ccount　of　their　actions：　and　that　last　Friday；　it　seems；　there　was　an　Act　of　Council　passed；　to　put　out　all　Papists　in　office；　and　to　keep　out　any　from　coming　in。　　Sir　G。　Downing　told　he　had　been　seven　years　finding　out　a　man　that　could　dress　English　sheep…akin　as　it　should　be；　and　indeed　it　is　now　as　good　in　all　respects　as　kidd；　and；　he　says；　will　save　100；000l。　a…year　that　goes　out　to　France　for　kidds'…skins。　　He　tells　me　that　at　this　day　the　King　in　familiar　talk　do　call　the　Chancellor　〃the　insolent　man；〃　and　says　that　he　would　not　let　him　speak　himself　in　Council：　　which　is　very　high；　and　do　show　that　the　Chancellor　is　like　to　be　in　a　bad　state；　unless　he　can　defend　himself　better　than　people　think。　And　yet　Creed　tells　me　that　he　do　hear　that　my　Lord　Cornbury　＇Henry；　afterwards　second　Earl　of　Clarendon。＇　　do　say　that　his　father　do　long　for　the　coming　of　the　Parliament；　in　order　to　his　own　vindication；　more　than　any　one　of　his　enemies。　　And　here　it　comes　into　my　head　to　set　down　what　Mr。　Rawlinson　（whom　I　met　in　Fenchurch…street　on　Friday　last　looking　over　his　ruines　there）　told　me　that　he　was　told　by　one　of　my　Lord　Chancellor's　gentlemen　lately；　that　a　grant　coming　to　him　to　be　sealed；　wherein　the　King　hath　given　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　or　somebody　by　her　means；　a　place　which　he　did　not　like　well　of；　he　did　stop　the　grant；　saying；　that　he　thought　this　woman　would　sell　every　thing　shortly：　　which　she　hearing　of；　she　sent　to　let　him　know　that　she　had　disposed　of　this　place；　and　did　not　doubt　in　a　little　time　to　dispose　of　his。　To　White　Hall；　and　saw　the　King　and　Queene　at　dinner；　and　observed　（which　I　never　did　before）　the　formality；　but　it　is　but　a　formality；　of　putting　a　bit　of　bread　wiped　upon　each　dish　into　the　mouth　of　every　man　that　brings　a　dish；　but　it　should　be　in　the　sauce。　　Here　were　some　Russes　come　to　see　the　King　at　dinner；　among　others　the　interpreter；　a　comely　Englishman；　in　the　Envoy's　own　clothes；　which　the　Envoy；　it　seems；　in　vanity　did　send　to　show　his　fine　clothes　upon　this　man's　back；　he　being　one；　it　seems；　of　a　comelier　presence　than　himself：　　and　yet　it　is　said　that　none　of　their　clothes　are　their　own；　but　taken　out　of　the　King's　own　Wardrobe；　and　which　they　dare　not　bring　back　dirty　or　spotted；　but　clean；　or　are　in　danger　of　being　beaten；　as　they　say：　　inasmuch　that；　Sir　Charles　Cotterell　＇Knight；　and　Master　of　the　Ceremonies　from　1641　to　1686；　when　he　resigned　in　favour　of　his　son。＇　　says；　when　they　are　to　have　an　audience　they　never　venture　to　put　on　their　clothes　till　he　appears　to　come　and　fetch　them；　and　as　soon　as　ever　they　come　home；　put　them　off　again。　　I　to　Sir　G。　Carteret's　to　dinner；　where　Mr。　Cofferer　Ashburnham；　who　told　a　good　story　of　a　prisoner's　being　condemned　at　Salisbury　for　a　small　matter。　　While　he　was　on　the　bench　with　his　father…in…law　Judge　Richardson；　＇Sir　Thomas　Richardson；　Knight；　appointed　Chief　Justice　of　the　Common　Pleas　1626。＇　　and　while　they　were　considering　to　transport　him　to　save　his　life；　the　fellow　flung　a　great　stone　at　the　Judge；　that　missed　him；　but　broke　through　the　wainscoat。　　