a　letter　comes　to　us　from　the　Duke　of　Albemarle；　to　tell　us　that　the　fleet　is　all　come　back　to　Solebay；　and　are　presently　to　be　dispatched　back　again。　　Whereupon　I　presently　by　water　to　the　Duke　of　Albemarle　to　know　what　news；　and　there　I　saw　a　letter　from　my　Lord　Sandwich　to　the　Duke　of　Albemarle；　and　also　from　Sir　W。　Coventry　and　Captain　Teddiman；　how　my　Lord　having　commanded　Teddiman　with　twenty…two　ships　（of　which　but　fifteen　could　get　thither；　and　of　those　fifteen　but　eight　or　nine　could　come　up　to　play）　to　go　to　Bergen；　where；　after　several　messages　to　and　fro　from　the　Governor　of　the　Castle；　urging　that　Teddiman　ought　not　to　come　thither　with　more　than　five　ships；　and　desiring　time　to　think　of　it；　all　the　while　he　suffering　the　Dutch　ships　to　land　their　guns　to　the　best　advantage；　Teddiman　on　the　second　presence；　began　to　play　at　the　Dutch　ships；　（whereof　ten　East　India…men；）　and　in　three　hours'　time　（the　town　and　castle；　without　any　provocation；　playing　on　our　ships；）　they　did　cut　all　our　cables；　so　as　the　wind　being　off　the　land；　did　force　us　to　go　out；　and　rendered　our　fire…ships　useless；　without　doing　any　thing；　but　what　hurt　of　course　our　guns　must　have　done　them：　　we　having　lost　five　commanders；　besides　Mr。　Edward　Montagu　and　Mr。　Windham。　　Our　fleet　is　come　home　to　our　great　grief　with　not　above　five　weeks'　dry；　and　six　days'　wet　provisions　however；　must　go　out　again；　and　the　Duke　hath　ordered　the　Soveraigne；　and　all　other　ships　ready；　to　go　out　to　the　fleet　and　strengthen　them。　This　news　troubles　us　all；　but　cannot　be　helped。　　Having　read　all　this　news；　and　received　commands　of　the　Duke　with　great　content；　he　giving　me　the　words　which　to　my　great　joy　he　hath　several　times　said　to　me；　that　his　greatest　reliance　is　upon　me。　　And　my　Lord　Craven　also　did　come　out　to　talk　with　me；　and　told　me　that　I　am　in　mighty　esteem　with　the　Duke；　for　which　I　bless　God。　　Home；　and　having　given　my　fellow…officers　an　account　hereof；　to　Chatham；　and　wrote　other　letters。　　I　by　water　to　Charing…Cross；　to　the　post…house；　and　there　the　people　tell　me　they　are　shut　up；　and　so　I　went　to　the　new　post…house；　and　there　got　a　guide　and　horses　to　Hounslow。　　So　to　Stanes；　and　there　by　this　time　it　was　dark　night；　and　got　a　guide　who　lost　his　way　in　the　forest；　till　by　help　of　the　moone；　（which　recompences　me　for　all　the　pains　I　ever　took　about　studying　of　her　motions；）　I　led　my　guide　into　the　way　back　again；　and　so　we　made　a　man　rise　that　kept　a　gate；　and　so　he　carried　us　to　Cranborne。　　＇One　of　the　Lodges　belonging　to　the　Crown　in　Windsor　Forest。＇　　Where　in　the　dark　I　perceive　an　old　house　new　building　with　a　great　deal　of　rubbish；　and　was　fain　to　go　up　a　ladder　to　Sir　G。　Carteret's　chamber。　　And　there　in　his　bed　I　sat　down；　and　told　him　all　my　bad　news；　which　troubled　him　mightily；　but　yet　we　were　very　merry；　and　made　the　best　of　it；　and　being　myself　weary　did　take　leave；　and　after　having　spoken　with　Mr。　Fenn　＇Nicholas　Fenne　is　mentioned　as　a　Commissioner　of　the　Victualling　Office；　1683。Pepys　MS。　Letters。＇　　in　bed；　I　to　bed　in　my　Lady's　chamber　that　she　uses　to　lie　in；　and　where　the　Duchesse　of　York；　that　now　is；　was　born。　　So　to　sleep；　being　very　well；　but　weary；　and；　the　better　by　having　carried　with　me　a　bottle　of　strong　water；　whereof　now　and　then　a　sip　did　me　good。
