ed。　　Then　we　saw　〃The　Cardinall；〃　＇A　tragi…comedy　by　James　Shirley。＇　　a　tragedy　I　had　never　seen　before；　nor　is　there　any　great　matter　in　it。　　The　company　that　come　in　with　me　into　the　box；　were　all　Frenchmen　that　could　speak　no　English；　but　Lord！　　what　sport　they　made　to　ask　a　pretty　lady　that　they　got　among　them　that　understood　both　French　and　English　to　make　her　tell　them　what　the　actors　said。
  5th。　　I　to　church；　and　this　day　the　parson　has　got　one　to　read　with　a　surplice　on。　　I　suppose　himself　will　take　it　up　hereafter；　for　a　cunning　fellow　he　is　as　any　of　his　coate。
  6th。　　To　White　Hall　with　Mr。　Coventry；　and　so　to　my　Lord　Sandwich's　lodgings；　but　my　Lord　not　within；　being　at　a　ball　this　night　with　the　King　at　my　Lady　Castlemaine's　at　next　door。
  8th。　　To　my　Lord　Sandwich's；　and　among　other　things　to　my　extraordinary　joy；　he　did　tell　me　how　much　I　was　beholding　to　the　Duke　of　York；　who　did　yesterday　of　his　own　accord　tell　him　that　he　did　thank　him　for　one　person　brought　into　the　Navy；　naming　myself；　and　much　more　to　my　commendation；　which　is　the　greatest　comfort　and　encouragement　that　ever　I　had　in　my　life；　and　do　owe　it　all　to　Mr。　Coventry's　goodness　and　ingenuity。　　At　night　by　coach　to　my　Lord's　again；　but　he　is　at　White　Hall　with　the　King；　before　whom　the　puppet　plays　I　saw　this　summer　in　Covent…garden　are　acted　this　night。
  9th。　　To　the　office；　and　I　bid　them　adieu　for　a　week；　having　the　Duke's　leave　got　me　by　Mr。　Coventry。　　To　whom　I　did　give　thanks　for　my　news　yesterday　of　the　Duke's　words　to　my　Lord　Sandwich　concerning　me；　which　he　took　well；　and　do　tell　me　so　freely　his　love　and　value　of　me；　that　my　mind　is　now　in　as　great　a　state　quiet　as　to　my　interest　in　the　office；　as　I　could　ever　wish　to　be。　　Between　one　and　two　o'clock　got　on　horseback　at　our　back　gate；　with　my　man　Will。　with　me；　both　well…mounted　on　two　grey　horses。　　We　got　to　Ware　before　night；　and　so　I　resolved　to　ride　on　to　Puckeridge；　which　we　did；　though　the　way　was　bad；　and　the　evening　dark　before　we　got　thither；　by　help　of　company　riding　before　us；　among　others；　a　gentleman　that　took　up　at　the　same　inn；　his　name　Mr。　Brian；　with　whom　I　supped；　and　was　very　good　company；　and　a　scholar。　　He　tells　me　that　it　is　believed　the　Queene　is　with　child；　for　that　the　coaches　are　ordered　to　ride　very　easily　through　the　streets。
  10th。　　Up；　and　between　eight　and　nine　mounted　again；　and　so　rid　to　Cambridge；　the　way　so　good　that　I　got　very　well　thither；　and　set　up　at　the　Beare：　　and　there　my　cosen　Angier　come　to　me；　and　I　must　needs　to　his　house；　and　there　found　Dr。　Fairbrother；　with　a　good　dinner。　　But；　above　all；　he　telling　me　that　this　day　there　is　a　Congregation　for　the　choice　of　some　officers　in　the　University；　he　after　dinner　gets　me　a　gowne；　cap；　and　hoode；　and　carries　me　to　the　Schooles；　where　Mr。　Pepper；　my　brother's　tutor；　and　this　day　chosen　Proctor；　did　appoint　a　M。A。　to　lead　me　into　the　Regent　House；　where　I　sat　with　them；　and　did　vote　by　subscribing　papers　thus：　　〃Ego　Samuel　Pepys　eligo　Magistrum　Bernardum　Skelton；　（and　which　was　more　strange；　my　old　schoolfellow　and　acquaintance；　and　who　afterwards　did　take　notice　of　me；　and　we　spoke　together；）　alterum　e　taxatoribus　hujus　academiae　in　annum　sequentem。〃　　The　like　I　did　for　one　Briggs；　for　the　other　Taxor；　and　for　other　officers；　as　the　Vice…Proctor；　（Mr。　Covell）　for　Mr。　Pepper；　and　which　was　the　gentleman　that　did　carry　me　into　the　Regent　House。