Upon　this　he　had　his　hand　cut　off；　and　was　hanged　presently。　　＇This　anecdote　is　thus　confirmed　in　Chief　Justice　Treby's　NOTES　TO　DYER'S　REPORTS；　FOLIO　EDITION；　p。188。　b。　　〃Richardson；　Ch。　Just。　de　C。　Banc。　al　Assises　at　Salisbury；　in　summer　1631；　fuit　assault　per　prisoner　la　condemne　pur　felony；　que　puis　son　condemnation　ject　un　brick…bat　a　le　dit　Justice；　qui　narrowly　mist；　et　pur　ceo　immediately　fuit　indictment　drawn；　per　Noy；　＇The　Attorney…General。＇　　eavers　le　prisoner；　et　son　dexter　manus　ampute；　and　fix　at　gibbet；　sur　que　luy　meme　immediatement　hange　in　presence　de　Court。〃＇
  9th。　　To　White　Hall；　and　here　do　hear；　by　Tom　Killigrew　and　Mr。　Progers；　that　for　certain　news　is　come　of　Harman's　having　spoiled　nineteen　of　twenty…two　French　ships；　somewhere　about　the　Barbadoes；　I　think　they　said；　but　wherever　it　is；　it　is　a　good　service　and　very　welcome。　　To　the　Bear…garden；　where　now　the　yard　was　full　of　people；　and　those　most　of　them　seamen；　striving　by　force　to　get　in。　　I　got　into　the　common　pit；　and　there；　with　my　cloak　about　my　face；　I　stood　and　saw　the　prize　fought；　till　one　of　them；　a　shoemaker；　was　so　cut　in　both　his　wrists　that　he　could　not　fight　any　longer；　and　then　they　broke　off：　　his　enemy　was　a　butcher。　　The　sport　very　good；　and　various　humours　to　be　seen　among　the　rabble　that　is　there。
  10th。　　To　St。　James's；　where　we　all　met　and　did　our　usual　weekly　business　with　the　Duke　of　York。　　But；　Lord！　　methinks　both　he　and　we　are　mighty　flat　and　dull　to　what　we　used　to　be　when　Sir　W。　Coventry　was　among　us。　　Met　Mr。　Povy；　and　he　and　I　to　walk　an　hour　or　more　in　the　Pell　Mell；　talking　of　the　times。　　He　tells　me　among　other　things；　that　this　business　of　the　Chancellor　do　breed　a　kind　of　inward　distance　between　the　King　and　the　Duke　of　York；　and　that　it　cannot　be　avoided；　for　though　the　latter　did　at　first　move　it　through　his　folly；　yet　he　is　made　to　see　that　he　is　wounded　by　it；　and　is　become　much　a　less　man　than　be　was；　and　so　will　be：　　but　he　tells　me　that　they　are；　and　have　always　been；　great　dissemblers　one　towards　another；　and　that　their　parting　heretofore　in　France　is　never　to　be　thoroughly　reconciled　between　them。　　He　tells　me　that　he　believes　there　is　no　such　thing　likely　to　be　as　a　composition　with　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　and　that　she　shall　be　got　out　of　the　way　before　the　Parliament　comes；　for　he　says　she　is　high　as　ever　she　was；　though　he　believes　the　King　is　as　weary　of　her　as　is　possible；　and　would　give　any　thing　to　remove　her；　but　he　is　so　weak　in　his　passion　that　he　dare　not　do　it：　　that　he　do　believe　that　my　Lord　Chancellor　will　be　doing　some　acts　in　the　Parliament　which　shall　render　him　popular；　and　that　there　are　many　people　now　do　speak　kindly　of　him　that　did　not　before；　but　that　if　he　do　do　this；　it　must　provoke　the　King　and　that　party　that　removed　him。　　He　seems　to　doubt　what　the　King　of　France　will　do；　in　case　an　accommodation　shall　be　made　between　Spain　and　him　for　Flanders；　for　then　he　will　have　nothing　more　easy　to　do　with　his　army　than　to　subdue　us。
