex, lay that night at Brentwood: 25 Here was no publique Service, but what we privately usd: 31 I blessed God for his Mercys the yeare past, & 1. Jan: beged the Continuance of them: Thus for 3 Sundayes, by reason of the incumbents death, here was neither praying nor preaching: Tho there was a Chapell in the house: where we had good cheere & well come, so as on the 10th I returned home, having ben robbed during my absence of divers things of value, some plate, 20 pounds in mony &c: I also lost a Coachhorse in the journey: lay at Ingulstone & got to Says Court on the 11th: ***  X 41 with great pomp, Acts of the Apostles, xxv.23. 2 Es translation, see p. 459.  X 4Ã  bH 4t 1659 ă ***  X4Wf February ă 21 To Lond, about my erections at Deptford, returnd: ***  X4p March ă [21] I now went to Lond: to speake to the Patron Ald: Cuttler about presenting a fit Pastor for our destitute Parish Church: ***  X4u April ă 25 A wonderful & suddaine change in the face of the publique: The new Protector Richard slighted, severall pretenders, & parties strive for the Government, all Anarchy & confusion; Lord have mercy upon us. ***  X4*x May ă 5 I went to visite my Bro, & next day to see a new Opera after the Italian way in Recitative Music & Sceanes, much inferior to the Italian composure & magnificence: but what was prodigious, that in a time of such publique Consternation, such a Vanity should be kept up or permitted; I being ingagd with company, could not decently resist the going to see it, though my heart smote me for it: I returnd home: *** 29 Preached Mr. Hienchman on 143 Psal: 10.11. shewing how we should direct our Prayers, submitt our wills &c: & that being in covenant with God, twas sufficient argument to move him to heare us: That we should pray the Conduct of the H: Spirit in the Church, raise & quicken our devotion, & thereby engage the heavenly power to deliver us from our Calamities: The Nation was now in extreame Confusion & unsetled, betweene the Armies & the Sectaries: & the poore Church of England breathing as it were her last, so sad a face of things had overspread us: ***  X$4v June ă 7 To Lond. to take leave of my Bro: & to see the foundations now laying for a long  XH&4Streete, & buildings in Hatton Garden designd for a little Towne, lately an ample Garden:1  X'4m August ă 14 ... my sonn John was falln very ill of a feavor, & so continued in greate danger, til towards the 21:..."h) 0*0*0*]."Ԍ***  X41 The site of Hatton House, built by Sir Christopher Hatton (154091), Elizabeth Is Chancellor. It became an )lite residential area. E visited it again in 1673, see p.226.  X 4` September ă 1 Came Mr. Rob: Boyle (son to the Earle of Corke) to visite me: I communicated to him my proposal to Errect a [Philosophic] Mathematical College: &c: *** 26 To Lond: to see Lodgings against winter, my sonn being yet unrecoverd, & now sick of an Ague: returnd the Evening: 30: I went to visite Sir William Ducie, & Coll: Blount, where I met Sir Henry Blount the famous Travellor, & waterdrinker: ***  X( 4i October ă 10 I came with my Wife & family to Lond: tooke Lodgings at the 3 feathers in Russelstreete Covent Garden for all the Winter: 11. Came to Vise me Mr. William Coventrie, [since Secretary to the Duke ] son to L: Keeper Coventrie: a wise & witty Gent: The Armie now turnd out the Parliament. 12 I went home, returnd the 15th. 16 ... We had now no Government in the Nation, all in Confusion; no Magistrate either ownd or pretended, but the souldiers & they not agreed: God Almight have mercy on, & settle us. ***  X40a November ă  X47 Was publishd my bold Apologie for the King, in this time of danger, when it was  XP4capital to speake or write in favour of him: It was twice printed, so universaly it tooke:1 ... 12 I went to see the severall Drougs for the confection of Treacle, Diascordium & other Electuaries which an ingenious Apothecarie had not onely prepard, & ranged upon a large & very long table, but coverd every ingredient with a sheete of paper, on which was very lively painted the thing, in miniature very well to the life, were it plant, flower, Animal, or other exotic drough:... ***  X4;b December ă 10 I treated privately with Coll: Morley (then Lieutenant of the Tower, & in greate truste & power) concerning delivering it to the King, and the bringing of him in, to the greate hazard of my life; but the Colonel had ben my Scholefellow & I knew would not betray me: ***  X41 An Apologie for the Royal Party... (see p.458)  b@4:Υ  :t 1660 ă YDANNUS MIRABILIS:  X!4k January ă 1. Begging Gods blessing for the following Yeare, I went to Excester Chapell, where Mr. Gunning began the Yeare on 4: Gal: from 3. to 7th shewing the Love of Christ in sheding his bloud so early for us: That Circumcision was in detestation of impurity:... *** 22 ... I went this afternoone to visite Colonel Morley, then Lieutennant of the Tower: of Lond. In the Chapell, a young man preachd, on 7 Eccles: 9: against the passion of Anger very well: After dinner I discoursd the Colonel, but he was very jealous, & would not believe Monk came in to do the King any service. I told him he might do it without him, & have all the honour: he was still doubtfull, & would resolve on nothing yet: so I tooke leave, and [23] went home, to see a sick person at my house at S. Court, & returnd the 26:"h) 0*0*0*]."Ԍ***  X4K February April ă 3 ... Generall Monke came now to Lond: out of Scotland, but no man knew what he would do, or declare, yet was he mett on all his way by the Gent: of all the Counties which he passd, with petitions that he would recall the old long interrupted Parliament, & settle the Nation in some order, being at this time in a most prodigious Confusion, & under no government, every body expecting what would be next, & what he would do ... 5 ... Now were the Gates of the Citty brokendowne by Gen: Monke, which exceedingly exasperated the Citty; the Souldiers marching up and downe as triumphing over it, and all the old Army of the phanatics put out of their posts, & sent out of Towne. 11 I visited Mr. Boyle, where I met the Earle of Corke. A signal day: Monk perceiving how infamous & wretched a pack of knaves would have still usurped the Supreame power, & having intelligence that they intended to take away his commission, repenting of what he had don to the Citty, & where he & his forces quarterd; Marches to White hall, dissipates that nest of robbers, & convenes the old Parliament, the rumpparliament (so cald as retaining some few rotten members of the other) being dissolved; and for joy whereoff, were many thousands of rumps, roasted publiquely in the Streetes at the Bonfires this night, with ringing of bells, & universal jubilee: this was the first good omen. 12 Mr. Gunning made an admirable sermon on the effects of Gods chastisements, & gracious returnes on 94. Psal: from v. 8 ad 15. I received the B: Sacrament. Afternoone Mr. Chamberlaine on 18. Ezek ult. 17: I fell sick, & that very dangerously of a malignant feavor: From Feb: 17th to the 5th of Aprill I was detained in Bed, with a kind of double Tertian, the cruell effects of the Spleene & other distempers, in that extremity, that my Physitians Dr. Wetherborn, Needham, Claud, were in greate doubt of my recovery, & in truth I was brought very low; but it pleased God to deliver me also out of this affliction, for which I render him hearty thanks... During this Sicknesse came innumerable of my Relations & friends to visite me, and it retarded my going into the Country longer than I intended: however I writ, and printed a letter in defence of his Majestie against a wicked forged paper, pretended to be sent from  X4Bruxells1, to defame his Majesties person, Virtues, & render him odious, now when every body were in hopes & expectation of the Gen: & Parliaments recalling him, & stablishing the Government on its antient and right basis: In doing which towards the decline of my sicknesse, & settingup long in my bed, had caused a small relapse, out of which it pleased God also to free mee, so as by the 14th I was able to go into the Country, which the Physitians advised me to, which I accordingly did to my Sweete & native air at Wotton. 20: I received there the B: Sacrament being good friday, in the house, by reason of my Indisposition, officiating Mr. Higham Minister of the Parish. & 22: preaching on 1. Cor: 10. 16. preparatory to the Sacrament on Easter day &c: also 29: on 18 Jer: 9. 10 concerning Gods Judgements against nations and kingdomes, when not prevented by repentance, applicatory to the time. 30. I was able to ride abroad & went often to take the aire.  X 4*x May ă 3 Came the most happy tidings of his Majesties gracious Declaration, & applications to the Parliament, Generall, & People &c and their dutifull acceptance & acknowledgement, after a most bloudy & unreasonable Rebellion of neere 20 yeares. Praised be forever the Lord of heaven, who onely dost wondrous things, because thy mercys indure forever. *** 9 I was desired & designed to accompany my Lord Berkeley with the publique Addresse of the Parliament Gen: &c: & invite him to come over, & assume his Kingly government, he being now at Breda; but being yet so weake & convalescent, I could not make that journey by sea, which was not a little to my detriment &c: so I went to Lond to excuse my selfe, returning the 10th, having yet received a gracious message from his Majestie, by Major Scot & Colonel Tuke. ***"h) 0*(0*-"Ԍ29 This day came in his Majestie Charles the 2d to London after a sad, & long Exile, and Calamitous Suffering both of the King and Church: being 17 yeares: This was also his Birthday, and with a Triumph of above 20000 horse and foote, brandishing their swords and shouting with unexpressable joy: The wayes strawd with flowers, the bells ringing, the streetes hung with Tapissry, fountaines running with wine: The Major, Aldermen, all the Companies in their livers, Chaines of Gold, banners; Lords & nobles, Cloth of Silver, gold and vellvet every body clad in, the windos and balconies all set with Ladys, Trumpets, Musick, & of people flocking the streetes & was as far as Rochester, so as they were 7 houres in passing the Citty, even from 2 in the afternoone til nine at night: I stood in the strand, & beheld it, & blessed God: And all this without one drop of  X4bloud, & by that very army, which rebelld against him: But it was the Lords doing, et  X4mirabile in oculis nostris: for such a Restauration was never seene in the mention of any history, antient or modern, since the returne of the Babylonian Captivity, nor so joyfull a day, & so bright, ever seene in this nation: this hapning when to expect or effect it, was past all humane policy.  X 411 The Late News or Message from Bruxels Unmasked ... (see p. 458).***   X4v June ă 4 I received letters of Sir R: Brownes landing at Dovr, & also Letters from the Queene, which I was to deliver at Whitehall, not as yet presenting my selfe to his Majestie by reason of the infinite concourse of people: It was indeed intollerable, as well as unexpressable, the greedinesse of all sorts, men, women, & children to see his Majesty & kisse his hands, inso much as he had scarce leasure to Eate for some dayes, coming as they did from all parts of the Nation: And the King on the other side as willing to give them that satisfaction, would have none kept out, but gave free accesse to all sorts of people: Wherefore addressing my selfe to the Duke, I was carried to his Majestie when he was alone, & very few noblemen with him, & kissed his hands, being very gratiously receivd: which don I returnd home to meet [5] Sir R: Browne, who came not til the Eight, after a 19 yeares Exile, during which yet, he kept up in his Chapell, the Liturgie & offices of the Church of England, to his no small honour, & in a time, when it was so low & and as many thought utterly lost, that in many Controversies both with Papists & Sectaries, our divines used to argue for the visibility of the Church from his Chapell & Congregation... *** 16 The French, Italian & Dutch Ministers came to make their addresse to his Majestie, one Monsieur Stoope pronouncing the harange with greate Eloquence... ***  X45x July ă 5 I saw his Majestie go with as much pompe & splendor as any Earthly prince could do to the greate Citty feast: (The first they invited him to since his returne) but the exceeding raine which fell all that day, much eclipsd its luster: This was at Guildhall, and there was also all the Parliament men, both Lords & Comm: the streetes adornd with Pageants &c: at immense cost: 6 His Majestie began first to Touch for the Evil according to costome: Thus, his Majestie sitting under his State in the Banqueting house: The Chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought or led up to the throne, who kneeling, the King strokes their faces or cheekes with  X#4both his hands at once: at which instant a Chaplaine in his formalities, says, He put his hands  X$4upon them, & he healed them, this is sayd, to every one in particular: when they have ben all touchd, they come up againe in the same order, & the other Chaplaine kneeling & having Angel gold, strung on white ribbon on his arme, delivers them one by one to his Majestie: Who puts them about the neck of the Touched as they passe: whilst the first Chaplaine  X'4repeates: That is the true light who came into the World: Then followes an Epistle (as at first"' 0*(0*;," a Gospell) with the Liturgy prayers for the sick with some alteration: Lastly the blessing, And then the Lo: Chamberlaine & Comptroller of the household, bring basin, Ewer & Towell for his Majestie to wash:... 8 Mr. Hinchman on 5: Ephes: 15: From hence forth was the Liturgie publiquely used in our Churches, whence it ben for so many Yeaes banishd: *** 28 I heard his Majesties Speech in the Lords house, passing the bills of Tunnage & poundage, Restauration of my L. Ormond to his estate in Ireland, concerning the Commission of the Sewers, and Continuance of the Excise... ***  X4` September ă 13 I saw in Southwark at St. Margarites faire, a monstrous birth of Twinns, both femals & most perfectly shaped, save that they were joynd breast to breast, & incorporated at the navil, having their armes thrown about each other ...: It was reported quick in May last, & produced neere Turnestyle Holbourn: well exentrated & preserved till now: We saw also a poore Woman, that had a living Child of one yeare old, who had its  X 4head, neck, with part of a Thigh growing out about Spina dorsi: The head had the place of Eyes & nose, but none perfected. The head monstrous, rather resembling a greate Wenn; and hanging on the buttocks, at side whereoff, & not in the due place, were (as I remembred) the excrements it avoided, we saw also Monkeys & Apes daunce, & do other feates of activity on the highrope, to admiration: They were  Xh4galantly clad alamode, went upright, saluted the Company, bowling, & pullingoff their hatts: They saluted one another with as good grace as if instructed by a Dauncing Master. They turned heales over head, with a bucket of Eggs in it, without breaking any: also with Candles (lighted) in their hands, & on their head, without extinguishing them, & with vessells of water, without spilling a drop: I also saw an Italian Wench daunce to admiration, & performe all the Tricks of agility on the high rope, all the Court went to see her: here was Father, who tooke up a piece of Yron Canon of above 400 pounds weight, with the haires of his head onely... *** 13 In the midst of all the joy & jubilie, dies the Duke of Gloucester of the Smallpox, which put all the Court in Mourning: died the 13th in prime of youthe, a Prince of extraordinary hopes &c:... ***  X4i October ă 6. I paied the greate Tax of Polemony, levied for the disbanding of the Army, til now kept up; I paid as Esquire 10 pounds & 1s: for every Servant in my house &c: *** 11 I went to Lond: to be sworn a Commissioner of the Sewers; & this day were those barbarous Regicides, who sat on the life of our late King, brought to their Tryal in the old baily, by a Commission of Oyer & terminer: I returnd at night. *** 17 This day were executed those murderous Traytors at CharingCrosse, in sight of the place where they put to death their natural Prince, & in the Presence of the King his sonn, whom they also sought to kill: take in the trap they laied for others: The Traytors executed were Scot, Scroope, Cook, Jones. I saw not their execution, but met their quarters mangld & cutt & reaking as they were brought from the Gallows in baskets on the hurdle: = miraculous providence of God; Three days before suffered Axtel, Carew, Clements, Hacker, Hewson & Peeters for reward of their Iniquity: I returnd: 18 My Wife receiving a fall from a stoole, miscarried of a fine boy, to our greate trouble ***"'0*(0*!,"Ԍ29 Going to Lond: about my affaires, My Lord Majors shew stopd me in cheapeside: one of the Pageants represented a greate Wood, with the royal Oake, & historie of his Majesties miraculous escape at Boscobell &c: 31 Arived now to my 40th yeare, I rendred to Almighty God my due & hearty thanks:  X 40a November ă November I went with some of my Relations to Court, to shew them his Majesties Cabinet and Closset of rarities: The rare miniatures of Peter Oliver after Raphael, Titian & other masters, which I infinitely esteeme: Also that large piece of the Dutchesse of Lennox don in Enamaile by Petito; & a vast number of Achates, Onyxes, & Intaglios, especialy a Medalion of C%sar, as broad as my hand: likewise rare Cabinetts of Pietra Commessa: A Landskip of Needleworke, formerly presented by the Dutch to K Char: I. Here I saw a vast book of Mapps in a Volume of neere 4 yards large: a curious Ship modell, & amongst the Clocks, one, that shewed the rising & setting of the son in the Zodiaque, the Sunn, represented in a face & raies of Gold, upon an azure skie, observing the diurnal & annual motion, rising & setting behind a landscap of hills, very divertisant, the Work of our famous Fromantel, & severall other rarities in this royal Cimelium. 3 Arived her Majestie Queene Mother in to England, whence she had ben now banished almost 20 years; together with her illustrious daughter the Princesse Henrietta, divers other Prines & noblemen accompanying them... *** 23 Being this day in the BedChamber of the Princesse Henrietta (where there were many great beauties, & noblemen) I saluted divers of my old friends & acquaintance abroad; his Majestie carying my Wife to salute the Queene & Prinesse, & then led her into his Closet, & with his owne hands shewd her divers Curiosities. *** 27 came down the Cleark Comptroller (by the Lord Stewards appointment) to survey the land at SaysCourt, on which I had pretence, & to returne his report: ***  X4;b December ă 13 I presented my Son John to the Queene Mother: who kissed him, talked with, & made extraordinary much of him. *** 21 The Marriage of the Chancellors Daughter being now newly owned, I went to see her: she being Sir R: Browne (my father in laws) intimate acquaintance, when she waited on the Princesse of Orange: She being now at her fathers, at Worcester house in the strand, we all kissed her hand, as did also my Lord Chamberlaine (Manchester), and Countesse of Northumberland: This was a strange change, can it succeed well! I spent the Evening at St. Jamess whither the Princesse Henrietta was retired during the fatal sicknesse of her Sister the  X4Princesse of Orange, now come over to salute the King her brother: 1The Princesse gave my  Xx4Wife an extraordinary complement, & gracious acceptance, for the Character she had  X@4presented her the day before, & which was afterwards printed: 22. I went to Lambeth to visite my kindsman Sir Rob: Needham: This day died the Princesse of Orange of the Smallpox, which wholy alterd the face & gallantry of the whole Court: 23 ... A robbery attempted at my house, but God deliverd us: 25 Preached at the Abby, Dr. Earles, (clearke of his Majesties Closet, & my deare friend, Deane of Westminster) on 2: luke 13.14. Condoling the breach made in the publique joy, by the lamented death of the Princesse: I receivd the B: Sacrament the Deane officiating: The Service was also in the old Cathedrall Musique:... 27 I returned home; my son, not well, & next day to Lond: againe. 30 ... I dined at Court, with Mr. Crane Cleark of the GreeneCloth:"'0*(0*D+"Ԍ31: I gave God thankes for his many signal mercies to my selfe Church & Nation this wonderfulle Yeare:  X4  XX41 This is the marriage, notorious at the time, of Anne Hyde (163771), daughter of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon to James, Duke of York. She was already pregnant. The children of this marriage included the Queens Mary II (168894) and Anne (170214). It contributed to Clarendons unpopularity and eventual fall in 1667 (p. 185) by allowing his enemies to claim that he had engineered this marriage and that of Charles II to the barren Catherine of Braganza to guarantee that his own descendants would be monarchs, as E observed (see below p.299). The Princess of Orange is Mary (163160), sister of Charles II and mother of William of Orange, afterwards William III (16881702) and husband of Mary II. Her sister the Princess Henrietta (164470) is Duchess of Orleans, otherwise known to E as Madame (see  X` 4below p. 202). Mrs Evelyns Character is not known in published form.  b 41Q   1t 1661 ă  X 4k January ă 6 ... This night was a bloudy Insurrection of some fiftmonarchy Enthusiasts, suppressd, & next day examind at Council; where the wretchedly abused people could say nothing to extenuate their madnesse, & unwarantable zeale: I was now chosen (& nominated by his Majestie for one of that Council) by Suffrage of the rest of the Members, a Fellow of the Philosophic Society, now meeting at Gressham Coll: where was an assembly of divers learned Gent: It being the first meeting since the returne of his Majestie in Lond: but begun some years before at Oxford, & interruptedly here in Lond: during the Rebellion: This morning was another rising of the Phanatics in which some were slaine: his Majestie being absent; til the 10th. 12 I returnd home: 16 I went to the Philosophic Club: where was examind the Torricellian experiment: I presented my Circle of Mechanical Trades, & had recommended to me the publishing what I had written of Chalcography: ... 23. To Lond, at our Society, where was divers Exp: on the Terrella sent us by his Majestie. 25. After divers yeares, that I had seene any Play, I went to see acted the  X4Scornfull Lady at a new Theater in Lincolnsin fields. *** 30 Was the first Solemn Fast & day of humiliation to deplore the sinns which so long had provoked God against this Afflicted Church & people: orderd by Parliament to be annualy celebrated, to expiate the Gilt of the Execrable Murder of the late King Char: I ... This day (= the stupendious, & inscrutable Judgements of God) were the Carkasses of that archrebell Cromewell, Bradshaw the Judge who condemnd his Majestie & Ireton, sonn in law to the Usurper, draged out of their superbe Tombs (in Westminster amongst the Kings), to Tyburne, & hanged on the Gallows there from 9 in the morning til 6 at night, & and then buried under that fatal & ignominious Monument, in a deepe pitt: Thousands of people (who had seene them in all their pride & pompous insults) being spectators: looke back at  X`"4November 22: 1658, & be astonishd And God, & honor the King, but meddle not  X(#4with them who are given to change.  X#4Wf February ă 20 To Lond: about buisinesse: & to our Meeting, trying severall Exp: about refining Metalls. ***  X'4p March ă 11 To our Society: where were experimented divers ways of the rising of water in glasse tubes, above the Super ficies of the stagnant water: either by uniting one part of the water to the other by a kind of natural appetite to joyne its like; or rather by the pressure of"h)0*(0*)." the subjacent water by the super stantial %r, to an %quilibrium of Cylinder of the Atmosphere: &c: *** 13 I went to Lambeth with Sir R: Brownes pretence to the Wardenship of Merton Coll: in Oxford, to which (as having about 40 yeares before ben student of that house) he was unanimously elected, one fellow onely excepted: now the statutes of that house being so, that unlesse every fellow agree, the election devolves to the Visitor, who is the A: Bish: of Canterbury, his Grace gave his vote to Sir T. Clayton there, and the Physick Professor; for which I was not at all displeasd; because though Sir Rich: missd it, by much ingratitude and wrong of the ArchBishop (Clayton being no fellow) yet it would have hindred Sir Richard from attending at Court, to settle his greater Concernes, and prejudicd me: he being so much inclined to have passd his time in a Collegiate life, very unfit for him at that time for many reasons. So I took leave of his Grace, who was Dr. Juxon, formerly L: Treasurer in the reigne of Charles I. This after noone his hignesse Prince Rupert shewed me with his owne hands the new way of Graving calld Mezzo Tinto, which afterwards I by his permission publishd in my Historie of Chalcographie, which set so many artists on Worke, that they soone arived to  XH 4that perfection it is since come, emulating the tenderest miniature.1 *** 31 This night his Majestie promisd to make my Wife Lady of the Jewels (a very honorable charge) to the future Queene &c: [but which he never performd, bribd by the Lady Scroope.] ***  X4u April ă 19 To Lond: about SaysCourt buisinesse: Saw the Bathing & rest of the Ceremonies of the Knights of the Bath preparatory to the Coronation, it was in the Painted Chamber in Westminster: I might have received this honour, but declined it: The rest of the ceremony was in the Chapell at Whitehall where their Swords being laid on the Altar, the Bishop deliverd them &c: 21. I heard part onely of a Sermon at St. Martines: 22 Was the splendid Cavalcade of his Majestie from the Tower of Lond: to White hall: Where I also saw the King in the Banqueting House Create six Earles, & as many Barons viz: Ed: L. Hide L. High Chancellor created Earle of Clarendon, supported by the Earles of Northumberland & Sussex: The Earle of Bedford carried the Cap & Coronet, E: of Warwick the Sword: E: of Newport the Mantle. Next was Capel created Earle of Essex; Brudnell Cardigan: Valencia Angelsea, Greenevill Bath, Howard Caerlisle: The Barons were Denzill Holles, Cornwallis, Booth, Townsend, Cooper, Crew, who were all ledup by severall Peeres, with Garter & Officers of Armes before them, where after Obesience on their severall approches to the Throne, their Patents were presented by Garter K. at Armes, which being received by the L. Chamberlaine & deliverd his Majestie & by him to the Secretary of State, were read, & then againe delivred to his Majestie & by him to the severall Lords Created, then were they robed, their Coronets & Collers put on by his Majestie, then were they placed in rank on both sides the State & Throne: but the Barons put of their caps & circles and held them in their hands, The Earles keeping on their Coronets as Cousins to the King: I spent the rest of the Evening in seeing the severall Arch Triumphals built in the streetes at severall Eminent places thro which his Majestie was next day to passe, some of which though tem

orarie, & to stand but one Yeare, were of good Invention & architecture, with Inscriptions:  XH&41 Sculptura, see p.142 and 458.23 "'0*('Q+"ԌWas the Coronation of his Majesty Charles the Second in the AbbyChurch of Westminster at all which Ceremonie I was present: The King & all his Nobility went to the Tower, I accompanying my L: Vicount Mordaunt part of the Way: This was on Sunday: 22: but indeede his Majestie went not til Early this morning, & proceeded from thence to Westminster in this order: first went the Duke of Yorks Horse guards, Messengers of the Chamber. 136 Esquires to the knights of the Bath, each having two: most richly habited: The knight Harbinger, Searjeant Porter, Sewers of the Chamber, Quarter Waiters, SixClearks of Chancery, Cler: of the Signet, Cler: of the PrivySeale, Clearks of the Council: Cler: of the Parliament, Cler: of the Crowne: Chaplaines in ordinary having dignities 10: Kings Advocats & Remembrancer, Coucil at Law: Master of the Cancery: Puisne Serjeants, Kings Attourney & Solicitor: Kings eldest Serjeant: Secretaries of the French & Latine Tongue: Gent: Ushers daily Waiters: Sewers, Carvers & Cupbearers in Ordinary, Esquires of the body 4. Masters of standing Offices being no Councellers viz. of the Tents, Revells, Ceremonies, Armorie, Wardrob, Ordnance, Masters of Requests, Chamberlaine of the Exchequer, Barons of the Exchequer & Judges: Lord Ch: Baron, L.C. Justice of the Common pleas, Master of the Rolls, L.C. Justice of England: Trumpets, Gent: of the Pr: Chamber, Knights of the Bath 68 in Crimson robes exceeding rich, & the noblest shew of the whole Cavalcade (his Majestie Excepted) Knight Marishall: Treasurer of the Chamber, Master of the Jewells, Lords of the Privy Council: Comptroller of his Majesties Household: Treasurer of the Household: Trumpets, Searjeant Trumpeter: Puirsuivants at Armes 2: Barons: 2: Puirsuivants at Armes: Viscounts, Heraulds 2: Earles. L. Chamb: of the Household. 2 Heraulds: Marquses, Dukes: Her: and : Lord Chancellor: L.H. Steward of Eng: Two Persons representing the Dukes of Normandy & Aquitain (viz. Sir R: Fanshaw & Sir Herb: Price) in fantastique habits of that time: Gent: Ushers, Garter: Lord Major of Lond: The Duke of York alone: (the rest by twos) L.H. Conestable of Eng: L: Gr: Chamb: of England: The Sword born by the Earle Marishall of Eng: Lastly the KING in royal Robes, & Equipage: Afterwards followd Equerries, Footemen, Gent: Pensioners, Master of the horse leading an horse richly caparisond: ViceChamberlaine: Cap: of the Pensioners: Cap: of the Guard: The Guard, HorseGard, The Troope of Voluntieres &c with many other officers, & Gent: This magnificent Traine on horseback, as rich as Embroidery, velvet, Cloth of Gold & Sil: & Jewells could make them & their pransing horses, proceeded thro the streetes, strewd with flowers, houses hung with rich Tapissry, Windos & Balconies full of Ladies, The Lond: Militia lining the ways, & the sevrrall Companies with their Banners & Loud musique ranked in their orders: The Fountaines runing wine, bells ringing, with Speeches made at the severall Triumphal Arches: At that of the Temple Barre (neere which I stood) The Lord Major was received by the Baylife of Westminster who in a Scarlet robe made a Speech: Thence with joyfull Acclamations his Majestie passed to Whitehall: [Bonfires at night] & the next day being st. Georges he went by Water to Westminster Abby: when his Majestie was entered, the Deane & Prebends brought all the Regalia, & deliverd them to severall Noblemen, to beare before the King, who met them at the West dore of the church, singing an Antheme, to the Quire: Then came the Peres in their Robes & Coronets &c in their hands, til his Majestie was placed in a Throne elevated before the Altar: Then the Bish: of Lond (the A Bishop of Canterbury being sick) went to every side of the Throne to present the King to the People, asking if they would have him for their King, & do him homage, at  X#4which they shouted 4 Times God Save K. Ch: the 2d: Then an Anthem sung: Then his Majesty attended by 3 Bishops went up to the Altar, & he offerd a pall, & a pound of Gold: Then sate he down in another chaire during the sermon, which was preachd by Dr. Morley then B: of Worcester on after Sermon the K: tooke his Oath before the  X'4Altar, to the Religion, Mag: Charta & Laws of the Land: Then the Hymn Veni"'0*('*+"  X4S. Sp., then the Leitany by 2 Bish. Then the L: AB: of Cant (present but indisposd & weake) said, Liftup your hearts: Then rose up the King, & put off his robes & upper garments; & was in a Wastcoate so opened in divers places as the A: Bishop might commodiously anoint him, first in the palmes of his hands, then was sung an Anthem & prayer, Then his breast, & twixt the shoulders, bending of both armes, & lastly on the crowne of the head: with apposite hymns & prayers at each anoynting: Then closed & buttned up the Wastcoate, which was done by the Deane: Then was a Coyfe put on & the Colobium, Syndon or Dalmatic, & over this a Supertunic of Cloth of Gold, with buskins & sandals of the same, Spurrs, The Sword, a prayer being first saied over it by the A.Bish. on the Altar before twas girt on: by the L: Chamberlain: Then the Armill, Manteles &c: Then the A: B: placed the Crowne Imperial on the Altar, prayed over it, & set it on his Majesties head, at which all the Peres put on their Coronets &c. Anthems & rare musique playing with Lutes, Viols, Trumpets, Organs, Voices &c. Then the A B: put a ring on his Majesties finger: Then the K. offered his Sword on the Altar: which being redeemed, was drawn & borne before him: Then the AB: deliverd him the Scepters with the Dove in one hand, & the other in the other with the Mond: Then the K. kneeling the A: Bish: pronouncd the blessing:  XH 4Then ascending againe his Regal Throne & Te Deum singing all the Peeres did their Homage by every one touching his Crowne: The ArchBish & rest of the Bish: first kissing the King: Then he received the H: Sacrament, & so disrobed, yet with the Crowne Imperial on his head, accompanied with all the nobility in the former order, he went on foote on blew cloth, which was spread & reachd from the West dore of the Abby, to Westminster Stayres where he tooke Water in a Triumphall barge to Whitehall. where was extraordinary feasting: 24 I presented his Majestie with his Panegyric in the Privy Chamber, which he was pleasd most graciously to accept: &c. also to the L. Chancelor & most of the noble men who came to me for it, & dind at the Marq: of Ormonds now made Duke, where was a magnificent feast, & many greate persons: 25 I went to the Society where were divers Experiments in Mr. Boyls Pneumatique Engine. We put in a Snake but could not kill it, by exhausting the aire, onely made it extreamly sick, but the chick died of Convulsions out right, in a short space: ***  X84*x May ă 1 I went to Hide Park to take the aire, where was his Majestie & an inumerable appearance of Gallantry & rich Coaches &c: it being now a time of universal festivity & joy: &c: 2 I had audience of my L. Chancellor about my Title to SaysCourt: 3 I went to see the wonderfull Engine for weaving silkstockings, said to have ben the Invention of an Oxford Scholler 40 yeares since: returnd by Fromantel the famous Clock maker to see some Pendules: Monsieur Zulichum being with us: This evening I was with my L: Brouncker, Sir Rob: Morray, Sir Pa: Neill, Monsieur de & Mr. Ball (all of them of our Society, & excellent Mathematicians) to shew his Majestie (who was also present) Saturns Ansatus as some thought, but as Zulicum affirmed with his Balteus (as that learned Gent: had publishd), very neere eclipsed by the Moone, neere the Mons Porphyritis: Also Jupiter & Satelites through the greate Telescope of his Majesties, drawing 35 foote: on which were divers discourses: *** 8 His Majestie rod in state, with his Imperial Crowne on, & all the Peeres in their robes in greate pomp to the Parliament, now newly chosen (the old one disolvd) & that evening declared in Council his intention to marry the Infanta of Portugal: *** 11 My Wife presentd his Majestie the Madona she copied in Miniatur after P: Olivers painting after Raphael, which she wrought with extraordinary paines & Judgement."'0*('," The K. was infinitely pleasd with it, & causd it to be placed in his Cabinet amongst his best Limmings: 12 Dr. Phil: King preached at the Abby on 16. Jo: 7: Afternoone Dr. Hill of ChristChurh Oxon: 13 I heard, & saw such Exercises at the Election of Scholars at Westminster Schoole, to be sent to the Universitie, both in Lat: Gr: & Heb: Arabic &c in Theames & extemporary Verses, as wonderfully astonishd me, in such young striplings, with that readinesse, & witt, some of them not above 12 or 13 yeares of age: & pitty it is, that what they attaine here so ripely, they either not retaine, or improve more considerably, when they come to be men: though many of them do: & no lesse is to be blamed their odd pronouncing of Latine, so that out of England no nation were able to understand or endure it: The Examinants or Posers were Dr. Duport Greek professor at Cambridge: Dr. Fell: Deane of Christchuh, Oxon: Dr. Pierson, Dr. Alestree, Deane of Westminster & any that would: 14 His Majestie was pleased to discourse with me concerning severall particulars relating to our Society, & the Planet Saturne &c: as he sat at Supper in the withdrawing roome to his BedChamber. 15 We made sevverall experiments on Vipers, & their biting of Dogs & Catts, to make tryall of a stone presented us from the E: Indias a pretended cure: 16. I dined at Mr. Garmus the Resident of Hamburg, who continud his feast neere 9 whole houres, according to the Custome of his Country; though no greate excesse of drinking, no man being obligd: *** 22 Was the ScotchCovenant burnt by the common hangman in divers places of Lond: = prodigious change! This after at our Society were severall discourses concerning poisons. Sir Jo Finch told us of an exquisite poyson of the D: of Florences that killd with a drop: That drawing a threit & needle dipt in it thro a hens thigh it perishd immediatly, but if an hot needle were thrust after it, it cured the wound. This was tried also on a dog, successfully: That any thing thus killed, the limb affected being suddainly cut off the rest eate most delicatly and tender without detriment to the Eater: Hereupon Dr. Charleton affirmd that  X4having killed a Linnet with Nux Vomica suddainly: a SeaGull eating that bird died also immediately, & some other animal that preyd on that Gull the Venume in force after the third Concoction: I returnd home this Evening: 26 Our Vicar on 7: Mat: 21. 29 This was the first Anniversary appointd by Act of Parliament to be observd as a day of gen: Thanksgiving for the miraculous Restauration of his Majestie: our Vicar preaching on 118 Psal: ***  X4v June ă  X419 Discourses at our Society about poysons againe. We gave Nux Vom: to birds that killed them outright, afterwads, because some writers affirmed Sublimate was its conterpoyson, we tried it on other birds, but it succeded not: ***  X 45x July ă 2 I went to see, the new SpringGarden at Lambeth a pretty contrivd plantation: 5: We continued many Experiments about compressing of Water: &c. *** 17 I went to Lond. at our Assembly: we put a Viper & slowworme Aspic to bite a Mouse, but could not irritate them to fasten at all: Mr. Boyle brought 2 polishd Marbles 3 inch diameter: which first well rubbd, then with a drop of oyle olive, which was afterwards cleane wiped off, the stones claped together stuck close, even so close, that the nether stone having a hook insertd, & the uppe a ring, tooke up 42 pound weight, by the power of"'0*('D+" contiguity, before they separated: The oyle was added to fill up any possible porositie in the polishd Marbles: 19 We tried our Diving bell, or Engine in the Water Dock at Deptford, in which our Curator contind halfe an houre under water: It was made of Cast lead: let downe with a strong Cable: *** 22 My Wife went to the Waters at Tunbridge for her health: 24 ... There was a Camel shewen in our Towne, newly broght from the Levant, which I saw, as I had others. 31. To our Society, where a bladder blowne up onely raised a weight of 24 pound; it was at first flaxid & welted on purpose, & the weight hanged at its bottome, then the wind conveyd thro a pipe that had a valve &c: ***  X( 4m August ă 7 Repeating the Experiment of the bladder was raisd 142 pounds & my Laquay, who was an heavy looby of 17 years old &c: A pouder of a plant was brought, which thrown into the fire like Gunpowder: *** 9 I tried severall experiments on the Sensitive plant & humilis, which contracted with the least touch of the Sunn, thro a burning Glasse, though it rises & opens onely, when it  X4shines on it: also with aqua fortis; but it did not with its fume, nor touchd with Spirit of Sulphur: I first saw the famous Queenpine brought from Barbados presented to his Majestie, but the first that were ever seene here in England, were those sent to Cromwell, foureyeares since: I dined at Mr. Palmers at GraysInn, whose curiosity excelled in Clocks & Pendules, especialy one, that had innumerable motions, & plaied 9 or 10 Tunes on the bells very finely; some of them set in parts, which was very harmonious. It was wound up but once in a quarter: he had also good Telescopes, & Mathematical Instruments, choice Pictures & other Curiosities: Thence we went to that famous Montebank, Jo: Punteus. *** 14: To Lond: Experiments concerning compression of Water, a letter and a certaine uncombustible Wood was sent the Society from the famous Adeptus Signor Borrhi: This day Sir Kenhlme Digby presented every one of us his discourse of the Vegetation of Plants: And Mr. Henshaw his history of Saltpeter & Gunpowder. I then assisted him to procure his place of French Secretary to the King, which he purchased of Sir Hen: de Vic: I went to that famous Physitian Sir Fr: Prujean who shewed me his Laboratorie, his other workhouse for turning & other Mechanics, also many excellent Pictures, especialy the Magdalen of  X 4Carrachio: some incomparable paisages don in distemper: He plaied to me likewise on the Polyphone, an Instrument having something of the Harp, Lute, Theorb &c: it was a sweete Instrument, by none known in England, or described by any Author, nor used but by this skillfull & learned Doctor: I returnd home: 15 I went to Tunbridge wells, to visite my Wife, who was there drinking the Waters. 