  11th。　　To　Brampton；　where　I　found　my　father　and　two　brothers；　my　mother　and　sister。
  12th。　　To　church；　where　I　saw；　among　others；　Mrs。　Hanbury；　a　proper　lady；　and　Mr。　Bernard　and　his　Lady；　with　her　father；　my　late　Lord　St。　John；　who　looks　now　like　a　very　plain　grave　man。　＇Oliver　St。　John；　one　of　Cromwell's　Lords；　and　Chief　Justice；　and　therefore；　after　the　Restoration；　properly　called　〃My　LATE　Lord。〃　His　third　daughter；　Elizabeth；　by　his　second　wife；　daughter　of　Henry　Cromwell　of　Upwood；　Esq。；　uncle　to　the　Protector；　married　Mr。　John　Bernard；　who　became　a　Baronet　on　the　death　of　his　father；　Sir　Robert；　in　1666　and　was　M。P。　for　Huntingdon。　　Ob。　1689。＇
  13th。　　To　the　Court；　and　did　sue　out　a　recovery；　and　cut　off　the　entayle；　and　my　brothers　there；　to　join　therein。　　And　my　father　and　I　admitted　to　all　the　lands；　he　for　life；　and　I　for　myself　and　my　heirs　in　reversion。　　I　did　with　most　compleat　joy　of　mind　go　from　the　Court　with　my　father　home；　and　away；　calling　in　at　Hinchingbroke；　and　taking　leave　in　three　words　of　my　lady；　and　the　young　ladies；　and　so　by　moonlight　to　Cambridge；　whither　we　come　at　about　nine　o'clock；　and　took　up　at　the　Beare。
  15th。　　Showed　Mr。　Cooke　King's　College　Chapel；　Trinity　College；　and　St。　John's　College　Library；　and　that　being　done；　to　our　inn　again；　where　I　met　Dr。　Fairbrother。　　He　told　us　how　the　room　we　were　in；　was　the　room　where　Cromwell　and　his　associated　officers　did　begin　to　plot　and　act　their　mischiefs　in　these　counties。　Took　leave　of　all；　and　begun　our　journey　about　nine　o'clock；　the　roads　being　every　where　but　bad；　but　finding　our　horses　in　good　case；　we　even　made　shift　to　reach　London；　though　both　of　us　very　weary。　　Found　all　things　well；　there　happening　nothing　since　our　going　to　my　discontent　in　the　least　degree；　which　do　also　please　me；　that　I　cannot　but　bless　God　for　my　journey；　observing　a　whole　course　of　successe　from　the　beginning　to　the　end　of　it。
  16th。　　I　hear　Sir　H。　Bennet　＇Created　Baron　of　Arlington　1663；　and　Viscount　Thetford　and　Earl　of　Arlington；　1672；　he　was　also　K。G。；　and　Chamberlain　to　the　King。　　Ob。　1685。＇　　is　made　Secretary　of　State　in　Sir　Edward　Nicholas's　stead；　not　known　whether　by　consent　or　not。
  17th。　　To　Creed's　chamber；　and　there　sat　a　good　while　and　drank　chocolate。　　Here　I　am　told　how　things　go　at　Court；　that　the　young　men　get　uppermost；　and　the　old　serious　lords　are　out　of　favour；　that　Sir　H。　Bennet；　being　brought　into　Sir　Edward　Nicholas's　place；　Sir　Charles　Barkeley　is　made　Privy　Purse；　a　most　vicious　person；　and　one　whom　Mr。　Pierce；　the　surgeon；　did　tell　me　that　he　offered　his　wife　300l。　per　annum　to　be　his　mistress。　　He　also　told　me；　that　none　in　Court　hath　more　the　King's　eare　now　than　Sir　Charles　Barkeley；　and　Sir　R。　Bennet；　and　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　whose　interest　now　is　as　great　as　ever：　　and　that　Mrs。　Haslerigge；　the　great　beauty；　is　now　brought　to　bed；　and　lays　it　to　the　King　or　the　Duke　of　York。　　He　tells　me　also；　that　my　Lord　St。　Albans　is　like　to　be　Lord　Treasurer：　　all　which　things　do　trouble　me　much。
