and　died　1702。＇　　Mrs。　Wells　do　appear　at　Court　again；　and　looks　well；　so　that；　it　may　be；　the　late　report　of　laying　the　dropped　child　to　her　was　not　true。　　This　day　I　was　told　that　my　Lady　Castlemaine　hath　all　the　King's　Christmas　presents；　made　him　by　the　peers；　given　to　her；　which　is　a　most　abominable　thing；　and　that　at　the　great　ball　she　was　much　richer　in　jewells　than　the　Queene　and　Duchesse　put　both　together。
  24th。　　Among　other　things；　my　Lord　Sandwich　tells　me；　that　he　hears　the　Commons　will　not　agree　to　the　King's　late　declaration；　nor　will　yield　that　the　Papists　have　any　ground　given　them　to　raise　themselves　up　again　in　England；　which　I　perceive　by　my　Lord　was　expected　at　Court。
  25th。　　The　Commons　in　Parliament；　I　hear；　are　very　high　to　stand　to　the　Act　of　Uniformity；　and　will　not　indulge　the　Papists　（which　is　endeavoured　by　the　Court　Party；）　nor　the　Presbyters。
  26th。　　Sir　W。　Batten　and　I　by　water　to　the　Parliament…house：　　he　went　in；　and　I　walked　up　and　down　the　Hall。　　All　the　newes　is　the　great　oddes　yesterday　in　the　votes　between　them　that　are　for　the　Indulgence　to　the　Papists　and　Presbyters；　and　those　that　are　against　it；　which　did　carry　it　by　200　against　30。　　And　pretty　it　is　to　consider　how　the　King　would　appear　to　be　a　stiff　Protestant　and　son　of　the　Church；　and　yet　willing　to　give　a　liberty　to　these　people；　because　of　his　promise　at　Breda。　　And　yet　all　the　world　do　believe　that　the　King　would　not　have　the　liberty　given　them　at　all。
  27th。　　About　11　o'clock；　Commissioner　Pett　and　I　walked　to　Chyrurgeon's　Hall；　（we　being　all　invited　thither；　and　promised　to　dine　there；）　where　we　were　led　into　the　Theatre：　　and　by　and　by　comes　the　reader；　Dr。　Tearne；　＇Christopher　Terne；　of　Leyden；　M。D。；　originally　of　Cambridge；　and　Fellow　of　the　College　of　Physicians。　　Ob。　1673。＇　　with　the　Master　and　Company；　In　a　very　handsome　manner：　　and　all　being　settled；　he　begun　his　lecture；　and　his　discourse　being　ended；　we　had　a　fine　dinner　and　good　learned　company；　many　Doctors　of　Phisique；　and　we　used　with　extraordinary　great　respect。　　Among　other　observables　we　drunk　the　King's　health　out　of　a　gilt　cup　given　by　King　Henry　VIII。　to　this　Company；　with　bells　hanging　at　it；　which　every　man　is　to　ring　by　shaking　after　he　hath　drunk　up　the　whole　cup。　　There　is　also　a　very　excellent　piece　of　the　King；　done　by　Holbein；　stands　up　in　the　Hall；　with　the　officers　of　the　Company　kneeling　to　him　to　receive　their　Charter。　　Dr。　Scarborough　took　some　of　his　friends；　and　I　went　with　them；　to　see　the　body　of　a　lusty　fellow；　a　seaman；　that　was　hanged　for　a　robbery。　　It　seems　one　Dillon；　of　a　great　family；　was；　after　much　endeavours　to　have　saved　him；　hanged　with　a　silken　halter　this　Sessions；　（of　his　own　preparing；）　not　for　honour　only；　but　it　being　soft　and　sleek　it　do　slip　close　and　kills；　that　is；　strangles　presently：　　whereas；　a　stiff　one　do　not　come　so　close　together；　and　so　the　party　may　live　the　longer　before　killed。　　But　all　the　Doctors　at　table　conclude；　that　there　is　no　pain　at　all　in　hanging；　for　that　it　do　stop　the　circulation　of　the　blood；　and　so　stops　all　sense　and　motion　in　an　instant。　　