17 Walking about the solitudes far from our Lodging, I greately admired at the extravagant turnings, insinuations, & growthe of sertaine birch trees among the rocks: 18 ... This afternoone as I was at church and Dr. Burgh going into the Pulpet, I was called out, one of my horses having struck my Coachman so as he remaind as dead for a while; I causd him to be let bloud, & laying a Cerecloth to his brest (much brused) & so after a weeke he recovered: ***  X%4` September ă  XH&414. I presented my Fumifugium dedicated to his Majestie who was pleased I should publish it by his special Command; being much pleasd with it: ***"'0*('!,"Ԍ18: To Lond: This day was our Petition to his Majestie for his royal Graunt authorizing our Society to meete as a Corporation &c: with severall privileges, was read: An Experiment of flame in flame was tried: I went home: 22 Our Viccar on 26. Matt: 39: An exceeding sickly wet Autumne after a very wet summer:  X4i October ă 1 I sailed this morning with his Majestie one of his Yaachts (or Pleasure boates) Vessells newly known amongst us, til the Duth [E. India Comp.] presented that curious piece to the King, & very excellent sailing Vessels. It was on a Wager betweene his other new Pleasure boate, built fregatelike, & one of the Duke of Yorks, the wager 100 pounds. The race from Greenewich to Gravesend & back: The King lost it going, wind Contrary, but savd stakes returning: There were divers noble Person & Lords on board: his Majestie sometimes steering himselfe: There attended his Barge & Kitchin boate: I brake fast this morning with the king, at returne in his smaller Vessell, he being pleasd to take me & onely foure more who were Noblemen with him: but dined in his Yacht, where we all Eate together with his Majestie. In this passage his Majestie was pleasd to discourse to me about my Book inveing against the nuisance of the Smoke of Lond: & proposing expedients how by removing those particulars I mentiond, it might be reformd; Commanding me to prepare a Bill, against the next session of Parliament; being (as he said) resolved to have something don in it: Then he discoursd to me of the improvement of Gardens & buildings (now very rare in England, comparatively to other Countries) and then commanded to me drawup the Matter of fact happning at the bloudy Encounter which then had newly happnd betweene the French & Spanish Ambassador neere the Tower, at the reception of the Sweds Ambassador contending for precedency; giving me order to consult Sir William Compton (Master of the Ordnance) to informe me what he knew of it; & with his favorite Sir Char: Berkeley [after: Earle of Falmoth:] (Cap: of the Dukes lifeguard) then present with his Troope, & 3 foote Companies; with some other reflections and Instructions; to be prepard for a Declaration to take off the reports which went about of his Majesties partiality in this affaire, & of his Officers &c: Spectators rudenesse whilst the conflict lasted: So I came home that night: & went [2] next morning to Lond, where from the Officers of the Towre, Sir William Compton, Sir Ch: Berkeley and others, who were attending at this Meeting of the Ambassadors 3 dayes before, having collected what I could; I drew up a narrative in vindication of his Majestie & carriage of his officers, & standersby &c: on Thursday, his Majestie sent one of the Pages of the Backstayrs for me, to waite on him with my papers, in his Cabinet, where was present onely Sir Henry Bennet (privy purse) [since Secretary of State & E. of Arlington & Lord Chamb:] when I read to his Majestie what I had drawn up: by the time I had read halfe a page, came in Mr. Secretary Morice with a large paper, desiring to speake with his Majestie who told him that he was now very buisy, & therefore orderd him to come againe some other time: The Secretary replyd, what he had in his hand was of extraordinary importance: So the King rose up, & commanding me to stay, went aside to a Corner of the roome with the Secretary: after a while, the Secretary dispatchd, his Majestie returning to me at the Table, a letter was brought him from Madame out of France, this he read, & bid me proceede where I left off, which I did til I had ended all the narrative, to his majesties great satisfaction, and after I had inserted one or 2 more Clauses, in which his Majestie instructed me, commanded that it should that night be sent to the posthouse, directed to the Lord Ambassador at Paris, which was the Earle of St. Albans: and then at leasure to prepare him a Copy, which he would publish: This I did, & immediately sent my papers to the Secretary of State; with his Majesties expresse command of dispatching them that night for France: Before I went out of his Majesties Closet, he cald me back, to shew me some Ivorie Statues, and other Curiosities that I had not seene before:"'0*('7+"Ԍ3: Next day Evening, being in the withdrawing roome next the Bedchamber, his Majestie espying me came to me from a greate crowde of noblemen standing neere the fire, & asked me if I had don: told me, he feard it might be a little to sharp (on second thoughts) for he had that morning spoken with the French Ambassador who it seemes had palliated the matter, & was very tame; & therefore directed me where I should soften a period or two, before it were publishd &c [(as afterward it was)]. This night also spake to me to give him a sight of what was sent, and to bring it to him in his Bed Chamber, which I did, & received it againe from him at dinner next day: By Saturday having finishd it with all his Majesties notes, the King being gon abroad, I sent the papers to Sir Hen: Bennet (privyPurse, & a greate favorite) and slipd home, being my selfe much indispossd & harrassd, with going about, & sitting up to write, &c: *** 29 I saw the Lord Major passe in his Water Triumph to Westminster being the first solemnity of this nature after 20 yeares: *** 31 I was this day <41> yeares of age: for which I render thanks to Almighty God, & implore his favour for the yeare to come. ***  X40a November ă 15 I dind with the Duke of Ormond: his Grace told me there were no Moules in Ireland, nor any Ratts till of late, & that but in one County; but a mistake that Spiders would not live there; onely not poyson: Also that they frequently took Salmon with dogs:  X0416 I presented Naudaus concerning Liberaries to my Lord Chancelor; but it was  X4miserably false printed:1 *** 20 To Lond: the discourse was about a Vernish that should resist all Weathers, & preserve yron from rust; but fire would not dry it, nor boyling water fetch it off: ... 24 ... This night his Majestie fell into discourse with me Concerning Bees &c: 26: I saw Hamlet Pr: of Denmark played: but now the old playe began to disgust this refined age; since his Majestie being so long abroad: ***  X84;b December ă 3 By universal suffrage of our Philosophic Assembly, an order was made, & registred, that I should receive their Publique Thanks for the honorable mention I made of them by the  X4name of Royal Society, in my Epistle Dedicatory to the Lord Chancellor, before my  XX4Traduction of Naudeus: Too greate an honour for a trifle:  X 4`(#(#ă  X41 See p. 459; I abroad to the office and thence to the Duke of Albemarle, all my way reading a book of Mr. Evelyns translating and sending me as a present, about directions for gathering a Library; but the book is above my reach, but his epistle to my Lord Chancellor [Clarendon] is a very fine piece (Pepys, Diary, 5 October, 1665). 4 I had much discourse with his highnesse the Duke of York concerning strang Cures. He affirmed that a Woman who swallowd a whole Eare of Barly, had it worke out at her side. I told him of the knife swallowd, & the pinns: &c: I tooke leave of the Bish: of CapVerde now going in the fleete to bring over our new Queene: 7: I dind at Arundell house, the day when the greate contest in Parliament was concerning the restoring of the Duke of Norfolck; however twas carried for him. I also now  X%4presented my little trifle of Sumptuary Laws intitled Tyrannus:1 9 I went home, & next to Lond againe: 14: I saw Otter hunting with his Majestie & killed one: 16 Saw a French Comedy acted at Whitehall:"'0*(';,"Ԍ18 At our Assembly, were divers new inventions & models for often shooting in Canon at once charging: *** 23 I heard an Italian play & sing to the Gitarr, with extraordinary skill before the Duke. 24 I returnd home to SaysCourt: 25 The ill weather kept me from Church: 31 Setting my domestique affaires in order, & beging a blessing for the future Year I ended the present.  X41 One of Es more curious pieces Tyrannus, or the mode is a wouldbe humorously xenophobic invective against the slavish pursuit of French fashions in Restoration England. It includes the memorable and vivid passage: It was a fine silken thing which I spied walking thother day through Westminster Hall, that had as much Ribbon on him as would have plundered six shops, and set up twenty Country Pedlers; all his body was drest like a Maypole, or a Tom-a Bedlams Cap. A Fregat newly riggd kept not half such a clatter in a storme, as this Puppets Streamers did when the Wind was in his Shrouds; the Motion was Wonderfull to behold, and the Colours were Red, Orange, and Blew, of well gumd Sattin, which argud a happy fancy: but so was our Gallant overchargd ... that whether he did were clad with this garment, or (as a Porter) only carried it, was not to be resolvd. Es own, annotated, copy survives at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and has been issued in facsimile form, edited by J.L. Nevinson in 1951.  b041d part of the Seige of Rhodes: In this acted the faire & famous Comdian calld Roxalana for that part she acted, & I think it was the last; then taken to be the E. of Oxfords Misse (as at this time they began to call lewd women) it was in Recitativa Musique. 10 Being called into his Majesties Closet, when Mr. Cooper (the rare limmer) was crayoning of his face & head, to make the stamps by, for the new milld money, now contriving, I had the honour to hold the Candle whilst it was doing; choosing to do this at night & by candle light, for the better finding out the shadows; during which his Majestie was  X 4pleasd to discourse with me about severall things relating to Painting & Graving &c1: 11 I dined this day at Arundellhouse, where I heard excellent Musique, performd by the ablest Masters both French & Eng, on Theorba, Viols, Organs & Voices as an Exercise against the comming of the Queene, as purposly composd for her chapell &c: After which my Lord Aubignie (her Majesties Almoner to be) shewed us his elegant Lodging; & his wheelechaire for Ease & motion, with divers other Curiosities, especialy a kind of artificial Glasse or Porcelan adornd with relievos of Past, hard & beautifull: My L: Aubigny, bro: to the Duke of Lenox, was a person of good sence, but wholy abandond to Ease & effeminancy &c. I received of Sir Peter Ball (the Queenes Attourney) a draught of an Act, against the nuisance of the Smoke of Lond, to be reformed by removing severall Trades, which are the cause of it,"'0*('x+" & indanger the healh of the K: & his people &c: which was to have ben offered to the Parliament, as his Majestie commanded: *** 15 Was Indicted a generall Fast through the whole Nation, & now celebrated at Lond: to avert Gods heavy judgement on this Land, there having falln so greate raine without any frost or seasonable cold: & not onely in England, but in Sweden & the most northern parts; it being here neere as warme as at Midsomer some yeares: The wind also against our Fleete which lay at greate expenses, for a gale to to carry it to Portugal for the new Queene; and also to Land the Guarnison we were sending with the Earle of Peterborow at Tangier, now to be put into our hands, as part of the Q: portion: This solemn Fast was held for the House of Commons, at St. Margarites: ... The effect of this fast appeard, in an immediate change of wind, & season: so as our Fleete setsaile this very afternoone, having laine windbound a moneth:  X 41 E offered the inscription, now on modern 1 coins,  I suggested the Decus & Tutamen [an ornament and protection] out of a Viniet in Cardinal de Richlieus Greek testament to  XH 4discourage this injurious Practice of Clippers (Numismata, 1697, 225). 16 Having notice of his R: Highnesse the Duke of Yorks intention to visite my poor habitation and Garden this day, I returned; where he was pleasd to do me that honour of his owne accord: and to stay some time viewing such things as I had to entertaine his curiosity; after which he caused me to dine with him at the Treasurer of the Navys house, & to sit with him coverd at the same table: There were with his Highnesse The Duke of Ormond & severall Lords: Then they viewed some of my Ground, about a project of a Sasse or receptacle for ships to be moored in; which was laied aside, as a fancy of Sir Nic: Crisp &c: After this I accompanied the Duke to an East India vessel that lay at BlackWall, where we had Entertainnt of several curiosities: among other spiritous drinks, as Punch &c, they gave us Canarie that had ben carried to, & brought back from the Indies, which was indeede incomparably good: So I returnd to Lond, with his highnesse. This night was acted before his  Xp4Majestie the Widow, a lewd play: 18 I came home to be private a little, not at all affecting the life & hurry of Court. 22: To Lond: at our Society divers tryals about the declination of the Needle; & discourses concerning the reduction of time and Measures to a certaine standard, as by Vibration of Pendules & other proportions. 24 His Majestie entertaind me with his intentions of building his Palace of Greenewich & quite demolishing the old; on which occasion I declard him my thoughts. *** 29: at our Society, we received the Ambassador of Gen?a, & Dr. Wren produced his ingenious Thermometer. ***  X 4Wf February ă 17 I went with my Lord of Bristol to see his house at Wimbledon (newly bought of Queene Mother) to help contrive the Garden after the moderne. It is a delicious place for Prospect, & the thicketts, but the soile cold & weeping clay: returned that evening with Sir Hen: Bennet. 17 This night was buried in Westminster the Queene of Bohemia (after all her sorrows & afflictions being come to die in her Nephews armes the King) & this night, & the next day fell such a storme of Haile, Thunder & lightning, as never was seene the like in any mans memorie; especialy the tempest of Wind, being SouthWest, which subverted besids huge trees, many houses, innumerable Chimnies, among other that of my parlor at Says Court, & made such havoc at land & sea, as severall perishd on both: Divers lamentable fires were"'0*('.," also kindled at this time: so exceedingly was Gods hand against this ungratefull, vicious Nation, & Court. 19. at our Assembly, discourses of Vegetation without Earth, for which I was ordered to prepare some experiments: It was therefore affirmed of an English Lady, who sweate so excessively, that a quart of water, might at any time be taken out of the Palmes of her hands, not smelling ill, & proportionably from the rest of her body: Also of a little Woman at Rome who pissed about 200 weight of Water every 24. hours and dranke nothing, upon which were divers discourses & conjectures of the resolution of aire. 20 I returned home to repaire my miserably shatted house by the late Tempest: ***  X4p March ă 22. I made an accord with Mr. Scott for 150 pounds for the rectifying my son Johns crooked leg, & kneepan: *** 24. I returned home, with my whole family, which had ben most part of the Winter since october at London in Lodgings neere the Abby of Westminster. ***  XH 4u April ă 6. Our Viccar on 5. Eph: 14: I receivd the B: Sacrament. Being of the vestery, in the afternoone, we ordered that the Communion Table should be set (as usualy) Altarwise; with a decent raile before it, according as formerly, before the Rebellion: ***  X04*x May ă 7 I waited on Prince Rupert to our Assembly, where we tried severall experiments in Mr. Boyles Vaccuum: a man thrusting in his arme, upon exhaustion of the ayre had his flesh immediatly swelled, so as the bloud was neere breaking the vaines, & unsufferable: he drawing it out, we found it all speckled: ... *** 14 To Lond, being chosen one of the Commissioners about reforming the buildings, wayes, streetes, & incumbrances, & regulating the HacknyCoaches in the Citty of Lond: taking my Oath before my Lord Chancelor, & then went to his Majesties Surveyors Office in Scotland Yard, about naming & establishing officers, adjourning til: 16: when I went to view, how St. Martines Lane might be made more passable into the strand. There were divers Gent: of quality in this Commission: *** 30 The Queene arivd, with a traine of Portugueze Ladys in their mostrous fardingals or GuardInfantas: Their complexions olivaster, & sufficiently unagreable: Her majestie in the same habit, her foretop long & turned aside very strangely: She was yet of the handsomest Countenance of all the rest, & tho low of stature pretily shaped, languishing & excellent Eyes, her teeth wronging her mouth by stiking a little too far out: for the rest sweete & lovely enough: This day was solemnly kept the Anniversary of his Majesties Birth, & restauration: Dr. Alestree preaching in the Chapell: ***  X!4v June ă 2: The L: Mayor & Aldermen made their Addresses, presenting her 1000 pounds in  X(#4Gold: Now saw I her Portuguesse Ladys, & the Guarda Damas or mother of her maides; & the old knight, a lock of whose haire quite covered the rest of his baldpate, bound on by a threit, very oddly:r r I had newes sent me from home, that a Swarme of my Bees tooke flight, & hived them selves betweene a Cabine in his Majesties ship, the Oxford fregat; which telling the King of he tooke for a good omen; desiring me that none should disturb them."H&0*('*"ԌI saw the rich Gudola sent his Majestie from the state of Venice, but it was not comparable for swiftnesse to our common wherries, though managed by Venetians: &c: 4. Went to visite the Earle of Bristol at Wimbledon. 8: ... I saw her Majestie at supper privately in her Bedchamber. 9 I heard the Q: Portugals Musique, consisting of Pipes, harps, & very ill voices. Hampton Court is as noble & uniforme a Pile & as Capacious as any Gotique Architecture can have made it: There is incomparable furniture in it, espeialy hangings designd by Raphael & very richly with gold: also many rare Pictures, especialy the C%sarian Triumphs of Andr: Mantegna: formerly the Duke of Mantuas; & of the Tapissrys the story of Abraham, & Tobit: than which I believe the whole world shews nothing nobler of that kind: The Gallery of Hornes is very particular for the vast beames of staggs &c: Elkes, Antelops &c: The Queenes bed was an Embrodery of silver on Crimson Velvet, & cost 8000 pounds, being a present made by the states of Holland, when his Majestie returned, & had ben formerly given by them to our Kings sister, the Princesse of Orange, & being bought of here againe, now presented to the King: The greate lookingGlasse & Toilet of beaten & massive Gold was given by the Q: Mother &c: The Queene brought over with her from Portugal, such Indian Cabinets and large trunks of Laccar, as had never before ben seene here: The Greate hall is a most magnificent roome: The Chapell roofe incomparably fretted & gilt: I was also curious to visite the Wardrobe, & Tents, & other furniture of State: The Park formerly a flat, naked piece of Ground, now planted with sweete rows of limetrees, and the Canale for water now neere perfected: also the hare park: In the Garden is a rich & noble fountaine, of Syrens & statues &c: cast in Copper by Fanelli, but no plenty of water: The Cradle Walk of hornebeame in the Garden, is for the perplexed twining of the Trees, very observable &c: Another Parterr there is which they call Paradise in which a pretty banqueting house, set over a Cave or Cellar; all these Gardens might be exceedingly improved, as being too narrow for such a Palace:  XP410: I returned to Lond: &c: presented my Historie of Chalcographie (dedicated to Mr.  X4Boyle) to our Society1:... *** 19 I went to Albury in Surrey, to visite Mr. Henry Howard [since Duke of Norfolk], soone after he had procured the Dukedome to be restored &c: This Gent: had now compounded a debt of neere 200000 pounds, contracted by his Grandfathr: I was much obliged to that greate virtuoso and to this young Gent: so as I staied a fortnight with him. ***  X45x July ă 2: We hunted and killed a Buck in the Park, Mr. Howard inviting most of the Gent: of the Country neere him.  X41 Sculptura ... a very pretty book (Pepys, 3 November 1665). See above p.130. 3. The 3d my Wife meeting me at Woodcot, whither Mr. Howard accompanied me, to see my sonn John, who had ben much brought up amongst Mr. Howards Children at Arundel house, til for feare of their perverting him, in the popish religion, I was forcd to take him home; where I came late at night: *** 28: His Majestie going to sea to meete Queenemother (now coming againe for England), met with such illweather, as greately indangerd him. I went to Greenewich to waite on the Queene now landed. 30: To Lond: at our Society, where was a meting about Charitable Uses, & particular to enquire how the Citty had disposd of the revenues of Gressham Colledge; & why the Salaries of the Professors there was no better improvd: I was of this Commission, & so were divers Bishops & Lords of the Council, but little was the progresse we could make."'0*('.,"Ԍ31. I sate with the Commissioners about reforming the buildings & streetes of London, & we ordered the Paving of the Way from st. Jamess north, which was a quagmire, & also of the Haymarket about Piqudillo, and agreed upon Instructions to be printed & published for the betterkeeping the Streetes cleane: so returnd home: ***  X4m August ă 13 To Lond. Our Charter being now passed under the BroadSeale, constituting us a Corporation under the Name of the RoyalSociety, for the improvement of naturall knowledge by Experiment: to Consist of a President, Council, Fellows, Secretaries, Curators, Operators, Printer, Graver & other officers, with power to make laws, purchasse land, have a peculiar Seale & other immunities & privileges &c: as at large appears in our Graunt, was this day read, & was all that was don this afternoone, it being very large: 14 ... This Afternoone her Majestie QueeneMother (with the Earle of St. Albans, & many greate Ladys & persons) was pleased to honour my poor Villa with her presence, & to accept of a Collation, being exceedingly pleased, & staying till very late in the Evening: [15] The day following Came also my Lord Chancellor Earle of Clarendon (& Lady) his purse, & Mace borne before him, to Visite me, who likewise Collationd with us, & was very merry: They had all been our old acquaintances in Exile, during the Rebellion; & indeede this greate person was ever my friend &c: his sonn, my L: Corneberry was here too: 17 Being the Sonday when the Commonprayerbooke reformed, was ordered to be used for the future, was appointed to be read: & the Solemn League & Covenant to be abjured by all the Incumbents of England, under penalties of loosing their Livings &c: our Viccar, accordingly read it this morning, and then preached an excellent Sermon on 1. Pet: 2. 13. pressing the necessity of obedience to Christian Magistrates, & especialy Kings: There were strong Guards in the Citty this day, apprehending some Tumult, many of the Presbyterian Ministers, not conforming: I dind at Mr. V. Chamberlaines, & then went to see the Q: Mother, who was pleased to give me many thanks for the Entertainement she receivd at my house, after which she recounted to me many observable stories of the Sagacity of Dogs that she had formerly had. 20: To Lond: I was this day admitted, & then Sworne one of the present Council of the Royal Society, being nominated in his Majesties Original Graunt, to be of this first Council, for the regulation of Society, & making of such Laws & statutes as were conducible to its establishment & progresse: for which we now set a part every Wednesday morning, till they were all finished: My Lord Vicount Brounchar (that excellent Mathematitian &c) being also, by his Majestie, our Founders, nomination, our first : The King being likewise pleasd to give us the armes of England, to beare in a Canton, in our Armes, & send us a Mace of Silver guilt of the same fashion & bignesse with those carried before his Majestie to be borne before our President on Meetingdaies &c: which was brought us by Sir Gilbert Talbot, Master of his Majesties Jewelhouse. *** 23 I this day was spectator of the most magnificent Triumph that certainly ever floted on the Thames, considering the innumerable number of boates & Vessels, dressd and adornd with all imaginabe Pomp: but, above all, the Thrones, Arches, Pageants & other representations, stately barges of the Lord Major, & Companies, with varius Inventions, musique, & Peales of Ordnance from both the vessels & shore, going to meet & Conduct the new Queene from Hampton Court to Whitehall, at the first time of her Coming to Towne, exceeding in my opinion, all the Venetian Bucentoros &c on the Ascention, when they go to Espouse the Adriatic: his Majestie & the Queene, came in an antiqueshaped open Vessell, covered with a State or Canopy of Cloth of Gold, made in forme of a Cupola, supported with high Corinthian Pillars, wreathed with flowers, festoones & Gyrlands: I was in our newbuilt Vessell, sailing amongst them."'0*('7+"Ԍ*** 29 The Council & Fellows of the R: Society, went in Body to White hall, to accknowledge his Majesties royal grace, in granting our Charter, & vouchsafing to be himselfe our Founder: when our President, my L: Brounchar made an eloquent Speech, to which his Majestie gave a gracious reply, & then we all kissed his hand: [30] Next day, we went in like manner with our addresse to my Lord HighChancelor, who had much promoted our Patent &c: who received us with extraordinary favour: In the Evening I went to QueeneMothers Court & had much discourse with her Majestie & so returnd home late. ***  X4` September ă 17 I went to our Councel to passe severall other statutes: We had now resolved upon the Armes of the Society: that it should be a field Argent, with a Canton of the armes imperial of England: the Supporters two Talbots, argent: The Crest an Eagle or, holding a  X 4Shield with the like armes of England, viz: 3. Lions: The Word, Nullius in Verba, which was presented to his Majestie for approbation, & orders Given to Garter K. at Armes to passe the Diploma of their office for it. I returnd home: ***  X4i October ă 1 To Lond: There were Vipers brought to the Society, Mr. Boyle produced 2 cleare liquors, which being mingled became a clear hard stone: There was also brought the Hippomanes or Marepoyson: I returned home: 3. To Lond. invited to the Colledge of Physitians, where Dr. Meret a learned man, and Librarykeeper shewed me the Library, Theater for Anatomies, & divers natural Curiosities, especialy the Devil Fish (as he calld it) which being very strong, had when taken nothing in its head save sheere water, & no other braine: There were also divers skelletons: I much admired the thigh bone of an Ostridge: The Statue & epigraph under it of that renouned Physitian Dr. Harvey, inventor of the Circulation of blood:... *** 15 I this day delivered my Discourse concerning Foresttrees to our Society upon occasion of certain Queries sent us by the Commissioners of his Majesties Navy: being the first Booke that was Printed by Order of the Society, & their Printer, since it was a  X4Corporation1: *** 21. To Q: Mothers Court: where her Majestie related to us divers Passages of her Escapes during the Rebellion & Warre in England: I dined at Court: 22d I went to my L. Tressurers, & then to our Society, where Dr. Charleton brought in his discourse of Birds, relating to the names of such, as being mentiond in divers Authors, were reduced to known birds, for rectifying the defects in most Dictionaries: Also the jaw of a Pike, wherein twas observed that everyother tooth was moveable upon a Muscle, the rest fixt: Dr. Whistler shewed, that the wormes breeding in Timber, were the very same with mites in cheese, onely much leaner; which produced a discourse concerning %quivocal generations, and some experiments ordered to be made about it. Next day I went home. *** 29 Was my L. Majors shew with a number of sumptuous pageantry, speeches & Verses: I was standing in an house in Cheape side, against the place prepared for their Majesties. The Prince & heire of Denmark [after: King of Denmark] was there, but not our King: There were also the Maids of honor: I went to Court this Evening and had much discourse with Dr. Basiers one of his Majesties Chaplains the greate Travellor, who shewed me the Syngraphs & original subscriptions of divers Eastern Patriarchs & Asian Churches to our Confession &: I returned the next day: 31 I was now 42 years of Age: blessed be God:"'0*('!,"Ԍ***  X40a November ă 4 I was invited to the Wedding of Sir Geo: Carteret the Tressurer of the Navy, & Kings ViceChamberlains Daughter married to Sir Nich: Slaning knight of the Bath, married by the Bish. of London in the Savoy chapell, after which was an extraordinary feast &c: 5. The Council for the R: So: met to make an end of the statute, & dined together: afterward meeting at Gressham Coll: there was discourse suggested by me, about planting his Majesties Forest of Deane with Oake now so much exhausted of the choicest shiptimber in the world: ***  X41 Published as Sylva in 1664, see below p. 151. 21. Spent the Evening at Court, Sir Kenhelme Digby giving me greate thankes for my  X( 4Sylva: & then returned home the next morning. *** 27 I went to Lond: to see the Enterance of the Russian Ambassador, whom his Majestie ordered should be received with much state, the Emperor his Master having not onely ben kind to his Majestie in his distresse, but banishing all Commerce with our Nation during the Rebellion: & first then the Citty Companies & Traind bands were all in their stations, his Majesties Army & Guards in greate order: his Excellency came in a very rich Coach, with some of his chiefe attendants; many of the rest on horse back, which being clad in their Vests, after the Eastern manner, rich furrs, Caps, & carrying the present, rendred a very exotic and magnificent shew: Some carrying Haukes, furrs, Teeth, Bows, &c:... ***  X4;b December ă 1. Having seene the strange, and wonderfull dexterity of the sliders on the new Canall in St. Jamess park, performd by divers Gent: & others with Scheets, after the manner of the Hollanders, with what pernicitie & swiftnesse they passe, how sudainly the stop in full carriere upon the Ice, before their Majesties: I went home by Water but not without exceeding difficultie, the Thames being frozen, greate flakes of yce incompassing our boate: *** 21: of his Majesties Chaplains preachd: after which, instead of the antient grave and solemn wind musique accompanying the Organ was introduced a Consort of 24 Violins betweene every pause, after the French fantastical light way, better suiting a Tavern or Playhouse than a Church: This was the first time of change, & now we no more heard the Cornet, which gave life to the organ, that instrument quite left off in which the English were so skilfull:... *** 29 To Lond: Saw the Audience of the Moscovy Ambassador, which was with extraordinary state: for his retinue being numerous, all clad in vests of several Colours, & with buskins after the Eastern manner: Their Caps of furr, & Tunicks richly embrodrd with gold & pearle, made a glorious shew: The King being sate under the Canopie in the banqueting house, before the Ambassador went in a grave march the Secretary of the Embassy, holding up his Masters letter of Credence in a crimsontaffaty scarfe before his forehead: The Ambassador then deliverd it, with a profound reverence to the King, the King to our Secretary of State; it was written in a long & lofty style: Then came in the present borne by 165 of his retinue, consisting Mantles & other large pieces lined with Sable, Black fox, Ermine, Persian Carpets, the ground cloth of Gold and Velvet, Seamorce teeth aboundance, Haukes, such as they sayd never came the like: Horses, said to be Persian, Bowes & Arrows &c: which borne by so long a traine rendred it very extraordinary: Wind musick playing all the while in the Galleries above: This finishd & the Ambassador"'0*('^+" conveyed by the Master of Ceremonies to York house, he was treated with a banquet, that cost 200 pounds, as I was assured, &c:.... ***  bX41d trailed a Pike, & led the righthand file in a foote Company commanded by the Lord Wentworth his sonn, a worthy spactacle & example, being both of them old & valiant Souldiers: This was to shew the French Ambassador Monsieur Cominges: There being a greate Assembly of Coaches &c in the Park: In the Evening I went home: *** 7: Dind at the Comptrollers, after dinner we met at the Commission about the streetes, & to regulate Hackny Coaches, also to make up our Accompts to passe the Exchequer: I returnd: *** 19 ... This evening came Mrs. Bennet (sister to Mr. Secretary) to visite us: we all supd at Sir Geo: Carterets Tressurer of the navy, who had now maried his daughter Caroline to Sir Tho: Scot of Scots hall: This Gent: thought to be begotten by Prince Rupert. ***  XH 4m August ă 2 ... This Evening I accompanied Mr. Tressurer & Vice Chamberlaine Carteret to his lately married Son in Laws Sir Tho: Scot to Scots hall in Kent; wee took barge as far as  X4Graysin1, thence by Post to Rochester, whence in Coach & six horses to Scots hall, a right noble seate, uniformely built, handsome Gallery, it stands in a Park well stored, fat & good land: we were exceedingly feasted by the young knight & in his pretty Chapell heard an excellent sermon by his Chaplaine ... In the Churchyard of the ParishChurch I measurd an overgrown Yewtree that was 18 of my paces in compasse out of some branches of which, torne off by the Winds, were divers goodly planks sawed: 10: We returned by Sir Nortons, whose house is likewise in a park: This gent: is a worthy person and learned Critic espeialy in the Gr: & Heb: Passing by Chattam we saw his Majesties Royal Navy, dined at Commissioner Pets Master builder there, who shewed me his study & Models, with other curiosities belonging to his art, esteemed for the most skillfull  Xp4Naupgus2 in the World: he has a prety Garden & banqueting house, potts, status, Cyprsses, resembling some villa about Rome; after a greate feast we rod post to GravesEnd, & sending the Coach to Lond, came by barge home that night:  X41 Gravesend. 2 Shipbuilder. *** 20 I din at the Comptrollers, with the Earle of Oxford & Mr. Ashburnham: It was saied it should be the last of the publique Diets or Tables at Court, now determining to put down the old hospitality, at which was greate murmuring, considering his Majesties vast revenue, and plenty of the Nation: hence I went to sit in a Committ/ of which I was one, to consider about the regulation of the Mint at the Tower, in which some small progresse was made, & so returnd that Evening: ... 25 To Lond: having severall affaires at Court; where I saw her Majestie take leave of the greatemen & Ladys in the Circle, being the next morning to set out towards the Bath: *** 27: dind at Sir Ph: Warwicks Secretary to my L: Tressurer, who shewed me the Accompts & other private matters, relating to the Revenue: Thence to the Commissioners of the Mint, particularly about Coynage, & bringing his Majesties rate from 15 to 10 shill: for every pound weight of Gold: &c: & went home next day:"H& 0*('t*"Ԍ30: Mr. Lloyd our Curate on 24. Act: 16: In the Afternoone I walked to Greenewich and heard Mr. Plume Expound on the Catechisme. 31 I was invited to the Translation of Dr. Sheldon Bish: of London from that see to Canterbury; the Ceremonie performd at Lambeth: First went his Graces Macebearer, Steward, Tressurer, Comptroller all in their Gownes & with whitestaves; next the Bishops in their habites, eight in number: next Dr. Sweat Deane of the Arches, Dr. Exton Judge of the Admiralty, next Sir William Merick, Judge of the Prerogative Court, with divers Advocates in Scarlet: After divine service in the Chapell performd with Musique extraordinary: Dr. Franck & D. Stradling (his Graces Chaplaines) said prayers: The A Bish: in a private roome looking into the Chapel, the Bishops who were Commissioners went up to a Table placd before the Altar & sat about it in chaires: Then Dr. Chawworth presented the Commission under the broadseale to the Bish: of Winchester, which was read by Dr. Sweat; Then the VicarGenerall went to the Vestery, & brought his Grace into the Chapell, his other officers marching before, he, being presented to the Commissioners, was seated in a greate armd Chaire at one end of the Table: Then was the Definitive Sentence read by the Bishop of Winchester, & subscribed by all the Bishops & Proclamation threetimes made at the Chapell dores, which were then setopen for any to enter, & give their exceptions, if any they had: This don, we all went to dinner in the Greate hall to a mighty feast of 500 pounds expense. There were present all the Nobility in Towne, the Lord Maior of Lond: Sheriffs, Duke of Albemarle &c: My Lord A Bishop did in particular most civily welcome me &c. So going to visite my Lady Needham who lived at Lambeth I went over to Lond:  X04` September ă 2. I went home. 6: Our Doctor preached on 2. King: 18. 9. against a new sect, that cald them selves Perfectionists: I received the B: Sacrament. 