  11th。　　Come　to　dine　with　me　Sir　W。　Batten　and　his　lady；　and　Mr。　Griffith　their　Ward；　and　Sir　W。　Pen　and　his　lady；　and　Mrs。　Lowther；　（who　is　grown　either　through　pride　or　want　of　manners　a　fool；　having　not　a　word　to　say；　and；　as　a　further　mark　of　a　beggarly　proud　fool；　hath　a　bracelet　of　diamonds　and　rubies　about　her　wrist；　and　a　sixpenny　necklace　about　her　neck；　and　not　one　good　rag　of　clothes　upon　her　back；）　and　Sir　John　Chichly　in　their　company；　and　Mr。　Turner。　　Here　I　had　an　extraordinary　good　and　handsome　dinner　for　them；　better　than　any　of　them　deserve　or　understand　（saving　Sir　John　Chichly　and　Mrs。　Turner。）　To　the　Duke　of　York's　playhouse；　and　there　saw　part　of　the　〃Ungrateful　Lovers；〃　and　sat　by　Beck　Marshall；　whose　hand　is　very　handsome。　Here　came　Mr。　Moore；　and　sat　and　discoursed　with　me　of　public　matters：　　the　sum　of　which　is；　that　he　do　doubt　that　there　is　more　at　the　bottom　than　the　removal　of　the　Chancellor；　that　is；　he　do　verily　believe　that　the　King　do　resolve　to　declare　the　Duke　of　Monmouth　legitimate；　and　that　we　shall　soon　see　if。　　This　I　do　not　think　the　Duke　of　York　will　endure　without　blows；　but　his　poverty；　and　being　lessened　by　having　the　Chancellor　fallen　and　Sir　W。　Coventry　gone　from　him；　will　disable　him　from　being　able　to　do　any　thing　almost；　he　being　himself　almost　lost　in　the　esteem　of　people；　and　will　be　more　and　more；　unless　my　Lord　Chancellor　（who　is　already　begun　to　be　pitied　by　some　people；　and　to　be　better　thought　of　than　was　expected）　do　recover　himself　in　Parliament。　　He　do　say　that　that　is　very　true；　that　my　Lord　Chancellor　did　lately　make　some　stop　of　some　grants　of　2000l。　a…year　to　my　Lord　Grandison；　＇George　Villiers；　fourth　Viscount　Grandison；　and　younger　brother　of　Lady　Castlemaine's　father；　who　had　died　without　male　issue。＇　　which　was　only　in　his　name；　for　the　use　of　my　Lady　Castlemaine's　children；　and　that　this　did　incense　her；　and　she　did　speak　very　scornful　words　and　sent　a　scornful　message　to　him　about　it。
  14th。　　The　King　and　Duke　of　York　and　the　whole　Court　is　mighty　joyful　at　the　Duchesse　of　York's　being　brought　to　bed　this　day；　or　yesterday；　of　a　son；　which　will　settle　men's　minds　mightily。　And　Pierce　tells　me　that　he　do　think　that　what　the　King　do；　of　giving　the　Duke　of　Monmouth　the　command　of　his　Guards；　and　giving　my　Lord　Gerard　12；000l。　for　it；　is　merely　to　find　an　employment　for　him　upon　which　he　may　live；　and　not　out　of　any　design　to　bring　him　into　any　title　to　the　Crowne；　which　Mr。　Moore　did　the　other　day　put　me　into　great　fear　of。　　To　the　King's　playhouse　to　see　〃The　Northerne　Castle；〃　which　I　think　I　never　did　see；　before。　　Knipp　acted　is　it；　and　did　her　part　very　extraordinary　well；　but　the　play　is　but　a　mean；　sorry　play。　　Sir　H。　Cholmly　was　with　me　a　good　while；　who　tells　me　that　the　Duke　of　York's　child　is　christened；　the　Duke　of　Albemarle　and　the　Marquis　of　Worcester　＇Edward；　second　Marquis　of　Worcester；　author　of　〃The　Century　of　Inventions。〃＇　　godfathers；　and　my　Lady　Suffolke　godmother；　and　they　have　named　it　Edgar；　which　is　a　brave　name。　　But　it　seems　they　are　more　joyful　in　the　Chancellor's　family；　at　the　birth　of　this　Prince；　than　in　wisdom　they　should；　f