did　owne　the　child；　and　hath　left　him　his　estate；　not　long　since。　　So　Sir　G。　Carteret　hath　struck　up　of　a　sudden　a　match　with　him　for　his　little　daughter。　　He　hath　about　2000l。　per　annum；　and　it　seems　Sir　G。　C。　hath　by　this　means　over…reached　Sir　H。　Bennet；　who　did　endeavour　to　get　this　gentleman　for　a　sister　of　his。　　By　this　means　Sir　G。　Carteret　hath　married　two　daughters　this　year　both　very　well。　　＇The　other　daughter　was　Anne；　wife　of　Sir　Nicholas　Slaning；　K。B。＇　　The　towne　talk　this　day　is　of　nothing　but　the　great　foot…race　run　this　day　on　Banstead　Downes；　between　Lee；　the　Duke　of　Richmond's　footman；　and　a　tyler；　a　famous　runner。　　And　Lee　hath　beat　him；　though　the　King　and　Duke　of　York　and　all　men　almost　did　bet　three　or　four　to　one　upon　the　tyler's　head。
  31st。　　To　the　Exchange；　where　I　met　Dr。　Pierce；　who　tells　me　of　his　good　luck　to　get　to　be　groom　of　the　Privy…Chamber　to　the　Queene；　and　without　my　Lord　Sandwich's　help；　but　only　by　his　good　fortune；　meeting　a　man　that　hath　let　him　have　his　right　for　a　small　matter；　about　60l。　for　which　he　can　every　day　have　400l。　But　he　tells　me　my　Lord　bath　lost　much　honour　in　standing　so　long　and　so　much　for　that　coxcomb　Pickering；　and　at　last　not　carrying　it　for　him；　but　hath　his　name　struck　out　by　the　King　and　Queene　themselves　after　he　had　been　in　ever　since　the　Queene's　coming。　But　he　tells　me　he　believes　that　either　Sir　H。　Bennet；　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　or　Sir　Charles　Barkeley　had　received　some　money　for　the　place；　and　so　the　King　could　not　disappoint　them；　but　was　forced　to　put　out　this　fool　rather　than　a　better　man。　　And　I　am　sorry　to　hear　what　he　tells　me　that　Sir　Charles　Barkeley　hath　still　such　power　over　the　King；　as　to　be　able　to　fetch　him　from　the　Council…table　to　my　Lady　Castlemaine　when　he　pleases。　　He　tells　me　also；　as　a　friend；　the　great　injury　that　he　thinks　I　do　myself　by　being　so　severe　in　the　Yards；　and　contracting　the　ill…　will　of　the　whole　Navy　for　those　offices；　singly　upon　myself。　Now　I　discharge　a　good　conscience　therein；　and　I　tell　him　that　no　man　can　（nor　do　he　say　any　say　it；）　charge　me　with　doing　wrong；　but　rather　do　as　many　good　offices　as　any　man。　　They　think；　he　says；　that　I　have　a　mind　to　get　a　good　name　with　the　King　and　Duke；　who　he　tells　me　do　not　consider　any　such　thing；　but　I　shall　have　as　good　thanks　to　let　all　alone；　and　do　as　the　rest。　　But　I　believe　the　contrary；　and　yet　I　told　him　I　never　go　to　the　Duke　alone；　as　others　do；　to　talk　of　my　own　services。　　However；　I　will　make　use　of　his　council；　and　take　some　course　to　prevent　having　the　single　ill…will　of　the　office。　　Mr。　Grant　showed　me　letters　of　Sir　William　Petty's；　wherein　he　says；　that　his　vessel　which　he　hath　built　upon　two　keeles；　（a　modell　whereof；　built　for　the　King；　he　showed　me）　hath　this　month　won　a　wager　of　50l。　in　sailing　between　Dublin　and　Holyhead　with　the　pacquett…boat；　the　best　ship　or　vessel　the　King　hath　there；　and　he　offers　to　lay　with　any　vessel　in　the　world。　　It　is　about　thirty　ton　in　burden；　and　carries　thirty　men；　with　good　accommodation；　（as　much　more　as　any　ship　of　her　burden；）　and　so　any　vessel　of　this　figure　shall　carry　more　men；　with　better　accommodation　by　half；　than　any　other　ship。　　