To　Sir　W。　Batten's　to　speak　upon　some　business；　where　I　found　Sir　J。　Minnes　pretty　well　fuddled　I　thought：　　he　took　me　aside　to　tell　me　how　being　at　my　Lord　Chancellor's　to…day；　my　Lord　told　him　that　there　was　a　Great　Seal　passing　for　Sir　W。　Pen；　through　the　impossibility　of　the　Comptroller's　duty　to　be　performed　by　one　man；　to　be　as　it　were　joynt…comptroller　with　him；　at　which　he　is　stark　mad；　and　swears　he　will　give　up　his　place。　　For　my　part；　I　do　hope；　when　all　is　done　that　my　following　my　business　will　keep　me　secure　against　all　their　envys。　　But　to　see　how　the　old　man　do　strut；　and　swear　that　he　understands　all　his　duty　as　easily　as　crack　a　nut；　and　easier；　he　told　my　Lord　Chancellor；　for　his　teeth　are　gone；　and　that　he　understands　it　as　well　as　any　man　in　England；　and　that　he　will　never　leave　to　record　that　he　should　be　said　to　be　unable　to　do　his　duty　alone；　though；　God　knows；　he　cannot　do　it　more　than　a　child。
  28th。　　The　House　have　this　noon　been　with　the　King　to　give　him　their　reasons　for　refusing　to　grant　any　indulgence　to　Presbyters　or　Papists；　which　he；　with　great　content　and　seeming　pleasure；　took；　saying；　that　he　doubted　not　but　he　and　they　should　agree　in　all　things；　though　there　may　seem　a　difference　in　judgements；　he　having　writ　and　declared　for　an　indulgence：　　and　that　he　did　believe　never　prince　was　happier　in　a　House　of　Commons；　than　he　was　in　them。　　At　the　Privy　Seale　I　did　see　the　docquet　by　which　Sir　W。　Pen　is　made　the　Comptroller's　assistant；　as　Sir　J。　Minnes　told　me　last　night。
  MARCH　3；　1662…63。　　This　afternoon　Roger　Pepys　tells　me；　that　for　certain　the　King　is　for　all　this　very　highly　incensed　at　the　Parliament's　late　opposing　the　Indulgence；　which　I　am　sorry　for；　and　fear　it　will　breed　great　discontent。
  5th。　　To　the　Lobby；　and　spoke　with　my　cousin　Roger；　who　is　going　to　Cambridge　to…morrow。　　In　the　Hall　I　do　hear　that　the　Catholiques　are　in　great　hopes　for　all　this；　and　do　set　hard　upon　the　King　to　get　Indulgence。　　Matters；　I　hear；　are　all　naught　in　Ireland；　and　the　people；　that　is　the　Papists；　do　cry　out　against　the　Commissioners　sent　by　the　King；　so　that　they　say　the　English　interest　will　be　lost　there。
  6th。　　This　day　it　seems　the　House　of　Commons　have　been　very　high　against　the　Papists；　being　incensed　by　the　stir　which　they　make　for　their　having　an　Indulgence；　which；　without　doubt；　is　a　great　folly　in　them　to　be　so　hot　upon　at　this　time；　when　they　see　how　averse　already　the　House　have　showed　themselves　from　it。　　This　evening　Mr。　Povy　tells　me　that　my　Lord　Sandwich　is　this　day　so　ill　that　he　is　much　afraid　of　him；　which　puts　me　to　great　pain；　not　more　for　my　own　sake　than　for　his　poor　family's。
  7th。　　Creed　told　me　how　for　some　words　of　my　Lady　Gerard's；　against　my　Lady　Castlemaine　to　the　Queene；　the　King　did　the　other　day　apprehend　her　in　going　out　to　dance　with　her　at　a　ball；　when　she　desired　it　as　the　ladies　do；　and　is　since　forbid　attending　the　Queene　by　the　King；　which　is　much　talked　of；　my　Lord　her　husband　being　a　great　favourite。