10. I dind with Mr. Tressurer of the Navy, where sitting by Mr. Secretary Moris we had much discourse about Bookes & Authors, he being a learned man, & had a good collection:... *** 22 To Lond: to speake with Dr. Needham about a Tutor for my sonn John: ***  X4i October ă 24 Mr. Edw: Philips, came to be my sonns pr%ceptor: This Gent: was Nephew to Milton who writ against Salmasiuss Defensio, but not at all infected with his principles, & though brought up by him, yet no way taintd: ***  X40a November ă 2 To Lond: to receive a dividend from the East India Stock: *** 30 Was the first Anniversary our Society for the Choice of new Officers, according to the Tenor of our Patent, & Institution; it being St. Andrews day, who was our Patron, each fellow wearing a St. Andrews Crosse of ribbon on the crowne of his hatt, after the Election was over, we all dined together, his Majestie sending us Venison: ***  X(#4;b December ă 16 To Lond: To our Society, where Mr. P. Balle our Treasurer on this Election, presented the Society with an Iron Chest with 3 Locks, & in it an hundred pounds as a Gift & benefactor: *** 28 Divers Neighbours dind with me according to Costome: 29: my sonn John was let bloud 3 ounces, for his feavour:"'!0*(';,"Ԍ31. Setting our domestique affaires in order, I gave God thanks for his protection hitherto: &c:  b41O&   1t 1664 ă  X 4k January ă *** <17>: ... And this day was my Wife brought to bed of a sonn borne exactly at 2 in the afternoone: blessed be God for this mercy to her, who had ceased from bearing some yeares: *** 27 Was Christned my sonn Richard [2d. of that name] by his Grandfather Sir Rich: Browne, my Lord Vicount Mordaunt & my Lady Warwick being Sponsors &c: Dr. Breton officiating in the greate Chamber at Says Court. ***  X( 4Wf February ă  X 410 To Lond: my Sylva being now in the presse: ***  X 416. I went to Lond: presented my Sylva to the Society. & 17: To his Majestie to whom it was dedicated, to my Lord Treasurer, & Lord Chancellor: *** 26: Dind at my Lord Chancellors who invited me. Thence to Court, where I had  X4greate thanks for my Sylva & long discourse with him of divers particulars. ***  X04p March ă 2 I went to Lond, to distribute some of my Books amongst friends, returnd: *** 6 ... This Spring I planted the home field & West field about SaysCourt, with Elmes; being the same Yeare that the Elmes were also planted by his Majestie in Greenewich park. 9 I went to the Tower of Lond, to sit in Commission about regulating the Mint, & now it was the fine new Milled Coyne both of Whitemony & Ginnies was established: returnd: *** 26: It pleased God to takeaway my sonn Richard, being now a moneth old, yet without any sicknesse of danger perceivable, being to all appearance a most likely child; so as we suspected the Nurse had overlayne him to our extreame sorrow, being now againe reducd to one: Gods will be don: 27: our Curate on: 11: Matt: 28: After evening prayer was my child buried neere the rest of his brothers, my deare children: ***  X4u April ă 17: ... In the afternoone I went with Sir Sam. Tuke to Epsam, & staied with my Bro: at Woodcot til tuesday, when Sir R: Browne & my Wife fetched me home in the Coach: 27: To Lond about buisinesse: suppd at Mr. Secretary Bennets; saw a facecious  X 4Comedy Cald Love in a Tub, returnd on the 30th. ***  X`"4*x May ă 5 I went with some company a journey of Pleasur on the Water, in barge, with Musick & at Mortlack had a greate banquet, returning late: The occasion was Sir Robert Carr now Courting Mrs. Bennet, sister to the secretary of state &c: ***  XH&4v June ă"H&"0*('*"Ԍ8 I went to our Society, to which his Majestie had sent that wonderfull horne of the fish, which struck a dangerous hole in the keele of a ship, in the India Sea, which being broake off with the violence of the fish, & left in the timber, preservd it from foundring: *** 22 One Tomson a Jesuite shewed me such a of rarities, sent from the Jesuites of Japan & China to their order at Paris (as a present to be reserved in their  X4Chimelium, but brought to Lond; with the East India ships for them) as in my life I had not seene: The chiefe things were very large Rhinoceross hornes, Glorious Vests, wrought & embrodered on cloth of Gold, but with such lively colours, as for splendor & vividnesse we have nothing in Europe approches: A Girdill studdied with achats, & balast rubies of greate value & size, also knives of so keene edge as one could not touch them, nor was the mettal of our Couler but more pale & livid: Fanns like those our Ladys use, but much larger, & with long handles curiously carved, & filled with Chineze Characters: A sort of paper very broad thin, & fine like abortive parchment, & exquisitely polished, of an amber yellow, exceeding glorious & pretty to looke on, & seeming to be like that which my L: Verulame describes in  X 4his Nova Atlantis; with severall other sorts of papers some written, others Printed: Also prints of Landskips, of their Idols, Saints, Pagoods, of most ougly Serpentine, monstrous & hideous shapes to which they paie devotion: Pictures of Men, & Countries, rarely painted on a sort of gummd Calico transparant as glasse: also Flowers, Trees, Beasts, birds &c: excellently wrought in a kind of slevesilk very naturall. Divers Drougs that our Drougists & physitians  X4could make nothing of: Especialy, one which the Jesuite called Lac Tygridis, it lookd like a fungus, but was weighty like metall: yet was a Concretion or coagulation of some other matter:... ***  X45x July ă 7: To Court, where I subscribed to Sir Arthyr Slingsbys loterey, a desperate debt owing me long since in Paris: *** 14: I went to take leave of the two Mr. Howards now going to Paris & brought them as far as Bromely, thence to Eltham to see Sir John Shaws new house now building, the place is pleasant, if not too wett, but the house not well contrived, especialy the roofe, & roomes too low pitchd, & Kitchins where the Cellars should be: The Orangerie & Aviarie handsome,  X4& a very large plantation about it.1 *** 19. To Lond. to see the event of the Lottery, which his Majestie had permitted Sir Arth: Slingsby to set up for one day in the Banqueting house at whitehall: I gaining onely a trifle, as well as did the King, Queene Consort, & Q: Mother for neere 30 lotts: which was thought to be contrivd very unhandsomely by the master of it, who was in truth a meer shark: ***  X@4m August ă 3 Aug: To Lond: This day was a Consort of Excellent Musitians espeialy one Mr. Berkenshaw that rare artist, who invented a mathematical way of composure very extraordinary: True as to the exact rules of art, but without much harmonie. *** 8. came the sad and unexpected newes of my Lady Cotton, Wife to my Bro: Geo: a most excellent Lady: 9: I went to Lond: & thence with my Bro: Richard to Wotton to visie & comfort my disconsolate Bro:... ***"H&#0*''g*"Ԍ22. I went back to Wotton to assist at the Funerall of my sisterin Law, the Lady Cotton buried in our Dormitorie there, she being put up in Lead: Dr. Owen preaching ... a profitable & pathetic discourse, concluding with an Elogie of that virtuous, pious, & deserving Lady &c: it was a very solemn funerall of about 50 mourners: I came back next day: with my Wife to Lond: 25. To Deptford: my footeman lingering at some distance behind the Coach, was robbd, & bound being night: ***  X@4i October ă 5. To Lond: at our Society Experiments on severall bodys descent in Water, by vibrations of a pendule, also was brought a new invented Instrument of Musique, being an harpsichord with gutStrings, sounding like a Consort of Viols with an Organ, made vocal by a Wheele, & a Zone of parchment that rubbd horizontaly against the Strings: *** 15 Dined, at L: Chancelors, where was also the Duke of Ormond, Earle of Cork, and Bishop of Winchester: After dinner my Lord Chancellor & Lady carried me in their Coach to see their Palace (for now he lived at Worcesterhouse in the Strand) building at the upper end of St. Jamess Streete; & to project the Garden: Then went with my Lady to St. Jamess house to see her GrandChildren, the Lady Mary & a sonn, &c, children of the Dutchesse of  X4Yorke; & this Evening presented his Lordship with my booke of Architecture,   Xh41 It survives in Eltham as the headquarters of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. as before I had don to his Majestie & Queene Mother, both of whom were pleasd to say it was the usefullest booke on that subject of any extant: My L: Chamberlaine caused me to stay with him in his bed chamber, discoursing of severall matters, very late, even til he was going into his bed: *** 17. I went with my L: V. Count Cornbury to Cornebury in Oxfordshire, to assist the Planting of the Park & beare him company, with Mr. Belin, both virtuous & friendly Gent: also with Mr. May, in Coach & six horses, dind at Uxbridge, lay at Wicckam: 18 at Oxford, went through Woodstock where we beheld the destruction of that Royal Seate & Park by the late Rebels; & arivd that Evening at Cornbury, an house built by the Earle of Denby, in the middle of a Sweete dry Park walled with a Drywall: The house of excellent free stone, abounding in that park, a stone that is fine, but never swets or casts any damp: tis of ample receite, has goodly Cellars, the paving of the hall admirable, for the close laying of the Pavement: We designd an handsome Chapell that was yet wanting, as Mr. May had the stables which indeede are very faire, having set out the Walkes in the Park, & Gardens: The Lodge is a prety solitude, and the Ponds very convenient; The Park well stored. Hence on the 20: we went to see the famous Wells natural, & artificial Grotts & fountains calld Bushells Wells at Ensham: this Bushell had ben Secretary to my L: Verulam: It is an extraordinary solitude: There he had two Mummies, a Grott where he lay in an hamac like an Indian: Hence we went to Dichley an antient seate of the Lees, now Sir Hen: Lees, a low antient timber house, with a pretty bowling greene: My Lady gave us an extraordinary dinner: This Gent: Mother was Countesse of Rochester, who was also there, & Sir Walt: Saint Johns: There were some pictures of their ancestors not ill Painted; the Gr: Grandfather had ben Knight of the Gartyr, also the Picture of a Pope & our Saviours head: so we returned to Cornbury: *** 24: We dined at Sir Tim: Tyrills at Shotover: this Gent married the daughter & heyre of Bishop Usher A:B: of Armagh that learned Pr%late: thy made a greate entertainement:"'$0*''Q+" There is here in the Grove, a fountain of the coldest water I ever felt: tis very cleere, his plantations of Oakes &c is commendable: so we went this Evening to Oxford, lay at Dr. Hides Principal of Magdalen Hall (related to my L:) bro: to the L: Ch: Justice, and that Sir Henry Hide that lost his head for his Loyalty: we were handsomly entertained two dayes. 25 ... I went to visite Mr. Boyle now here, whom I found with Dr. Wallis & Dr. Chr: Wren in the Tower at the Scholes, with an inverted Tube or Telescope observing the Discus of the Sunn for the passing of Mercury that day before the Sunn; but the Latitude was so greate, that nothing appeared: So we went to see the rarities in the Library, where the Library keepers, shewed me my name, among the Benefactors: They have a Cabinet of some Medails, & Pictures of the Muscular parts of Mans body: Thence to the new Theater, building now at an exceedingly & royal Expense by the L:A:B: of Canterbury, to keepe the Acts in for the future, til now being in St. Maries church: The foundation being but newly laied & the whole, Designd, by that incomparable genius, & my worthy friend Dr. Chr: Wren, who shewed me the Model, not disdaining my advise in some particulars: Thence to see the Picture on the Wall over the Altar at AllSoules, being the largest piece of Fresco painting (or rather in Imitation of it, for tis in oyle [of Terpentine] in England, & not ill designd, by the hand of one Fuller: yet I feare it will not hold long, & seemes too full of nakeds for a Chapell: Thence to NewColl: & the Painting of Magdalens Chapell, which is on blue cloth in  X4Chiaro Oscuro by one Greeneborow, being a Cna Domini & Judgement the Wall by Fuller, as is the other, somewhat varied: Next to Waddam, & the Physik Garden where were two large Locust Trees, & as many Platana, & some rare Plants under the Culture of old Bobart. 26: We came back to Beaconsfield, next day to Lond. where we dined at my L: Chancelors with my L: Belasis & divers greate persons: <28> Being casualy in the Privy Gallery at Whitehall, his Majestie gave me thanks  X4(before divers Lords & noble men) for my Book of Architecture & Sylva againe: That they were the best designd & usefull for the matter & subject, the best printed & designd (meaning  X4the Tall/ douc/s of the Paralleles) that he had seene: then caused me to follow him alone to one of the Windows, he asked me if I had any paper about me unwritten, & a Crayon; I presented him with both, & then laying it on the Window stoole, he with his owne hands, designed to me the plot for the future building of Whitehall, together with Roomes of State, & other particulars, which royal draft, though not so accurately don, I reserve as a rarity by me: After this he talked to me of severall matters, & asking my advice, of many particulars, in which I find his Majestie had an extraordiny talent, becoming a magnificent Prince: The same day, at Council (there being Commissioners to be made, to take care of such sick & Wounded, & Prisoners of War, as might be expected upon occasion of a succeeding Warr, and Action at sea; a War being already declared against the Hollanders) his Majestie was pleasd to nominate me to be one; amongst three other Gent: of quality, Parliament men: Viz: Sir William Doily knight & Baronet, Sir Tho: Clifford [since L: Tressurer of England], & Bullein Rhemys Esquire, with a Sallary of 1200 pounds amongst us, besides extraordinares &c: for our care & attendance in time of action, each of us appointed his particular District, & mine falling out to be Kent, [&] Sussex: with power to constitue Officers, Physitians, Chirurgeons, Provost Martials &c: dispose of halfe of the Hospitals thro England: after which I kissed his Majesties hand, as did the rest of my Collegues when the Council was up: At this Council, I heard Mr. Solicitor Finch [since L: Chan] plead most elegantly the Merchants Cause, trading to the Canaries, that his Majestie would grant them a new Charter. 29 Was the most magnificent triumph by Water & Land of the Ld: Major, I dined at Guildhall: the feast said to cost 1000 pounds: at the upper Table, placed next to Sir H: Bennet Secretary of State, just opposite to my L: Chancelor & the Duke of Buckingham, who sate between Mr. Comminges the Fr: Ambassador, Lord Tressurer, Dukes of Ormond, of Albemarle, E: of Manchester Lord Chamberlaine & the rest of the great officers of State: My"'%0*''*+" Lord Major came twice up to us, first drinking in a Golden Goblett his Majesties health, then the French Kings (as a Complement to his Ambassador). Then we returnd my L: Majors health, the Trumpets, Drumms sounding: for the rest, the Cheere was not to be imagind for the Plenty & raritie, an infinitie of Persons at the rest of the Tables in that ample hall, so I slipd away in the crowd & came home late: ***  X40a November ă 2: To Lond: Her Majestie Queenemother came crosse the Gallerie in Whitehall to  X@4give me thanks for my Book of Architecture, which I had presented to her, with a complement that I did by no means deserve: returnd that evening: *** 7: To Lond: about our Commission, took leave of his R: Highnesse the Duke now going to sea, Generall of the fleete against the Duth: [&] I kissd his hand in his bedchamber & returnd home: 10: I went to consult with my bro: Commissioners about settling our Officers: *** 15: To Lond. We chose our Treasurer, Clearks, Messengers, appointed our seale,  XH 4which I ordered should be the good Samaritan, with this motto, fac similiter: *** 24: His Majestie was pleasd to tell me what the conference was with the Holland Ambassador which (as after I found) the heads of the Speech he made at the reconvention of the Parliament, which now began: 24: I dined with the Commissioners for Sick & Wounded, & sate at Painters hall: ***  X4;b December ă 1. Sate at Painter hall. 2. Sir William DOylie & myselfe deliverd the Pr: Councils letters to the Governors of St. Thomas Hospital in Southwark, that a motie of the house should be reserved for such sick & wounded as should from time to time be sent from the Fleete, during the War: This being dellivrd at their Court, the President & severall Aldermen Governors of that Hospital invited us to a greate feast in Fishmongrs hall: *** 13 To Lond: Sate at Painters hall, where we perfected the Method for disposing of the sick. 14: met at the R: Society, where we had severall letters read, from correspondents beyond sea, about the Comet which now appeared: orders were given for accurate observations to our Curator &c: *** 22: I went to the Launching of a new ship of two bottomes, invented by Sir William Petty by a Modell of Sir William Petty on which were various opinions: his Majestie present, gave her the name of the Experiment: so I came home, where I found Sir Humphrie Winch, & Mr. Phil. Packer who dined with me: This yeare I planted the Lower grove next the Pond:... *** 28 Some of my poore Neighbours dined with me: & others of my Tennants with some Company from Lond: The Comet appears twixt Aries & Cete northwest of the Pliades: ***  b%4t 1665  XH&4   X'4k January ă"'&0*''k+"Ԍ X4ԙ2 [To Lond] This day was publishd by me that part of the Mysterie of Jesuitisme translatd & collected by me, though without name, containing the Imaginarie Heresy with 4 letters & other Pieces. I dind at my L: Chancelors, to whom I recomended Sir Roger Langlys my kindsmans contest with Sir Tho: Osborne [since L. Tress of England] about being a knight for Yorkshire: Then, my Lord Chiefe Justice recommended a relation of his to be one of my officers, so I returnd. 3 Dined with me severall neighbours: 4 I went in Coach (it being excessive sharp frost & snow) towards Dover, & other parts of Kent, to settle Physitians, Chirurgeons, Agents, Martials & other offices in all the SeaPorts, to take care of such as should be set on shore, Wounded, sick or Prisoner &c in pursuance of our Commission, reaching from the North foreland in Kent, to Portsmouth in hampshir: the rest of the Ports in England, from thence, to Sir Will: Doily, to Sir Tho Clifford [afterwards L: Tressurer of England], Bulleyn Rhemes: so that evening I came to Rochester, where I delivered the Privy Councils letter to the Major to receive orders from me: 5. I arived at Canterbury, [6] being Epiphanie, when I went to the Cathedrall, exceedingly well repaired since his Majesties returne: <7>: To Dover, where Col: Stroode Lieutennant of the Castle, (having receivd the Letter I brought him from the Duke of Albemarle) invited me, and made me lodge in the Castle, & was splendidly treated, assisting me from place to place: here I settled my first Deputy: 8: I heard an excellent sermon in the chiefe Church on Dr. Hynd, on 12: Rom: 6. The Major, & Officers of the Costomes were very civel to me: 9 To Deale, settled Agent, & matters there: 10: To Sandwich, a pretty towne about 2 miles from the sea, a river: The country sandy: here the Major also very dilligent to serve me: I visited the forts in the way: Thence that night back to Canterbury, 11 To Rochester, where I tooke orders to settle Officers at Chatham. 12. To graves end, where having dispatchd with the Governor of the Blockhouse, & Major, relating to my Instructions, I returned home, a Cold, buisy, but not unpleasant Journey: 15 our Viccar as formerly on: 4: Gal: 4. 5. 17: To Lond: to meete my Bro: Commissioners & give accompts what we had don in our severall districts: 18: At the R: Society came in severall schemes & observations about the Comet: Mr. Hooke producd an Experiment of fire, shewing that the aire was but a certainly disolving menstrue: <19> I dind at the L:Majors, a prodigious feast, it being a day when the Companies were received &c: I waited on Q: Mother: *** 26: Met at Commission for Sick & Wounded: This night being at White hall, his Majestie came to me standing in the Withdrawing roome, & gave me thanks for publishing  Xx4the Mysterie of Jesuitisme, which he said he had carried 2 days in his pocket, read it, & encouragd me, at which I did not a little wonder; I suppose Sir Robert Morray had given it him. ***  X!4Wf February ă 2 I had a kind audience of my L: Chancellor about a buisinesse: Saw a fine Mask at Court performd by 6 Gents: & 6 Ladys surprizing his Majestie, it being Candlemas day: *** 8 Ashwednesday I visited our Prisoners at Chelsey Colledge, & to examine how the Martial & Suttlers behaved themselves: These were Prisoners taken in the Warr; They onely complaind that their bread was too fine: I dind at Sir Hen: Herberts Master of the Revells:"H&'0*''Z*"Ԍ9 Dined at my L: Treasures the Earle of Southampton in Blomesbury, where he was building a noble Square or Piazza & a little Towne: his owne house stands too low, some noble rooms, a pretty Cedar Chapell, a naked Garden to the north, but good aire: I had much discourse with his Lordship whom I found to be a person of extraordinary parts, but Valetudinarie:  X4I went to St. Ja: Parke, where I examind the Throate of the Onocratylus or Pelecan, the tongue scarce appearing, the Peake above 2 foote long, crooked at the very point & a little red at the tip: the neck rough, a fowle betweene a Storke & Swan & neere as big as a Swan; a Melancholy water foule: brought from Astracan by the Russian Ambassador: it was diverting to see how he would tosse up & turne a flatfish, plaice or flounder to get it right into its gullet, for it has one at the lower beake which being filmy stretches to a prodigious widenesse when it devours a greate fish &c: Here was also a small Waterfowle that went almost quite erect, like the Penguin of America: It would eat as much fish as its whole body weighed, I never saw so unsatiable a devourer, I admird how it could swallo so much & swell no bigger: I believe it to be the most voracious creature in nature, it was not biger than a More hen: The SolanGeece here also are greate devourers, & are said soone to exhaust all the fish of a pond: Here were a curious sort of Poultry, not much exceeding a tame pidgeon, with legs so short, as their crops seemd to touch the Earth: also a milkwhite Raven, a goody bird: here was also a Stork, which was a raritie at this season, seing he was loose, & could flie loftily: Also 2 Balearian Cranes, one of which having had one of his leggs broken and cut off above the knee, had a wodden or boxen leg & thigh with a joynt for the so accurately made, that the poore creature could walk with it, & use it as well as if it had ben natural: It was made by a souldier: The Parke was at this time stored with infinite flocks of severall sorts of ordinary, & extraordinary Wild foule, breeding about the Decoy, which for being neere so greate a Citty, & among such a concourse of Souldier, Guards & people, is very diverting: There were also Deere of severall countries, Wite, spotted like Leopards, Antelope: An Elke, Red deeres, Robucks, Staggs, Guinny Goates; Arabian sheepe &c: The supporting the Withy potts or nests for the Wild foule to lay in, a little above the surface of the water was very pretty. *** 27: Mr. Phillips pr%ceptor to my sonn, went to be with the E: of Penbroch sonn my L. Herbert: ***  X4p March ă 2. I went with his Majestie into the Lobbie behind the house of Lords, where I saw the King & the rest of the Lords robe themselves, & getting into the Lords house in a corner neere the Woolsackes, that on which the L: Chancellor sate next below the Throne, The King sate in all the , the Crown Imperial on his head, Scepter & Mond &c: The D: of Albemarle bare the sword, the D: of Ormond the Cap: of dignity: The rest of the Lords robd & in their places, the Lords spiritual &c. A most splendid & august convention: Then came in the Speaker & H: of Comm: & at the barr made a speech, after which he presented divers  X 4bills, read by the Cleark, the King by a nod onely passing them, the Cleark saying le Roy le  X 4veult, this to the Publique bills, the Private bills, Soit fait comme il est desir/, being in all 26 bills, Then his Majestie made a very handsome, but short speech, commanding my Lo: PrivySeale to prorogue the Parliament, which he did, my L: Chancelor being absent & ill: so all rise: I had not before seene the manner of passing Laws &c: *** 9 Went to receive the poore burnt Creatures that were saved out of the London fregat in which were blowne up above 200 men by an axident and so perishd on of the bravest ships in Europe: returning this evening I saw a pillar of Light, of a very strange Colour, &"H&(0*''Z*" position, being to appearance upright from the body of the setting sunn 7 or 8 yards long & 2 foote broade. *** 15 ... Afternoone at our Society, where was tried some of the Poysons sent from the King of Macassar out of E. India, so famous for its suddaine operation: we gave it a wounded dog, but it did not succeede. ***  Xx4u April  X@4 4: Lond: Commiss: to take order about some Prisoners sent from Cap: Allens ship, taken in the Solomon, viz. the brave Man who defended her so gallantly. 5. returnd, which was a day of humiliation pub: & for successe of this tirrible Warr, begun doubtlesse at seacret instigation of the French &c to weaken the States, & Protestant Interest &c: prodigious preparations on both sides: our Doctor preached on 4. James 10. concerning the effect of true humiliation &c: *** 19 Invited to a greate dinner at Trinity house in Lond: where I had buisinesse with the Commissioners of the Navy, & to receive the second 5000 pounds imprest for his Majesties Service of the Sick & Wounded & Prisoners: &c: Thence to our Society where were divers poisons experimented on Animals: 20: To Whitehall, to the King, who calld me into his BedChamber as he was dressing, to whom I shewd the Letter written to me from his R: Highness the Duke of York from the Fleete, giving me notice of Young Evertse, & some other considerable Commanders (newly taken in fight with the Dartmouth & Diamond fregats) whom he had sent me as Prisoners at Warr: I went to know of his Majestie how he would have me treate them: who commanded me to bring the Young Cap: to him, &, to take the Dutch Ambassadors Word (who yet remained here) for the other, that he should render himselfe to me when ever I cald, & not stir without leave: Upon which I desired more Guards, the Prison being Chelsey house: I went also to my L: Arlington (viz. Mr. Secretary Bennet, lately made a Lord) about another buisinesse; dined at my L: Chancelors, none with him but Sir Sackvill Crow (formerly Ambassador at ) where we were very cherefull, & merry: 21 Went home, having taken order with my Martial about my Prisoners; & with the Doctor & Chirurgeon to attend the Wounded, both Enemies, & others of our owne: Next day to Lond: againe I visited my Charge, severall their legges & armes off, miserable objects God knows: *** 24 I presented Young Cap: Everse, eldest sonn of Cornelius, ViceAdmirall of Zealand, & Nephew of John now Admiral, a most valiant person, to his Majestie, being in his bedchamber: the K. gave his hand to kisse, gave him his liberty, asked many quest: concerning the fight (it being the first bloud drawne) his Majestie remembring the many civilities he had formerly received from his relations abroad, and had now so much Interest in that Considerable Province: Then I was commanded to go with him to the Holl: Ambassador, where he was to stay for his passport, & ordered me to give him 50 pieces in broad gold: Next day I had the Ambassadors Parole for the other Cap: taken in Cap: Allens fight Cales &c: 26: I gave his Majestie Accompt of what I had don, & desired the same favour for another Cap: which his Majestie gave me: ***  X%4*x May ă"%)0*''})"Ԍ16: To Lond to consider of the poore Orphans & Widdows made by this bloudy beginning, & whose Husbands & Relations perished in the London fregat: whereof 50 Widdows, & of them 45 with child: *** 26: To treate with the Holl: Ambassador at Chelsey, for the release of divers Prisoners of Warr, in Holland, upon Exchange here. After dinner, being calld into the Council Chamber at White hall, I gave his Majestie an accompt what I had don, informing him of the vast charge upon us, being now amounted to no lesse than 1000 pounds weekely; desiring our Treasurer might have another PrivySeale for 500 pounds speedily, then went home: *** 29 I went (with my little boy) to visite my District over Kent, & to make up Accompts with my Officers; & so by Coach to Rochester, lay at Sitingburne, [30] dind at Canterbury, next to Dover, visited the Governor at the Castle where I had some Prisoners: My son went to sea but was not sick. 31 To Deale:  X 4v June ă 1 finished my Accompts at Deale: visited the small forts: 2. returnd to Canterbury. 3. Through Roch: Sittingb: Graveend, & the Fleete being just now Engaged gave special orders for my Officers to be ready to receive the Wounded & Prisoners: returned late home by boate: *** 5 To Lond: to speake with his Majestie & D: of Albemarle for Horse & foote Guards for the Prisoners of War committed more particularly to my Charge, by a Commission a part, under his Majesties hand & seale: <7?> I went againe to his Grace, thence to the Council, and moved for another Privyseale for 20000 pounds: That I might have the disposal of the Savoy Hospital for the sick & Wounded: all of which was granted: hence to our R: Society to refresh among the Philosophers: 8 Came newes of his Highnesse Victory over the Enemie, & indeede it might have ben a compleate one, & at once ended the Warr, had it ben pursued: but the Cowardize of some, Tretchery, or both frustrated that: we had however bonfires, bells, & rejoicing in the Citty &c. 9: Next day I had instant orders to repaire to the Downes; so as I got to Rochester this evening, dined next day at Canterbury, [10] lay at Deale where I found all in readinesse: but the fleete hindred by Contrary winds, I came away: having staied there the 11: where the Miniter preached on 37 Psal: 21. 5, Pomerid: 15 Jam: 17. 18. 12: I went back to Dover, dind with the Governor at the Castle, returnd to Deale: next day, hearing the Fleete was at Soldbay, I went homeward, lay at Chattham, in which journey, my Coach, by a rude justle against a Cart, was dangerously brused: 14 I got home: 15: Came Monsieur Brizasiere eldest sonn to the Pr: Sec: of State to the French King, with much other companie to dine with me: After dinner I went with him to Lond to speake to my Lord Gen: for more Guards, [16] & gave his Majestie an account of my journey to the Coasts, under my inspection: I also waited on his R: Highness now come triumphant from the fleete; goten in to repaire: See the whole history of this Conflict in my Hist: of the Dutch  X$4Warr:1 so on Saturday got home being 17: June. *** 20: To Lond: represented the state of the S & Wo: to his Majestie being in Council; for want of mony, who orderd I should apply to my L: Tressurer & Chan: of"'*0*''7+" Exchequer upon what fonds to raise the mony promised: at which time we also presented to his Majestie divers expedients for retrenchment of the charge: This Evening making my Court to the Duke, I spake with Monsieur Cominges the French Ambassador & his highnesse granted me six Prisoners Embdeners, who were desirous to go to the Barbados with a Merchant: 22: We waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer; & got an order of the Council for our mony, to be paied to the Tressurer of the navy to our Receiver: *** 23 The Duke of Yorke told us, that his dog sought out absolutely the very securest place of all the vessel, when they were in fight:...  X41 Navigation and Commerce, published in 1674, see p. 198 and 228. 28: To Lond: to R: Society, the Assembly now prorogued to Michaelmas, according to costome; & the sooner, because the Plague in Lond much increased: 29 went home, &c: 30 I went to Chattam:  XH 45x July ă 1 July downe to the fleete, with my Lord Sanwich now Admiral, with whom I  X4went in a Pinnace to the Buy of the Noore1 where the whole fleete rod at anker: went on board the Prince a vessel of 90 brasse ordnance, (most whole canon) & happly the best ship in the world both for building & sailing: she had 700 men: They made a great huzza or shout at our approch 3 times: here we dined with many noble men, Gent: and Volunteeres; served in Plate, and excellent meate of all sorts: after dinner came his Majestie & the Duke & Prince Rupert: & here I saw him knight Cap: Cuttance, for behaving himselfe so bravely in the late fight: & was amazd to the good order, decency, & plenty of all things, in a vessell so full of men: The ship received an hundred Canon shot in her body: Then I went on board the Charles, to which after a Gun was shot off, came all the flagofficers to his Majestie, who there held a generall Council, determining his R: Highness should adventure himselfe no more this summer: I spake with Sir Geo: Ayscogh, Sir William Pen &c: Sir William Coventry (secretary to the Duke) about buisinesse, and so came away late, having seene the most glorious fleete, that ever spread saile: here was also among the rest the Royal Sovraigne: we returned in his Majesties Yacht with my L: Sandwich & Mr. V: Chamberlaine landing at Chattam on Sunday morning: ... 3. I tooke order for 150 men to be carried on board, (who had ben recovered of their  XX4wounds & sicknesse) the Clovetree, Carolus quintus & Zeland, ships that had ben taken by us in the fight: & so returnd home. *** 7: To Lond: to Sir William Coventrie & so to Sion, where his Majestie sat at Council (during the Contagion): when my buisines was over I viewed that seate, belonging to the E: of Northumberland built out of an old Nunnerie, of stone, & fair enough, but more celebrated for the Garden than it deserves; yet there is excellent Walle fruit, & a pretty fountaine, nothing else extraordinarie: returnd that day: 9: I went to Hampton Court where now the whole Court was: my buisinesse was to solicite for mony, to carry letters intercepted, to conferr againe with Sir W: Coventrie, the Dukes Secretary, & so home, having dined at Mr. Sec: Morice. 16. To HamptonCourt againe, hearing a fragment of a sermon there by Dr. Turner: There died of the Plague in Lond: this Weeke 1100: 23. There perished this weeke above 2000, & now there were two houses shut up in our parish: *** "'+0*''Q+"Ԍ X4Ù1 The Buoy of the Nore, in the Thames Estuary, see Map 2.  X'mAugust ă 2. Was the Solemn Fast through England to deprecate Gods displeasure against the Land by Pestilence & War: *** 4: ... I went to Wotton to carry my sonn & his Tutor Mr. Bohune, a fellow of New Coll: (& recommended to me by Dr. Wilkins & the President of Trinity Coll: in Oxford) for feare of the Pestilence still increasing both in Lond: & invirons: *** 7. I returned home, calling at Woocot, & Durdens by the way: where I Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Pettit, & Mr. Hooke contriving Charriots, new rigges for ships, a Wheele for one to run races in, & other mechanical inventions, & perhaps three such persons together were not to be found else where in Europ, for parts & ingenuity: 8: To Lond: where I waited on the D: of Albemarle, who was resolvd to stay at the Cockpit in St. James Parke: who had sent me a Letter about buisinesse for his Majesties service: There dying this Week in Lond: 4000: 13 was so tempesteous that we could not go to church: 13. There perished this Weeke 5000: *** 28 The Contagion growing now all about us, I went my Wife & whole family (two or three of my necessary Servants excepted) to Wotton to my Brothers, being resolved to stay at my house my selfe, & to looke after my Charge, trusting in the providence & goodnesse of God. ***  X4` September ă 7 Came home, there perishing now neere tenthousand poore Creatures weekely: however I went all along the Citty & suburbs from Kent streete to St. Jamess, a dismal passage & dangerous, to see so many Cofines exposed in the streetes & the streete thin of people, the shops shut up, & all in mournefull silence, as not knowing whose turn might be next: I went to the D: of Albemarle for a Pestship, to waite on our infected men, who were not a few: *** 10: Dr. Plume at Greenewich, on 3. Coloss: 5.6. shewing how our sinns had drawne down Gods Judgements: I dined with the Commissioners of the Navy, retreated hither, & with  XX4whom I had buisinesse:1 *** 17: Receiving a Letter from his Excellency my L: Sandwich of a defeate given to the Duth, I was forcd to travell all Sonday, when by the way calling in to see my other Bro: at Woodcot, as I was at dinner, I was surprizd by a fainting fit: which much alarmd the family, as well it might, I coming so lately from infected places; but I blesse God it went off, so as I got home that night; but was exceedingly , to find that there were sent me  X 4to   X`"41ĠThis bald account contrasts with Pepys entry for the same day quoted on p. 8. dispose of neere 3000 Prisoners at Warr; so as on the 18 I was forc to go to Lond: & take orders from my Lord Gen: what I should do with them, they being more than I had places fit to receive & guard, he made me dine with them, & then we consulted about it: ***"H&,0*''*"Ԍ23. My L: Admirall being come from the Fleete to Greenewich, I went thence with him to the Cockpit to consult with the Duke of Albemarle: I was peremptory, that unlesse we had 10000 pounds immediately, the Prisones would sterve, & twas proposd it should be raised out of the East India Prises, now taken by my L: Sandwich: They being but two of the Commissioners & so not impowerd to determine, sent an expresse to his Majestie & Council to know what they should do: In the meane time I had 5 Vessels with Competent Guards to keepe the Prisoners in for the present, & to be placed as I should think best:... *** 28 To the L: Generall to acquaint him againe of the deplorable state of our men, for want of provisions, returnd with orders: 29. To Erith to quicken the Sale of the Prizes lying there, by orders, to the Commissioners who lay on board, til they should be disposed of, 5000 pounds being proportiond for my quarters: Then I also deliverd the Duth Vice Admirall, who was my Prisoner, to Mr. Lo, of the Marshallsea he giving me bond of 500 pounds to produce him at my call: I exceedingly pittied this brave, unhappy person, who had lost with these Prizes 40000 pounds, after 20 yeares negotiation in the East Indies: I dined in one of these Vessels of 1200 tunn, full of riches, and returnd home:  XH 4i October ă 1 ... This afternoone as I was at Evening prayer, tidings were brought to me, of my Wifes being brought to bed at Wotton of a Daughter (after 6 sonns) borne this morning 1. Octob: in the same Chamber, I had first tooke breath in, and at the first day of that moneth, in the morning, as I was on the last: 45 yeares before: & about the very same houre, being 1/3 aftr 4: Sonday: 4 Was the monethly fast, Mr. Plume on: 16: Numb: 46, of the sinn of rebellion against Magistrates & Ministers: 7: I went to see my Wife. 8: The Parson of Wotton Mr. Higham on 15 Luke 18.19.20: & then before Dinner, was my Daughter Christnd Mary in the Chamber cald the red chambr, where borne, Her Grandfathr Sir R: Bro: my Aunt Hungerford of Cadenam (by proxy) & my Neepce Mary  X4(& Goddaughtr) being Gossips:1 10 I returned to Lond: I went thro the whole Citty, having occasion to alight out of the Coach in severall places about buisinesse of mony, when I was invironed with multitudes of poore pestiferous creatures, begging almes; the shops universaly shut up, a dreadfull prospect: I dined with my L: Gen: was to receive 10000 pounds & had Guards to convey both my selfe & it, & so returned , through Gods infinite mercy: ***  X 41 A sponsor at a baptism establishing a spiritual relationship with the child. 17 I went to Gravesend, next day to Chattam, thence to Maidstone, in order to the march of 500 Prisoners to LeedsCastle which I had hired of my Lord Culpeper, and [19] dined with Mr. Harlakingdon, a worthy Gent: of Maidstone, being earnestly desired by the Learned Sir Roger Twisden & Deputy Lieutenants, to spare that town from quartering any of my sick flock: Here Sir Ed: Brett sent me some horses to bring up the rere, which returned that night to Rochester: 20: This County from Rochester to Maidstone by the Medway river, is very agreable, the downes & prospect: 21 I came from Gravesend where Sir Jo: Griffith the Governor of the fort, entertaind me very handsomly: *** 31 I was this day 45 yeares of age, wonderfully preserved, for which I blessed his infinite goodnesse:"'-0*''Q+"Ԍ***  X40a November ă 27: I went to the D: of Albemarle having buisinesse to recommend to his grace, going now to Oxford, where both Court, K & Parliament had ben most part of the summer: There was no small suspicion of my Lord Sandwiches permitting divers Commanders that were in the fight & action, at the taking of the E. India prizes, to break bulk, and take to their owne selves many rich things, Jewels, Silkes &c: though I believe some I could name, filld their pockets, my L: Sandwich himselfe had the least share: however he underwent the blame of it, & it created him Enemies, & prepossessed the L: Generall, for he spake to me of it with much zeale & concerne, & I believe laied load enough on Sandwich at Oxford. ***  X4;b December ă 8 To my L: of Albemarles (now returnd from Oxon) who was also now declared Generall at Sea, to the no small mortification, of that Excellent Person, the Earle of Sandwich: Whom the Duke of Albemarle, not onely suspected faulty about the prizes, but lesse Valiant: himself imagining how easie a thing it were to confound the Hollander, as well now, as when heretofore he fought against them, upon a more disloyal Interest: 10 A stranger preached at Greenewich on 13 Luke. 1. 2. and 5. not to judge uncharitably of others, for our owne Escape: applied to those who survived the Contagion &c: a seasonable discourse: *** 23. To Wotton to see my Wife, & kept Christmas with my hospitable Brother: *** Now blessed be God, for his extraordinary mercies & preservations of me this Yeare when thousands & ten thousands perishd & were swept away on each side of me: There dying in our Parish this yeare 406 of the Pestilence:  b4(Hm[  $z1666`!(#=(JIm[  =$z1666J;Jm[   ;t 1666 ă  X4k January ă 1 I beged the Protection of Almighty God, for the ensuing yeare &c: 2 I supped in Nonesuch house (whither the Office of the Exchequer was transferrd, during the Plague) at my good friends Mr. Packer: & tooke an exact view of the Plaster  X4Statues & Bassrelievos inserted twixt the timbers & poincons of the outside walles of the Court, which must needes have ben the work of some excellent Italian: admire I did how much it had lasted so well & intire as since the time of Hen: 8, exposd, as they are to the aire, & pitty it is they are not taken out, & in some dry place, a gallerie would  X 4become them: there are some Mezzo relievi as big as the life, & the story is of the heathen Gods, Emblems, Compartiments, &c: The Palace consists of two Courts, of which the first is of stone Castle like, by the Lord Lumlies (of whom twas purchasd) the other of Timber a Gotique fabric, but these  X@4walls incomparably beautified: I also observed that the appearing timber punchions, entretices &c were all so covered with Scales of Slate, that it seemed carved in the Wood, & painted, the Slat fastned on the timber in pretty figures, that has preserved it from rotting like a coate of armour: There stand in the Garden two handsome stone Pyramids, & the avenue planted with rows of faire Elmes, but the rest of those goodly Trees both of this & of Worcester-Park adjoyning were felld by those destructive & avaritious Rebells in the late Warr, which  X#4defacd one of the stateliest seates his Majestie had.1 After much, & indeede extraordinary mirth & cheere, all my Brothers, our Wives & Children being together, & after much sorrow & trouble during this Contagion, which separated our families, as well as others, I returned to my house, but [12] my Wife went back"H&.0*''*" to Wotton, I not as yet willing to adventure her, the Contagion, though exceedingly abated, not as yet wholy extinguishd amongst us: *** 29 I went to waite on his Majestie (now returnd from Oxford to Hampton Court) where the Duke of Albemarle presenting me to him, he ran towards me, & in most gracious manner gave me his hand to kisse, with many thanks for my Care, & faithfullnesse in his service, in a time of that greate danger, when every body fled their Employments; he told me he was much obligd to me, & said he was severall times concernd for me, & the peril I underwent, & did receive my service most acceptably: Though in truth I did but what was my duty, & = that I had performd it as I ought: After this his Majestie was pleasd to talke with me alone neere an houre, of severall particulars of my Employment, & ordred me to attend him againe the thursday at White-hall: Then the Duke came towards me & embracd me with much kindnesse, & told me, if he had but thought my danger would have ben so greate, he would not have sufferd his Majestie to employ me in that Station: then came to salute me, my L. of St. Albans, L. Arlington, Sir William Coventrie & severall greate persons, after which I got home, not being very well in health... ***`(#(#  X41 In 1670 Charles II gave Nonsuch to the Duchess of Cleveland who sold it for demolition in 1682 to George, Lord Berkeley, for 1,800 when several large Squares of Historical Relieve ... upon the Demolition of that Royal Fabrick, I hear, have been translated, and ornamently  Xh4placd ... at his delicious Villa Durdens in Surry, not far from Nonsuch (Es An Account of  X04Architects and Architecture, 1697, 54.)  