  20th。　　I　up　and　to　walk　forth　to　see　the　place；　and　I　find　it　to　be　a　very　noble　seat　in　a　noble　forest；　with　the　noblest　prospect　towards　Windsor；　and　round　about　over　many　countys；　that　can　be　desired；　but　otherwise　a　very　melancholy　place；　and　little　variety　save　only　trees。　　To　Brainford；　and　there　at　the　inn　that　goes　down　to　the　waterside；　I　light　and　paid　off　my　post…horses；　and　so　slipped　on　my　shoes；　and　laid　my　things　by；　the　tide　not　serving；　and　to　church；　where　a　dull　sermon；　and　many　Londoners。　After　church　to　my　inn；　and　eat　and　drank；　and　so　about　seven　o'clock　by　water；　and　got　between　nine　and　ten　to　Queenhive；　＇Queenhythe。＇　　very　dark。　　And　I　could　not　get　my　waterman　to　go　elsewhere　for　fear　of　the　plague。　　Thence　with　a　lanthorn；　in　great　fear　of　meeting　of　dead　corpses；　carrying　to　be　buried；　but；　blessed　be　God；　met　none；　but　did　see　now　and　then　a　linke　（which　is　the　mark　of　them）　at　a　distance。
  22nd。　　I　went　away　and　walked　to　Greenwich；　in　my　way　seeing　a　coffin　with　a　dead　body　therein；　dead　of　the　plague；　lying　in　an　open　close　belonging　to　Coome　farme；　which　was　carried　out　last　night；　and　the　parish　have　not　appointed　any　body　to　bury　it；　but　only　set　a　watch　there　all　day　and　night；　that　nobody　should　go　thither　or　come　thence：　　this　disease　making　us　more　cruel　to　one　another　than　we　are　to　dogs。
  23th。　　This　day　I　am　told　that　Dr。　Burnett；　my　physician；　is　this　morning　dead　of　the　plague；　which　is　strange；　his　man　dying　so　long　ago；　and　his　house　this　month　open　again。　　Now　himself　dead。　Poor　unfortunate　man！
  28th。　　I　think　to　take　adieu　to…day　of　the　London　streets。　　In　much　the　best　posture　I　ever　was　in　in　my　life；　both　as　to　the　quantity　and　the　certainty　I　have　of　the　money　I　am　worth；　having　most　of　it　in　my　hand。　　But　then　this　is　a　trouble　to　me　what　to　do　with　it；　being　myself　this　day　going　to　be　wholly　at　Woolwich；　but　for　the　present　I　am　resolved　to　venture　it　in　an　iron　chest；　at　least　for　a　while。
  30th；　Abroad；　and　met　with　Hadley；　our　clerke；　who；　upon　my　asking　how　the　plague　goes；　told　me　it　encreases　much；　and　much　in　our　parish；　for；　says　he；　there　died　nine　this　week；　though　I　have　returned　but　six：　　which　is　a　very　ill　practice；　and　makes　me　think　it　is　so　in　other　places；　and　therefore　the　plague　much　greater　than　people　take　it　to　be。　　I　went　forth　and　walked　towards　Moorefields　to　see　（God　forgive　my　presumption！）　whether　I　could　see　any　dead　corpse　going　to　the　grave；　but；　as　God　would　have　it；　did　not。　　But；　Lord！　　how　every　body　looks；　and　discourse　in　the　street　is　of　death；　and　nothing　else；　and　few　people　going　up　and　down；　that　the　town　is　like　a　place　distressed　and　forsaken。