  8th　（Lord's　day）。　　To　White　Hall　to…day；　I　heard　Dr。　King；　Bishop　of　Chichester；　make　a　good　and　eloquent　sermon　upon　these　words；　〃They　that　sow　in　tears；　shall　reap　in　joy。〃　　Whence　（the　chapel　in　Lent　being　hung　with　black；　and　no　anthem　after　sermon；　as　at　other　times；）　to　my　Lord　Sandwich　at　Sir　W。　Wheeler's。　　I　found　him　out　of　order；　thinking　himself　to　be　in　a　fit　of　ague。　　After　dinner　up　to　my　Lord；　there　being　Mr。　Rumball。　　My　Lord；　among　other　discourse；　did　tell　me　of　his　great　difficultys　passed　in　the　business　of　the　Sound；　and　of　his　receiving　letters　from　the　King　there；　but　his　sending　them　by　Whetstone　was　a　great　folly；　and　the　story　how　my　Lord　being　at　dinner　with　Sydney；　＇The　famous　Algernon　Sydney；　one　of　the　Ambassadors　sent　to　Sweden　and　Denmark　by　Richard　Cromwell。＇　　one　of　his　fellow　plenipotentiarys　and　his　mortal　enemy；　did　see　Whetstone；　and　put　off　his　hat　three　times　to　him；　and　the　fellow　would　not　be　known；　which　my　Lord　imputed　to　his　coxcombly　humour；　（of　which　he　was　full）　and　bid　Sydney　take　notice　of　him　too；　when　at　the　very　time　he　had　letters　＇These　letters　are；　in　Thurloe's　State　Papers；　vol。　vii。　One　was　from　the　King　the　other　from　Chancellor　Hyde。＇　　in　his　pocket　from　the　King；　as　it　proved　afterwards。　　And　Sydney　afterwards　did　find　it　out　at　Copenhagen；　the　Dutch　Commissioners　telling　him　how　my　Lord　Sandwich　had　desired　one　of　their　ships　to　carry　back　Whetstone　to　Lubeck；　he　being　come　from　Flanders　from　the　King。　　But　I　cannot　but　remember　my　Lord's　equanimity　in　all　these　affairs　with　admiration。
  9th。　　About　noon　Sir　J。　Robinson；　Lord　Mayor；　desiring　way　through　the　garden　from　the　Tower；　called　in　at　the　office　and　there　invited　me　（and　Sir　W。　Pen；　who　happened　to　be　in　the　way）　to　dinner；　and　we　did　go；　and　there　had　a　great　Lent　dinner　of　fish；　little　flesh。　　There　dined　with　us　to…day　Mr。　Slingsby　of　the　Mint；　＇Master　of　the　Mint；　frequently　mentioned　by　Evelyn。＇　who　showed　us　all　the　new　pieces　both　gold　and　silver　（examples　of　them　all）　that　were　made　for　the　King；　by　Blondeau's　way；　and　compared　them　with　those　made　for　Oliver。　　The　pictures　of　the　latter　made　by　Symons；　＇Thomas　Simon；　an　engraver　of　coins　and　medals。＇　　and　of　the　King　by　one　Rotyr；　＇There　were　three　brothers　named　Rotier；　all　Medallists；　Philip　intoduced　the　likeness　of　Mrs。　Stewart　in　the　figure　of　Britannia。＇　　a　German；　I　think；　that　dined　with　us　also。　　He　extolls　those　of　Rotyr　above　the　others；　and；　indeed；　I　think　they　are　the　better；　because　the　sweeter　of　the　two；　but；　upon　my　word；　those　of　the　Protector　are　more　like　in　my　mind；　than　the　King's；　but　both　very　well　worth　seeing。　　The　crownes　of　Cromwell　are　now　sold；　it　seems；　for　25s。　and　30s。　a…piece。
  16th。　　To　the　Duke　where　we　met　of　course；　and　talked　of　our　Navy　matters。　　Then　to　the　Commission　of　Tangier；　and　there　had　my　Lord　Peterborough's　Commission　read　over；　and　Mr。　Secretary　Bennet　did　make　his　querys　upon　it；　in　order　to　the　drawing　one　for　my　Lord　Rutherford　more　regularly；　that　being　a　very　extravagant　thing。　　Here　long　discoursing　upon　my　Lord　Rutherford's　despatch；　and　so