X4Wf February ă 6 My Wife & family returnd to me now out of the Country, where they had ben since August by reason of the Contagion, now almost universaly ceasing: Blessed be God for his infinite mercy in preserving us; I having gon through so much danger, & lost so many of my poore officers, escaping still my selfe, that I might live to recount & magnifie his goodnesse to me: *** 8 To Lond. had another gracious reception of his Majestie who calld me into his bedchamber, to lay-before, & describe to him my project of an Infirmarie, which I read to him, with greate approbation, recommending it to his R: Highnesse, & so I returned home. *** 20: To the Commissioners of the Navy, who having seene the project of the Infirmary, encouragd the worke, & were very earnest it should be set about speedily: but I saw no mony, though a very moderate expense, would have saved thousands to his Majestie and ben much more commodious for the cure & quartering our sick & wounded, than the dispersing of them into private houses, where many more Chirgiones, & tenders were necessary, & the people tempted to debaucherie &c: ***  X 4p March ă  X!41 To Lond: presented his Majestie with my booke, intituled, The Pernicious  V`"4Consequences of the new Heresy of the Jesuites, against King & States: ***  X#4s April 10. To Lond: to visite Sir W: DOylie, surprizd with a fit of Apoplexie & in extreame danger:"%/0*H&H&@@)"Ԍ11: ... As his Majestie came from Chapell, he calld me in the lobby, & told Me he must now have me Sworn for Justice of Peace (having long since made me of the Commission) for preventing some dissorder in our parish at this time; I replied, that it was altogether inconsistent with the other service I was ingagd in, during this hostility with Dutch & French and humbly desird to be excusd, notwithstanding he persisted: After dinner waiting on him I gave him the first notice of the Spaniards referring the umpirage of the Peace twixt them, & the Portugal to the French King, which came to me in a letter from France before the Secretaries of State had any newes of it: After this againe his Majestie asked me, if I had found out any able person about our Parts, that might supplie my place of Justice of Peace (the thing in the world, I had most industriouly avoided to act in hitherto, in reguard of the perpetual trouble thereoff in this numerous Parish &c) on which I nominated one, whom his Majestie commanded me to give immediate notice of to my L: Chancellor, & I should be excusd: for which I rendred his Majestie many thankes: After dinner, I went to the D: of Albemarle about some complaints I had against the Cleark of the Passage at Dover: Thence to my L: Chancelors to do his Majesties Command: Thence to the R: Society where I was chosen by 27 Voices to be one of their Council for the ensuing yeare, but upon my earnest suite, in respect of my other affairs, I got to be excused, & so got home: *** 15 ... Our Parish now was more infected with the Plague, than ever, & so was all the Countrie about, though almost quite ceased at London: 18 ... that night my poore Wife Miscarried of a Sonn, being but young with Child: ***  X04*x May ă 7 I went to Rochester: 8 To Queenborow where finding the Richmond fregate I sailed to the Buy of the Noore to my L: Gen: & Prince Rupert where was the Rendezvous of the most glorious Fleete in the World, now preparing to meete the Hollander: having received orders & settled my buisinesse there, I returnd on the 9th to Chattham at night: next day I went to visit my Co: Hales at a sweetely watred place near Bochton at Chilston: The next morning to LeedsCastle, once a famous hold &c. now hired by me of my Lord Culpeper for a Prison: here I flowed the drie moate and made a new draw bridge, brought also Spring Water into the Court of the Castle to an old fountaine, & tooke order for the repaires: ***  X4v June ă 1. Being in my Garden & hearing the Greate gunns go thick off: I immediately tooke horse, & rod that night to Rochester it being 6 at Evening when I set out: [2] Thence next day towards the Downes & SeaCoast: but meeting with the Lieutennant of the Hantshire fregat, who told me what passd, or rather not passd, I returned to Lond: (there being no noise, nor appearance at Deale or the Coast of any engagement) this recounting to his Majestie whom I found at St. Jamess [Park] impatiently expecting) & [I] knowing that Prince Rupert was loose, about 3 at St. Hellens point at N. of Wight, it greately rejoicd him: but was astonishd when I assurd him they heard nothing of the Gunns in the Downes, nor the Lieutennant who landed there by five that morning. 3: Whitsonday: ... after sermon came newes, that the Duke of Albemarle was still in fight & all Saturday; & cap: Harmans ship (the Henrie) like to be burnt: Then a letter from Mr. Bertie that Pr: Rupert was come up with his Squadron (according to my former advice of his being loose & in the way) & put new courage into our fleete now in a manner yeilding ground; so as now we were chasing the chacers: That the D: of Alb: was slightly wounded, &"$00*H&H&@@(" the rest in greate danger til now; so having ben much wearied with my journey, I slipd home, the Gunns still roaring very fiercely: 5 I went this morning to Lond: where came severall particulars of the fight: 6: came Sir Dan: Harvey from the Generall & related the dreadfull encounter, upon which his Majestie commanded me to dispatch away an extraordinary Physitian, & more Chirurgions: Twas on the solemn fast day, when the newes came, his Majestie being in the Chapell made a suddaine Stop, to heare the relation, which being with much advantage on our side, his Majestie commanded that Publique Thanks should immediately be given as for a Victory; The Deane of the Chapell going down to give notice of it to the other Deane officiating; & so notice was likewise sent to St. Paules and Westminster abbey: But this was no sooner over, but newes came that our losse was very great both in ships & men: That the Prince fregat was burnt & so a noble vessel of 90 brasse Guns lost: together with the taking of Sir Geo: Ayscue & exceeding shattring of both fleetes, so as both being obstinate, both parted rather for want of ammunition & tackle than Courage, our Generall retreating like a Lyon, which exceedingly abated of our former jolitie: There was however order given for bonefires & bells, but God knows, it was rather a deliverance than a Triumph: so much it pleased God to humble our late over Confidence, that nothing could withstand the Duke of Albemarle: who in good truth made too forward a reckoning of his successe, now, because he had once beaten the Dutch in another quarrell: & being ambitious to outdo the Earle of Sandwich, whom he had prejudice as defective of Courage:  X4A Doctor preached on call on me in time of trouble: I suppd at the Groomeporters; 7 I sent more Chirurgions, linnen, medicaments &c: to the severall ports in my District: dind at my Lord Cornburies, returned home with my Wife: 8. Dined with me Sir Alex: Frasier (prime Physitian to his Majestie) after dinner went on board his Majesties pleasureboat where I saw the London fregate launched (a most statly ship built by the Cittie, to supply that which was burnt by accident some time since) The King: L. Major & Sherifes being there, with a greate Banquet: I presented my Sonn to his Majestie: *** 15 I went to Chattham: 16 in the Jemmy Yacht (an incomparable sailer) to sea, arived by noone at the Fleete in the B of Nore, dined with Pr: Rupert & Generall: 17: Came his Majestie, Duke, & many Noblemen; after Council, we went to Prayers: having dispatchd my buisinesse, I returnd to Chattham having layne but one night at sea, in the Royal Charles, we had a tempestuous sea; I went on shore at SheereNesse, where they were building an Arsenal for the Fleete, & designing a royal Fort, with a receptacle for greate ships to ride at Anker; but here I beheld that sad spectacle, namely more than halfe of that gallant bulwark of the Kingdome miserably shatterd, hardly a Vessell intire, but appearing rather so many wracks & hulls, so cruely had the Dutch mangled us: when the losse of the Prince (that gallant Vessell) had ben a losse to be universaly deplord, none knowing for what reason we first ingagd in this ungratefull warr: we lost besids 9 or 10 more, & neere 600 men slaine, & 1100 wounded 2000 Prisoners, to balance which perhaps we might destroy 18 or 20 of the Enemies ships & 7 or 800 poore men: 18 weary of this sad sight I came home: ***  X(#45x July ă 2. Came Sir Jo: Duncomb & Mr. Tho: Chichley both Privy Councellors & Commissioners of his Majesties Ordinance to give me a visite, & to let me know his Majestie had in Council nominated me to be one of the Commissioners for regulating the farming &"%10*H&H&@@})" making of Saltpeter through the whole Kingdome, & that we were to sit in the Tower the next day &c: When they were gon, came to see me Sir Jo: Cotton (heire to the famous Antiquarie Sir Robert) a pretended greate Gretian, but had by no meanes the parts or genius of his Grandfather: with him were severall other knights & Gent: 3 I went to sit with the Commissioners at the Tower of Lond, where our Commiss: being read, we made some progresse in buisinesse: Sir G: Wharton being our Secretary, that famous Mathematitian, & who writ the yearely Almanac, during his Majesties troubles: Thence to Painter hall to our other Commiss: & dined at my L: Majors: 4: ... After Sermon I waited on my L: A: Bish: of Cant and B: of Winchester; where the Deane of Westminster spake to me about putting into my hands the disposal of 50 pounds which the Charitable people at Oxford had sent to be distributed among the sick & wounded seamen &c: since the battaile: Thence I went to my L: Chancellor to joy him of the Royal Highnesse second sonne now born at St. Jamess, and to desire the use of the Starchamber for our Commissioners to meete in, painters hall not being so convenient. *** 11 ... to the R: Society, where was an experiment of vibrating two [concave] Globes filld with sand, of severall dimensions, to represent the motion of the Earth & Moone about it, which the sand issuing out of the bottome described on the floore: Triall againe of the saddle Charriot, & fountaine to water Gardens & tops of tallest trees: &c: *** 22 I went to Greenewich to Prayers: our Parish still exceedingly infected with the Contagion: 24 To Lond: 25 The Fleetes ingaged:... *** 29 The Pestilence now a fresh increasing in our Parish, I forbore going to Church: In the came tidings of our Victorie over the Hollanders, sinking some, and driving others on ground, & into their ports: ***  X4m August ă 6 To Lond:, dind with Mr. Povy, & then went with him, to see a Country house he had bought neere Brainford, returning by Kensington, which house I saw standing to a very gracefull avenue of trees; but tis an ordinary building, especialy one part. I returnd to Lond: *** 12 The pestilence still raging in our Parish, I durst not go to Church. *** 17: Dind with L: Chancellor whom I intreated to visite the Hospital of the Savoy, & reduce it (after the greate abuse had ben continued) to its original institution, for the benefit of the poore, which he promised to do. *** 23. Sat at StarChamber, Dind at Sir William DOylies now recovered as it were miraculously: In the afternoone Visited the Savoy Hospital, where I staied to see the miserably dismembred & wounded men dressed & gave some necessary orders: Then to my L: Chancelor, who had (with the Bish: of Lond & others in Commission) chosen me one of the three Surveyors of the repaires of Paules, & to consider a model for the new building, or (if it might be) repairing of the Steeple, which was most decayd: & so I returned home. 26 Contagion still continuing, we had the Church Office at home &c: 27 I went to St. Paules Church in Lond: where with Dr. Wren, Mr. Prat, Mr. May, Mr. Tho. Chichley, Mr. Slingsby, the Bish: of Lond., the Deane of S. Paule, & severall expert"%20*H&H&@@})" Workmen, we went about to survey the generall decays of that antient & venerable Church, & to set downe the particulars in writing, what was fit to be don, with the charge thereof: giving our opinion from article to article: We found the maine building to receede outward: It was  XX4Mr. Chichleys & Prats opinion that it had ben so built ab origine for an effect in Perspective, in reguard of the height; but I was with Dr. Wren quite of another judgement, as indeede ridiculous, & so we entered it: We plumbed the Uprights in severall places: When we came to the Steeple, it was deliberated whither it were not well enought to repaire it onely upon its old foundation, with reservation to the 4 Pillars: This Mr. Chichley & Prat were also for; but we totaly rejected it & persisted that it requird a new foundation, not onely in reguard of the necessitie, but for that the shape of what stood was very meane, & we had a mind to build it with a noble Cupola, a forme of church building, not as yet knowne in England, but of wonderfull grace: for this purpose we offerd to bring in a draught & estimate, which (after much contest) was at last assented to, & that we should nominate a Committ/ of able Workemen to examine the present foundation: This concluded we drew all up in Writing, and so going with with my L: Bishop to the Deanes, after a little refreshment, went home. ***  X 4` September ă 2: This fatal night about ten, began that deplorable fire, neere Fishstreete in Lond: 2: I had pub: prayers at home: after dinner the fire continuing, with my Wife & Sonn took Coach & went to the bank side in Southwark, where we beheld that dismal speectaccle, the whole Citty in dreadfull flames neere the Water side, & had now consumed all the houses from the bridge all Thames Streete & upwards towards Cheape side, downe to the three Cranes, & so returned exceedingly astonishd, what would become of the rest: 3 The Fire having continud all this night (if I may call that night, which was as light as day for 10 miles round about after a dreadfull manner) when consping with a fierce Eastern Wind, in a very drie season, I went on foote to the same place, when I saw the whole South part of the Citty burning from Cheape side to the Thames, & all along Cornehill (for it likewise kindled back against the Wind, as well forward) TowerStreete, Fenchurchstreete, Gracious Streete, & so along to Bainard Castle, and was now taking hold of St. PaulesChurch, to which the Scaffalds contributed exceedingly: The Conflagration was so universal, & the people so astonishd, that from the beginning (I know not by what desponding or fate), they hardly stirrd to quench it, so as there was nothing heard or seene but crying out & lamentation, & running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them, so as it burned both in breadth & length, The Churches, Publique Halls, Exchange, Hospitals, Monuments, & ornaments, leaping after a prodigious manner from house to house & streete to streete, at greate distance one from the other, for the heate (with a long set of faire & warme weather) had even ignited the aire, & prepared the materials to conceive the fire, which devoured after a incredible manner, houses, furniture, & everything: Here we saw the Thames coverd with goods floating, all the barges & boates laden with what some had time & courage to save, as on the other, the Carts &c carrying out to the fields, which for many miles were strewed with moveables of all sorts, & Tents erecting to shelter both people & what goods they could get away: = the miserable & calamitous speectacle, such as happly the whole world had not seene the like since the foundation of it, nor to be out don, til the universal Conflagration of it, all the skie were of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning Oven, & the light seene above 40 miles round about for many nights: God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above ten thousand houses all in one flame, the noise & crakling & thunder of the impetuous flames, the shreeking of Women & children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses &"%30*H&H&@@})" churches was like an hideous storme, & the aire all about so hot & inflamd that at the last one was not able to approch it, so as they were forced stand still, and let the flames consume on which they did for neere two whole mile in length and one in bredth: The Clowds also of Smoke were dismall, & reached upon computation neere 50 miles in length: Thus I left it this afternoone burning, a resemblance of Sodome, or the last day: It  X4calld to mind that of 4 Heb: non enim hic habemus stabilem Civitatem:1 the ruines resembling the picture of Troy: London was, but is no more: Thus I returnd: 4. The burning still rages; I went now on horse back, & it was now gotten as far as the Inner Temple, all Fleetestreete, old baily, Ludgate Hill, Warwick Lane, Newgate, Paules Chaine, Wattlingstreete now flaming & most of it reducd to ashes, the stones of Paules flew like granados, the Lead mealting down the streetes in a streame, & the very pavements of them glowing with a fiery rednesse, so as nor horse nor man was able to tread on them, & the demolitions had stopped all the passages, so as no help could be applied; the Easter Wind still more impetuously driving the flames forewards: Nothing but the almighty power of God was able to stop them, for vaine was the help of man: on the fift it crossed towards Whitehall, but = the Confusion was then at that Court: It pleased his Majestie to command me among the rest to looke after the quenching of fetterlane end, to preserve (if possible) that part of Holborn, whilst the rest of the Gent: tooke their several posts, some at one part, some at another, for now they began to bestirr themselves, & not til now, who til now had stood as men interdict, with their hands a crosse, & began to consider that nothing was like to put a stop, but the blowing up of so many houses, as might make a gap, than any had yet ben made by the ordinary method of pulling them downe with Engines: This some stout Seamen proposd early enought to have saved the whole Citty: but some tenacious & avaritious Men, Aldermen &c. would not permitt, because their houses must have ben the first: It was therefore now commanded to be practised, & my conerne being particularly for the Hospital of st. Bartholomeus neere Smithfield, where I had many wounded & sick men, made me the more diligent to promote it; nor was my care for the Savoy lesse: So as it pleased Almighty God by abating of the Wind, & the industrie of people, now when all was lost, infusing a new Spirit into them (& such as had if exerted in time undoubtedly preserved the whole) that the furie of it began sensibly to abate, about noone, so as it came no farther than the Temple Westward, nor than the enterance of Smithfield North; but continued all this day & night so impetuous toward CrippleGate, & The Tower, as made us even all despaire; It also brake out againe in  X4the   X41ĠThe correct reference is Hebrews, xiii.14. Temple: but the courage of the multitude persisting, & innumerable houses blown up with Gunpowder, such gaps & desolations were soone made, as also by the former three days consumption, as the back fire did not so vehemently urge upon the rest, as formerly: There was yet no standing neere the burning & glowing ruines neere a furlongs Space; The Coale & Wood wharfes & magazines of Oyle, rozine, [chandler] &c: did infinite  X 4mischiefe; so as the invective I but a little before dedicated to his Majestie & publishd1, giving warning what might probably be the issue of suffering those shops to be in the Citty, was lookd on as prophetic: but there I left this smoking & sultry heape, which mounted up in dismall clowds night & day, the poore Inhabitans dispersd all about St. Georges, Moore filds, as far as higate, & severall miles in Circle, Some under tents, others under miserabe Hutts and Hovells, without a rag, or any necessary utinsils, bed or board, who from delicatnesse, riches & easy accommodations in stately & well furnishd houses, were now reducd to extreamest misery & poverty: In this Calamitous Condition I returnd with a sad heart to my"%40*H&H&@@)" house, blessing & adoring the distinguishing mercy of God, to me & mine, who in the midst of all this ruine, was like Lot, in my little Zoar, safe and sound: 6 Thursday, I represented to his Majestie the Case, of the French Prisoners at War in my Custodie, & besought him, there might be still the same care of Watching at all places contiguous to unseized houses: It is not indeede imaginable how extraordinary the vigilanc & activity of the King & Duke was, even labouring in person, & being present, to command, order, reward, and enourage Workemen; by which he shewed his affection to his people, & gained theirs: Having then disposed of some under Cure, at the Savoy, I returnd to white hall, where I dined at Mr. Offleys, Groomeporter, who was my relation, together with the Knight Martial, where I also lay that night. 7 I went this morning on foote from White hall as far as London bridge, thro the Late fleete streete, Ludgate hill, by St. Paules, Cheape side, Exchange, Bishopsgate, Aldersgate, & out to Morefields, thence thro Cornehill, &c: with extraordinary difficulty, clambring over mountaines of yet smoking rubbish, & frequently mistaking where I was, the ground under my feete so hott, as made me not onely Sweate, but even burnt the soles of my shoes, & put me all over in Sweate: In the meane time his Majestie got to the Tower by Water, to  X 4demolish the houses about the Graft2, which being built intirely about it, had they taken fire, & attaqd the white Towre, where the Magazines of Powder lay, would undobtedly have not onely beaten downe & destroyed all the bridge, but sunke & torne all the vessells in the river, & rendred the demolition beyond all expression for severall miles even about the Country at many miles distance: At my returne I was infinitly concernd to find that goodly Churh St. Paules now a sad ruine, & that beautifull Portico (for structure comparable to any in Europ, as not long before repaird by the late King) now rent in pieces, flakes of vast Stone Split in sunder, & nothing remaining intire but the Inscription in the Architrave which shewing by whom it was built, had not one letter of it defacd: which I could not but take notice of: It was astonishing to see what imense stones the heate had in a manner Calcind, so as all the ornaments, Columns, freezes, Capitels & projetures of massie Portland stone flew off, even to the very roofe, where a Sheete of Leade covering no lesse than 6 akers by measure, being totaly mealted, the ruines of the Vaulted roofe, falling brake into St. Faithes, which being filled with  Xp4the magazines of   X41ĠFumifugium, see above p. 135, 136. 2 The Tower Moat. bookes, belonging to the Stationer, & carried thither for safty, they were all consumed burning for a weeke following: It is also observable, that the lead over the Altar at the East end was untouchd; and among the divers monuments, the body of one Bishop, remained intire. Thus lay in ashes that most venerabe Church, one of the Pieces of early Piety in the Christian world, beside neere 100 more; The lead, yronworke, bells, plate &c mealted; the exquisitely wrought Mercers Chapell, the Sumptuous Exchange, the august fabricque of Christ church, all the rest of the Companies Halls, sumptuous buildings, Arches, Enteries, all in dust. The fountaines dried up & ruind, whilst the very waters remained boiling; the Voragos of subterranean Cellars Wells & Dungeons, formerly Warehouses, still burning in stench & dark clowds of smoke like hell, so as in five or six miles traversing about, I did not see one load of timber unconsumd, nor many stones but what were calcind white as snow, so as the people who now walked about the ruines, appeard like men in some dismal desart, or rather in some greate Citty, layd wast by an impetuous & cruel Enemy, to"$50*H&H&@@(" which was added the stench that came from some poore Creaturs bodys, beds & other combustible goods: Sir Tho: Gresshams Statue, though falln to the ground from its nich in the R: Exchange remaind intire, when all those of the Kings since the Conquest were broken to pieces: also the Standard in Cornehill, & Q: Elizabeths Effigies, with some armes on Ludgate continud with but little detriment, whilst the vast yron Chaines of the Cittie streetes, vast hinges, barrs & gates of Prisons were many of them mealted, & reducd to cinders by the vehement heats: nor was I yet able to pass through any of the narrower streetes, but kept the widest, the ground & aire, smoake & fiery vapour, continud so intense, my hair being almost seinged, & my feete unsufferably surbated: The bielanes & narrower streetes were quite filld up with rubbish, nor could one have possibly knowne where he was, but by the ruines of some church, or hall, that had some remarkable towre or pinacle remaining: I then went towards Islington, & highgate, where one might have seene two hundred thousand people of all ranks & degrees, dispersed, & laying along by their heapes of what  X 4they could save from the Incendium, deploring their losse, & though ready to perish for hunger & destitution, yet not asking one penny for reliefe, which to me appeard a stranger sight, than any I had yet beheld: His Majestie & Council indeeade tooke all imaginable care for their reliefe, by Proclamation, for the Country to come in & refresh them with provisions: when in the middst of all this Calamity & confusion, there was (I know not how) an Alarme begun, that the French & Dutch (with whom we were now in hostility) were not onely landed, but even entring the Citty; there being in truth, greate suspicion some days before, of those two nations joyning, & even now, that they had ben the occasion of firing the Towne: This report did so terrifie, that on a suddaine there was such an uprore & tumult, that they ran from their goods, & taking what weapons they could come at, they could not be stopd from falling on some of those nations whom they casualy met, without sense or reason, the clamor & perill growing so excessive, as made the whole Court amazd at it, & they did with infinite paines, & greate difficulty reduce & apease the people, sending Guards & troopes of souldiers, to cause them to retire into the fields againe, where they were watched all this night when I left them pretty quiet, & came home to my house, sufficiently weary & broken: Their spirits thus a little sedated, & the affright abated, they now began to repaire into the suburbs about the Citty, where such as had friends or opportunite got shelter & harbour for the Present; to which his Majesties Proclamation also invited them. Still the Plage, continuing in our parish, I could not without danger adventure to our Church. 10: I went againe to the ruines, for it was now no longer a Citty: 11 Sat at Star Chamber, on the 13, I presented his Majestie with a Survey of the ruines, and a Plot for a new Citty, with a discourse on it, whereupon, after dinner, his Majestie sent for me into the Queenes Bedchamber, her Majestie & the Duke onely present, where they examind each particular, & discoursed upon them for neere a full houre, seeming to be extreamly pleasd with what I had so early thought on: The Queene was now in her Cavaliers riding habite, hat & feather & horsemans Coate, going to take the aire; so I took leave of his Majestie & visiting the Duke of Albemarle, now newly returnd from Sea, I went home. *** 29 Michaelmasday, I went to visite my Bro: Richard, who was now indisposd in his health:  X(#4i October ă 2: I gave my Bro: of Wotton a Visite, being myself also not well, & returnd the 4th, so as I entred into a Course of Steele, against the Scorbut:"$60*H&H&@@("Ԍ10 This day was indicted a Generall fast through the nation, to humble us, upon the late dreadfull Conflagration, added to the Plage & Warr, the most dismall judgements could be inflicted, & indeede but what we highly deserved for our prodigious ingratitude, burning Lusts, profane & abominable lives, under such dispensations of Gods continued favour, in restoring Church, Prince, & people from our late intestine calamities, of which we were altogether unmindfull even to astonishment: This made me resolve to go to our Parish Assemblie, where our Doctor preached on 19 Luke: 41 &c: piously applying it to the occasion, after which followd a Collection for the poore distressed looses in the late fire, & their present reliefe. *** 18 To Lond: StarChamber: thence to Court, it being the first time of his Majesties putting himselfe solemnly into the Eastern fashion of Vest, changing doublet, stiff Collar, [bands] & Cloake &c: into a comely Vest, after the Persian mode with girdle or shash, & Shoe strings & Garters, into bouckles, of which some were set with precious stones, resolving never to alter it, & to leave the French mode, which had hitherto obtained to our greate expense & reproch: upon which divers Courtiers & Gent: gave his Ma gold, by way of Wager, that he would not persist in this resolution: I had some time before indeede presented an Invectique against that unconstancy, & our so much affecting the french fashion, to his Majestie in which tooke occasion to describe the Comelinesse & usefullnesse of the Persian clothing in the very same manner, his Majestie clad himselfe; This Pamphlet I  X4intituled Tyrannus or the mode, & gave it his Majestie to reade; I do not impute the change which soon happnd to this discourse, but it was an identitie, that I could not but take notice  X04of:1  X41 See note above, p. 138. This night was acted my Lord Brahals Tragedy cald Mustapha before their Majesties &c: at Court: at which I was present, very seldom at any time, going to the publique Theaters, for many reasons, now as they were abused, to an atheisticall liberty, fowle & undecent; Women now (& never til now) permitted to appeare & act, which inflaming severall young noblemen & gallants, became their whores, & to some their Wives, witnesse the Earle of Oxford, Sir R: Howard, Pr: Rupert, the E: of Dorset, & another greater person than any of these, who fell into their snares, to the reproch of their noble families, & ruine both of body & Soule: I was invited to see this Tragedie, exceedingly well writ, by my Lord Chamberlain, though in my mind, I did not approve of any such passe time, in a season of such Judgements & Calamitie: 19 I returnd home; 21 Our Viccar on his former subject: This season (after so long & extraordinary a drowth in September, & Aug: as if preparatory for the dreadfull fire) was so very wett & rainy, as many feared an ensuing famine: *** 28 ... The Pestilence now through Gods mercy, began now to abate in our Towne considerably. 30 To Lond. to our Office, & now had I on the Vest, & Surcoate, or Tunic as twas cald, after his Majestie had brought the whole Court to it; It being a comely, & manly habite: to good to hold, it being impossible for us to leave the Monsieurs Vanitys in good earnest long:"#70*H&H&@@'"Ԍ31 I heard pleaded the signal Cause of my L: Cleavelands pleaded by the Solicitor before the House of Lords, & was this day 46 yeares of age, wonderfully protected by the mercies of God, for which I render him immortal thanks: & returnd to my house: ***  X 40a November ă 14 I went my Winter Circle through my district, Rochester & other places wher I had men quartered & in Custody: 15. To Leedes Castle. 16 I musterd them being about 600 Dutch & French, ordred their proportion of Bread to be augmented, & provided cloths & fuell: Monsieur Colbert Ambassador at the Court of England, having also this day sent mony from his Master the French King to every Prisoner of that nation under my Guards: I lay at Chilston at my Co: Haless. 17: I returnd to Chattham, my Charriot overturning on the steepe of Boxley-Hill, wounded me in two places in the head, but slightly, my sonn Jack being with me, & then but newly out of long Coates, was like to have ben Worse cutt, by the Glasse, of the Charriot dores, but I thank God, we both escaped without much hurt, though not without exceeding danger. *** 23. I heard an extraordinary Case before a Committe/ of the whole house of Commons, in the Commons house of Parliament, betweene one Cap: Taylor, & my Lord Vicount Mordaunt; where after the Lawyers had pleaded, & the Witnesses examind, such foule & dishonorable things were produced against his Lordship of Tyrannie during his goverment of Windsore Castle, of which he was Constable, Incontinence & suborning, of which last one Sir Rich: Breames was most concerned, that I was exceedingly concernd for his Lordship, who was my special friend, and husband of the most virtuous Lady in the world: We sate till neere ten at night, & yet but halfe the Council had don, on behalfe of the plaintife: The question then was put, for the bringing in of lights to sit longer, which lasted so long a time before it was determind, & raisd such a confused noise among the Members, that a stranger would have ben astonished at it: & I admire, that there is not a Rationale to regulate such trifling accidents, which yet I find consume a world of time, & is a reproch to the gravity of so greate an Assembly of sober men: *** 27: Sir Hugh Pollard, Comptroller of the household died at W: Hall, & his Majestie Conferred the White-Staffe on my bro: Commissioner for Sick & Wounded, on Sir Tho: Clifford, [since Lord high Tressurer of England] a bold young Gent: of a meane fortune in Devon: but advancd by my L: Arligton Sec: of State: to the greate astonishment of all the Court: This gent: was some what related to me, by the marriage of his mother, to my neerest Kindsman Greg: Coale, & was ever my noble friend; a valiant & daring person, but by no meanes fit for a soupple & flattering Courtier:... ***  X@4;b December ă 2 dind with me Monsieur Kiviet, a Duth Gent: Pensioner of Roterdam, who came over hither for protection, being of the Prince of Oranges party, now not well-come in Holland: The King knighted him for some merit in the princes behalfe: he should (if caught) have ben beheaded with Monsieur Buat, & was brother in Law to Van Tromp, the Sea Generall &c: with him came downe Mr. Gab: Sylvius, & Mr. Williamson, Secretarie to my L: Arlington: Sir Kiviet came downe to examine, whither the soile about the river of Thames would be proper to make Clinkar brick with & to treate with me about some accommodations in order to it:"%80*H&H&@@)"Ԍ X49: To Lond: & returned the 14:1 *** 30: Dr. Dolben deane of Westminster, & now made Bishop of Rochester our Diocese, preached at our Parish-Church his first sermon on 1. Tim: 3.16, of the wonder of our B:S: Incarnation &c: after sermon Confirmed many young children, solemnly prepard the weeke before, among whom my sonn John was broght, and then his Lordship dined at my house. 31. Blessed God for his Protection of me & mine this past yeare:  X@41 Es entry should be compared with Pepys for the same day (the 14th). Pepys evidently thought more of their meeting that day than E did, and recorded, "... So I to Westminster Hall, and there met my good friend Mr. Evelyn, and walked with him a good while, lamenting our condition for want of good council, and the Kings minding of his business and servants ... staied in Westminster Hall till the rising of the house, having told Mr. Evelyn, and he several others, of my Gazette which I had about me that mentioned in April last a plot for which several were condemned of treason at the Old Bayly ...". Pepys does not appear in Es diary until June 10th 1669 (see p. 191), a few days after Pepys had ended his.  bq4JHmɐ  $z1667`!(#=J@Imɐ  =$z1667@t 1667 ă  X4k January ă *** 9 To the R: Soc:, which since the sad Conflagration, were now invited to sit at Arundel house in the strand, by Mr. Howard; who upon my instigation likewise bestowed on the Society that noble Library, which his Grandfath especialy, & all his Ancesters had collected: this Gent: having so little inclination to bookes, that twas the preserving them from imbezilment: We had divers Experiments for improving Pendule Watches: & for winding up huge Springs by the force of powder; with an invention for the letting down, & taking up any Earth, Corall, or what ever it met with at the bottome of the sea &c:... *** 24 Dind at Sir Ph: Warwicks, visited my L: Chancelor, & presented my son John to him, now preparing to Go to Oxford, of which his Lordship was Chancelor: This Evening I heard rare Italian voices, 2 Eunuchs & one Woman, in his Majesties greene Chamber next his Cabinet: *** 29 To Lond: in order to my sonns Oxford Journey, who being very early entered both in the Lat: & Greeke, & prompt to learne beyond most of his age, I was perswaded to trust him under the tutorage of Mr. Bohune fellow of New Coll: who had ben his Praeceptor in my house some years before; but at Oxford, under the inspection of Dr. Batthurst President of Trinity where I placed him: My son not as yet 13 yeares old:  X430: being the kingly Martyrs anniversarie fast, Dr. Beaumont preached coram Rege at White-hall, but the Chapell was so crowded, that I could not possibly approch to heare &c: Jack set out this day to Oxford with his Tutor: 31 My Wife brought me home in the Coach. ***  X#4Wf February ă 7: My L: of Carlisle treated with me for the proposal of a marriage betweene his Eldest sonn, & my Nieece Ann Evelyn."%90*H&H&@@'"Ԍ*** 13: Arundel house where Dr. Croone produced his Calesh or new invented Charriot, the Carriage a single deale board onely instead of the Pearch: his Majestie was well pleasd with it as he told me this Evening: As to the Lamp: it was a Globe so orderd as just to counterpoise the oyle in it, so as it never sunk: The Globe shewing also by its revolution (as the oyle Wasted) the houre of the night &c. 14 I saw a Comedy acted at Court:  Xx415 My little booke in answer to Sir Geo: Makenzys Solitude1, was now published: in the evening I returned: ***  X41 Publick Employment and an Active Life preferrd to Solitude. Pepys was unimpressed, I do not find much of good matter, though it be pretty for a bye discourse. (Diary 26 May 1667). 19 Lond: star: cha: in the afternoone I saw a Wrestling-match for 1000 pounds in St. Jamess Parke before his Majestie &c: twixt the Western & Northern men: Mr. Secr: Morice & Lo: Gerard being the Judges; befor a world of Lords, & other Spectators. The Westernmen won: greate summs were abetted: 18 I saw a magnificent Ball or Masque in the Theater at Court, where their Majesties & all the greate Lords & Ladies daunced infinitely gallant: the Men in their richly imbrodred, most becoming Vests: 22 I began to be very feavorish, & so continued til the 24th, when letting blood, I grew better. ***  X4p March ă 10: ... Greate frosts, snow & winds, prodigious at the vernal aequinox; indeede it had hitherto ben a yeare of nothing but prodigies in this Nation: Plage, Ware, fire, raines, Tempest: Comets: 13 To Lo: star: cha: 14 Saw the Virgin Queene a play written by Mr. Dryden &c: *** 22 Dined at Mr. Secretarie Morices, who shewed me his Librarie, which was a well chosen Collection: I had this afternoone audience of his Majestie concerning the proposal I made of building the Key: & so returnd: *** 26 Sir John Kiviet dined with me, we went to search for brickEarth, in order to a greate undertaking. 28: To Lond. at Ar: house the Society experimented the transfusion of bloud, out of one animal into another; it was successfully don out of a sheepe into a dog, til the sheepe died, the dog well, & was ordered to be carefully looked to. ***  X@4u April ă 4 The cold so intense, as hardly a leafe on a tree. *** 22: To Lond: saw the sumptuous Supper in the banqueting house at Whitehall on St. Georges day, where were all the Companions of the Gartir: [23] In the morning his Majestie went to Chapell, with the Knights all in their habits, & robes, ushered by the Heraulds: After the first service they went in Procession, the youngest first, the Sovraigne last, with the Prelate of the Order, & Deane, who had about his neck the book of the Statutes of the Order, & then the Chancelor of the Order, (old Sir H: De"%:0*H&H&@@)" Vic.) who wore the Purse about his: then Heraulds & Gartyr King at Armes, , Blackrod: but before the Praelate & Deane of Winsor, went the Gent: of Chapell, Choristers &c. singing as they marched, behind them two Doctors of Musick in damask robes: This proceeding was about the Courts of White-hall, then returning to their Stalles & Seates in the Chapell, placed under each knights coate armour, & Titles: Then began Second Service, then the King Offered at the Altar, an Anthem sung, then the rest of the knights offerd, & lastly proceeded to the Banqueting house to a greate feast: The King sate on an elevated Throne at the uper end, at a Table alone: The Knights at a Tab: on the right-hand reaching all the length of the roome; over against them a cuppord of rich gilded Plate &c: at lowere end the Musick; on the balusters above Wind musique, Trumpets & kettle drumms: The King was seved by the Lords, & pensioners, who brought up the dishes: about the middle of dinner, the Knights drank the Kings health, then the King theirs: Then the trumpets, musique &c: plaied & sounded, the Gunns going off at the Tower: At the banquet came in the Queene & stood by the Kings left hand, but did not sit: Then was the banqueting Stuff flung about the roome profusely: In truth the crowd was so greate, that though I staied all the supper the day before, I now staied no longer than this sport began for feare of disorder: The Cheere was extraordinary, each knight having 40 dishes to his messe: piled up 5 or 6 high: The roome hung with the richest Tapissry in the World &c: 24. Sate at Star: chamber: 25. Visited againe the Duke of New-Castle, whom I had ben acquainted with long before in France, & had obligation to my Wives mother, for his marriage, there, That is his Dutchesse had, who was Sister to my L: Lucas, & maide of honor then to Q: Mother; married in our Chapel in Paris, & in gratitude had often & solemnly promisd to give my wife 1000 pounds: but now all was forgotten of that nature: My Wife being with me, the Duke & Dutchesse both would needes bring her to the very Court. 