This　carries　also　ten　guns；　of　about　five　tons　weight。　　In　their　coming　back　from　Holyhead　they　started　together；　and　this　vessel　come　to　Dublin　by　five　at　night；　and　the　pacquett…boat　not　before　eight　the　next　morning；　and　when　they　come　they　did　believe　that　this　vessel　had　been　drowned；　or　at　least　behind；　not　thinking　she　could　have　lived　in　that　sea。　　Strange　things　are　told　of　this　vessel；　and　he　concludes　his　letter　with　this　position；　〃I　only　affirm　that　the　perfection　of　sayling　lies　in　my　principle；　finde　it　out　who　can。〃
  AUGUST　8；　1663。　　I　with　Mr。　Coventry　down　to　the　water…side；　talking；　wherein　I　see　so　much　goodness　and　endeavours　of　doing　the　King　service；　that　I　do　more　and　more　admire　him。
  9th。　　To　church；　and　heard　Mr。　Mills　（who　is　lately　returned　out　of　the　country；　and　it　seems　was　fetched　in　by　many　of　the　parishioners；　with　great　state；）　preach　upon　the　authority　of　the　ministers；　upon　these　words；　〃We　are　therefore　embassadors　of　Christ。〃　　Wherein；　among　other　high　expressions；　he　said；　that　such　a　learned　man　used　to　say；　that　if　a　minister　of　the　word　and　an　angell　should　meet　him　together；　he　would　salute　the　minister　first；　which　methought　was　a　little　too　high。　　This　day　I　begun　to　make　use　of　the　silver　pen　（Mr。　Coventry　did　give　me；）　in　writing　of　this　sermon；　taking　only　the　heads　of　it　in　Latin；　which　I　shall；　I　think；　continue　to　do。
  10th。　　To　the　Committee　of　Tangier；　where　my　Lord　Sandwich；　my　Lord　Peterborough；　（whom　I　have　not　seen　before　since　his　coming　back；）　Sir　W。　Compton；　and　Mr。　Povy。　　Our　discourse　about　supplying　my　Lord　Teviott　with　money；　wherein　I　am　sorry　to　see；　though　they　do　not　care　for　him；　yet　they　are　willing　to　let　him　for　civility　and　compliment　only　have　money　also　without　expecting　any　account　of　it；　and　he　being　such　a　cunning　fellow　as　he　is；　the　King　is　like　to　pay　dear　for　our　courtier's　ceremony。　　Thence　by　coach　with　my　Lords　Peterborough　and　Sandwich　to　my　Lord　Peterborough's　house；　and　there；　after　an　hour's　looking　over　some　fine　books　of　the　Italian　buildings；　with　fine　cuts；　and　also　my　Lord　Peterborough's　bowes　and　arrows；　of　which　he　is　a　great　lover；　we　sat　down　to　dinner；　my　Lady　＇Penelope；　daughter　of　Barnabas；　Earl　of　Thomond；　Countess　of　Peterborough。＇　　coming　down　to　dinner　also；　and　there　being　Mr。　Williamson；　＇Joseph　Williamson；　Keeper　of　the　Paper　Office　at　White　Hall；　and　in　1665　made　Under　Secretary　of　State；　and　soon　afterwards　knighted：　　and　in　1674　he　became　Secretary　of　State；　which　situation　he　retained　four　years。　　He　represented　Thetford　and　Rochester　in　several　Parliaments；　and　was　in　1678　President　of　the　Royal　Society。　　Ob。　1701。＇　　that　belongs　to　Sir　H。　Bennet；　whom　I　find　a　pretty　understanding　and　accomplished　man；　but　a　little　conceited。　　Yesterday；　I　am　told；　that　Sir　J。　Lenthall；　＇Son　to　the　Speaker；　and　Governor　of　Windsor　Castle　under　Cromwell。　　Ob。　1681。＇　　in　Southwarke　did　apprehend　about　one　hundred　Quakers；　and　other　such　people；　and　hath　sent　some　of　them　to　the　gaole　at　Kingston；　it　being　now　the　time　of　the　Assizes。　　