England　caused　all　his　footmen　to　be　put　into　vests；　and　that　the　noblemen　of　France　will　do　the　like；　which；　if　true；　is　the　greatest　indignity　ever　done　by　one　Prince　to　another；　and　would　excite　a　stone　to　be　revenged；　and　I　hope　our　King　will；　if　it　be　so；　as　he　tells　me　it　is：　　being　told　by　one　that　come　over　from　Paris　with　my　Lady　Fanshaw；　（who　is　come　over　with　the　dead　body　of　her　husband；）　and　that　saw　it　before　he　come　away。　　This　makes　me　mighty　merry；　it　being　an　ingenious　kind　of　affront；　but　yet　makes　me　angry；　to　see　that　the　King　of　England　is　become　so　little　as　to　have　the　affront　offered　him。
  23rd。　　I　spoke　with　Sir　G。　Downing　about　our　prisoners　in　Holland　and　their　being　released；　which　he　is　concerned　in；　and　most　of　them　are。　　Then　discoursing　of　matters　of　the　House　of　Parliament；　he　tells　me　that　it　is　not　the　fault　of　the　House；　but　the　King's　own　party　that　have　hindered　the　passing　of　the　Bill　for　money；　by　their　popping　in　of　new　projects　for　raising　it：　　which　is　a　strange　thing；　and　mighty　confident　he　is；　that　what　money　is　raised；　will　be　raised　and　put　into　the　same　form　that　the　last　was；　to　come　into　the　Exchequer。　　And　for　aught　I　see；　I　must　confess　I　think　it　is　the　best　way。
  24th。　　With　Sir　J。　Minnes　by　coach　to　Stepney　to　the　Trinity　House；　where　it　is　kept　again　now　since　the　burning　of　their　other　house　in　London。　　And　here　a　great　many　met　at　Sir　Thomas　Allen's　feast；　of　his　being　made　an　Elder　Brother；　but　he　is　sick；　and　so　could　not　be　there。　　Here　was　much　good　company；　and　very　merry　；　but　the　discourse　of　Scotland　it　seems　is　confirmed；　and　that　they　are　4000　of　them　in　armes；　and　do　declare　for　King　and　Covenant；　which　is　very　ill　news。　　I　pray　God　deliver　us　from　the　ill　consequences　we　may　justly　fear　from　it。　　Sir　Philip　Warwick　I　find　is　full　of　trouble　in　his　mind　to　see　how　things　go；　and　what　our　wants　are；　and　so　I　have　no　delight　to　trouble　him　with　discourse；　though　I　honour　the　man　with　all　my　heart；　and　I　think　him　to　be　a　very　able　right…honest　man。
  25th。　　To　Sir　G。　Carteret's　to　dinner；　where　much　company。　　Among　others；　Mr。　Carteret　and　my　Lady　Jemimah；　and　Mr。　Ashburnham；　the　great　man；　who　is　a　pleasant　man；　and　that　hath　seen　much　of　the　world；　and　more　of　the　Court。　　Into　the　Court；　and　attended　there　till　the　Council　met；　and　then　was　called　in；　and　I　read　my　letter。　　My　Lord　Treasurer　declared　that　the　King　had　nothing　to　give；　till　the　Parliament　did　give　him　some　money。　　So　the　King　did　of　himself　bid　me　to　declare　to　all　that　would　take　our　tallies　for　payment；　that　he　should；　soon　as　the　Parliament's　money　do　come　in；　take　back　their　tallies；　and　give　them　money：　which　I　giving　him　occasion　to　repeat　to　me　（it　coming　from　him　against　the　gre；　I　perceive；　of　my　Lord　Treasurer；）　I　was　content　therewith　and　went　out。　　All　the　talk　of　Scotland；　where　the　highest　report　I　perceive；　runs　but　upon　three　or　four　hundred　in　armes。　　Here　I　saw　Mrs。　Stewart　this　afternoon；　methought　the　beautifullest　creature　that　ever　I　saw　in　my　life；　more　than　ever　I　thought　her；　so　often　as　I　have　seen　her　and　I　do　begin　to　think　do　exceed　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　at　least　now。　　