26. My Lord Chancellor shewed me all his newly finished & furnished Palace, & Librarie; Then we went to take the aire in Hide-park: 27 I had a greate deale of discourse with his Majestie at dinner. Afternoone I went againe with my Wife to the Dutchesse of N. Castle, who received her in a kind of Transport: suitable to her extravagant humor & dresse, which was very singular; Then came in the Bish: of Winchester, my Lo: Percy, & so we came away, & returned home: ***  X4*x May ă 16: To Lond, had buisinesse with L: Chancelor: 18 dined there, had buisinesse with L: Chancellor for Sir Ri: Browne now sick of the Gowt, returned home: My Son: John came with his Tutor to see me from Oxford: ***  X4v June ă 1 I went to Greenewich where his Majestie was trying divers Granados shot out of Cannon at the Castle hill, from the house in the Park: which broke not till they hit the mark; the forged ones brake not at all, but the Cast ones very well: The inventor was a Germane there present: At the same time was a ring shewed her Majestie pretended to be a projection of mercury & maleable, & said by the gent: to be fixed with the Juice of a Plant: *** 11: To Lond: alarmd by the Dutch, who were falln on our Fleete, at Chattam by a most audacious enterprise entering the very river with part of their fleete, doing us not onely disgrace, but incredible mischiefe in burning severall of our best Men of Warr, lying at Anker & Moored there, & all this thro the unaccountable negligence of our negligence in setting out our fleete in due time: This alarme caused me (fearing the Enemie might adventure up the"%;0*H&H&@@)" Thames even to Lond, which with ease they might have don, & fired all the Vessells in the river too) to send away my best goods, plate &c: from my house to another place; for this alarme was so greate, as put both my County and Citty in to a panque feare & consternation, such as I hope I shall never see more: for every body were flying, none why or whither: Now then were Land forces dispatched with Lord Duke of Albemarle, L: Midleton, Pr: Rupert & the Duke to hinder the Duth comming to Chattham, fortifying Upnore Castle, & Laying chaines & bombs, but the resolute Enemy brake through all, & set fire on our ships, & retreated in spight, stopping up the Thames, the rest of their Fleete lying before the mouth of it: 14: I went to see the Work at Woolwich, a batterie for to defend them from coming up to Lond: which Pr: Rupert commanded, & sunk some ships in the river... 17 This night about 2 a clock, some chipps & combustible matter prepared for some fireships, taking flame, in Deptford yard, made such a blace, and caused such an uprore in the Towne, it being given out that the Dutch fleet were come up, & had landed their me, & fired the Towne, as had like to have don much mischiefe before people would be perswaded to the Contrary, & believe the accident: every body went to their armes, & all my family alarmd with the extraordinarie light, & confusion &c: These were sad, & troublesome times. *** 24 I was before the Council (the Dutch fleete still continuing to stop up the river of Thames, so as nothing could stirr out, or come in) and commanded by his Majestie that I with some others, should search about the invirons of the Citty, now exceedingly distressed for want of fuell, whither there could be any Peate or turfe, fit for use, could be found: & the next day I went, & found enough, & made my report, that there might be found a greate deale, &c: but nothing was now farther don in it: So on the 28 I went to Chattham, and thence to view not onely what Mischiefe the Dutch had don, but how triumphantly their whole Fleete, lay within the very mouth of the Thames, all from North-foreland, Mergate, even to the Buoy of the Noore, a Dreadfull Spectacle as ever any English men saw, & a dishonour never to be wiped off: Those who advised his Majestie to prepare no fleete this Spring, deservd I know what! but - Here in the river of Chattam, just before the Towne lay the Carkasse of the Lond: (now the 3d time burnt) the Royal Oake, the James &c yet Smoking, & now when the mischiefe was don, we were making trifling forts on the brink of the river: Here were yet forces both of horse & foote with Gen: Midleton, continualy expecting the motions of the Enemys fleete: I had much discourse with him, an experiend Commander: I told him I wondered the King did not fortifie Sheerenesse, [since don:] & the Ferry, both abandond: and so returned home: ***  X45x July ă 1 To Lond: to star: Chamber: 2: Cald upon by my L: Arlington, as from his Majestie, about the new fuell; the occasion why I was mentiond, was from something I had said about a sort of fuell, for a  X 4neede, printed in my Sylva 3 yeares before, which obstructing a pattent my Lord Carlingford had ben seeking for himselfe; he was seeking to bring me into the project, & proffered me a share: I met my Lord, & on the 4th by an order of Council, went to my Lord Major, to be assisting: In the meane time, they had made an experiment of my receite of Houllies which I mention in my booke, to be made at Maastricht, with a mixture of charcoale dust & loame, which was tried with Successe at Gressham Colledge (which then was the Exchange, for meeting of the Merchants, since the fire of London) for every body to see: This don, I went to the Lords Commissioners of the Tressury about a supply of 12000 pounds for the Sick &"%<0*H&H&@@})" Wounded yet on my hands: next day we met againe about the Fuell, at Sir Ja Armorers in the Mewes, & thence home. *** 8 My Lord Brereton & severall gentlemen dined at my house, where I shewed them profe of my new fuell; which was very glowing, & without Smoke or ill Smell: 9: To Lond: 10: I went to se Sir Samuel Morelands inventions & Machines, Arithmetical Wheele: Quench-fires, new harp: &c: returnd home. 11: The Master of the Mint & his Lady, came to dine with me, Mr. Williamson, Sir Nic: Armorer & others. *** 24 I went to Gravesend, (The Dutch fleete at anker still before the River) where I saw 5 ships of his Majesties men of Warr, encounter above 20 of the Dutch, in the bottome of the Hope, chacing them with many broad sides given & retured, towads the buoy of the Noore, where the body of the Fleete lay, which lasted til about midnight: There was one of their ships fired, suspected as don by the Enemie, she being run on high ground: having seene this bold action, & their braving us so far up the river, I went home the next day, not without indignation at our negligence & nations reproch: Tis well knowne who of the Commissioners of the Treasury gave advice that the charge of setting forth a Fleete this yeare, might be spared: Sir W: C: by name: ***  Xh4m August ă 1 To Arundell house, thence home: where I received the sad newes of Abraham Cowlys death, that incomparable Poet, & Virtuous Man, my very deare friend and greately deplored &c: 2: I dined at Sir Edm: Bowyers at Camberwell: 3. Went to Mr. Cowleys funerall, whose Corps Lay at Wallingford house, & was thence conducted to Westminster Abby in an Hearse with 6 horses, & all funebral decency, neere an hundred Coaches of noble men & persons of qualitie following, among these all the Witts of the Towne, Divers Bishops & Cleargy men: &c. He was interred next Jeofry Chaucer & neere Spencer &c: [a goodly Monument since erected.] I returned home: *** 6 To Lond: to the Lords Commissioners of the Tressury: gave accompt of the Souldiers under my care: The King discoursed with me much about swimming &c: 7: proceeded on my Accompt in Starchamber: Dined at the middle Temple invited by my old friend Serjeant Barton, now Reader: Now did his Majestie againe dine in the Presence, in antient State, with Musique & all the Court ceremonies, which had ben interrupted since the late warr: 8: Home, by the way visiting Mr. Oldenburg now close Prisoner in the Tower, for having ben suspected to write Intelligence &c: I had an order from my L: Arlington secr: of state, which made me be admitted: this Gent: was Secretary to our Society, & will prove an innocent person I am confident: [Soon after released.] *** 20: To Lond: about the Executor ship of my Co:Tuke: There was now a very gallant horse to be baited to death with doggs, but he fought them all, so as the fiercest of them, could not fasten on him, till they run him thro with swords; This wiccked and barbarous sport, deservd to have ben published in the cruel Contrivers, to get mony, under pretence the horse had killed a man, which was false: I would not be perswaded to be a Spectator:"%=0*H&H&@@})"Ԍ21 I dined at the V: Chancellor & afterwards attended the Lords Commissioners for mony: saw the famous Italian puppet play, for twas no other. 22 at Star Chamber: thence home: There was also now an Hermaphrodite shewd both Sexes very perfectly, the Penis onely not perforated, went for a woman, but was more man, of about 21 yeares of Age: divers curious persons went to see her, but I would not: 24. I was appointed with the rest of my brother Commissioners to put in Execution an order of Council, for the freeing of the Prisoners of war at Leedes Castle, & taking off his Majesties extraordinary charge, having called before us the French & Dutch Agents: I returned, the Peace being now proclaimed according to usual forme by the Heraulds at Armes: Sir Sam: Moreland, Sir Jo: Kiviet & some others dining with me this joyfull day: *** 27: Visited L: Chancellor to whom his Majestie had sent for the Seales a few daies before: I found him in his bed Chamber very Sad: The Parliament had accused him, & he had enemies at Court, especialy the boufoones & Ladys of Plasure, because he thwarted some of them & stood in their way, I could name some of the chiefe, The truth is he made few friends during his grandure among the royal Sufferers, but advanced the old rebells, that had mony enough to buy places: he was however (though no considerable Lawyer,) one who kept up the forme & substance of things in the nation with more solemnity than some would have, & was my particular kind friend on all occasions: but the Cabal prevailed, & that ingredient in Parliament: Greate division in Court concerning him, & divers greate persons interceeding for him: 28 I dined with my Late L: Chancellor where dined also Mr. Asburnham, Mr W: Leg of the Bed Chamber, & his Lordship pretty well in heart, though now many of his friends & Sycophants abandond him: Afternoone I went againe to the Lords: Comm for mony; & thence to the Audience of a Russian Envoy/ in the Queens Presence chamber: introduced with much State, the Souldiers, Pensionars, Guards in their order; his letter of Credence brought by his Secretary in a Scarfe of Sarsenett; their vests Sumptuous much embroided with pearle. He delivered his Speech in the Russe language alowd, but without the least action or motion of his body (besides his tongue) which was immediately interpreted alowd also by a German that Spake good English; halfe of it consisted in repetition of the Zarrs titles which were very haughty & oriental; & the substance of the rest, that he onely sent to see the King & Queene & know how they did &c: with much compliment & froth of Language, then they kissed their Majesties hands, & went as they came: but their real errand was to get mony: 29 We now met at Star: Cham: about exchange & release of Prisoners, I dined with the Maides of honour, & so late home: ***  X 4` September ă 13 Twixt the houres of 12 and one at night, was borne my second daughter. 16 Came my Bro: & Sister of Woodcot to us. 17: My Daughtr was Christned Elizabeth by my Sister Evelyn, A: Pretyman, & Sir R: Bro: her Grandfather by Dr. Breton our Viccar, in my house at Says Court: *** 19 To Lond: & with Mr. Hen: Howard of Norfolck: of whom I obtained the gift of his Arundelian Marbles, Those celebrated & famous Inscriptions Greeke and Latine, with so much cost & Industrie gathered from Greece, by his Illustrious Grandfather the magnificent Earle of Arundel, Thomas E. Marishall of England, my noble friend whilst he lived: These precious Monuments, when I saw miserably neglected, & scattred up & downe about the Gardens & other places of Arundellhouse, & how exceedingly the corrosive aire of London impaired them, I procured him to bestow on the Universite of Oxford; This he was pleasd to"%>0*H&H&@@})" grant me, & now gave me the Key of the Gallery, with leave to marke all those stones, Urnes, Altars &c: & whatever I found had Inscriptions on them that were not Status: This I did, & getting them removed & piled together, with those which were incrusted in the Garden walles, I sent immediately letters to the Vice-Chancelor what I had procured, & that if they esteemed it a service to the University (of which I had ben a Member) they should take order for their transportation: This don, 21. I accompanied Mr. Howard to his Villa at Alburie, where I designed for him the plat for his Canale & Garden, with a Crypta thro the hill &c: ***  X4i October ă 8 Came to dine with me Dr. Bathurst Deane of Wells, Pres: of Trinity Coll, & sent by the Vice Chancelor of Oxon: in the name of both him, & the whole University, to thanke me for procuring the Inscriptions, & to receive my directions what was to be don, to shew their gratitude to Mr. Howard &c. 10: To Lond: dined with the Swedish Resident: where was a disection of a dog, the poore curr, kept long alive after the Thorax was open, by blowing with bellows into his lungs, & that long after his heart was out, & the lungs both gashed & pierced, his eyes quick all the while: This was an experiment of more cruelty than pleased me: 11 I visited Lo: Arlington, ill of a fall: Afternoone I went to see my Lord Clarendon (late L: Chancelor, & greatst Officer in England) in continual apprehension what the Parliament would determine concerning him, upon divers Articles exhibited of his malAdministration: returned home: *** 25 Were delivered to me two Letters, from the Vice-Chancelor of Oxford with the Decree of the Convocation, attested by the Publique Notarie, ordering Doctors of Diviniy & Law to accknowledge the obligation the Universite had to me (the originals  XP4whereoff I keepe) for procuring the Marmora Arundeliana, which was solemnly don, by Dr. Barlow Provost of Queens: [since B: of Lincoln] Dr. Jenkins Judge of the Admiralty, [since Secretary of State] Dr. Lloyd, Obadia Walker of University Coll: [since head of that Coll:] who having made me a large Compliment from the University, delivered me the Decree... *** 31. I was this day 47 yeares of age: Blessed God for his mercys: I went to Lond: dined with my Bro: made the Royal Society a present of the Table of Veines, Arteries & Nerves which with greate Curiositie I had caused to be made in Italy, out of the natural humane bodies, by a learned Physit: & the help of Vestlingius professor at Padoa, from where  XX4I brought them 1646,1 for which I received the publique thanks of the Society, & are hanging up in their Repositary; with an Inscription; I lay this night at Arundell house: ***  X4;b December ă 9: To Lond: to visite my late Lord Chancelor, I found him in his Garden at his new built Palace sitting in his Gowt wheel chayre, & seeing the Gates towards the North & fields setting up: he looked & spake very disconsolately, after some while deploring his condition to me, I tooke my leave, & the next morning heard he was gon: though I am perswaded had he gon sooner, though but to Cornbery & there lay quiet, it would have satisfied the Parliament: That which exasperated them was his presuming to stay, & contest the Accusation as long as twas possible, & that they were upon the point of sending him to the Tower &c: ***"#?0*H&H&@@'"Ԍ12 I saw the Experiment repeated, of transfusing bloud out of a sheepe into a Man, celebrated at Arundel house, according to the particulars entred in the journal, and Register: Thence home: *** 21 I saw one Carr Piloried at Charing-Crosse for libelling, which was burnt before him by the Hangman, dined in the Citty, returned home: ***  Xx41 See above, p.62.  b@40`#$z1668`!(#=0@`#  =$z1668@ t1668 ă  X4k January ă *** 8: Wednesday I saw deepe & prodigious gaming at the Groome-porters, vast heapes of Gold squandered away in a vaine & profuse manner: This I looked on as an horrid vice, & unsuitable to a Christian Court: 9: met at the R: So: went to see the Revells at the Middle Temple, which is an old, but riotous Costome, & has relation to neither Virtue nor policy: *** 15 Petitiond the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, about the Enlargement of my Back-yard at Sayes Court. *** 24: We went to stake out ground for the building a Colledge for the R: Society at Arundel house, but did not finish it, which we shall repent of: ***  X4Wf February ă 4: To Lond: This Evening I saw the Trajedie of Horace (written by the virtuous Mrs. Philips) acted before their Majesties: twixt each act a Masque & Antique: daunced: The excessive galantry of the Ladies was infinite, Those especialy on that ... Castlemaine esteemed at 40000 pounds & more: & far out shining the Queene &c: *** 25. Mr. Vice-Chamberlaine, his Lady, Sir Philip Cartrite & Lady dined with me: & my sonn John went back to Oxford the second time, having ben long at home with his Tutor: ***  X4p March ă 3. Was launched at Deptford that goodly Vessel the Charles: I was now neere his Majestie, she is longer than the Sovraine, & carries 110 brasse Canon: built by old Shish, a plained honest Carpenter (Master builder of this Dock) yet one that can give very little account of his art by discourse, as hardly capable to reade, yet of greate abilitie in his calling: They ben ShipCarpenters in this Yard above 100 yeares: *** 12 Went to visite Sir Jo: Cotton who had me into his Library, full of good MSS: Gr: & Lat: but most famous for those of the Saxon & English Antiquities collected by his Grandfather: ***  X!4u April ă 2 To the R: Society where I subscribed 50000 bricks, towards the building of a Coll: Amongst other Libertine Libells, there was now printed & thrown about a bold Petition of the poore Whores, to the Lady Castlemaine &c: I came home. ***"$@0*H&H&@@)"Ԍ9: Lond: about buisinesse, namely the finishing my grand Accompt of the Sick & Wounded & Prisoners at War, amounting to above 34000 pounds: *** 24 I transferred 500 pounds to Signor Palavicini in the East India Comp: as part of his Wifes Portion, in which I was a Truste/: for her Mother I heard Sir R: Howard impeach Sir William Pen in the H. of Lords, for breaking bulk, & taking a way rich goods out of the E. India Prizes formerly taken by my L: Sanwich: *** 28 Lond: being now about the Purchase of Ravensbourn Mills & Land, about it in upper Deptford, of one Mr. Beecher &c. 30 Ascention day, when we sealed the Deedes &c: in Sir Ed: Thurlands Chamber Inner Temp: I pray God blesse it to me, it being a deare penyworth, but the passion of Sir R: Browne had for it engaged me, & that it was contiguous to other grounds: ***  X 4*x May ă 6. To Lond: to transfer a Mortgage to my Bro: Geo: Evelyn, returned next day:  X 4<10>: Our Doctor on 14. Joh. 16. Whitsonday opus diei: The blessed Sacrament followed: which I participated with more than ordinary resignation, & resolution &c:  X413 Invited by that expert Commander Cap: Cox (Master of the lately built Charles the  X42d, & now best vessell of the fleet) designd for the Duke of York; I went to Erith, where we had a greate dinner: I returnd in the Evening: ***  X04v June ă  X419. To a new play, with severall of my Relations, the Evening Lover, a foolish plot, & very prophane, so as it afflicted me to see how the stage was degenerated & poluted by the licentious times: ***  X45x July ă <5> ... Sir Sam: Tuke Baronet & the Lady he had married but this day came & beded her at night at my house, many friends accompanying the Bride: 10: I went to Lond: 11 about petitioning his Majestie to enlarge my Court with a small slip of Land out of the brick-Close: returnd: ***  X423. Went to R: Society, where were presented divers Glossa Petras, & other natural Curiosities, found in digging to build the fort at Sheere-Nesse, they were just the same, what the bring from Malta, pretending them to have ben Vipers teeth, whereas they are in truth of a Shark: as we found by comparing them to one in our Repository: home this Evening: ***  Xx4m August ă 14 His Majestie was pleased to grant me a lease of a slip of ground out of BrickClose, to enlarge my fore Court; for which I now gave him thanks; & then entering into other discourse, he talked to me of a new Invention of a Vernish for ships, instead of Pitch, and of the Guilding with which his new Yacht was beautified with all: I also shewed his Majestie the Perpetual motion sent me by Dr. Stokes from Collen, and then came in Monsieur Colbert the French Ambass: &c: ***"#A0*'&H&a@'"Ԍ19 I saw the magnificent Entrie of the Fr: Ambassador Colbert received in the Banqueting house: I had never seene a richer coach than what he came in to Whitehall. Standing by his Majestie at dinner in the Presence, There was of that rare fruite called the King-Pine, (growing in Barbados & W. Indies), the first of them I had ever seen; His Majestie having cut it up, was pleasd to give me a piece off his owne plate to tast of, but in my opinion it falls short of those ravishing varieties of deliciousnesse, describd in Cap: Liggons history & others; but possibly it might be, (& certainely was) much impaired in coming so farr: It has yet a gracefull accidity, but tasts more of the Quince and Melon, than of any other fruite he mentions: ***  X428 To Lond: Publishd my booke of the Perfection of Painting1, dedicated to Mr. Howard: after other buisinesse, returnd the 29: ***  X( 4` September ă 17: I entertained Signor Muccinigo The Venetian Ambassador & one of the noblest families of that State, this being the day of making his Publique Enterie, setting forth from my house, with severall Gent: of Venice & others in a very glorious traine: With me he staied til the Earle of Anglesea, Sir Cha: Cotterell (Master of the Ceremonies) &c came with the Kings Barges to carry him to the Tower, where the Gunns went off at his Landing, & then entered his Majesties Coach, followd by many others of the nobility: I accompanied him to his house, where there was a most noble Supper to all the Companie of six Courses: After the extraordinarie Compliment to me & my Wife for the civilities he receivd at my house, I tooke leave of his Excellency & returnd: he is a very much accomplishd person: [since Ambassador at Rome.]... ***  X4i October ă 31 Being now my birth day & 48th yeare of age I rendered Almight God my hearty accknowledgements, & supplicate his blessing & protection &c: ***  X41 Es translation of Roland Fr)arts work, see p.460.  X840a November ă 14 To Lond: againe invited to the Consecration of that excellent Person the Deane of Rippon Dr. Wilkins, now made Bish: of Chester; it was at Elie house: Officiating the A:Bish: of Canterbury, Bish: of Durham Cousin, Bish: of Ely, Salisbery, Rochester & others: Dr. Tillotson preaching on Go Teach all Nations: baptizing &c, which he learnedly applied to the function, answering that pretence [Infallibily] of the Ch: of Rome, by the later clause of the Text &c: most learnedly: Then we went to a most sumptuous dinner in the hall, where was the Duke of Buckingham, Judges, Secretaries of State, Lord Keeper, Counsell, Noblemen, & such an infinity of other Companie, as were honourers of this incomparable man, the most universaly beloved of all that knew him: This being her Majesties Birthday, greate was the galantrie at White-hall, and the night celebrated with very fine fireworks &c: My poore Bro: continuing ill, I went not from him til the 17th: when dining at the Groome Porters, I heard Sir Edw: Sutton play excellently on the Irishharp: & indeede plaies gentily, but not approaching my worthy friend Mr. Cleark a Gent of Northumberland, who makes it exceeding Lute, Viol, & all the harmonie an Instrument is capable of, pitty tis that is not more in use: but indeede to play well, it takes up the whole man, as Mr. Clark assurd"$B0*'&H&a@(" me, who tho a Gent: of Quality & parts, was yet brought up to that Instrument from 5 Yeares old, as I remember he told me: *** 27. I dined at my Lord Ashleys [since Earle of Shaftsbury & L. Chan:] where the Match of my Niepce was proposed, for his onely sonn, in which my assistance was desired for my Lord: *** 30: St. Andrews Day we chose Officers at the R: Society, & I of the Council for this yeare; We dined together, the King sending us Venison: ***  X4;b December ă 17 At the Ro: Society, some experiments about the Principle of Motion, viz. Elastic, & that where was not spring, there could be no motion; tried by a pendule ball of solid Glasse, vibrating against wyre strings & catts-gutts; it making a much greater & quicker rebound from the Wyre, than from the fiddle strings, to equaly stretched: & died suddanly against wood, or Yron, where there was no Spring: 19. I went to see the old play Cataline acted, having ben now forgotten 40 yeares almost: *** 20: ... I dined with my Lord Cornbury at Clarendon house, now bravely furnishd; especialy with Pictures of most of our Antient & Modern Witts, Poets, Philosophers famous & learned English-men, which Collection of my L: Chancelors, I much commended, and gave his Lordship a Cataloge of more to be added: ***  b40` $z1669`!(#=0@`   =$z1669@t 1669 ă  XP4k January ă 1: Imploring his blessing for the yeare entring, I went to Church, where our Doctor preached on 65 Psal: 12. apposite to the season, & beginning a new yeare: 3: on his former: of the veracity of Christs Godhead: note, that about this time, one of Sir W: Pens sonns, had publishd a blasphemous booke, against the Deity of our B: Lord:... *** 29 I went to see a tall gigantic Woman, that measured 6 foote 10 Inches hight, at 21 years old, the rest proportionable, borne at the Busse in the Low Countries: 30: I returnd home early enough to celebrate the Late Kings Anniversarie, our Doctor pr: on 5. Threnae: 16 shewing the greate losse of a People, when a good Prince is taken away: & that our sinns are cause of it, exemplified in Josiah: & paralleld: ***  X4Wf February ă 4: At the Society about motion: 5 home by Water, & our Whirrie running an hauser, I was like to be drawne over board: but blessed by God, I scaped: ***  X!413 I presented his Majestie with my Historie of the foure Imposters1, he told me of other like cheates: gave my booke to L: Arlington to whome I dedicated it &c: It was now he began to tempt me about writing the Dutch-Warr &c: ***  X$4p March ă"$C0*'&H&a@("Ԍ4: To Lond: at the Council of the R: Soc: about the disposing of my L: H. Howards Librarie now given to us: I returnd. ***  XX418, I went with my L: Howard of Norfolk to visite Sir William Ducy at Charleton2, where we dined: The servants made our Coach-men so drunk, that they both fell-off their boxes upon the heath, where we were faine to leave them, & were droven to Lond: by two Gent: of my Lords: This barbarous Costome of making their Masters Wellcome, by intoxicating the Servants had now the second time happnd to my Coachman: My sonn came from Oxon: for altogether: ***  X4u April ă 1 At R: Soc: an handsome discourse touching the pulse of the bloud &c: There was a Lobster discected: 2 Dind at Mr. Tressurer where was my L: Newport Comptroller, L. Asshley, Lauderdaill, Bishop of Chester, Coll: Titus of the bedchamber (author of that famous piece  X 4against Crom-well, Killing no Murder) & other   XH 41Ġfoure is Es error, see p.459. 2 At Charlton House (1607). It survives intact.  X4greate persons: I now placed Mr. Wase1, with Mr. Williamson Secretary to the secretary of state, & Cleark of the Papers: ***  X04*x May ă 19 To Lond: next day at a Council of the R: Society our Graunt was finished in which his Majestie gives us Chelsey Colledge & some Land about it: & it was ordered that five should be a quorum for a Council: There were then also Sworne the Vice-President the first time: & It was also then proposed how we should receive the Prince of Tuscanie, who desired to visite the Society. 20 This Evening returning, I found my Wife in Labour, but was delivered within an houre at 10 a clock at night, being Ascention day, when was borne my third Daughter. *** 25 Was baptisd my Daughter Susanna (by the name of her Godmother her Aunt Hungerford of Cadenam): Godfather her Grandfather Sir R: Browne &c: ***  X4v June ă 10: Came my Lord Cornbery, Sir William Poultny & others to visite me; I went that evening to Lond: to carry Mr. Pepys to my Bro: (now exceedingly afflicted with the Stone in the bladder) who himselfe had ben successfully cut; & carried the Stone (which was as big as a tenis-ball) to shew him, and encourage his resolution to go thro the operation. *** 30 ... My Wife being gon on a journey of Pleasure downe the River as far as the Sea, with Mrs. Howard, & her daughters the Maids of Honor, amongst whom, that excellent creature Mrs. Blagge: I now built the long wall which separates my Court from the brick-close, newly granted me of the King: ***  X(#45x July ă 7 I went towards Oxford, lay at little Wicckam, 8: at Oxford, lay at one of the Beadles."$D0*'&H&a@("Ԍ X49 In the morning was celebrated the Encenia of the New Theater so magnificently built by the munificence of Dr. Gilbert Sheldon Arch-Bishop of Canterbery, in which was spent 25000 pounds, (as Sir Chr: Wren the Architect as I remember told me) & yet was never seene by the Benefactor, my L: A Bish: having upon occasion told me, that he never did, nor never would see it. It is in truth a fabrique comparable to any of this kind of former ages, and doubtlesse exceeding any of the present, as this Universitie dos, for Colledges, Libraries, Scholes, students & Order all the Universities in the World: To the Theater is the famous [Sheldonian] Printing-house: This being at the Act, and the first time of opening the Theater (Acts being formerly kept in St. Maries-Church, which might be thought undecent, as being soly set a part for the immediate worship of God,  X4& was the inducement of building   X` 41ĠChristopher Wase (c.162590), related to Lady Browne; he is said to have composed Es son  X( 4Richards epitaph (see p.450); E thought him an incomparable Interpreter (Sylva, 1664, 73). this noble Pile) it was now resolvd, to celebrate its dedication with the greatest splendor & formalitie that might be, & therefore drew a world of strangers & other Companie to the University from all parts of the Nation: The Vice-Chancelor then, Heads of Houses, & Doctors being seated in magisterial seates, the Vice-Chancellors Chaire & Deske, Proctors &c: covered with Brocatell & Cloth of Gold: the Universitie Register read the Founders Grant & gift of it to the Universitie, for their Scholastic Exercises upon these solemn occasions: Then followd Dr. South the Universities Orators Eloquent Speech upon it; it was very long, & not without some malicious & undecent reflections on the Royal Society as underminers of the University, which was very foolish and untrue, as well as unseasonable, (but to let that passe, from an ill natured man) the rest was in praise of the Arch Bish: and the ingenious Architect: This ended, after loud Musique, from the Corridor above, (where was placd an Organ) there followd divers Panegyric Speeches both in Prose & Verse interchangeably  X4pronouncd by the young students, placd in the Rostrum, Suggestum, Pluteas &c Some in  X4Pindarics, Ecclogas, Heroics &c: mingled with excellent Musique both vocal, & Instrumental to entertaine the Ladys &c: then was a spech made in praise of Academical Learning; all of which lasted from 11 in the morning till 7 at night, which was likewise concluded with Bells ringing, & universal joy & feasting. 10 The next day began the more solemn Lectures in all the Faculties which were performd in their several Scholes, where all the Inceptor Doctors did their Exercises, the Professors having first ended their reading: The Assembly now returnd to the Theater, the  XX4Terr% filius or Universitie bouffoone, entertaind the Auditorie with a tedious, abusive, sarcastical rhapsodie, much unbecoming the gravity of the Universitie, & that so grossly, as that unlesse it be suppressd, will be of ill consequence, as I plainly expressed my sense, both to the Vice Chancelor and severall heads of houses afterwards, who were perfectly ashamed of it, and resolvd to take care of it for the future, for they had left the facetious old way of raillying upon the Questions: &c & fell wholy upon persons; so as in good earnest twas rather licentious lying, & railing than genuine & noble witt: In my life I was never witnesse of so shamefull entertainement. After this ribauldry, The Proctors made their Speeches: Then began the Musick Act, Vocal, & Instrumental, above in the Balustred Corridore, opposite to the Vice-Chancelors seate: Then Dr. Wallis the Mathematical Professor made his Oration, and created one Doctor of Musique, according to the usual Ceremonies, of Gowne (which was white Damask) Cap: Ring, kisse &c: Next followd the Disputation of the Inceptor Doctors in Medicine, the Speech of their Professor Dr. Hyde, & so in Course their"$E0*'&H&a@(" respective Creations: Then Disputed the Inceptors of Law, the Speech of their Professor & Creation: Lastly, Inceptors in Theologie, Dr.Compton (bro: to the Earle of Northampton) being Junior began, with greate modesty, & applause: & so the rest: After which Dr. Tillotson, Dr. Sprat &c: & then Dr. Alestre/s (the Kings Professors) Speech, & their respective Creations: Last of all the Vice-Chancelors shuting up all in a Panegyrical Oration celebrating their Benefactor, & the rest apposite to the occasion: Thus was the Theater Dedicated by the Scholastic Exercises in all the faculties with infinite solemnity, & the night (as the former) entertaining the new Doctors friends, in feasting & Musique: I being invited by Dr. Barlow, the worthy & learned Provost of Queenes Coll: 11 The Act Sermon was this forenoone preachd by Dr. Hall in St. Maries in an honest practical discourse against Atheisme on Rom. In the afternoone, the Church was so crowded, that coming not so early, I could not approch to heare: 12 Moneday was held the Divinity Act in the Theater againe, where proceede 17 Doctors in all the Faculties some: 13 I dined on Tuesday at the V. Chancelors, & spent the afternoone in seeing the rarities of the Pub: Librarie, & visiting the noble Marbles & Inscriptions now inserted in the Walles that compasse the Area of the Theater, which were 150 the most antient, and worthy treasure in the Learned World of that kind, procurd by me for them some time before: now observing that people, approaching them too neere, some Idle people began to Scratch and injure some of them, I advisd that an hedge of holly, should be planted at the foote of the wall, to be kept breast-high onely, to protect them, which the V: Chancelor promisd to see don the next season: 14 Came Dr. Fell (Deane of Christchurch) ViceChancellor, [now Bish: of Oxon] with Dr. Alestree, Ks Professors; Beadles & Maces before them, to Visite me at my Lodging: Then I went to Visite My L: Howards sonns at Magdalen Coll: who also repaied me theirs: [15] Having two daies before notice that the Universitie intended me the honor of Doctorship, I was this morning attended by the Beadles belonging to the Law, who carried me to the Theater, where I found the Duke of Ormond (now Chancelor of the Universitie,) with the Earle of Chesterfild, & Mr.Spencer brother to the late Earle of Sunderland: Thence we marched to the Convocation house, a Convocation having ben cald on Purpose: Here being all of us robd in Scarlet, with Caps & hoods &c: in the Porch, we were led in by the Professor of Laws, & presented respectively by name & a short elogie &c: to the ViceChancelor who sate in the Chaire, with all the Doctors & heads of houses & Masters about the roome, which was exceeding full: Then began the Publique Orator, his speech, directed chiefly to the Chancelore, the Duke of Ormond, in which I had also my Compliment in Course: This ended, we were called up, and Created Doctors according to the forme, and seated by the Vice-Chancelor amongst the Doctors, on his right hand: Then made the Vice-Chancelor a short spech, & so saluting our Bro: Doctors the Pageantry concluded, & the Convocation desolved: So formal a Creation of Honorarie Doctors, had seldome ben seene, that a Convocation should be cald on purpose, & Speeches made by the Orator &c: But they could do no lesse, their Chancelor being to receive, or rather do them this honour: I had ben made Doctor with the rest at the Publique Act; but their expectation of the Duke their Chancelor made them deferr it; so I was led with my Bro: Doctors, to an extraordinary Entertainement at Dr. Mewes, head of St. Johns Coll: & after aboundance of feasting & complements, having visited the V: Chancelor & other Doctors & given them thanks for the honours don me, [16] I went towards home the next day, & got as far as Windsor, & to my house [17] the next. ***"%F0*'&H&a@p)"Ԍ27 I went to see my poor afflicted Bro: at Woodcot, returnd that evening: ***  XX4m August ă 4. I was invited by Sir Hen. Peckham to his Reading feast Mid: Temp: a pompous Entertainement: where was the A Bish: of Cant: all the greate Earles & Lords &c: I had much discourse with my Lo: Winchelsea, a prodigious talker; and the Venetian Ambassador Signor Moccinigo, whom I was acquainted with, a very fine Gent: at night I went home: *** 17: To Lond: spending almost the intire day in surveying what progresse was made in rebuilding the ruinous Citty, which now began a little to revive, after its sad calamitie: 18 dind with the Duke of Ormond, & had some discourse with his Majestie this evening at W: hall: *** 23 I went to visite my most excellent & worthy neighbour, the L. Bish: of Rochester at Bromely, which he was now repairing, after the dilapidations of the late rebellion, returned after dinner: 29 A stranger preached on 6: Mic: 9: I was this day very ill, of a paine in my limbs: which continued most of this weeke, & was increased, by a visite I made [September] to my old acquaintance the Earle of Norwich, at his house in Epping forest: There are many very good pictures, put into the Wainscot of the roomes, which Mr.Baker his Lordships predecessor there, brought out of Spaine: especialy the Historie of Joseph: The Gardens were well understood, I meane the Pottagere: here is also an excellent picture of the pious & learned Picus Mirandula &c & one of old Breugle incomparable: I returnd late [in] the Evening, ferrying over at Grenewich:  X4` September ă <5> My Indisposition hindred me from Church, & B: Sacrament to my greate sorrow. 7 I let bloud, purged, drew blisters, but Leaches did me most good exceedingly paned with my Teeth: 22. I was able to go to Lond: where I had much buisinesse. 26 To Church to give God thanks for my recovery:... *** 27 I visited my still afflicted deare Bro: at Woodcot, returnd next day: ***  X4i October ă 21. To the Ro: Society meting now the first time after a long recesse during Vaccation, according to costome: where were red many letters from our Philosophical Correspondents; also a Map, and description of the prodigious irruption & Incendium of $tna, together with a large box of the severall materials, mettals, cinders, salts, &c: throwne out of that mountain which burnt in a flowing river of Sulphur 30 miles in Length & 12 in bredth, as far as Catanea & even into the sea it selfe, a greater eruption never was recorded in any historie: Sir Southwell likewise presented Balsomes & other Curiosities out of Portugal: & our English Itinerant an account of his Autumnal peregrination about England (for which we hired him) of dried foules, Fish, Plants, Animals &c: *** 29: Afternoone at the R: Society, where was producd Mr. Hooks pendule Clock going 12 moneths to a second as affirmd: proposals were now made, for the more accurate measuring a Degree in the Earth, from that in the heavens: There was shewd also a staind"$G0*'&H&a@(" Wollan Cloth in imitation of Tapissry, as also a relation of the Salt-pits at Namptwich: My deare Brother continued extreamely full of paine: the Lord be gracious to him: 29 I returned home: 31 ... Being my birth-day & I now 49, I gave God thanks, begging his mercy for the yeare following.  