  31st。　　Up；　and　after　putting　several　things　in　order　to　my　removal　to　Woolwich；　the　plague　having　a　great　encrease　this　week　beyond　all　expectation　of　almost　2000；　making　the　general　Bill　7000；　odd　100；　and　the　plague　above　6000。　　Thus　this　month　ends　with　great　sadness　upon　the　publick；　through　the　greatness　of　the　plague　every　where　through　the　kingdom　almost。　　Every　day　sadder　and　sadder　news　of　its　encrease。　　In　the　City　died　this　week　7496；　and　of　them　6102　of　the　plague。　　But　it　is　feared　that　the　true　number　of　the　dead　this　week　is　near　10；000；　partly　from　the　poor　that　cannot　be　taken　notice　of；　through　the　greatness　of　the　number；　and　partly　from　the　Quakers　and　others　that　will　not　have　any　bell　ring　for　them。　　Our　fleet　gone　out　to　find　the　Dutch；　we　having　about　100　sail　in　our　fleet；　and　in　them　the　Soveraigne　one；　so　that　it　is　a　better　fleet　than　the　former　with　which　the　Duke　was。　　All　our　fear　is　that　the　Dutch　should　be　got　in　before　them；　which　would　be　a　very　great　sorrow　to　the　publick；　and　to　me　particularly；　for　my　Lord　Sandwich's　sake。　　A　great　deal　of　money　being　spent；　and　the　kingdom　not　in　a　condition　to　spare；　nor　a　parliament　without　much　difficulty　to　meet　to　give　more；　And　to　that；　to　have　it　said；　what　hath　been　done　by　our　late　fleets？　　As　to　myself　I　am　very　well；　only　in　fear　of　the　plague；　and　as　much　of　an　ague　by　being　forced　to　go　early　and　late　to　Woolwich；　and　my　family　to　lie　their　continually。　　My　late　gettings　have　been　very　great　to　my　great　content；　and　am　likely　to　have　yet　a　few　more　profitable　jobbs　in　a　little　while；　for　which　Tangier　and　Sir　W。　Warren　I　am　wholly　obliged　to。
  Sept。　3；　1665　（Lord's　day）。　　Up；　and　put　on　my　coloured　silk　suit　very　fine；　and　my　new　periwigg；　bought　a　good　while　since；　but　durst　not　wear；　because　the　plague　was　in　Westminster　when　I　bought　it；　and　it　is　a　wonder　what　will　be　the　fashion　after　the　plague　is　done；　as　to　periwiggs；　for　nobody　will　dare　to　buy　any　haire；　for　fear　of　the　infection；　that　it　had　been　cut　off　the　heads　of　people　dead　of　the　plague。　　My　Lord　Brouncker；　Sir　J。　Minnes；　and　I　up　to　the　Vestry　at　the　desire　of　the　Justices　of　the　Peace；　in　order　to　the　doing　something　for　the　keeping　of　the　plague　from　growing；　but　Lord！　　to　consider　the　madness　of　people　of　the　town；　who　will　（because　they　are　forbid）　come　in　crowds　along　with　the　dead　corpses　to　see　them　buried；　but　we　agreed　on　some　orders　for　the　prevention　thereof。　　Among　other　stories；　one　was　very　passionate；　methought；　of　a　complaint　brought　against　a　man　in　the　town　for　taking　a　child　from　London　from　an　infected　house。　　Alderman　Hooker　told　us　it　was　the　child　of　a　very　able　citizen　in　Gracious　Street；　a　saddler；　who　had　buried　all　the　rest　of　his　children　of　the　plague；　and　himself　and　wife　now　being　shut　up　and　in　despair　of　escaping；　did　desire　only　to　save　the　life　of　this　little　child；　and　so　prevailed　to　have　it　received　stark…naked　into　the　arms　of　a　friend；　who　brought　it　（having　put　it　into　new　fresh　clothes）　to　Greenwich；　where　upon　hearing　the　story；　we　did　agree　it　should　be　permitted　to　be　received　and　kept　in　the　town。
  4th。　　Walked　home；　my　Lord　Brouncker　giving　me　a　very　neat　cane　to　walk　with；　but　it　troubled　me　to　pass　by　Coome　farme　where　about　twenty…o