This　being　St。　Katherine'a　day；　the　Queene　was　at　masse　by　seven　o'clock　this　morning；　and　Mr。　Ashburnham　do　say　that　he　never　saw　any　one　have　so　much　zeale　in　his　life　as　she　hath：　　and　（the　question　being　asked　by　my　Lady　Carteret；）　much　beyond　the　bigotry　that　ever　the　old　Queene…mother　had。　　I　spoke　with　Mr。　May；　＇Hugh　May。＇　　who　tells　me　that　the　design　of　building　the　City　do　go　on　apace；　and　by　his　description　it　will　be　mighty　handsome；　and　to　the　satisfaction　of　the　people；　but　I　pray　God　it　come　not　out　too　late。　　Mr。　Ashburnham　today；　at　dinner　told　how　the　rich　fortune　Mrs。　Mallett　reports　of　her　servants；　that　my　Lord　Herbert　＇William　Lord　Herbert　succeeded　his　father　as　（sixth）　Earl　of　Pembroke；　1669。　　Ob；　unmarried　1674。＇　　would　have　her；　my　Lord　Hinchingbroke　was　indifferent　to　have　her；　my　Lord　John　Butler　＇Seventh　son　of　the　Duke　of　Ormond；　created　1676　Baron　of　Aghrim；　Viscount　of　Clonmore；　and　Earl　of　Gowran。　　Ob。　1677；　s。　p。＇　　not　have　her；　my　Lord　of　Rochester　would　have　forced　her；　and　Sir　　Popham　　＇Probably　Sir　Francis　Popham；　K。B。＇　　（who　nevertheless　is　likely　to　have　her）；　would　do　any　thing　to　have　her。
  26th。　　Into　the　House　of　Parliament；　where　at　a　great　committee　I　did　hear　as　long　as　I　would　the　great　case　against　my　Lord　Mordaunt；　for　some　arbitrary　proceedings　of　his　against　one　Taylor　whom　he　imprisoned　and　did　all　the　violence　to　imaginable；　only　to　get　him　to　give　way　to　his　abusing　his　daughter。　　＇John　Mordaunt；　younger　son　to　the　first；　and　brother　to　the　second　Earl　of　Peterborough；　having　incurred　considerable　personal　risk　in　endeavouring　to　promote　the　King's　Restoration；　was　in　1659；　created　Baron　Mordaunt　of　Reigate；　and　Viscount　Mordaunt　of　Avalon。　　He　was　soon　afterwards　made　K。G。　and　constituted　Lord　Lieutenant　of　Surrey；　and　Constable　of　Windsor　Castle；　which　offices　he　held　till　his　death；　in　1675。　　In　January　1666…7；　Lord　Mordaunt　was　impeached　by　the　House　of　Commons　for　forcibly　ejecting　William　Tayleur　and　his　family　from　the　apartments　which　they　occupied　in　Windsor　Castle；　where　Tayleur　held　some　appointment；　and　imprisoning　him　because　he　had　presumed　to　offer　himself　as　a　candidate　for　the　borough　of　Windsor。　　Lord　M。　was　also　accused　of　improper　conduct　towards　Tayleur's　daughter。　　He；　however；　denied　all　these　charges　in　his　place　in　the　House　of　Lords；　and　put　in　an　answer　to　the　articles　of　impeachment；　for　hearing　which　a　day　was　absolutely　fixed；　but　the　Parliament　being　shortly　afterwards　prorogued；　the　enquiry　seems　to　have　been　entirely　abandoned；　notwithstanding　the　vehemence　with　which　the　House　of　Commons　had　taken　the　matter　up。　　Perhaps　the　King　interfered　in　Lord　Mordaunt's　behalf；　because　Andrew　Marvel　in　his　〃Instructions　to　a　Painter；〃　after　saying；　in　allusion　to　this　business；
  〃Now　Mordaunt　may　within　his　castle　tower　　　　Imprison　parents　and　the　child　deflower；〃
  proceeds　to　observe；
  〃Each　does　the　other　blame；　and　all　distrust；　　　　But　Mordaunt　NEW　OBLIGED　would　sure　be　just。〃＇