X40a November ă 1 ... This being the day of meeting for the poore, we dined neighbourly together: *** 12 To visite my Bro: & at Westminster at Sir Geo: Carterets accusation, as Tressurer of the Navy &c:  X414: went home (having ben the night before at the funeral of Mrs Pepys1: &c:)... ***  X` 4;b December ă 3 I waited on the Lords of the Tressury about Deale quarters in arrere, returned: ***  X 48: To Lond: upon the second Edition of my Sylva, which I presented to the R: Society. *** <19> ... Hardly was ever felt so greate cold in England of many yeares. ***  X41 Elizabeth Pepys (164069), wife of the diarist, at St. Olaves, Hart Street. She had been taken ill in Flanders while travelling with her husband in autumn 1669, and died on November 10th shortly after their return.  b40 $z1670`!(#=0@    =$z1670@t 1670 ă  XP4k January ă 1 Beging Gods protection I went to Church, our Doctor preaching on 68 Psal: 19: *** 7: so extraordinary a storme of wind, as had seldome ben known, that did much harme: all over the nation almost: *** 26 I had much discourse with the Venetian Ambassador concerning the excessive Cold weather they often had in Italy, & especialy this Winter &c: 27: home. 30 Our Viccar on 51. Psal: 14, of the crying sin of sheding innocent blood, applyd to the Murder of our late King, whose Anniversarie it was: but the fast was to be celebrated the next day, which was moneday: ***  Xx4Wf February ă 17 To Lond, to visite my continualy afflicted Brother. ***  X 4p March ă 3 Finding my brother in such exceeding torture, & that he now began to fall into Convulsion fits, [4] I solemnly set the next-day a part, to beg of God to mitigate his sufferings, & prosper the onely meanes which yet remained for his recovery; or if otherwise; that it would please Almighty God to prepare him for himselfe, he not onely being very much wasted, but exceedingly, & all along averse from being cut, which he was advised to undergo from time to time, with extraordinary probability of successe: but when it came to the"%H0*'&H&a@)" operation, & all things prepared, his spirit & resolution failed, & there was now lesse hopes than ever. 5. I went to visite my poore afflicted brother, whom I found almost in the last agonies: 6 Dr. Patric in Covent Garden Church, on his former Text. I participated of the blessed Sacrament, recommending the deplorable condition of my bro: his agonies still increasing: In the Afternoone, a stranger made an excellent sermon against Atheists: &c. I watched late with my Bro: this night, yet not imagining his end to be so neere; but so it pleased God, to deliver him out of this miserable life, towards five this moneday morning, to my unspeakeable griefe & sorrow, being a Bro: whom I most dearely loved for many Virtues; & that was but two yeares Younger than myselfe, a sober, prudent, & worthy Gent: he had married a great fortune, and left one onely daughter, & a most noble seate, at Woodcot neere, Epsom in Surrey &c: 7: I staied all the next day to comfort my sister in Law, his Wife: 8 On Tuesday he was ordred to be opened; but it was not a specctacle I desird to be present at; & therefore returned home this evening full of sadnesse, & to bemoane my losse: 10: To Lond: My Bro: being opened, a stone was taken out of his bladder, not much bigger than a nutmeg, somewhat flatt, & oval, not sharp, one part excepted, which was a little rugged: but his Livar so faulty, that in likelyhood have lasted much longer, and his kidnis almost quite consumd: all of this doubtlesse the effects of his intollerable paine proceeding from the stone: & that perhaps by his drinking too excessively of Epsom Waters, when in full health, & that he had no neede of them, being all his lifetime of a sound & healthy constitution, &c: I returnd, & came up againe to visite my sister, & being one of the Overseeres of the Will, to order about the funeral, which kept me in towne til the 12th. *** 18 To Lond: In order to my deare Bro: funeral. 20: A stranger preached at the Savoy French Church, the Liturgie of the Church of England, being now used altogethr, as translated into French by Dr. Durell ... 21. We all accompanied the Corps of my deare Bro: to Epsome Church, where he was decently interred in the Chapell belonging to Woodcot his house: There were a greate number of Friends & gent: of the Country & innumerable people, about 20 Coaches of six-horses; so as yet we returnd to Lond: that night, somewhat late. 22: I went to Westminster where in the house of Lords, I saw his Majestie on his Throne, but without robes; all the Peeres sitting also with their hatts on: The buisinesse of the day being about the Divorce of my Lord Rosse: such an occasion & sight had not ben seene in England since Hen: 8th. ***  X4*x May ă <4?>. To Lond: concerning the office of Latine Secretary to his Majestie, as he had promised me the reversion; a place of more honor & dignitie, than benefit &c: Next day dining with Mr. Treasurer where was my L: St. Albans, E. of Sandwich &c: At the R: Soc: where was a prety Experiment for the raising of huge weights: I returned home: *** 26: Came my Bro: Geo: Evelyn & Niepce Marie my Goddaughter to dine with me. This afternoone receiving a letter from Phil: Howard [since Cardinal of Norfolk] Lord Almoner to the Queene that Monsieur Evelin (first Physitian to Madame, who was now come to Dover to visite the King her brother) was come to Lond: greately desirous to see me, & his stay so short, that he could not come to me; I went with my Bro: to meete him at the Toure"$I0*'&H&a@(" of Lond: where he was seeing the Magazine and other Curiosities, having never ben before in England: There was with him the Marishal de Plessis Prasline, & the Bishop of Tournon his Bro: where we renewed our aliance & friendship, with much regret on both sides that being that Evening to returne towards Dover, we could enjoy one another no longer: How this French Familie Ivelin of Eveliniere, their familie in Normandie, & of a very antient & noble  X4house is grafted into our Pedegree; see in your Collection, brought from Paris 1650.1 &c: ***  X@41 With this note E makes clear his Diary was written for his descendants.  X4v June ă 5 ... My son John, having ben at Dover to see the intervieu of Madame & his Majestie & accompanied that Court at her returne into France, as far as Calais, was now come home: 9 To Lond: returnd: There was this day produced in the R: Society, an invention by intromitting the Species into a dark large box, to take the profile of ones face as big as the life; which it did performe very accurately: *** 15 To Lond: 16 I was forcd to accompanie some friends to the Bearegarden &c: Where was Cock fighting, Beare, Dogfighting, Beare & Bull baiting, it being a famous day for all these butcherly Sports, or rather barbarous cruelties: The Bulls did exceedingly well but the Irish Wolfe dog exceeded, which was a tall Grayhound, a stately creature in deede, who beat a cruell Mastife: One of the Bulls tossd a dog full into a Ladys lap, as she sate in one of the boxes at a Considerable height from the Arena: There were two poore dogs killed; & so all ended with the Ape on horseback, & I most heartily weary, of the rude & dirty passetime, which I had not seene I think in twenty years before: 17 I dined at my Bro: & made Visites: 18 at Goring-house whither my L: Arlington carried me from W: hall, with the Marquis of Worcester; there we found my L. Sandwich, Vicount Stafford [since beheaded], The Lieutennant of the Tower & others: After dinner, my Lord, communicated to me his Majesties desire, that I would undertake to write the Histories of our Late War with the Hollander, which I had hitherto declind; This I found was ill taken, & that I should disoblige his Majestie who had made choice of me to do him that service, & that if I would undertake it, I should have all the Assistance the Secretarie Office & others could give me, with other encouragements, which I could not decently refuse: Note, that at Dinner, my Lord Vicount Stafford rose from Table in some Disorder, because there were roses stuck about the fruite, when the Discert came in & was set on the table: such an Antipathie it seemes he had to Roses, as once my Lady Selenger also had, & to that degree, that, as Sir Kenhelme Digby tells us, laying but a rose upon her Cheeke, when she was a sleepe it raisd a blister: but Sir Kenhelme was a teller of strange things: I went home this evening. *** 29 To Lond: in order to my Niepce Evelyns Marriage, daughter to my Late Brother of Woodcot, with the Eldest Son of Mr. Attourney Montague, which was celebrated at Southampton house Chapell, after whch a magnificent Entertainement, Feast & dauncing, diner & supper in the greate roome there; but the bride &c was bedded at my Sisters Lodging in Drurie-Lane &c: ***  X$45x July ă"$J0*'&H&a@("Ԍ18 I went to Lond, to accompany my worthy friend, that excellent man (Sir Rob. Morray) with Mr. Slingsby Master of the Mint, to see his Seate & Estate at Burrow Greene in Cambridge-shire: desiring our advice for the placing of a new house Mr. Slingsby was resolvd to build: 19 We set out in a Coach & six horses, with him & his Lady: dined about midway at one Mr. Turners where we found a very noble dinner, Venison, Musique, and a circle of Country Ladys & their Gallants: so after dinner we proceeded, and came to Borrow Greene that night: This had ben the antient seate of the Cheekes (whose daughter Mr. Slingsby married) formerly Tutor to K: Edw: the Sixt: The old house large & ample & built for antient hospitalitie, ready to fall down with age; placd in a dirty hole, a stiffe Clay, no Water &c: & next a Church-Yard adjoyning, & other inconveniences: so we pitchd upon a spot, on a rising ground, & adornd with venerable woods, a dry & sweete prospect E: & West, & fit for a Parke, at some mile distant, but no running water to be found: <21> We went to dine at my Lord Alingtons, who had newly built a house of greate cost, (his Architect Mr. Pratt) I believe little lesse than 20000 pounds, seated in a Parke, with a Sweete Prospect & stately avenue, water still defective: The house has also its infirmities; thence we went back to Mr. Slingsbies: my Lord Alington [since Conestable of the Tower] having very nobly entertaind us. 22 We rod out to see the greate Meere or Levell of recovered fenland not far off: In the way we met my Lord Arlington going to his house in Suffolck accompanied with Count Ogniati (the Spanish Minister) & Sir Bernard Gascoigne: My Lord was exceedingly importunate with me to go with him to Euston, being but 15 miles distant: but in reguard of my Companie I could not: so passing through New-Market, we alighted, to see his Majesties house there now new building, the arches of the Cellers beneath, are exceedingly well turned, by the Architect Mr. Samuel, the rest meane enough, & hardly capable for a hunting house: Many of the roomes above had the Chimnies placd in the angles & Corners, a Mode now introducd by his Majestie which I do at no hand approve of, & predict it will Spoile many noble houses & roomes if followed; it dos onely well in very Small & trifling roomes, but takes from the state of greater: besids this house is placd in a dirty Streete; without any Court or avenue, like a common Burgers: whereas it might & ought to have ben built at either end of the Towne, upon the very Carpet, where the Sports are Celebrated; but it being the purchase of an old wretched house of my Lord Tumonds, his Majestie was perswaded to set it on that foundation, the most improper imaginable for an house of Sport & pleasure: We went to see the Stables and fine horses, of which many were here kept, at vast expense, with all the art & tendernesse Imaginable: Being arivd at Some meeres, we found my Lord Wotton & Sir Jo: Kiviet about their draining Engines, having it seemes undertaken to do wonders, on a vast piece of Marchground, they had hired of Sir Tho: Chichley, Master of the Ordinance: They much pleasd themselves with the hopes of a rich harvest of Hempe & Coleseede, which was the crop expected: Here we visited Engines & Mills, both for Wind & Water, draining it thro two rivers or grafts cut by hand, & capable of considerable barges, which went thwart one the other, discharging the water into the Sea, such as this Spot had ben the former winter, which was now drie, & so exuberant & rich as even astonishd me to see what increase there was; Weedes grew as high as horse & man almost upon the bankes: Here my Lord & his Partner had built two or 3 roomes with flanders white brick, very hard; one of the greate Engines was in the Kitchin, where I saw the fish swimm up even to the very Chimny hearth, by a small cut derived thro the roome, & running within a foote of the very fire: having after dinner rid about that vast levall, pesterd with heate & swarmes of Gnatts, we returnd over Newmarketheath, the way being most of it a sweete Turfe, & down,"$K0*'&H&a@(" like Salisbery plaine, the Jockies breathing their fine barbs & racers, & giving them their heates. Having ben very much made at Borrow-Greene on 23 we returnd to Lond: staying some time at Audlie End to see that fine Palace: It is indeede a cherefull piece of Gotic-building, or rather anticomoderno, but placed in an obscure bottome: The Cellars, & Gallerie are very stately; It has a river by it, a pretty avenue of Limes, & in a parke: This is in Saffron Walden Parish famous for that usefull plant, with which all the Countrie is covered: so dining at Bishops Stratford we came late to London: ***  X4m August ă 5 There was sent me by a Neighbour, the Servant-maid of a friend of hers, who the last moneth as she was sitting before her mistris at work (I think twas sewing) felt a seacret stroke upon her arme a little above her wrist, the upper part for a pretty height, the smart of which as if she had ben strock with another hand, causd her to hold her arme a while, til it was somewhat mittigated; but so it put her into a kind of convulsion fit, or rather Hysteric: A gentleman coming casualy in, looking on her arme, found that part poudred with red Crosses, set in most exact & wonderful order x x x x x x x x x neither swelled up, nor depressed, about this shape and bignesse  MMMMMMMMM  neither seeming to be any ways made by artifice; of a redish colour, not so red as bloud, the skin over them smooth, but the rest of the arme livid & of a mortified hue with certaine prints as it were of the stroke as of fingers: This had hapned three severall times in July at about 10 days intervall, the Crosses beginning to ware out, but the successive ones set in other different (yet uniforme) order: The Maid seemd very modest, no Phanatic, but well disposd to the Church established: she was borne northward and came from Lond: to Deptford with her Mistris to avoid the discourses & importunity of curious people; made no gaine by it, pretended no religious fancies, had never any commerce with the Popish Priests &c but seemed to be a plaine, ordinary, silent working wench, somewhat fat, short, & high colourd: she told me divers Divines & Physitians had seene her, but were unsatisfied; That she had taken some remedies against her fits, but did her no good, that she never had any fits til this happnd; but that she once since seemed in her sleepe, to heare one say to her, that she should tamper no more with them, nor trouble herself with any thing that happnd; but put her trust in the Merits of Christ onely: This being the substance of what she told me, & of what I saw, & curiously examind (being formerly acquainted with the impostorious Nunns of Loudune in France, which made such noise in the World amongst Papists,) I thought worth the notice: I remember Monsieur Monconis, (that curious Travellor & a Roman Catholick) was by no meanes satisfied with the stigmata of those Nunns, because they were so shie of letting him scrape the Letters, which were Jesus, Maria, Joseph, (as I think) observing they began to scale off with it: whereas this poore Wench was willing to submit to any trial; so as I professe, I knew not what to think of it; nor dare I pronounce it any thing supernaturall; though (as I told her) I did by no meanes conceive it have ben sent, as any mark to encourage"%L0*'&H&a@})" her to change her Religion; which I told her might probably be the temptation of subtile priests; but rather to engage her to a constancy in the Christian Profession, & particularly of the Church of England who have respect to the Crosse, & beare it on their foreheads as soone as made Christians, & that this might be a seasonable admonition, now in a time of so many Heresies, Sects, & Atheistical men: &c: *** 24. To Lond: Thence to Windsore: 26, I supped with Duke of Monmoth; & the next day, invited by my Ld: Arlington dined with the same Duke & divers Lords: After dinner my Lord & I had conference of more than an houre alone in his Bedchamber, to engage me in the Historie, I shewd him some thing that I had drawn up, to his greate satisfaction, & then he desired me to shew it to the Tresurer also &c: 28 ... I dind with the Tressurer, consulted with him, what pieces I was to add &c. & in the afternoone his Majestie tooke me aside into the Balconie over the Tarice, extreamely pleased with what had ben told him I had begun in order to his commands, & enjoyning me to proceede vigorously in it; & told me he had ordered the Secretaries of state to give me all necessary assistance of papers & particulars relating to it, & enjoyning me to make it a little keene, for that the Hollanders had very unhandsomely abused him, in their pictures, books & libells. &c: I went in the Evening to Eaton to visite the Provost Dr. Alestrie Professor Regius Oxon: 29 returned home. Note, that Windsor was now going to be repaired, being exceedingly ragged and ruinous: Prince Rupert Constable had begun to trim up the Keepe or high round Tower, & handsomly adornd his hall, with a furniture of Armes, which was very singular; by so disposing the Pikes, Muskets, Pistols, Bandilers, [holster], Drumms, Back, brest & head pices as was very extraordinary: & thus those huge steepe stayres ascending to it, had the Walls invested with this martial furniture, all new & bright, & set with such study, as to represent, Pillasters, Cornishes, Architraves, Freezes, by so disposing the bandalliers, holsters, & Drums, so as to represent festoones, & that with out any Confusion, Trophy like: from the Hall, we went into his Bedchamber & ample roomes which were hung with tapissrie, curious & effeminate Pictures, so extreamely different from the other, which presented nothing but Warr & horror, as was very Surprizing & Divertissant. The King passed most of his time in hunting the Stag, & walking in the Parke which he was now also planting with walks of Trees, &c: ***  X4` September ă 6 I went to the Wedding of my neighbour Mrs. Jeakel married to Colonel Midleton, one of the Commissioners of the Navy; at Grays-Inn Chapell, & dined in Suffolckstreete, returned. 8 I went with my Wife & Children to visite my Bro: at Wotton in Surrey: *** 23 To Alburie to see how that Garden proceeded, which I found exactly don according to the Designe & plot I had made, with the Crypta through the mountaine in the parke, which is 30 pearches in length, such a Pausilippe is no where in England besides: The Canals were now digging, & Vineyards planted. 25 Mr. Higham at Wotton on 15 Luke 11. &c: 27: I returned to SayesCourt: ***  X$4i October ă"$M0*'&H&a@("Ԍ12 To Lond: to Goring house where I met with the Tresurer &c: In the evening I visited the Bishop of Chester: 14: I conferrd againe with the Tressurer &c: & dined with the Earle of Norwich. 15. I spent the whole afternoone in private with the Treasurer, who put into my hands those seacret pieces and Transactions concerning the Dutch war, & particularly the Expedition of Bergen in which he had himselfe the chiefe part; & gave me instructions &c, til the King arriving from New market, we both went up into his Majesties BedChamber, it being now almost night, after which I went home, the weather uncomfortable: *** 21. Dind at the Tressurers & after dinner were shutup together, I received other advises, & ten paperbookes of Dispatches & Treaties, to returne which againe, I gave a note under my hand to the Master of the Paper Office Mr. Jos: Wiliamson & so returnd home. *** 26: To Lond: dind with Mr. ViceChamberlaine, returnd next day, having caled at the Ro: Society, it being the first time of meeting since their recesse; where were several Curiosities of nature sent us from New England, & a learned discourse from Bolognia of some starrs disappearing in the Constellation of the Ship, starrs of the 2d Magnitude, which were wont to be conspicuous with the bare Eye; Also was presented with a noble Piece of Chrystal from Iseland sent from Copenhagen with a book: *** 31. I was this morning fifty-yeares of Age: The Lord teach me to number my daies so, as to apply them to his glory Amen: ***  X40a November ă 1 ... We met this day as Foefe/s for the poore, according to Costome: 3: Lond: at our Society where there was an Experiment about cracking a thin & ordinary bell glasse with the shrillnesse of the voice onely. 4. Dined at the Groome-porters, returnd that Evening, having seene the Prince of Orange, newly come to see his Unkle the King: he has a manly couragious wise Countenance, resembling both his Mother, & Duke of Glocester both deceased: I now also saw that famed  Xp4beauty (but in my opinion of a childish simple & baby face) Madamoiselle Quirreval1, lately  X84maide of honour to Madame2, & now to be so to the Queene:  X41 Louise de K)roualle, cr. Duchess of Portsmouth, 1673. 2 Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orl)ans, Charles IIs sister. She died in June 1670. *** 24 I dind with the Treasurer where was the Earle of Rochester a very prophane Wit: Thence to our Society. 25 Dined in Hatton Garden. 26 I had a Tryall in Guild-Hall againest on Cock who had exceedingly wronged me in an Accompt of monies going through his hands: but there being many Causes, twas respited til Wednesday following: *** 29, To Lond: in order to our Tryal; but by perswasion of Judge Hales (that excellent good Man) I was willing to put it to arbitration &c: 30: St. Andrews day we proceeded to Elections in the Society, where I was chosen of the Council for the following yeare, then dined all together according to costome, his Majestie & Lord Howard sending the Venison:"%N0*'&H&a@)"Ԍ***  X4;b December ă 15 To Lond: It was the thickest, & darkest fogg on the Thames, that was ever know in the memory of man, & I happned to be in the midst of it: I supped with Monsieur Zulestein late Governor to the Young Pr: of Orange, with severall other greate persons, & had a greate entertainement: next day, at the Ro: Society, where was present an Inscription in a stone found on the Keepe at Winsore, which covered the Skelleton of a child; with an Urne full of old Coynes &c: ***  b40$z1671`!(#=0@   =$z1671@1Jm   1t 1671 ă  X4k January ă *** 5 My long Consumptive Servant J: Smith died, a faithfull honest servant: *** 10 Mr. Bohune my sonns Tutor, having now ben 5 yeares in my house, & now Batchelor of Laws & Fellow of New Coll: went from me to Oxford to reside there, having well & faithfully performd his Charge &c: *** 16 To Lond: about buisinesse, dined in Hatton Garden at the firstfruits Office: 18 Dined with the Groomes of his Majesties Bed Chamber. 18 I this day first acquainted his Majestie with that incomparable young man, Gibson, whom I had lately found in obscure place, & that by meere accident, as I was walking neere a poor solitary thatched house in a field in our Parish neere Says-Court: I found him shut in, but looking into the Window, I perceivd him carving that large Cartoone, or Crucifix of Tintorets, a Copy of which I had also my selfe brought from Venice, where the original Painting remaines: I asked if I might come in, he opned the doore civily to me, & I saw him about such a work, as for the curiosity of handling, drawing, & studious exactnesse, I never in my life had seene before in all my travells: I asked why he worked in such an obscure & lonesome place; he told me, it was that he might apply himselfe to his profession without interruption; & wondred not a little how I came to find him out: I asked if he were unwilling to be made knowne to some Greate men; for that I believed it might turne to his profit; he answerd, he was yet but a beginner; but yet would not be sorry to sell off that piece; I asked him the price, he told me 100 pounds. In good earnest the very frame was worth the mony, there being nothing even in nature so tender, & delicate as the flowers & festoones about it, & yet the worke was very strong; but in the Piece above 100 figures of men &c: I found he was likewise Musical, a very Civil, sober & discreete in his discourse: There was onely an old Woman in the house; so desiring leave to visite him sometimes, I took my leave: Of this Young Artist, together with my manner of finding him out, I acquainted the King, and beged of his Majestie that he would give me leave to bring him & his Worke to White-hall, for that I would adventure my reputation with his Majestie that he had never seene any thing approch it, & that he would be exceedingly pleased, & employ him: The King sayd, he would himselfe go see him: This was the first notice his Majestie ever had of Mr. Gibbons. 20: His Majestie to me the Queenes Withdrawing roome, from the Circle of Ladies, to talke with me what advance I had made in the Dutch Historie: I dined with the Tressurer & after we went to the Secretaries Office, where we conferred about divers particulars:"#O0*'&H&a@'"Ԍ21. I was directed to go to Sir Geo: Downing who (being a pub: Minister in Holland, at the beginning of the War) was to give me light in some material passages: so returned home with my Lady Tuke who gave my Wife a Visite for some daies: ***  X 41 Grinling Gibbons (16481721), the celebrated woodcarver and sculptor. 30 Was our late good Kings Anniversary & Martyrdome, our Doctor preached on 7: Act: ultimo: He shewd the antiquity & duty of kneeling at Prayers, reprehending the late irreverenc: The Examples of praying for, & forgiving Enemies: The sinn of Cursing them, clearing those Texts in some of the Prophetical Psalmes, as against the Children mocking Elias, Judas, Simon Magus & others; as being predictions rather then maledictions: Then exaggerated the monstrousnesse of the Crime of Murdering the King, so good a king, & how it became the sinn of the whole nation, which was yet to expiate it by serious Repentance, to prevent the ruine threatned &c and in truth the leudnesse of our greatest ones, & universal luxurie, seemed to menace some yet more dreadfull vengeance: we have had a plague, a Warr, & such fire, as never was the like in any nation since the overthrow of Sodome, and this very yeare so Wett, Stormy & unseasonable, as had not ben knowne in many yeares: The Lord be gracious to us, we that are yet the most happy, are withall the most unthankfull & undeserving people of the Universe: ***  X4Wf February ă 9: I saw the greate Ball danced by the Queene & greate Ladies at White hall Theater: & next day was acted there the famous Play, cald the Siege of Granada two days acted successively: there were indeede very glorious scenes & perspectives, the work of Mr. Streeter, who well understands it: *** 19 ... This day dined with me Mr. Surveyor Dr. Chr: Wren, Mr. Pepys Cleark of the Acts, two extraordinary ingenious, and knowing persons, and other friends; I carried them to see the piece of Carving which I had recomended to the King. *** 27 To Lond: to the funerall of Sir Jo: Minnes Comptroller of the Navy, a pleasant man: 28: The Treasurer acquainted me his Majestie was graciously pleased to nominate me one of his Council of forraine Plantations, & given me a salarie of 500 pounds per Annum to encourage me. 29: I went to thanke the Tressurer who was my greate friend, and loved me; I dined with him, & much company there: Thence to my Lord Arlington Secretary of state, in whose favour I likewise was: upon many occasions, though I cultivated neither of their friendships with any meane submissions: I kissed his Majesties hand, upon his making me one of that new Establishd Council:  X@4p March ă 1. I caused Mr. Gibbon to bring to Whitehall his excellent piece of Carving where being come, I advertised his Majestie who asked me where it was, I told him, in Sir R: Brownes (my F. in Laws) Chamber, & that if it pleased his Majestie to appoint whither it should be brought (for twas large, and though of Wood, yet heavy) I would take care for it: No says the King; shew me the Way, Ile go to Sir Richards Chamber: which his Majestie immediately did, walking all along the Enteries after me as far as the Ewrie til he came up into the roome where I also lay: & no sooner was he entred, & cast his eye on the Worke but he was astonishd at the curiositie of it, & having considred it a long time, & discoursd with"%P0*'&H&a@)" Mr. Gibbon, whom I brought to kisse his hand; he commanded it should be immediately carried to the Queenes side to shew her Majestie, so it was carried up into her bed-chamber, where she and the King looked on & admired it againe, the King thus leaving us with the Queene being now caled away, I think to Council, believing that she would have bought it, it being a Crucifix; but when his Majestie was gon, a French pedling woman, one Madame de boord, that used to bring peticoates & fanns & baubles out of France to the Ladys, began to find faults with severall things in the worke, which she understood no more than an Asse or Monky; so as in a kind of Indignation, I caused the porters who brought it, to carry it to the Chamber againe, finding the Queene so much governd by an ignorant french woman: and this incomparable Artist the labour onely for his paines, which not a little displeased me; so he was faine to send it downe to his cottage againe, though he not long after sold it for 80 pounds, which was realy, (even without the frame) worth an hundred: Sir Geo: Viner buying it of him, as his first Essay, and his Majesties Surveyor Mr. Wren faithfully promising me to employ him for the future; I having bespoke his Majestie also for his Worke at Windsore which my friend Mr. May (the Architect there) was going to alter and repaire universaly: for on the next day, I had a faire opportunity of talking to his Majestie about it, in the Lobby next the Queenes side, where I presented him with some Sheetes of my historie, & thence walked with him thro St. Jamess Parke to the Garden, where I both saw and heard a very familiar discourse betweene & Mrs. Nellie as they cald an impudent Comedian, she looking out of her Garden on a Tarrace at the top of the Wall, & standing on the greene Walk under it: I was heartily sorry at this scene: Thence the King walked to the Dutches of Cleavelands, another Lady of Pleasure & curse of our nation: It was on a Council day, & so I went back & on the 4th to my house.MM ***  X4u April ă 10 To Lond: to condole with the Treasurer Sir Tho: Clifford upon the losse of his eldest sonne dying at Florence: so returnd: ***  X4*x May ă 2. To Lond: The French King being now with a greate Army of 28000 about Dynkirk divers of the grandees of that Court, & a vast number of Gentlemen & Cadets in fantastical habites, came flocking over to see our Court, & complement his Majestie. I was present when they were first conducted into the Queenes withdrawing roome where saluted their Majesties The Duke of Guise, The D: of Longuville, of Ballion, Marq: Arignie, Monsieur Le Grand, Monsieur Le Premiere & innumerable more of the first sort: so I went home: *** 10 To Lond: dind at Mr. Treasurers where dined Monsieur de Gramont & severall French noblemen: & one Bloud that impudent bold fellow, who had not long before attempted to steale the Imperial Crowne it selfe out of the Tower, pretending onely curiositie of seeing the Regalia there, when stabbing (though not mortaly) the keeper of them, he boldly went away with it, thro all the guards, taken onely by the accident of his horses falling. How he came to be pardoned, & even received to favour, not onely after this, but severall other exploits almost as daring, both in Ireland and here, I could never come to understand: some believed he became a spie of severall Parties, being well with the Sectaries & Enthusiasts, & did his Majestie services that way, which none alive could so well as he: But it was certainely as the boldest attempt, so the onely Treason of this nature that was ever pardond: The Man had not onely a daring but a vilanous unmercifull looke, a false Countenance, but very well spoken, & dangerously insinuating:"$Q0*'&H&a@("Ԍ11 I went to Eltham to sit as one of the Commission about the subsidie given his Majestie by Parliament: returnd: *** 18 dined at Mr. Tressurers with the E: of Arlington, Calingford, Lord Arundel of Wardoer, Lo: Almoner to the Queene; a French Count, and two Abbots with severall more of French nobility: And now by something I had lately observed of Mr. Treasurers conversation & discourse on occasion I suspected him a little warping to Rome: *** 25. I dined at a feast made for me & my Wife by the Trinity Company, for our Passing a fine about the Land, Sir R: Bro: my Wifes Father, freely gave to found & build their Colledge or Almes houses on, at Deptford; it being my Wifes after her Father: It was a good & a Charitable Worke & gift, but much better bestowed on the poore of that Parish, than on the seamens Widdows, the Trinity Company being very rich, & the rest of the poore of the Parish exceedingly Indigent: 26: Meeting all at Queenes streete at the Earle of Bristols house (which we had lately taken, & furnishd with rich hangings of the Kings, 7 roomes on a floore with a long Gallery, Gardens, &c:) The Duke of Buckingham, E: of Lauderdail, L: Culpeper, Sir Geo: Carteret ViceChamberlaine & my selfe, had our Oathes given us by the Earle of Sandwich our President: To Advise & Counsel his Majestie to the best of our abilities &c: for the well Governing of his Majesties forraine Plantations &c. The forme very little differing from what is given the Privy Council: Then we tooke all our Places in the Council Chamber at the board: The roome very large, & furnished with Atlases, Mapps, Charts, Globes &c: Then came the Lord Keeper Sir Orlando Bridgeman, E: of Arlington Pr: Secretary of State: Lord Ashley, Mr. Treasurer, Sir Jo: Trevor the other Pr: Secretary, Sir Jo: Duncomb, Lord Allington, Mr. Grey, sonn to the Lord Grey, Mr. Hen: Broncher, Sir Humfry Winch; Sir John Finch, Mr. Waller, Coll: Titus of the Bed chamber, Mr. Slingsby the Secretary to the Council, & two Clearks of the Council, who were all Sworne some dayes before: being all set, our Patent was read, & then the additional Patent, in which was recited this new establishment: Then was delivered to every one of us a Copy of the Patent, & of our Instructions: after which we fell to debate matters; & first agreed on a forme for Circulating Letters to be immediately despatched to all his Majesties Plantations & Territories in the West Indies & Ilands thereof; to give them notice to whom they should apply themselves on all occasions, & to render us an account of their present state, & Government, & therefore the Letters were directed to the respective Governors: but most we insisted on, was to know in what condition NewEngland was; which appearing to be very independent as to their reguard to old England, or his Majestie, rich & strong as now they were, greate were the debates, in what style to write to them: for the Condition of that Colonie was such, as they were able to contest with all our Plantations about them, & feare there was, of their altogether breaking from all dependance on this nation: His Majestie therefore recommended this afaire more expressly: We therefore thought fit, in the first place, to acquaint our selves as well as we could of the state of that place, by some who we heard of, that were newly come from thence, & to be informed of their present posture & Condition; because some of our Council were for sending them a menacing Letter which those who better understood the touchy & peevish humor of that Colonie, were utterly against. Then a letter was red which came from Sir Tho: Modiford Governor of Jamaica, & then the Council brake up: My agreement with Cock not succeeding, I went to take advise of that famous Lawyer Mr. Jones of Grays Inn: & 27: had a Trial before the L: C. Justice Hales for a summ on mony owing me; so after the Lawyers had wrangled sufficiently, It was againe referred to a new Arbitration: This being the very first"$R0*'&H&a@(" Suite at Law, that ever I had with any Creature before and = that it might be the Last: from hence I returned to my house: ***  XX4v June ă 6: I went to Council, where was producd a most exact and ample Information of the state of Jamaica, and of the best expedients to reduce New-England, on which there was a long debate, & whether it were fit send a Letter & certaine curious Queries relating to the seacrets of the Government: but twas concluded in the negative, & that if any, it should be onely a conciliating paper at first, or civil letter til we had better information of the present face of things; since we understood they were a people al most upon the very brink of renouncing any dependance on the Crowne: - I dind at my Brothers, & went home. 9: My Bro: Geo: & Sister Evelyn of Woodcot, my Niepce Montague &c came to dine with me, & returnd this evening: *** 20: To carry Coll: Midleton to White hall to my L: Sandwich our President, for some information he was able to give the Council of the state of the Colonie in N. England, & returnd: Next day to Council againe, where one Coll: Cartrite a Notinghamshere man, (formerly in Commission with Coll: Nichols) gave us a considerable relation of that Country. Upon which the Council concluded, that if policy would not reduce the disaffected there, force should: that yet in the first place, a letter of amnestie should be dispatchd, with an intention to fortifie a certaine Iland in the mouth of the chiefe river; & to purchase the maine of that part of the Plantation belonging to Ferdinando Gorges, which would inable the King to curb Boston: I went home: 24 Came Constantine Hugens Signeur of Zulechom, that excellent learned man, Poet & Musitian, & now neere 80 yeares of age a vigorous briskman, to take leave of me before his returne into Holland, with the Prince, whose Secretary he was: *** 26 To Lond: to Council, where my Lo: Arlington being present, acquainted us that it was his Majesties Proposal, we should every one of us contribute 20 pounds a piece, towards the building of a Council-chamber and conveniences some where in White-hall, to the end, that his Majestie himselfe might come and sit amongst us & heare our debates; The mony we laied out to be reimboursd us out of the contingent monies already set apart for us, viz: 1000 pounds yearley: To which we unanimously consented. There came also an uncertaine brute from Barbados, of some disorder there: so I went home, steping in at the Theater, to see the new Machines for the intended scenes, which were indeede very costly & magnificent: ***  X 45x July ă 4: To Lon: to Council: where we drew up & agreed to a letter to be sent to N: England & made some proposals to Mr. Gorges for his Interest &c: *** 24: To Lon: Council: Mr. Surveyor brought us a plot for the building of our CouncilChamber to be erected at the end of the Privy-Garden in Whitehall which was all was don: I returned. ***  X`"4= August September ă 19 To Lond: & Council: The letters of Sir T: Mudiford were read, giving relation of the Exploit at Panam!, which was very brave: They tooke & burnt, and pilagd the Towne of vast Treasures, but the best of the booty had been shipd off, & lay at anker in the South Sea,"$S0*'&H&a@(" so as after our Men had ranged the Countriy 60 miles about, they went back to Nombre de Dios, & embarqd to Jamaica; Such an action had not ben don since the famous Drake: I dined at the Resident of Hambroghs, & after dinner at the Christning of Sir Sam: Tukes Son Charles which was don at Somerset house by a Popish Priest with many odd Ceremonies, Spittle & anointings: Godfathers the King: L: Arundell of Wardoer, &c Countesse of Huntington: after which I went home. *** 29 To Lond: with some more papers of my progresse in the Dutch Warr, delivered to the Treasurer: on 1. September when I dined with him, my L: Arlington, Halifax, Sir Th: Strickland: & next day went home, [2] being the Anniversarie of the late dreadfull fire of London. *** 13. This night fell a dreadfull tempest. 14. I spent this morning privately with Mr. Tres: and 15 Afternoone at Council, where leters were read from Sir Ch: Wheeler concerning the resigning his Government of St. Christophers: There was a very warme contest betweene my L: Sandwich our President, & Mr. Slingsby our Secretary, about some unkind expressions, wherein I think the Latter was to blame: I returned home: *** 21. I dined in the Citty, at the fraternity feast in yron-mongers hall, where the 4 stewards chose their successors of the next yeare with a solemn procession, garlands about their heads & musique playing before them, so coming up to the uper Tables where the gentlemen sate, they drank to the new &c: and so we parted. 