Dr。　Pierce　tells　me　the　Queene　is　grown　a　very　debonnaire　lady；　but　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　who　rules　the　King　in　matters　of　state；　and　do　what　she　list　with　him；　he　believes　is　now　falling　quite　out　of　favour。　　After　the　Queene　is　come　back　she　goes　to　the　Bath；　and　so　to　Oxford；　where　great　entertainments　are　making　for　her。　　This　day　I　am　told　that　my　Lord　Bristoll　hath　warrants　issued　out　against　him；　to　have　carried　him　to　the　Tower；　but　he　is　fled　away　or　hid　himself。　　So　much　the　Chancellor　hath　got　the　better　of　him。
  13th。　　Met　with　Mr。　Hoole　＇William；　son　of　Robert　Hoole　of　Walkeringham；　admitted　of　Magdalene　College　June　1648。＇　　my　old　acquaintance　of　Magdalene；　and　walked　with　him　an　hour　in　the　Parke；　discoursing　chiefly　of　Sir　Samuel　Morland；　whose　lady　＇Susanne　de　Milleville；　daughter　of　Daniel　de　Milleville；　Baron　of　Boessen　in　France；　naturalized　1662。　　When　she　died　I　cannot　learn；　but　Sir　Samuel　Morland　survived　a　second　and　a　third　wife；　both　buried　in　Westminster　Abbey。＇　　is　gone　into　France。　　It　seems　he　buys　ground　and　a　farm　in　that　country；　and　lays　out　money　upon　building；　and　God　knows　what！　　so　that　most　of　the　money　he　sold　his　pension　of　500l。　per　annum　for　to　Sir　Arthur　Slingsby；　＇A　younger　son　of　Sir　Guildford　Slingsby；　Comptroller　of　the　Navy；　knighted　by　Charles　II。；　and　afterwards　created　a　Baronet　at　Brussels　1657；　which　title　has　long　been　extinct。＇　is　believed　is　gone。　　It　seems　he　hath　very　great　promises　from　the　King；　and　Boole　hath　seen　some　of　the　King's　letters；　under　his　own　hand；　to　Morland；　promising　him　great　things；　（and　among　others；　the　order　of　the　Garter；　as　Sir　Samuel　says；）　but　his　lady　thought　it　below　her　to　ask　any　thing　at　the　King's　first　coming；　believing　the　King　would　do　it　of　himself；　when　as　Hoole　do　really　think　if　he　had　asked　to　be　Secretary　of　State　at　the　King's　first　coming；　he　might　have　had　it。　　And　the　other　day　at　her　going　into　France；　she　did　speak　largely　to　the　King　herself；　how　her　husband　hath　failed　of　what　his　Majesty　had　promised；　and　she　was　sure　intended　him；　and　the　King　did　promise　still；　as　he　is　a　King　and　a　gentleman；　to　be　as　good　as　his　word　in　a　little　time；　to　a　tittle：　　but　I　never　believe　it。
  21st。　　Meeting　with　Mr。　Creed　he　told　me　how　my　Lord　Teviott　hath　received　another　attacque　from　Guyland　at　Tangier　with　10；000　men；　and　at　last；　as　is　said；　is　come；　after　a　personal　treaty　with　him；　to　a　good　understanding　and　peace　with　him。
  23rd。　　To　church；　and　so　home　to　my　wife；　and　with　her　read　〃Iter　Boreale；〃　＇Robert　Wild；　a　Nonconformist　Divine；　published　a　poem　in　1660；　upon　Monk's　march　from　Scotland　to　London；　called　〃Iter　Boreale；〃　and　Wood　mentions　three　others　of　the　same　name　by　Eades；　Corbett；　and　Marten；　it　having　been　a　favourite　subject　at　that　time。＇　　a　poem；　made　first　at　the　King's　coming　home；　but　I　never　read　it　before；　and　now　like　it　pretty　well；　but　not　so　as　it　was　cried　up。
  24th。　　At　my　Lord　Sandwich's；　where　I　was　a　good　while　alone　with　my