  Here　was　Mr。　Sawyer；　＇Afterwards　Sir　Robert　Sawyer；　Attorney　General　from　1681　to　1687。　　Ob。　1692。＇　　my　old　chamber…fellow；　＇At　Magdalene　College；　where　he　was　admitted　a　Pensioner；　June　1648。＇　　a　counsel　against　my　Lord；　　and　I　was　glad　to　see　him　in　so　good　play。　　No　news　from　the　North　at　all　to…day；　and　the　news…book；　makes　the　business　nothing；　but　that　they　are　all　dispersed。
  27th。　　To　my　Lord　Crewe；　and　had　some　good　discourse　with　him；　he　doubting　that　all　will　break　in　pieces　in　the　Kingdom；　and　that　the　taxes　now　coming　out；　which　will　tax　the　same　man　in　three　or　four　several　capacities　as　for　land；　office；　profession；　and　money　at　interest；　will　be　the　hardest　that　ever　came　out；　and　do　think　that　we　owe　it；　and　the　lateness　of　its　being　given；　wholly　to　the　unpreparedness　of　the　King's　own　party；　to　make　their　demand　and　choice；　for　they　have　obstructed　the　giving　it　by　land…tax；　which　had　been　done　long　since。
  28th。　　To　White　Hall；　where；　though　it　blows　hard　and　rains　hard；　yet　the　Duke　of　York　is　gone　a…hunting。　　We　therefore　lost　our　labour；　and　so　to　get　things　ready　against　dinner　at　home；　and　at　noon　comes　my　Lord　Hinchingbroke；　Sir　Thomas　Crewe；　Mr。　John　Crewe；　Mr。　Carteret；　and　Brisband。　　I　had　six　noble　dishes　for　them；　dressed　by　a　man…cook；　and　commended；　as　indeed　they　deserved；　for　exceeding　well　done。　　We　eat　with　great　pleasure；　and　I　enjoyed　myself　in　it；　eating　in　silver　plates；　and　all　things　mighty　rich　and　handsome　about　me。　　Till　dark　at　dinner；　and　then　broke　up　with　great　pleasure；　especially　to　myself；　and　they　away；　only　Mr。　Carteret　and　I　to　Gresham　College。　　Here　was　Mr。　Henry　Howard；　that　will　hereafter　be　Duke　of　Norfolke；　who　is　admitted　this　day　into　the　Society；　and　being　a　very　proud　man；　and　one　that　values　himself　upon　his　family；　writes　his　name；　as　he　do　every　where；　Henry　Howard　of　Norfolke。　　＇Henry　Howard；　second　son　of　Henry　Earl　of　Arundel；　became；　on　the　death　of　his　brother　Thomas　in　1677；　sixth　Duke　of　Norfolk；　having　been　previously　created　Baron　Howard　of　Castle　Rising；　in　1669；　and　advanced　to　the　Earldom　of　Norwich；　1672；　He　was　a　great　benefactor　to　the　Royal　Society；　and　presented　the　Arundel　Marbles　to　the　University　of　Oxford。　　Ob。　1683…4。＇
  29th。　　I　late　at　the　office；　and　all　the　news　I　hear　I　put　into　a　letter　this　night　to　my　Lord　Brouncker　at　Chatham；　thus：　　〃I　doubt　not　of　your　Lordship's　hearing　of　Sir　Thomas　Clifford's　succeeding　Sir　H。　Pollard　＇M。P。　for　Devonshire。　　Ob。　Nov。　27；　1666。＇　　in　the　Controllership　of　the　King's　house；　but　perhaps　our　ill　（but　confirmed）　tidings　from　the　Barbadoes　may　not　have　reached　you　yet；　it　coming　but　yesterday；　viz。　that　about　eleven　ships　（whereof　two　of　the　King's；　the　Hope　and　Coventry）　going　thence　with　men　to　attack　St。　Christopher　were　seized　by　a　violent　hurricana；　and　all　sunk。　　Two　only　of　thirteen　escaping；　and　those　with　loss　of　masts；　&c。　　　My　Lord　Willoughby　himself　is　involved　in　the　disaster；　＇Francis　fifth　Lord　Willoughby　of　Parnham；　drowned　at　Barbadoes；　1666。＇　　and　I　think　two　ships　thrown　upon　an　island　o