22. I dind at the Tressurers where I had discourse with Sir Hen: Jones (now come over to raise a regiment of horse) concerning the French Conquests in Lorraine: He told me the King sold all things to the Souldiers, even to an handfull of hay: My L: Sunderland was now nominated Ambassador for Spaine. After dinner the Tressurer carried me to Lincolns Inn to one of the Parliament Clearks, to obtaine of him that I might carry-home, with me and peruse some of the Journals, which I had delivered to me to examine about the late Dutch war &c: Returning home I went on shore to see the Costomehowse now newly rebuilt since the dreadfull Conflagration. ***  X4i October ă 8 ... I went after Evening Service to Lond: in order to a journey of refreshment with Mr. Treasurer to Newmarket &c where his Majestie was &c: 9 We set out on the 9th in his Coach of 6 brave horses, which we changed thrice: & first at Bishop Stratford, & last at Chesterford so as by night we got to N.Market, where Mr. Henry Jermin (Nephew to the Earle of St. Albans) lodged me very Civily: We went immediately to Court (the King & all the English Gallantes being here at their autumnal sports) supped at my L: Chamberlaines, & next day after dinner went on the heath, where I saw the greate match run betweene Woodcock & Flatfoot the Kings, & Mr. Eliots of the Bedchamber, many thousands being spectators, a more signal race had not ben run of many yeares: This over, I went that night with Mr. Tressurer to Euston, a palace of my Lo: [10] where we found Monsieur Colbert (the French Ambassador) & the famous new french maid of honor, Mademoisell Quierovil now comeing to be in greate favour with the K: here was also the Countesse of Sunderland, & severall Lords & Ladies more who lodged in the house: during my stay here with my Lord Arlington neere a fortnight; Came his Majestie almost every second day with the Duke, who commonly returnd againe to"%T0*'&H&a@})" New-market; but the King lay often here, during which time I had twice the honor to sit at Dinner with him, with all freedome: It was universaly reported that the faire Lady - was bedded one of these nights, and the stocking flung, after the manner of a married Bride: I acknowledge she was for the most part in her undresse all day, and that there was fondnesse, & toying, with that young wanton; nay twas said, I was at the former ceremonie, but tis utterly false, I neither saw, nor heard of any such thing whilst I was there, though I had ben in her Chamber & all over that appartment late enough; & was my selfe observing all passages with curiosity enough: however twas with confidence believed that she was first made a Misse as they cald these unhappy creatures, with solemnity, at this time &c: *** 16 Came all the greate Men from N:Market & other parts both of Suffolck, & Norfolck to make their Court; the whole house filld from one end to the other, with Lords, Ladys, & Gallants, and such a furnished Table had I seldome seene, nor any thing more splendid & free: so as for 15 dayes there were entertaind at the Least 200 people, & halfe as many horses, besids Servants, Guards, at Infinite expense: In the mornings we went a hunting & hauking; In the afternoone til almost morning to Cards & dice &c yet I must say without noise, swearing, quarell or Confusion of any sort: I who was no Gamster, had often discourse with the French Ambassador Colbert, & went sometimes abroad on horse back with the Ladys to take the aire, & now & then to hunting; thus idly passing the time, but not without more often recesse to my prety apartment, where I was quite out of all this hurry, & had , when I would to converse with bookes; for there is no man more hospitably easy to be withall than my L: Arlington, of whose particular friendship & kindnesse I had ever a more than ordinary share: My Lord Chamberlaines house is a very noble pile consisting of 4 greate pavilions after the french, beside a body of a large house, & though not built altogether, but formd of additions to an old house (purchasd by his Lordship from of one Sir T Rookwoods) yet with a vast expence, made not onely capable & roomesome, but very magnificent & commodious, as well within as without, nor lesse splendidly furnishd: The Stayre case is very elegant, the Garden handsome, the Canale beautifull, but the soile drie, barren, & miserably sandy, which flies in drifts as the wind sets: Here my Lord was pleasd to advise with me about the ordering his Plantations of firs, Elmes, limes &c up his parke, & in all other places & Avenues; I perswaded him to bring his Parke so neere, as to comprehend his house with in it, which now he resolved upon; it being now neere a mile to it: The Water furnishing the fountaines is raised by a pretty Engine or very slight plaine Wheele, which likewise serves to grind his Corne, from a small cascade of the Canale, the invention of Sir Sam: Moreland: In my Lords house, & especialy above the Stayre Case, the greate hall & some of the Chambers & roomes of State, is painted in fresca, by the hand of Signor Virrio [the same who has painted all Winsor] being the first worke which he did in England. 17 My Lord Hen: Howard coming this night to visite my Lord Chamberlain, & staying a day, would needes have me go along with him to Norwich; promising to convey me back againe after a day or two; This as I could not refuse, so I was not hardly perswaded to,  X 4having a desire to see that famous Scholar & Physition Dr. T. Browne author of Religio  X 4Medici & Vulgar Errors &c: now lately knighted: Thither then went my Lord & I in his flying Charriat with 6 horses; & by the way discoursing to me of severall of his Concernes, he acquainted me of his going to marry his Eldest sonn to one of the Kings natural daughters, by the Dutchess of Cleaveland; by which he reckond he shall come into might favour: he  X#4also told me that though he kept that idle Creature & common Mrs. B1 & would leave 200 pounds a yeare to the sonne he had by her; he would never marry her, & that the King"$U0*'&H&a@(" himselfe had cautiond him, against it: All the world knowes, how he kept this promise; & I was sorry at heart to hear what now in confidence he confessed to me; & that a person & a family (which I so much honoud, for [the sake of] that noble & illustrious friend of mine, his Grandfathers) should dishonour and polute them both, with those base, & vicious Courses he of late had taken, & was falln into, since the death of Sir Sam: Tuke, & that of his own virtuous Lady my L: Ann Somerset (sister to the Marquesse) who whilst they lived, preservd this Gentleman by their example & advice, from those many extravagances that impaird both his fortune & reputation: Being come to the Ducal Palace, my Lord made very much of me, but I had little rest, so exceedingly desirous he was to shew me the contrivances he had made, for the entertainement of their Majesties & whole Court not long before, & which, though much of it, but temporary appartments framd of boards &c onely, were yet standing: As to the Palace, tis an old wretched building, & that part of it, newly built of brick, is very ill understood; so as I was of opinion, it had ben much better to have demolishd all, & set it in a better place than  X 4to proceede any farther; for it stands in the very Market place, & though neere a   X 41ĠJane Bickerton (c.164493). river, yet a very narrow muddy one & without any extent: here before we went to bed, my Lord fellout with his Carpenter, about measuring of a roome, & grew into such a passion, as in my life, I had never seene any mortal man; so much beneath his dignitie, & for so wretched a trifle; my Lord saying the dimension was so many foote, the Workman so many: This conflict lasting from 8 till 1 at night, was grievous to me: Next morning I went to see Sir Tho: Browne (with whom I had sometime corresponded by Letters tho never saw before) whose whole house & Garden being a Paradise & Cabinet of rarities, & that of the best collection, especialy Medails, books, Plants, natural things, did exceedingly refresh me after last nights confusion: Sir Thomas had amongst other curiosities, a collection of the Eggs of all the foule & birds he could procure, that Country (especialy the promontorys of Norfolck) being (as he said) frequented with severall kinds, which seldome or never, go farther into the Land, as Cranes, Storkes, Eagles &c: & variety of Waterfoule: He likewise led me to see all the remarkeable places of this antient Citty, being one of largest, & certainely (after London) one of the noblest of England, for its venerable Cathedrall, number of stately Churches, Cleanesse of the streetes; & buildings of flint, so exquisitely headed & Squared, as I was much astonishd at; Sir Tho: told me they had lost the art, of squaring the flint, which once they so excellent in: & of which the Churches, best houses, & Walls are built: The Castle is an antique extent of ground, which they now call marsfield, & had ben a fitting area to have placed the Ducal Palace in: The suburbs are large, the prospect sweete, & other amoenities, not omiting the flowergardens, which all the Inhabitans excell in of this Citty, the fabric of stuffs, which it affords the Merchants, & brings a vast trade to this populous Towne: Being returnd to my Lords, who had ben with me all this morning, he advisd with me concerning a plot to rebuild his house, having already (as I said) erected a front next the streete, & a left wing, and now resolving to set up another wing, & pavilion next the Garden, & to convert the bowling greene into Stables: In summ, my advise was to desist from all, & to meditate wholy on the rebuilding an handsome Palace at Arundell house in the Strand, before he proceeded farther here; & then to place this in the Castle, that ground belonging to his Lordship: One thing I observd of remarkable in this Citty, that most of the Churchyards (though some of them large enough) were filled up with earth, or rather the congestion of dead bodys on upon another, for want of Earth &c to the very top of the Walls, & many above the wales, so as the Churches seemd to be built in pitts:"%V0*'&H&a@)"Ԍ18 I returnd to Euston next day (leaving my Lord Howard at Norwich) in my Lords Coach, & in company with a very ingenious Gent: one Mr. White, whose Father & Mother (daughter to the late Lord Treasurer Weston [Portland]) I knew at Rome, where this gent: was borne, & where his Parents lived & died with much reputation, During their banishment in our Civil broiles: In this journey my L: Howard told me he would go to Church & become Protestant & recover his title of Earle Martial of England; & at another time, that he would have his sonn Harry go to Church &c: (for he thought most Religions alike) but that being the head of his family, it would not so well become himselfe to change: Tis great pitty, that a person, not onely of so eminent birth, but of such excellent natural parts, & smoth a tongue; should have so little Judgement, & be so very inconstant, for he has fits of good resolution, greate generositie, &c, & then of things of quite contrary &c: my time now being short <19> Leaving Euston, I lodged this night at Newmarket, where I found the jolly blades, Racing, Dauncing, feasting & revelling, more resembling a luxurious & abandond rout, than a Christian Court: The Duke of Buckingham was now in mighty favour, & had with him here that impudent woman, the Countesse of Shrewsbery, with his band of fidlars &c. Next morning (in Company with Sir Bernard Gascoyne & my L: Hawly) I came in the Tressurers Coach, to Bish: Stratford, where the Tressurer gave us a noble supper, and next day to London & so home: *** 31 I was now arived to my 51 yeare of age, giving God thanks for his many many mercys: and went to Lond: about buisinesse: ***  X40a November ă <20> ... to Council, where Sir Cha: Wheeler (late Governor of the Leeward Ilands in America) having ben complaind of, for many indiscreete managements; it was resolvd (upon the Scanning many of the particulars &c), to advise his Majestie to remove him; & consult what was to be don to prevent those inconveniencys he had brought things to: This buisinesse staied me in Lond, almost a weeke, being either in Councill, or Committee every Morning till the 25. ***  X4;b December ă 14 At the R: Society, whence to see the Duke of Buckingams ridiculous farce &  X4 called the Recital, bouffoning all Plays yet prophane enough - 15 I returned home: *** 21: I dind with the Gent: of the Kings Bed-chamber, thence to the R: Society, where Mr. Hooke read his new method of the Art of Musique, and part of Malphigius Anatomie of Vegetables, sent us in MS; from Bolognia, which we intended to have published: next day home: ***  b 40$z1672`!(#=0@  =$z1672@t 1672 ă  X`"4k January ă ***"(#W0*'&H&a@''"Ԍ12 His Majestie renewed us our Lease of Says-Court Pastures for 99 yeares &c: but ought according to his solemn promise (as I hope he will still performe) have passed them to  X4us in Fee-farme.1 *** 23 To Lond: in order to Sir R:Bro: my F. in Laws resigning his Clerke of the Councils Place to Sir Joseph Williamson, which he did in the Council Chamber in his Majesties Presence, according to the usual forme of taking the Oathes of Supr: & Alegiance & then that of the Cl: of the Council, after which his Majestie knighted him: This Place his Majestie had promised me many yeares before, but upon consideration of 1000 pounds; and our lease of 500 pounds per ann: at fourty shill rent, without fine for 99 yeares, I chose to part with it to Sir Joseph who gave us, & the rest of his bro: Clearkes an handsome supper at his house, & after supper, a Consort of Musique: 25 To the R: Society; where were producd new invented Perspectives, a letter from GreneLand, of recovering men that had ben drownd, we had also presented us from Iseland  X 4some of the Lapis Obsidialis: ***  X 4Wf February ă 3: I went to Lond: an extraordinary Snow ... The rest of the Weeke was taken up in consulting about the Commission, & Instruction to our Officers, in order to a second War with the Hollanders, his Majestie having made choice of [some of] the former Commissioners & amongst them my selfe againe. *** 12. At the Council of Plant: we entred upon enquiries about improving his Majesties American Dominions by Silk, Galls, Flax, Senna &c & considered how Nutmegs & Cinamon might be obtaind, & brought to Jamaica, that Soile & Climat promising successe; upon this Dr. Worsley being called in spake many considerable things to encourage it: We also tooke order to send to the Plantations, that none of their ships should adventure homeward single, but stay for company & Convoyes, in reguard of the late indicted War &c: we also deliberated of sending some fit Person to goe as Commissioner to Inspect their actions at New-England, & from time to time to make report by Letters, & to give us information how that Nation stood affected: This we had formerly in deliberation: Then adjournd for the future to meete at White-hall, & 13 I returned home. ***  X4p March ă 1 To Lond: at our Council of Plant: where was present his Royal Highnesse the Duke: Pr: Rupert, D: of Buckingham, both the Secretaries of state &c: & divers Lords of the Privy Council: Debating of our saving the Lee-ward Ilands, now in danger of the French, who had taken some of our Ships, & began to interrupt our trade; as also about the power of the new Governor of st. Christophers, whither he should be Subordinate to the Governor of Barbados &c: The Debates were serious & long:  X 41 Held in perpetuity by the owner and his heirs for a fixed annual rent. *** 12 To Lond: Now was the first blow given by us against the Dutch Convoy of the Smyrna fleete, by Sir Robert Holmes & my Lord Ossorie, in which we received little save blows, & a worthy reproch, for atacquing our neighbours ere any war was proclaimd & then pretending the occasion to be, that some time before, the Merline Yacht chancing to saile thro the whole Dutch fleete, their Admiral did not Strike to that trifling vessel: Surely this was a"%X0*'&H&a@)" quarel slenderly grounded, & not becoming Christian neighbours, & of a Religion: and we are like to thrive accordingly: My Lord Ossory several times deploring his being ingaged in it to me, & he had more justice & honour than in the least to approve of it, though he had ben over perswaded to the expedition, & there is no doubt, but we had surprizd this exceeding rich fleete, had not the avarice and ambition of Holmes & Sprag, separated themselvs & willfully divided our fleete, on presumption that either of them were strong enough to deale with the Dutch Convoy, without joyning & mutual help; whilst the Dutch Convoy so warmly plied our divided fleete, that whilst they were in Conflict, the Merchants saild away & got safe into Holland: It was a few daies before this that the Treasurer of Majesties Howsehold (Sir Tho: Clifford) hinted to me (as a Confident) that his Majestie would shut up the Chequer, & accordingly his Majestie made use of infinite Treasure there to prepare for an intended rupture; but says he, it will soon be open againe, & every body satisfied: for this bold man (who had ben the sole adviser to the King, to invade that sacred stock, though some pretend it was my Lord Ashleys counsel (Chancelor then of the chequer) was so over confident of the successe of this unworthy designe against the Smyrna Merchants; as to put his Majestie on an action which not onely lost the hearts of his subjects, & ruined many Widdows & Orphans whose stocks were lent him, but the reputation of his Exchequer for ever, it being before in such Credit, that his Majestie before this seizure, might have commanded halfe the wealth of the nation: The Credit of this bank being thus broken, did exceedingly discontent the people, & never did his Majesties afaires prosper to any purpose after it, for as it did not supply the expense of the meditated war, so it mealted away I know not how. And to this succeded his Majesties declaration for an universal Tolleration; Papists & Swarmes of sectaries now boldly shewing themselves in their publique meetings; & this was imputed to the same Council, Clifford warping to Rome, as was believed, nor was my Lord Arlington cleare of suspicion, to gratifie that partie, but, as since it has provd & was then evidently foreseene, to the extreame weakning the Church of England & its Episcopal Government; as twas projected: I speake not this as my owne sense, but what was the discourse & thoughts of others, who were lookers on: for I think, there might be some relaxations without the least prejudice to the present Establishment, discreetely limited, but to let go the reines in this manner, & then to imagine they could take them up againe as easily, was a false politique, & greately destructive; The truth is our Bishops slipt the occasion; since had they held a steady hand on his Majesties restauration, as easily they might have don, The Church of England had emergd & flourishd without interruption; but they were then remisse, & covetous after advantages of another kind, whilst his Majestie sufferd them to come into an harvest, which without any injustice he might have remunerated innumerable gallant Gentleman with for their services, who had ruind themselves for him in the late rebellion: *** 21. I went to the Costs in my District of Kent, lay this night at Gravesend, where I visited divers wounded & langwishing poore men that had ben in the Smyrna conflict: I went over to see the new begun Fort of Tilbery, a Royal work indeede, & such as will one day bridle a greate Citty to the purpose, before they are aware: 22, To Rochester. <23>: Cap: Cox one of the Commissioners of the Navy, furnishing me with a Yacht, on the 23, I sailed to Sheere Nesse to see that fort also, now newly finished; severall places on both sides the Swale & Medway to Gillingham & Upnore being also provided with redouts"#Y0*'&H&a@'" & batteries, to secure the station of our Men of War at Chatham, & shut the doore when the steedes were stollen, & so returned to Rochester. 24: I dind with Mr. Commissioner Cox having seene that morning my Chirurgeon cut off a poore creaturs Leg, a little under the knee, first cutting the living & untainted flesh above the Gangreene with a sharp knife, and then sawing off the bone in an instant; then with searing & stoopes stanching the blood, which issued aboundantly; the stout & gallant man, enduring it with incredible patience, & that without being bound to his chaire, as is usual in such painefull operations, or hardly making a face [or crying oh]: I had hardly such courage enough to be present, nor could I endure to se any more such cruel operations. The leg was so rotten & gangreend, that one might have run a straw through it; but neither did this the cure, for it not being amputated highenough, the gangreene prevaild upon the knee, & so a second amputation of the Thigh, cost the poore Creature his life, to my very greate sorrow: I do not remember that ever in my life I smelt so intollerable a stink as what issud from the part was cut off, & which I ordered should immediately be buried in the Garden: Lord, what miseries are mortal men obnoxious to, & what confusion & mischiefe dos the avarice, anger, and ambition of Princes cause in the world, who might be happier with halfe they possesse: This stoute man, was but a common sailer. 25 I proceeded to Canterbery, said my Prayers at the Cathedral, & next morning to Dover, saluted the Governor of the Castle, 27 To Deale: next to the Isle of Thannet by Sandwich & so to Margate where I was handsomely entertaind & Lay at my Deputies Cap: Glovers: here we had aboundance of miserably wounded men, his Majestie sending to meete me, Serjeant Knight, his Majesties chiefe Chirurgeon, & Dr. Waldrond who attended me all this journey, so having taken such order for the accommodation of the Wounded as was requisite, I came back through a Country the best cultivated of any that in my life I had any where seene, every field lying as even as a bowling greene, & the fences, plantations, & husbandrie in such admirable order, as infinitely delighted me, after the sad & afflicting specctacles & objects I was come from: observing almost every tall tree, to have a Weathercock on the top bough, & some trees halfe a dozen, I learned, that on a certain holyday, the Farmers feast their Servants, at which solemnity they set up these Cocks in a kind of Triumph &c: Being come back towards Rochester, I went to take order about building a strong & high Wall about an house I had hired of a Gent: at a place called Hartlip, for a Prison, paying 50 pounds yearely rent: here I settled a Provost Martial, & other officers, returning by Feversham, and on the 30 heard a Sermon at the Cathedral of Rochester on Palme Sonday, a young man preaching very well on 1. Cor: 11. 28, preparatory to Easter, & so got to SaysCourt by the first of Aprill.  X 4u April ă 2: To Lond: to give his Majestie an account of my Progresse. 4: I went to see the fopperies of the Papists at Somerset house, & Yorkhouse, where now the French Ambassador had caused to be represented our B: Saviour, at the Pascal Supper, with his Disciples, in figures & puppets made as big as the life, of wax work, curiously clad, & sitting round a large table, the roome nobly hung, & shining with innumerable Lamps & Candles, this exposed, to the whole world, all the Citty came to see; such liberty had the Roman Catholicks at this time obtained. ***  X(#4*x May ă 2: My sonne John was specialy admitted of the Middle Temple by Sir Fra: North, his Majesties Solicitor general [Since Lord Chancelor]: I pray God blesse this begining, my intention being he should seriously apply himselfe to the study of the Law:"%Z0*'&H&a@)"Ԍ*** 10: To Lond: dind with Sir W: DOylie when came a Letter from the Council, that I was forthwith to repaire to his Majestie whom I found in the PalMal in St. Ja: Park, where his Majestie coming to me from the companie, he commanded me to go immediately to the SeaCoast, & to observe the motion of the Dutch Fleete & ours, the Duke, & so many of the flower of our Nation being now under saile coming from Portsmouth thro the Downes, where twas believed there might be an encounter; so as I went on the next day (11) to Chatham: 12 heard a sermon at the Cathedrall of Rochester, dind at Coll: Midletons: 13 To Canterbury, Visited Dr. Bargrave my old fellow Travelor in Italy & greate Virtuoso. 14: To Dover where I staied in attendance of the Fleete from Portsmouth, but which appeard not til the 16: Ascention Day, when the Duke of York with his, & the French Squadron, in all 170 ships, of which above 100 Men of War, sailed by after the Dutch, who were newly withdrawn: Such a gallant & formidable Navy never I think spread saile upon the seas, it was goodly, yet tirrible sight, to behold them as I did passing by the straits, twixt Dover & Calis eastward, in a glorious day: The wind was yet so high, that I could not well go on board, & they were soone gotten out of sight: So the next day having visited our Prisoners at the Castle & saluted the Governor, I tooke horse [17] for Margate, where from Northforeland lighthouse top (which is a pharos built of Bricque, having on top a Cradle of yron, in which one attends a greate SeaCoale fire, all the yeare long when the nights are darke, for the safeguard of Sailers) we could see our fleete as it lay at Anker; & the morning weighing, sailed out of sight to the N: East: *** 20 I was carried to see a gallant Widow a Farmoresse, & I think of Gygantic race, rich, comely, & exceedingly Industrious: She put me in mind of Debora, and Abigal; her house was so plentifully stored with all manner of Countrie provisions, all of her own groth, & all her conveniences so substantiall, neate & well understood; She herselfe so jolly & hospitable, & her land, so trim, & rarely husbanded, that it struck me with a kind of admiration at her Oeconomie: 21 This towne much consists of Brewers of a certaine heady Ale; & deale much in mault &c: for the rest tis raggedly built, & an ill haven, with a small fort of little concernement, nor is the Iland well disciplind, but as to the husbandry & rural part, far exceeding any part of England, & I think of the whole world for the accurate culture of their ground, in which in truth they exceede even to Curiosity & emulation: We passed by Richborow, & in sight of Reculvers, & so came thro a sweete garden as it were to Canterbery, hearing no noise from the sea: [22] at Canterbery after Prayers and Sermon I came on to Rochester, & [23] next day to my house: 24 I went to Lond, gave his Majestie an account of my Journey, and that I had put all things in a readinesse, upon all events, & so returned home sufficiently wearied: *** 31. I received another Command to repaire to the seaside againe, so I went to Rochester, where I found many both Wounded, sick, and Prisoners newly put on shore, after the Engagement of the 28, in which the Earle of Sandwich, that incomparable person, & my particular friend & divers more whom I loved, were lost: My Lord (who was Admiral of the  X(#4) in the Prince which was burnt, being one of the best Men of War, that ever spread canvas on the sea: Lost likewise with this brave man, was Sir Charles Coterell<s> Sonn, whose Father was Master of the Ceremonies, & Sir Ch: Harbord sonn of his Majesties"$[0*'&H&a@(" Surveyor generall, two valiant, & most accomplish youths, full of virtue & Courage, & that might have saved themselves, but would perish with my Lord, whom they honord & loved above their owne lives: And here I cannot but make some reflection upon things past: Since it was not above a day or two, that going at White-hall to take my leave of his Lordship (who had his Lodgings  X4in the Privy Gardens) shaking me by the hand bid me god buy, he should he thought see me no more, & I saw to my thinking something boading in his Countenance; no says he, they will not have me live: Had I lost a Fleete (meaning on his return from Bergen, when he tooke the E. India prise) I should have fared better; but be it as please God; I must do I know not what, to save my reputation; something to this effect, he had hinted to me; but thus I took my leave: and well I remember, that the Duke of Albemarle, & now my Lord Clifford, had I know not why, no greate opinion of his Courage, becaue in former Conflicts, being an able & experiencd seaman (which neither of them were) he allwayes brought of his Majesties ships, without losse, though not without as many markes of true Courage as the stoutest of them; & I am witnesse, that in the late War, his owne ship was pierced like a Culender: But the buisinesse was, he was utterly against the War from the beginning, & abhord the attacquing of the Smyrna fleete; He did not favour the brutish & heady expedition of Clifford at Bergin; nor was he so stupidly furious, & confident as was the D: of Albemarle, who believed he could vanquish the Hollander with one Squadron: My L: Sandwich was prudent as well as Valiant, & allways governd his afairs with successe, and little losse, he was for deliberation, & reason, they for action & slaughter without either; & for this, whisperd it, as if my L: of Sandwich were not so Gallant, because he was not rash & knew how fatal it were to loose a Fleete, such as was that under his Conduct, & for which these very persons would have censurd him on the other side: This it was which I am confident grievd him, & made him enter like a Lion, & fight like one too, in the middst of the hottest service, where the stoutest of the rest, seing him ingagd, & so many ships upon him, durst not, or would not, come into his succour, as some of them, whom I know, might have don: Thus this gallant Person perishd to gratifie the pride & envy, of some I named: & deplorable was the losse, of one of the best accomplish persons, not onely of this Nation but of any other: He was learned in the Mathematics, in Musique, in Sea affaires, in Political: Had ben divers Embassies, was of a sweete obliging temper; Sober, Chast, infinitly ingenious, & a true noble man, an ornament to the Court, & his Prince, nor has he left any that approch his many Virtues behind him: He had I confesse servd the Tyrant Cromwell, when a young man, but twas without malice, & as a souldier of a fortune, & readily submitted & that with joy, bringing an intire fleet with him from the Sound, at the very first tidings of his Majesties restauration: nor praise I him for what he did then amisse, but for the signal services he since had don, & verily believe him as faithfull a Subject as any that were his not his Friends: I am yet heartily grievd at this mighty losse, nor do I call it to my thoughts without emotion.  Xx4v June ă 2 Trinity Sonday I passd at Rochester, & on the 5, was buried in the Cathedral  X 4Monsieur Rabiniere tres le bois1, Reare Admiral of the French Squadron (a very gallant person) of his Wounds received in the fight: I went to visite him languishing some time before, & now this Ceremonie lay on me, which I performd with all the decency I could; inviting the Mayor & Aldermen to come in their formalities: Sir Jonas Atkins there with his Guards, the Deane & Prebends; one of his Countriemen, pronouncing a funeral Oration, at the brink of his Grave, which I caused to be in the Quire, with all decent solemnity, as it was more at large describd in the Gazzet of that day, Colonel Reymes, (my Collegue in Commission) assisting, who was so kind as to accompany me from Lond: though it was not"%\0*'&H&a@})" his district: for indeede, the stresse of both these Warrs, lay more on me, by far, than on any of my breatheren, who had little to do in theirs: 7 I went to see Upnore Castle, which I found pretty well defended, but of no greate moment: Nex day I sailed to the Fleete now riding at the buoy of the Noore, where I met his Majestie, the Duke, L. Arlington & all the greate men in the Charles, lying miserably shatterd; but the misse of my Lord Sandwich redoubled the losse to me, as well as the folly of hazarding so brave a fleete, & loosing so many good men, for no provocation in the World but because the Hollander exceeded us in Industrie, & all things else but envy: Here at Sheere-Nesse, I gave his Majestie [& R: Higesse] an account of the Charge under my inspection, & so returned that night to Quinborow, & the next day (being Sonday) dind at Major Dorels Governor of Shere Nesse, at his Country house, who treated me with greate Civility, thence to Rochester, & [10] next day home. ***  X( 45x July ă 3: To Lond: dind at my Sister Evelyns, & then to my L: Sandwiches funerall, which was by Water in solemn pomp to Westminster:  XH 41 Des Rabesni/resTreillebois. ***  X431 I entertaind the Maids of honour (among whom there was one1 whom for her many & extraordinary virtues, I did infinitely esteeme) at a Comedy, this afternoone, & so went home:  X4m August ă 1. I was at the Marriage of my L: Arlingtons onely Daughter (a Sweete Child, if ever there was any) to the Duke of Grafton, natural sonn, of the King, by the Dutchesse of Cleaveland, The Archbishop of Cant: officiating, the King & all the grandees present: I had a favour given me by my Lady, but tooke no greate joy for many reasons: *** 11: Came to see my Wife, the Queenes Maides of honour, and amongst them my particular Devota, Mrs. Blagge, they returned late in the Evening. ***  X4` September ă 1 ... I spent this weeke in soliciting for monies, & in reading my papers of the first Holland War to my Lord Clifford &c: And now our Council of Plantations met at my Lord Shaftsberys (chancelor of the Exchequer) to reade, and reforme the draght of our new Patent, joyning the Council of Trade to our political capacities: after which I returned home, in order to another Excursion to the sea side, to get what recovered men on board the fleete was possible; so as 8: I lay at Gravesend, thence to Rochester, returning on the 11th. *** [26] I carried with me to dinner my Lord: H: Howard, now to be made Earle of Norwich, and L: Marishal of England, to Sir Rob: Claytons now Sherif of Lond: where we had a greate feast: in his new House, built indeed for a greate Magistrate at excessive cost: The Cedar Dining roome is painted with the Historie of the Gyants War, incomparably by Mr. Streeter; but the figures are too neere the Eye: ***  X#4i October ă 4: Supped with my deare friend Mrs. Blagge and the Countesse of Sunderland:"$]0*'&H&a@("Ԍ*** 8 My Lord Sunderland now Ambassador at Paris, I went to take my Leave of my Lady, who was now going over to him: she made me stay dinner at Lycester house, & after dinner sent for Richardson the famous Fire-Eater, who before us devourd Brimston on glowing coales, chewing and swallowing them downe: he also mealted a beere glasse & eate it quite up: then taking a live Coale on his tongue, put on it a raw oyster, which coale was blown on with billows till it flamd & sparkled in his mouth, & so remaind til the Oyster gaped & was quite boiled: Then he mealted pitch & Wax with Sulphure, which he drank downe as it flamed; I saw it flaming in his Mouth a good while: he also tooke up a thick  X4piece of Yron, such as Laundresses use to put in their   X41ĠMargaret Blagge, afterwards Mrs Godolphin (165278). Smoothing boxes, & when twas fiery hot, he held it betweene his teeth, in his hand, & threw it about like a stone: but this I observd he card not to hold very long: Then he stood on a small pot, & bending his body, tooke a glowing Yron with his mouth from between his feete, without either pot or ground with his hands; with divers other prodigious feates: *** 16 My Devout, & deare Friend declaring her condition to me for want of one she could trust, to govern & manage her competent stock; and earnestly desiring my poore assistance; I promised to do my best to serve her, & from that time forwards, I reckond her as my Child; for none did ever shew greater esteeme for a Father, than did this incomparable Creature to me, worthy of all the returnes I could ever make, for the many lasting obligations I received from her; a rare example of so much piety, & Virtue in so greate a Witt, beauty & perfection; This Miracle of a Young Lady in a licentious Court & so depravd an age: She  XP4now delivered me the + under her owne hand1, & it shall be Inviolable. *** 30 My Lord of Ossory, having newly received the Order of the Garter carried me in his Coach with him to Clarenden house where I dined with my Lord Duke his father. &c: In the afternoone we met at the R: Society, where were made divers Microscopic observations on Plants &c: 31 I was now full 52 yeares of age: The Lord be praised for all goodnesse, hitherto hast thou brought me. ***  XX40a November ă 15 Was a Council, many Merchants being summond about the Consulage of Venice, which caused great dispute; the most considerable thought it Uselesse; but it was dismissd to another hearing on friday when they were to produce their proposals: This being the Queen Consorts birth day, There was an extraordinary appearance of Gallantrie & a Ball danced at Court: ***  X 4;b December ă 1 ... This intire Week was taken up in soliciting for mony for my sick: and at the Council of Plantations: *** 21 We settled the Consulage of Venice:... *** 29 ... My poore Adames died of a Pleurisie:"%^0*'&H&a@)"Ԍ ***  X41 Inserted in the Kalendarium mansucript at this point is an ink sketch of an altar surmounted by an inverted heart with a halo of sixpointed stars. On the altar is the inscription in  XX4Margaret Blagges hand: XVI.OCTOB.M.D.C.LXXII. Margt: Blagge. be this the symbol of our  X 4friendshipe in I.+H.S.... for my Brouther Evelyn. On either side in Es hand is Medicria  X4firm% Meliora retinete, a variation on his motto (see p.17). At the bottom is the fivepointed star, the pentangle: p . This drawing, presumably the original made on the occasion recorded in the Diary, is reproduced opposite p. 628 in Vol. III of de Beer (1955).  b40$z1673`!(#=0@  =$z1673@t 1673 ă  X4k January ă 1. After pub: Prayers in the Chapell at W:hall, & my humble supplication to God for his blissing the Yeare now entering, I went to see + not well, & so returned home, having my lately deceased Servant to bury, & some neighbours to entertaine:  X 4<5> ... My Sonn now publishd his version of Rapinus Hortorum &c dedicated to the Ear: of Arlington: ***  X4Wf February ă 6 To Council about reforming an abuse of the diers with Saunders & other false drogues, examing divers of that trade &c: ***  X04p March ă 26 I was sworn a Youngerbrother of the Trinity Company with my most worthy & long acquainted noble friend My Lord Ossorie Eldest sonn to the Duke of Ormond: Sir Richard Browne my F. in Law, being now Master of that Society; after which there was a greate Collation &c: *** 29 I carried my Sonn to the Bishop of Chichester that learned & pious man, Dr. Peter Gunning, to be instructed by him before he received the holy Sacrament, when he gave him most excellent advise, which I pray to God may influence, and remaine with him as long as he lives; and = that I had been so blessed, and instructed when first I was admitted to that Sacred Ordinance! 30: Easterday preached in the morning one Mr. Field ... a Resurrection sermon with much eloquence: The Blessed Communion followd, at which both my selfe, & my Sonne received, it being his first time, & with that whole weekes more extraordinary preparation, I besech God make him a sincere good Christian, whilst I endeavor to instill into him the feare  X4& love of God, & discharge the Duty of a Father: The Sermon Coram Rege this day, was by Dr. Sparrow Bishop of Excester; but he spake so very low, & the crowde so greate, that I could not heare him: however I staied to see whither (according to costome) the Duke of York did Receive the Communion, with the King, but he did not, to the amazement of every body; This being the second yeare he had forborn & put it off, & this being within a day of the Parliaments sitting, who had Lately made so severe an Act against the increase of Poperie, gave exceeding griefe & scandal to the whole Nation; That the heyre of it, & the sonn of a Martyr for the Protestant Religion, should apostasize: What the Consequence of this will be God onely knows, & Wise men dread: ***  X$4] April May ă"$_0*'&H&a@/)"Ԍ20 ... This Evening Mrs. Thornhill, sister to the Earle of Bath, & a relation of ours, shewed my Wife and me her Majesties rich Toylet in her Dressing roome, which being all of  X4Massie Gold1, & presented her by the King, was valued at 4000 pounds.  XX41 Solid gold. *** 24 I was sent by his Majestie into the Citty to borrow tenthousand Pounds, upon the third quarter Tax, per advance for the Sick & Wounded & Prisoners at War: &c. *** <27> ... at St. Martines the Minister on 1. Cor: 11. 