  19th　（Lord's…day）。　　Put　on　my　first　new　lace…band；　and　so　neat　it　is；　that　I　am　resolved　my　great　expence　shall　be　lace…bands；　and　it　will　set　off　any　thing　else　the　more。　　I　am　sorry　to　hear　that　the　news　of　the　selling　of　Dunkirke　is　taken　so　generally　ill；　as　I　find　it　is　among　the　merchants；　and　other　things；　as　removal　of　officers　at　Court；　good　for　worse；　and　all　things　else　made　much　worse　in　their　report　among　people　than　they　are。　　And　this　night；　I　know　not　upon　what　ground；　the　gates　of　the　City　ordered　to　be　all　shut；　and　double　guards　every　where。　　Indeed　I　do　find　every　body's　spirit　very　full　of　trouble：　　and　the　things　of　the　Court　and　Council　very　ill　taken；　so　as　to　be　apt　to　appear　in　bad　colours；　if　there　should　ever　be　a　beginning　of　trouble；　which　God　forbid！
  20th。　　In　Sir　J。　Minnes's　coach　with　him　and　Sir　W。　Batten　to　White　Hall；　where　now　the　Duke　is　come　again　to　lodge：　　and　to　Mr。　Coventry's　little　new　chamber　there。　　And　by　and　by　up　to　the　Duke；　who　was　making　himself　ready；　and　there　young　Killigrew　did　so　commend　〃The　Villaine；〃　a　new　play　made　by　Tom　Porter；　and　acted　only　on　Saturday　at　the　Duke's　house；　as　if　there　never　had　been　any　such　play　come　upon　the　stage。　　The　same　yesterday　was　told　me　by　Captn。　Ferrers；　and　this　morning　afterwards　by　Dr。　Clarke；　who　saw　it。　　After　I　had　done　with　the　Duke；　with　Commissioner　Pett　to　Mr。　Lilly's；　the　great　painter；　who　come　forth　to　us；　but　believing　that　I　come　to　bespeak　a　picture；　he　prevented　it；　by　telling　us；　that　he　should；　not　be　at　leisure　these　three　weeks；　which　methinks　is　a　rare　thing。　　And　then　to　see　in　what　pomp　his　table　was　laid　for　himself　to　go　to　dinner；　and　here；　among　other　pictures；　saw　the　so　much　desired　by　me　picture　of　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　which　is　a　most　blessed　picture；　and　one　that　I　must　have　a　copy　of。　　From　thence　I　took　my　wife　by　coach　to　the　Duke's　house；　there　was　the　house　full　of　company：　　but　whether　it　was　in　overexpecting　or　what；　I　know　not；　but　I　was　never　less　pleased　with　a　play　in　my　life。　　Though　there　was　good　singing　and　dancing；　yet　no　fancy　in　the　play。
  21st。　　By　water　with　Mr。　Smith；　to　Mr。　Lechmore；　the　Councellor　at　the　Temple；　＇Nicholas　Lechmere；　knighted　and　made　a　Baron　of　the　Exchequer；　1689。　　Ob。　1701。＇　　about　Field's　business；　and　he　tells　me　plainly　that　there　being　a　verdict　against　me；　there　is　no　help　for　it；　but　it　must　proceed　to　judgement。　　It　is　30l。　damage　to　me　for　my　joining　with　others　in　committing　Field　to　prison；　as　being　not　Justices　of　the　Peace　in　the　City；　though　in　Middlesex；　which　troubled　me；　and　I　hope　the　King　will　make　it　good　to　us。
  24th。　　Mr。　Pierce；　the　chyrurgeon；　tells　me　how　ill　things　go　at　Court：　　that　the　King　do　show　no　countenance　to　any　that　belong　to　the　Queene；　nor；　above　all；　to　such　Eng