29 the holy Sacrament following: which I partooke of upon Obligation of the Late Act of Parliament, injoyning every body in Office Civil or Militarie, under penalty of 500 pounds, to receive the holy Sacrament within one moneth, before two authentique Wittnesses: so as I had besides Dr. Lamplughs the Viccars hand, the two ChurchWardens also ingrossed in parchment to be afterwards producd in the Court of Chancery or some other Court of Record: which I did at the Chancery barr, as being one of the Council of Plantations & Trade, [May 3] taking then also the Oath of Allegiance & Supremacy, signing the clause in the said Act against Transubstantiation. Dined at Mr. Herveys the Queens Tressurer with Mr. Sid: Godolphin. *** 21: Came to see us & Dine with me, my Lord Jo: Berkeley and his Lady, my deare Friends Mrs. Blagg, Mr. Sidny Godolphin (a grome of the Bedchamber) Sir Robert Morray, Mr. Lucie Gore, & Sir Elis Leighton &c: *** 28 I carried one Withers an ingenious Shipwright, to the King, to shew his Majestie some new method of building &c: ***  XP4v June ă 12 Came to Visite and dine with me, my Lord V: Count Cornbery & his Lady, My Lady Francis Hyde Sister to the Duchesse of York, Mrs. Dorothy Howard Mayd of Honour: We all went after dinner to see the formal, & formidable Camp, on Blackheath, raised to invade Holland, or as others suspected for another designe &c: Thence to the Italian Glassehouse at Greenewich, where was Glasse blowne of finer mettal, than that of Muran &c: *** 17 Dind with Mrs. Blagg, at B: house, thence to Mr. Dicksons the Painters, to whom she sate the first time for her picture, which I desired her to give to me: 19 ... Congratulated the new Lord Tressurer Sir Tho: Osborn, a Gent: whom I had ben intimately acquainted with at Paris, & who was every day at my F in Laws house & Table there; on which account I was too Confident of succeeding in his favour, as I had don in his Predecessors; but such a friend never shall I find, & I neglected my time, far from believing that my Lord Clifford would have so rashly laied down his staffe as he did, to the amazement of all the World; when it came to the test of his receiving the Communion; which I am confident he forbore, more for some promise he had entered into, to gratifie the Duke, than for any prejudice to the Protestant Religion, though I found him wavering of a prety while: *** 24: Dind with Mrs Blagg: 25. her Picture was finished &c: ***"#`0*'&H&a@'"Ԍ26: Came my Bro: Evelyn, my Sister of Woodcott, my Niepce Montague & severall persons of quality from Court, to dine with me, and see the army, still remaining Encampd on Blackheath:... ***  X 45x July ă 25 I went to Tunbridge Wells, to visite my Lord Clifford, Late L: Tressurer, who was ther to divert his mind, more than body, that he had so engagd himselfe to the Duke (as was believed) that rather than take the Test, without which he could be capable of no office, he would resigne that greate & honorable station; This, I am confident grieved him to the heart, & at last broke it; for though he carried with him musique & people to divert him, & when I came to see him, Lodged in his owne appartmen, & would not let me go from him, I found he was struggling in his mind, & being of a rough & ambitios nature, could not long brooke the necessitie he had brought on himselfe of submission to this conjuncture; besides that he saw the DutchWarr, which was made much by his advise, as well as the shutting up of the Exchequer, very unprosperous: These things his high spirit could not support. 26. I went to the Wells with my Lord, & visited my Lady Henrietta Hyde: 27: Sonday, was no [pub:] prayers in the morning: but in the afternoone I heard Prayers at my Lady Henriettas: so having staied here two or 3 daies I obtaind leave of my Lord, that I might returne, by the way I saw my Lord of Dorsets house at Knowle neere Sevenock a greate old fashiond house &c. *** 31 ... I went through Cheape side to see the Pictures of all the Judges & Eminent men of the Long robe newly painted by Mr. Write, & set up in Guildhall costing the Citty 1000 pounds: most of them are very like the Persons they are made to represent, though I never tooke Write to be any considerable artist. ***  XP4m August ă 18 To Lond: to speak with his Majestie: My Lord Clifford being about this time returned from Tunbridge where I left him, & now preparing for Devonshire, I went to take my leave of him at Wallingford house, where he was packing up of Pictures, most of which were of hunting wild beasts, & vast pieces of bullbaiting, beare baiting &c: with other furniture: I found him in his study, & restored to him several papers of state, & other importances, which he had furnished me with, upon ingaging me to write the historie of the Holland War; with other private letters of his acknowledgements to my L: Arlington, who of a private Gent: of a very noble family, but inconsiderable fortune, had advancd him from almost nothing: The first thing was his being a Parliament man, then knighted, then made one of the Commissioners of the Sick & Wounded, upon which occasion we sate long together: then on the death of Hugh Pollard, he was made Comptroller of the Household & Privy Counselor, yet still my bro: Commissioner: after the death of my L: Fitzharding Treasurer of the Houshold, which (by letters of his my L: Arlington has shewd me) he beging of his Lordship to obtaine for him as the very height of his ambition, with such submissions, & professions of his patronage, & being totaly his creature, as I had never seene more accknowledging: The Earle of Southampton then dying, & he with others made one of the Commissioners of the Treasury, his Majestie inclining to put it into one hand, my L: Clifford under pretence of making all his Interest for his Patron my L: Arlington, cutt the Grasse under his feet & procurd it for himselfe, assuring the King, that my L: A: did not desire it, & indeed my Lord A: has himselfe protested to me, that his Confidence in my L: Clifford, made him so remisse,"$a0*'&H&a@(" & his affection to him so particular that was absolutely minded to devolve it on my L: Clifford, that was his Creature, all the world knowing how himselfe affected Ease & quiet, now growing into Yeares, but yet little thinking of goby: This was the onely great ingratitude which my L: Clifford shewd, keeping my L: Ar: in ignorance, whom he assurd, he was pursuing his Interest, which was the Duke, into whose greate favour Clifford was now gotten, but which did certainely cost him the losse of all; namely his going so irrevocably far in his Interest: &c: For the rest my Lord Clifford was a valiant, uncorrupt gent: ambitious, not Covetous, generous, Passionate, and a most constant sincere friend to me in particular; so as when he layd down his office, I was at the end of all my hopes, and endeavors; which were not for high matters, but to obtaine what his Majestie was realy indebted to my F. in law, which was the uttmost of my ambition, and which I had undoubtedly don, if this friend had stood; he who succeeded him, Sir Thomas Osborn, though much more obliged to my F in Law & his family, & my long & old acquaintance; being of a more haughty & far less obliging nature, & from which I could hope for little; a man of excellent natural parts, but nothing generous or grateful: Well, thus taking Leave of my L: Clifford, wringing me by the hand, & earnestly  XH 4looking on me, he bid me god buy, adding, Mr. E: I shall never see thee more; no I my L: whats the meaning of this? I hope I shall see you often, and as greate a person againe; No Mr. E: do not expect it, I will never see this Place, this Citty or Court againe, or words of this sound: In this manner, not without mutual tears almost I parted from him: nor long was it after, but the newes was, that he was dead; and as I have heard from some that I believe knew, made himselfe a way, after an extraordinary Melancholy: This is not confidently affirmd; but a servant who lived in the house, & afterward with Sir Ro: Clayton L: Mayor, did report it, as well as others; & when I hinted some such thing to Mr. Prideaux one of his Trustees, he was not willing to enter into that discourse: but tis reported with these particulars, That causing his Servant to leave him one morning unusualy, locking himselfe in, he strangled himselfe with his Cravett, upon the bed Tester: His Servant not liking his manner of dissmissing, & looking through the key hole (as I remember) & seeing his Master hanging, brake in before he was quite dead, & taking him downe, vomiting out a greate deal of bloud, was heard to utter these words; Well, let men say what they will, there is a God, a just God above, after which he spake no more &c: This if true, is dismal, and realy, he was the chiefe occasion of the Dutch Warr, & of all that bloud which was lost at Bergen, in attaquing the Smyrna fleete, & that whole quarrell &c:... ***  X 4` September ă 23 To Lond: dining with Mrs. Bl: we went to see Paradise, a roome in Hatton Garden furnished with the representations of all sorts of animals, handsomely painted on boards or cloth, & so cut out & made to stand & move, fly, crawll, roare & make their severall cries, as was not unpretty: though in it selfe a mere bauble, whilst the man who shewd, made us Laugh heartily at his formal poetrie. ***  X!4i October ă 30 I sat with the Commissioners of Sewers in Southwark, & returned home: 31 Was my birthday Anniversarie, now the 53d: it being also a preparation day for the blessed Sacarament. ***  X%40a November ă"%b0*'&H&a@)"Ԍ5 ... This night the youths of the Citty burnt the Pope in Effigie after they had made procession with it in greate triumph; displeased at the D: for altering his Religion, & now marrying an Italian Lady &c: ***  X 4;b December ă 1 In the morning to the Council of Plant: & thence to Gressham Coll: whither the Citty had invited to the Royal Society, by severall of their chiefe Aldermen & Magistrates and gave us a Collation, to wellcome us to our first place of Assembly, from whence we had ben driven to give place to the Citty to make it their Exchange upon the dreadfull Conflagration, til their new exchange was now finished: the Society having til now ben entertaind & met at Arundel house: This day we also Chose Officers, St. Andrews day being on the Sonday & day before: 2 I dined with + & visited the sick, thence to an Almeshouse, where was prayers, & reliefe, some very sick & miserable: returning prayers, and it was one of the best daies I ever spent in my life: There was this day at Dinner my Lo: Lockart designd Ambassador for France, a gallant & a sober person &c: *** 20 I had some discourse with certaine strangers, not unlearned, who had ben born not far from the old Niniveh: They assurd me the ruines being still extant, & vast, wonderfull was the buildings, Vaults, Pillars, & magnificent fragments now buried, & remaining: but little could they say of the Toure of Babel that satisfied me: but the description of the amnitie & fragrancy of the Country for health & cherefullnesse, did almost ravish me; so sensibly the spake of the excellent aire & climat, in respect of our cloudy & splenetic Country: *** 24 ... returning home visited some prisoners at Ludgate, taking order about the releasing of some &c: for + &c: ***  b40 0$z1674`!(#=0@ 0  =$z1674@t 1674 ă  Xp4k January ă *** 5, I saw an Italian Opera in musique, the first that had ben in England of this kind: *** 9 Sent for next morning to Lond: by his Majestie to write some thing against the Hollanders, about the Duty of the flag & fisherie; so returned with some papers. ***  X4*x May ă 4 Came the Queenes Maids of honour & my friend to dine with us at SaysCourt: 5 To Lond: dind with +. 6 Carried my La: Berkely & Mrs. Blagg to see the Repositary of the Royal Society. 7: I visited my L: Mordaunt at Parsons Greene it being his Weddingday & a greate feast with much Companie &c: ***  X`"4v June ă 27: Mr. Dryden the famous Po-t, & now Laureat came to give me a Visite: It was the Anniversarie of my Marriage, & the first day I went into my new little Cell, & Cabinet which I built below the South Court, at East end of the Parlor:"$c0*'&H&a@("Ԍ***  X45x July ă 9: To Lond: to pay Dr. Jacomb 360 pounds for his sonn now of age: for his part of the purchase of the Mills & Land, I bought of the Beechers in Deptford: returnd the 10: *** 22 I went to Winsore with my Wife & sonn, to see my Daughter Mary who was there with my Lady Tuke; & to do my Duty to his Majestie: next day to a greate entertainement at Sir Robert Holmess at Cranburne Lodge in the forest: There were his Majestie, Queene, Duke, Dutchesse & all the Court: I returned the Evening with Sir Jos: Williamson now declared Secretary of state: Sir Jos: was sonn of a meane Clergyman some where in Cumberlandshire, brought up at Queenes Coll: [Oxon:] of which he came to be a fellow;... ***  X` 4m August ă 6 I went to Groomebridge to see my old friend Mr. Packer, the house built within a Moate & in a woody Valy: The old house had ben the place of Confinement of that duke of Orleance taken by one Waller (whose house this then was) at the Bataile of Agencourt; but now demolishd, a new as built in its place; though a far better had ben on the south of the wood on a graceful ascent: At some small distance is a large Chapell not long-since built by Mr. Packers father, upon a Vowe he made to do it, upon the Returne of Charles the first, out of Spaine 1625. & dedicated it to St. Charles: but what saint there was then of that name, I am to seeke; for being a Protestant, I conceive it was not Borrhimeo. *** 9 ... I went to the Wells at Southborrow to visite my deare friend Mrs. Blagg, then drinking the Waters with my Lady Berkeley: 11 passing againe by the Wells, I went home: *** 18 To Lond, and next day to Winsore about buisinesse with my Lord Tressurer: next day his Majestie told me how exceedingly the Dutch were displeased, at my Treatise of  X4historie of Commerce1; That the Holland Ambassador had complained to him of what I had touchd of the flag, & fishery &c: & disired the booke might be caled in: whilst on the other side, he assurd me he was exceedingly pleased with what I had don & gave me many thanks: However it being just upon conclusion of the Treaty of Breda, (for indeed it was designed to be published some moneths before, & when we were at defyance) his Majestie told me, he must recall it formaly, but gave order that Copies should be publiquely seizd to pacifie the Ambassador should immediatly be restord to the Printer, & that neither he nor the Vendor should be molested: The truth is, that which touchd the Hollander, was much lesse, than what the King himselfe furnishd me with, & obligd me to publish, having causd it to be read to him ere it went to the presse: but the error was, it should have ben publishd before the peace was proclaimd: The noise of this books suppression, made it be presently bought up, & turnd much to the Stationer<s> advantage: Nor was it other, than the meere preface, prepardd to be pr%fixd to my Historie of the whole Warr; which I now pursud no farther. 21 There was approches, & a formal seige, against a Work with Bastions, Bullwarks, Ramparts, Palizads, , hornworks, Conterscarps &c: in imitation of the Citty of Maestrict, newly taken by the French: & this being artificialy designd & cast up in one of the Meadows at the foote of the long Terrace below the Castle, was defended against the Duke of Monmouth (newly come from that real seige) who [with the Duke of York] attaqud it with a little army, to shew their skill in Tactics: so on Saturday night, They made their approches, opened trenches, raised batteries, [took] the Conterscarp, Ravelin, after a stout"%d0*'&H&a@)" Defence. Greate Gunns fird on both sides, Granados shot, mines Sprung, parties sent out, attempts of raising the seige, prisoners taken, Parlies, & in short all the Circumstances of a formal seige to appearance, & what is most strange, all without disorder, or ill accident, but to the greate satisfaction of a thousand spectators, when being night it made a formidable shew, & was realy very divertisant: This mock seige being over, I went with Mr. Pepys back to Lond: where we arived about 3 in the morning: & at St. Martines heard a sermon [<23>] on 26: Matt: 74: The very same sermon, by the same preacher, I happnd to heare againe at St. Jamess this Afternoone: ***  X41 Navigation and Commerce.  X4` September ă 3. I went to Lond: about sealing writings in Trust for Mrs. Blagge, & then home. *** 15 To Council, about the fetching off the English left at Syrenam &c since our reconciliation with Holland: I visited +, gave her the deedes about the 500 pounds I had disposed of for her &c. *** 23. I went to the greate losse that my Lord Arlington had received by fire, at Goring-house, now this night consumd to the ground, with exceeding losse of hangings, plate, rare pictures and Cabinets, in a word, nothing almost was saved, of the best & most princely furniture that any subject had in England: My Lord & Lady being both absent at the Bathe; so returned home full of astonishment at the uncertaintie of worldly enjoyments: ***  X4i October ă 20: Lond: Council, dind with + at my L: Berkeleys where I had discourse with Sir Tho: Modiford, Late Governor of Jamaica, & with Coll: Morgan who undertooke that gallant exploit from Nombre de Dios to Panam! on the Continent of America: he told me 10000 men would easily conquer all the Spanish Indies, the were so secure: greate was the booty they tooke, & much, nay infinitly greater had it been, had they not ben betraied & so discovered before their approch, as they had time to carry on board the vast Treasure, which they put off to sea, in sight of our Men, that had no boates to follow &c: They set fire of Panam!, and ravagd the Country 60 miles about. The were so supine, & unexercisd, that they were afraid to give fire to a greate gun &c: ***  XX40a November ă 15 The Anniversary of my Baptisme I first heard that famous & Excellent Preacher  X4Dr. Burnet (Author of the Historie of the Reformation) on 3: Coloss: 10: with such a floud of Eloquence, & fullnesse of matters as shewd him to be a person of extraordinary parts: The B: Comm: followed: & dind with my friend Dr. Needham: This night being her Majesties Birthday: the Court was exceeding splendid, in Clothes & Jewells to the height of excesse: 17 A Council in the morning, dind with +, & Council also in the afternoone still about the buisinesse of Surenam, where the Dutch had detained some English in prison, ever since the first War 1665. 19 I heard that stupendious Violin Signor Nicholao (with other rare Musitians) whom certainly never mortal man Exceeded on that Instrument: he had a stroak so sweete, & made it speake like the Voice of a man; & when he pleased, like a Consort of severall Instruments: he did wonders upon a note: was an excellent Composer also: here was also that rare Lutinist"$e0*'&H&a@("  X4Dr. Wallgrave: but nothing approchd the Violin in Nicholas hand: he seemd to be spiritatod & plaied such ravishing things on a ground as astonishd us all: 20 I went home after Council: ***  X4;b December ă 2: heard Signor Francisco on the Harpsichord, esteemd on of the most excellent masters in Europe on that Instrument: then came Nicholao with his Violin & struck all mute, but Mrs. Knight, who sung incomparably, & doubtlesse has the greatest reach of any English Woman: she had lately ben roming in Italy: & was much improvd in that quality: There was other Musique, & this Consort was at Mr. Slingsbys Master of the Mint, my worthy friend, & greate lover of Musique: *** 15 To Lond: to Council: Saw a Comedie at night, at Court, acted by the Ladys onely, viz: The Lady Mary & Ann his R: hignesses two Daughters, & my deare friend Mrs. Blagg, who having the principal part, performd it to admiration: They were all covered with  X 4Jewels:1 17 Mrs. Blagg, with the two Maids of honor, Mrs. Howarde, & my Wife, came to house warming to my new Lodging: *** 22 Lond: to Council, & for the poores mony: was at the repetition of the Pastoral, on which [occasion] my friend Mrs. Blagg, had about her neere 20000 pounds worth of Jewells, of which one she lost, borrowed of the Countesse of Suffolck, worth about 80 pounds, which the Duke made good; & indeede the presse of people was so greate, that it was a wonder she lost no more: ***  XP41 The daughters of James II, when Duke of York, by Anne, n)e Hyde: subsequently the Queens Mary II (168894) and Anne (170214).  b40 0CT$z1675`!(#=0@ 0DT  =$z1675@t 1675 ă  Xp4k January ă *** 20 Visited + - pr: & to see Mr. Streeter that excellent Painter of Perspective &c: & Landscip, to comfort, & encourage him to be cut of the stone, with which that honest man was exceedingly afflicted: *** 29 All the Queenes Mayds of honor came to dine with mee: ***  X4p March ă 4 ... I supped at Mr. Secretarie Williamsons with severall of our Society: among whom Mr. Sheeres Sonn of Cap: Sheres of our Parish, who undertooke and best succeeded in the Mole of Tanger, affirmed, that if a Scorpion were placed within a Circle of fire, or so invirond with danger as no way to escape, he would sting himselfe to death: he spake of the prodigious bignesse of Locusts in Africa: That all the Teeth of Elephants grew downewards, & not as commonly painted: That the Camelion preied chiefly on flys by a violent Suction first so exhausting its own body of breath & aire as to reduce itselfe to as thin as the edge of a knife in appearance, & then sudainly relaxing and violent suction of the aire, filling himselfe againe drew in with it, the flies that were within it Spheare & opposite to him: ***"%f0*'&H&a@)"Ԍ24: ... I supped at Sir William Pettys, with The Bish: of Salisbury, & divers honorable persons: we had a noble entertainement, in a house gloriously furnished; The Master & Mistris of it extraordinary Persons: Sir Will: being the sonn of a meane man some where in Sussex, was sent from Schole to Oxon: where he studied Philos: but was most eminent in Mathematics & Mechanics, proceeded Doctor of Physick, & was growne famous as for his Learning, so for his recovering a poore wench that had ben hanged for felonie, the body being beged (as costome is) for the Anatomie lecture, he let bloud, put to bed to a warme woman, & with spirits & other meanes recovered her to life; The Young Scholars joynd & made her a little portion, married her to a Man who had severall children by her, living 15 yeares after, as I have ben assured: He came from Oxon: to be to a neighbour of mine; Thence when the Rebells were dividing their Conquests in Ireland, he was employed by them to measure & set out the Land, which he did upon an easy contract so much per Acker: which he effected so exactly, & so expeditiously, as not onely furnishd him with a greate summ of money, but enabled him to purchas an Estate worth 4000 pounds a yeare; he afterwards married the Daughter of Sir Hardresse Waller, she an extraordinary witt, as well as beauty, & a prudent Woman: Sir William amongst other inventions author of the Double-bottomd ship; which though it perishd, & he censurd for rashnesse; yet it was lost in the bay of Biscay in a storme when, I think 15 more Vessels misscarried: The Vessell was flat-bottomd, of exceeding use to put into shallow Ports, & ride over small depths of water; It consisted of two distinct Keeles crampt together with huge timbers &c: so as a violent streame ran between: It bare a monstrous broad saile; & he still persists it practicable & of exceeding use, & has often told me he would adventure himselfe in such another, could he procure sailors, and his Majesties Permission to make a second Experiment, which name the King gave it at the Launching: The Map of Ireland made by Sir William is bilieved to be the most exact that ever was yet made of any Country: he did promise to publish it: & I am told it has cost him neere 1000 pounds to have it ingravd at Amsterdam. There is not a better Latine poet living, when he gives himselfe that Diversion; nor is his Excellency less in Counsil, & prudent matters of state: &c: but is so extraordinary nice in scifting, & examining all possible contingences, that he adventures at nothing, which is not Demonstration: There were not in the whole world his equal for a superintendent of Manufacturs, & improvement of Trade; or for to govern a Plantation: If I were a Prince, I should make him my second Counselor at least: There is nothing difficult to him; besides he is Coragious, on which account I cannot but note a true storie of him: That when Sir Aleyn Brodrick sent him a Challenge, upon a difference twixt them in Ireland: Sir Will: though, exceedingly purblind, accepted the challenge, & it being his part to propound the Weapon, defied his Antagonist, to meete him with an hatchet or Axe in a darke Cellar; which he refusing, was laught at, for challinging one whom every body knew was so short sighted: Sir William was with all this facetious, & of Easy Conversation, friendly, & Courteous & had such a faculty to imitate others, that he would take a Text, and preach now like a grave orthodox Divine, then fallinto the Presbyterian way, thence to the Phanatical, the Quaker, the Moonk, & frier, the Popish Priest, with such admirable action, & alteration of voice & tone, as it was not possible to abstaine from wonder, & one would sweare, to heare severall persons, or think he were not in good earnest an Enthusiast & almost beside himselfe, when he would fall out of it in to a serious discourse &c which was very divertisant: but it was very rarely he would be courted to oblige the company with this faculty, unlesse among most intimate friends: My Lord Duke of Ormond once obtaind it of him, & was almost ravished with admiration of it; but by & by he fell upon a serious reprimand of the faults &"$g0*'&H&a@(" miscarriages of some Princes & Governors, which though he named none, did so sensibly touch my L: Duke, who was then Lieutenant of Ireland; that my Lord began to be very uneasy, & wishd the spirit alayed; for he was neither able to indure such truths, nor could he for his heart but be delighted; so at lasted he mealted his discourse to another more ridiculous subject & came done from the joyne stoole; but my Lord, would heare him preach no more. He could never get to be favoured at Court; because he outwitted all the projecturs that came neere him: In my life having never know such a Genius, I cannot but mention these particulers, among multitude of others, which I could produce: When I have ben in his splendid Palace, who knew him in meaner Circumstances, he would be in admiration himselfe how he arivd to it; nor was it his value inclination to splendid furnitur & the curiositie of the age: but his Elegant Lady, who could indure nothing meane, & that was not magnificent; whilst he was very negligent himselfe & of a Philosophic temper: Lord, would he say, what a deale of do is here; I can lie in straw with as much satisfaction: & was indeede rather negligent of his person &c: Sir William is the Author of the ingenious deductions from the bills of Mortality who go under the name of Mr. Graunt: also of that usefull discourse of the manufactur of Wooll, & severall other, in our Register of the R: Society: The Author of that Paraphrase on 104 Psal: in Latin Verse, which gos about in MSS: & is inimitable: In a word, there is nothing impenetrable to him. ***  X4u April ă  X429 I read my first discourse of Earth & Vegetation before the Royal Society, as a lecture in Course after Sir Rob: Southwell had reade his the weeke before on Water: I was  X04commanded to print it by our President & the Suffrage of the Society1: returned home that evening: ***  X4*x May ă 16 ... This day was my deare friend Mrs. Blagg married to Mr. Sidny Godolphin Groome of the BedChamber to his Majestie at the Temple Church by Mr. Leake Chap: to the  X4Duke:2 *** 31 I went with my L. Ossorie to Deptford where we chose him Master of the Trinity Companie; our Viccar preaching on 4: Eph: 30 very excellently & appositely to the occasion: Thence by barge, to Lond: where at the Trinity house we had a magnificent feast, & divers greate persons: I thence went with his Lordship to his Lodging in Whitehall: ***  XX4v June ă 2 At a Conference of the Lords & Comm: in the painted Chamber upon a difference about imprisoning some of their Members I was present: Dind at the Duke of Ormonds, with the Duke of Munmoth & severall greate men. 3: I was at another Conference, where the Lords accused the Commons for their transcended misbehaviour, breach of Privelege, Magna Charta, Subversion of Government, & other high & provoking & diminishing Expressions; shewing what duties & subjections they owed to the Lords in Parliament by record Hen: 4th &c. which was like to create a notable disturbance: I dind at the Master of the Mints, went to R: Society: The discourse being of Fountaines &c & so to my owne house: ***  X#420: ... This afternoone came Monsieur Quierwill3 & his Lady Parents to the famous beauty & favorite at Court, to see Sir Rich: Bro: my F. in Law, with whom they were intimately acquainted in Bretagne, what time Sir Richard was sent to Brest, to supervise"%h0*'&H&a@)" his Majesties sea affaires during the later part of his Majesties banishment abroad: This Gent: house being not a mile from Brest; Sir Richard made an acquaintance there, & being used very Civily, was obligd to returne it here, which we did in a Collation: after which they returned to Lond: He seemd a souldierly person, & a good fellow, as the Bretons generaly are, his Lady had ben very handsom, & seemd a shrewd understanding woman: Conversing with him in our Garden, I found severall words of the Breton language the same with our Welch: His daughter was now made Dutchesse of Portsmouth and in the height of favour; but we never made any use of it: &c:  X41 A Philosophical Discourse of Earth...; later editions were called Terra. 2 Mrs Godolphin did  X4not reveal her marriage to E until May 3, 1676 (see p. 239). 3 Comte de K)roualle, Guillame de Penanco-t, father of Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth. *** 28 My F in Law had a Tryal before the L: Chancelor, to advantage; but the Register prevaricated in the minutes, which is a shamefull abuse: & ought to be reformd, by causing them to be read in Court: I visited Mrs. G pr: 29 I went with Mrs. Godolphin to my house at SaysCourt, where she staied a weeke with us: pr: ***  X45x July ă 5 Came to dine with us Mr. Sidny Godolphin to see his Lady, with the two Howards Ma: of honour, & returned that Evening: 6: I carried Mrs. Godolphin to Lond: & set her downe at my Lord Sunderlands. 8 I went with Mrs. Howard & her two daughters towards Northampton Assises about a Tryal at Law, in which I was Concerned for them as a Truste/. We lay this night at Henly on the Thames at our Attourney Mr. who entertaind us very handsomely: Thenc next day dining at Shotover at Sir Tim: Tyrills a sweete place, we lay at Oxford it being the Act: when Mr. Rob: Spencer Unkle to the Earle of Sunderland and my old acquaintance in France, entertaind us at his appartment in ChristChurch (where he had hired one of the Canons Lodgings,) entertaind us all the while, with exceeding generosity: 10: The ViceChancelor Dr. Bathurst, (who had formerly taken particular care of my Sonn) President of Trinity, invited me to Dinner, & did me greate honour all the time of my stay: The next day he also invited me & all my Company, though strangers to him, to a very noble Dinner: I was at all the Academique Exercises: , at St. Maries preached a fellow of Brasen nose on 2: Tit: 15., not a little magnifying the dignity of Churchman: In the afternoone one of New Coll: but the heat and presse was so greate I could not hear &c: & was faine to go out: We heard the Speeches & saw the Ceremonie of Creating Doctors in Divinity, Law, Physique &c: I had in the morning early heard Dr. Morison Botanic Professor, reade on divers Plants in the Physic Garden; & saw that rare Collection of natural Curiosities, of Dr. Plots of Magdalen hall: Author of the Natural hist: of Oxfordshire; all of them collected in that shire, & indeede extraordinary, that in one County, there should be found such varietie of Plants, Shells, Stones, Minerals, Marcasites, foule, Insects, Models of works &c: Chrystals, Achates, Marbles: he was now intending to Visite Staffordshire & as he had of Oxfordshire to give us the Natural, Topical, Political, Mechanial history: & pitty it is, more of this industrious mans genius were not employed so to describe every County of England, since it would be one of the most usefull & illustrious Workes that was ever producd in any age or"$i0*'&H&a@(" nation: I visited also the Bodlean library & my old friend the Learned Obadia Walker head of Universitie Coll: which he had now almost quite rebuilt or repaird: So taking leave of the V: Chancelor, Dr. Alestree the Kings Professor in Divinity, Deane of Christ Church Dr. Fell, we proceeded to Northampton where we arived next day: In this journey went part of the way Mr. Ja: Grahame [Since privy purse to the Duke], a Young Gent: exceedingly in love with Mrs. Dorothy Howard one of the Mayds of honor in our Company: I could not but pitty them both: The Mother not much favouring it: This Lady was not onely a greate beauty, but a most virtuous & excellent Creature, & worthy to have ben Wife to the best of men: My advice was required, & I spake to the advantage of the young gent: more out of pitty, than that I thought she deservd no better; for though he was a gent: of a good family, yet there was greate inequalitys &c: 14 I went to see my Lord Sunderlands seat at Althorp, 4 miles from the ragged Towne of Northampton [Since burned & well rebuilt]: tis placed in a pretty open bottome, very finely watred & flanqued with stately woods & groves in a Park with a Canale, yet the water is not running, which is a defect: The house a kind of modern building with Free stone: within most nobly furnishd: The Apartments very commodious, & Gallerie & noble hall: but the Kitching for being in the body of the house, & Chapell too small were defects: There is an old, yet honorable Gate house standing a wry, & outstanding meane, but designd to be taken away: It was Moated round after the old manner, but is now dry & turfd with a sweete Carpet: above all are admirable & magnificent the severall ample Gardens furnishd with the Choicest fruite in England, & exquisitely kept: Great plenty of Oranges, and other Curiosities: The Parke full of Fowle & especialy Hernes, & from it a prospect to Holmby house, which being demolished in the late Civil Warre, shews like a Roman ruine shaded by the trees about it, one of the most pleasing sights that ever I saw, of state & solemne: 15 Our Cause was pleaded in behalfe of the Mother Mrs. Howard & Daughters before baron Thurland, who had formerly been Steward of Courte for me: We carried our Cause, as there was reason; for here was an imprudent as well as disobedient sonn, against his Mother by instigation doubtlesse of his Wife, one Mrs. Ogle (an antient Maid) whom he had clandestinly married, & who brought him no fortune, he heire aparent of the Earle of Berkshire. After dinner we went towards Lond: Lay at Brickhill in Bedfordshire & came late next day to our journeys end. This was a journey of Adventure & knight errantry, one of the Ladys servants being as desperatly in love with Mrs. Howards Woman, who riding on horsback behind his Rival, the amorous & jealous Youth, having a little drink in his pate, had certainly here killed himselfe, had he not ben prevented; for alighting from his horse & drawing his sword, he endeavored to fall upon it twise or thrice, but was interrupted; our Coachman & stranger that passed by, after which running to his rival, & snatching another sword from his side (for we had beaten his owne out of his hand) & on the suddaine pulling down his Mistriss, would have run both of them through; but we parted them, though not without some blood: This miserable Creature Poysond himselfe for her not many daies after they came to Lond: *** 20 ... I had the unwellcome newes of my sonns being falln ill of the Smallpox: but God was mercifull to him in all his sicknesse. 25 ...My Sonn recovers blessed be God. ***  X(#4m August ă 9 My Coachhouse was broken open this night, & the Glasses & Damaske Cushions, Curtaines &c: taken away: Went to Wimbledon to see my Lord of Bristoll & returnd in the Evening:"%j0*'&H&a@})"Ԍ*** 29 our Viccar on his old beaten Text: Afternoone the Curate on 9: Pro: 8: 30: To Lond: returnd next day; found Mrs. Blagge there, she gave me a letter of Attourney about her Concernes & returnd to Twicknam that evening, my Wife bringing her a good part of the way:  X4` September ă 2 I went to see Dullwidge Colledge, being the pious foundation of one Allen a famous Comdian in K. Jamess time: The Chapell is pretty; The rest of the Hospital very ill contrivd; it yet maintaines divers poore of both sexes, tis in a melancholy part of Camerwell Parish; I came back by certaine Medicinal Spa Waters at a place called Sydname Wells in Lewisham Parish; much frequented in Summer time: 5 Our Viccar as formerly: The holy Communion followed; & it was I hope a blessed day to me. 9 I went to Lond: to see a sick [poore] person taken suddenly ill of a dumb Palsy. 10 I was Casualy shewed the Dutchesse of Portsmouths splendid Appartment at Whitehall, luxuriously furnished, & with ten times the richnesse & glory beyond the Queenes, such massy pieces of Plate, whole Tables, Stands &c: of incredible value &c: *** 29: I went to Parsons Greene to visite my Lord Mordaunt with my Wife & Mrs.  X4Godolphin: Saw the Italian Scaramucchio act before the King at Whitehall; People giving monye to come in, which was very Scandalous, & never so before at Court Diversions: having seene him act before in Italy many yeares past, I was not averse from seeing the most excellent kind of that folly: ***  X4i October ă 15 I got an extreame cold, such as was afterwards so epidemical, as not onely afflicted us in this Iland, but was rife all over Europe, & raged like a Plague; note that it was after an exceeding dry Summer & Autumn. 16: Anniver.+ pr: when I settled affaires my sonn being to go into france with my Lord Berkeley, designed Ambassador Extraordinary for France, & Plenipotentiary for the gen: Treaty of Peace at Nimegen: *** 27 My Lord Berkeley now in precinct for his departure into France, coming to the Council fell downe in the Gallery at Whitehall of a fit of Apoplexie, & being carried into my L: Chamberlaines Lodgings employed all that night severall famous Doctors & with much adA was at last recovered to some sense by applying hot firepans & Spirit of Amber to his head, but nothing was found so effectual as cupping on the shoulders: an almost miraculous restauration: The next day he was carried to B: house. This stopped for the present his journey, & caused my stay in Towne, into whose hands he had put all his Affaires & whole estate in England during his absence, which though I was very unfit to undertake, in reguard of buisinesses then which tooke me up; yet upon the greate importunity of my Lady, & Mrs. Godolphin (to whom I could refuse nothing) I did; It seemes when he was Deputy (not long before in Ireland) he had ben much wronged by one he left in trust with his affaires, & therefore wished for some unmercenary friend, who would take that trouble on him; which was to receive his Rents, looke after his Houses & Tennants, solicite for Supplies from the L: Tressurer &c: Correspond weekely with him, more than enough to employ any drudge in England: but what will not friendship & love make on do! ***"$k0*'&H&a@("Ԍ X40a November ă 9 I dind at B: house, & went home: the next day being the time appointed for my L: Ambassador to set forth, [10] I met them with my Coach at NewCrosse: There was with him my Lady his Wife, & my deare friend Mrs. Godolphin who, out of an extraordinary friendship, would needes accompany my Lady to Paris & stay with her some time, which was the chiefe inducement of my permitting my Sonn to Travell; but I knew him safe under her inspection, & in reguard my Lord himselfe had so promisd me to take him into his special care, who had intrusted all he had to mine: Thus we set out 3 Coaches, 3 Wagons, and about 40 horse besides my Coach: It being late and my Lord but valetudinarie yet, we got but to Dartford the first day, & [11] the next to Citinburne; by the Way the Major of Rochester Mr. Cony, who was then an Officer of mine for the Sick & Wounded of that place &c, entertaind the Ladys with an handsome present of refreshments, as we came by his house: 12 We came to Canterbery, where next morning Mrs. Godolphin & I went to the Cathedrall to prayers, and thence to Dover: There was in my Lady Ambassadors Company also my Lady Hammilton, a Spritefull young Lady, who was much in the goodgraces of that family, & wife of that valiant & worthy Gent: Geo: Hammilton not long after slaine in the Warrs; she had ben a Maid of Honor to the Dutchesse, & now turnd Papist: 13 At Dover Mrs. Godolphin delivered me her Will, which her Husband had given her leave to make, & absolutely to dispose of all her fortune, which was in value better than 4000 pounds: then after prayers, [14] the next morning my Lord having delivered me before his Letters of Attourney, Keyes, Seale, & his Will, (it being Sondaymorning and a glorious day) We tooke solemn leave of one another upon the Beach, the Coaches carrying them into the sea to the Boatts, which delivered them to Cap: Gunmans Yacht the Mary: & so I parted with my Lord, my sonn, & the person whom I esteemed as my owne life Mrs. Godolphin; being under saile, the Castle gave them 17 Gunns, & Cap: Gunman answered with 11: Hence I went to Church to beg a blessing on their Voyage: The Ministers text was 1. Joh:5.4: I dined at the Majors, who was also an officer of mine in this port: & lay that night at his house: ***  X4;b December ă 2 I visited my La: Mordaunt at P: Greene, my Lord her sonn being sick: After dinner this pious woman delivered me 100 pounds to bestow as I thought fit for the release of poore Prisoners, & other Charitable uses: I returned home: *** 23 To Lond: returnd: My Lady Sunderland gave me ten Ginnies, to bestow in Charities: ***