broach；　which　they　dare　not　do　without　more　security　than　they　now　have。　　God　keep　us；　for　things　look　mighty　ill！
  26th。　　This　evening　comes　to　me　to　my　closet　at　the　office　Sir　John　Chichly；　of　his　own　accord；　to　tell　me　what　he　shall　answer　to　the　Committee；　when；　as　he　expects；　he　shall　be　examined　about　my　Lord　Sandwich；　which　is　so　little　as　will　not　hurt　my　Lord　at　all；　I　know。
  27th。　　Mr。　Pierce　comes　to　me；　and　there　in　general　tells　me；　how　the　King　is　now　fallen　in　and　become　a　slave　to　the　Duke　of　Buckingham；　led　by　none　but　him；　whom　he　（Mr。　Pierce）　swears　he　knows　do　hate　the　very　person　of　the　King；　and　would　as　well；　as　will　certainly；　ruin　him。　　He　do　say；　and　I　think　is　right；　that　the　King　do　in　this　do　the　most　ungrateful　part　of　a　master　to　a　servant　that　ever　was　done；　in　this　carriage　of　his　to　my　Lord　Chancellor：　　that　it　may　be　the　Chancellor　may　have　faults；　but　none　such　as　these　they　speak　of；　that　he　do　now　really　fear　that　all　is　going　to　ruin；　for　he　says　he　hears　that　Sir　W。　Coventry　hath　been　just　before　his　sickness　with　the　Duke　of　York；　to　ask　his　forgiveness　and　peace　for　what　he　had　done；　for　that　he　never　could　foresee　that　what　he　meant　so　well；　in　the　counselling　to　lay　by　the　Chancellor；　should　come　to　this。
  30th。　　To　Arundell　House；　to　the　election　of　officers　＇Of　the　Royal　Society。＇　　for　the　next　year；　where　I　was　near　being　chosen　of　the　Council；　but　am　glad　I　was　not；　for　I　could　not　have　attended；　though　above　all　things　I　could　wish　it；　and　do　take　it　as　a　mighty　respect　to　have　been　named　there。　　Then　to　Cary　House；　a　house　now　of　entertainment；　next　my　Lord　Ashly's；　where　I　have　heretofore　heard　Common　Prayer　in　the　time　of　Dr。　Mossum。　＇Probably　Robert　Massum；　D。D。；　Dean　of　Christ　Church；　Dublin；　and　in　1666　made　Bishop　of　Derry。＇　　I　was　pleased　to　see　the　person　who　had　his　blood　taken　out。　　He　speaks　well；　and　did　this　day　give　the　Society　a　relation　thereof　in　Latin；　saying　that　he　finds　himself　much　better　since；　and　as　a　new　man；　but　he　is　cracked　a　little　in　his　head；　though　he　speaks　very　reasonably；　and　very　well。　　He　had　but　20s。　for　his　suffering　it；　and　is　to　have　the　same　again　tried　upon　him：　　the　first　sound　man　that　ever　had　it　tried　on　him　in　England；　and　but　one　that　we　hear　of　in　France。　　My　Lord　Anglesy　told　me　this　day　that　he　did　believe　the　House　of　Commons　would　the　next　week　yield　to　the　Lords；　but　speaking　with　others　this　day；　they　conclude　they　will　not；　but　that　rather　the　King　will　accommodate　it　by　committing　my　Lord　Clarendon　himself。　　I　remember　what　Mr。　Evelyn　said；　that　he　did　believe　we　should　soon　see　ourselves　fall　into　a　Commonwealth　again。
  DECEMBER　1；　1667。　　I　to　church：　　and　in　our　pew　there　sat　a　great　lady；　whom　I　afterwards　understood　to　be　my　Lady　Carlisle；　＇Anne；　daughter　of　Edward　Lord　Howard　of　Escrick；　wife　to　Charles　first　Earl　of　Carlisle。＇　　a　very　fine　woman　indeed　in　person。
  2nd。　　The　Lords'　answer　is　come　down　to　the　Commons；　that　they　are　not　satisfied　in　the　Commons　reasons；　and　so　the　Commons　are　hot；　and　like　to　sit　all　day　upon　the　business　what　to　do　herein；　most　thinking　that　they　will　remonstrate　against　the　Lords。　Thence　to　Lord　Crewe's；　and　there　dined　with　him；　where；　after　dinner；　he　took　me　aside　and　bewailed　the　condition　of　the　nation；　now　the　King　and　his　brother　are　at　a　distance　about　this　business　of　the　Chancellor；　and　the　two　houses　differing：　　and　he　do　believe　that　there　are　so　many　about　the　King　like　to　be　concerned　and　troubled　by　the　Parliament；　that　they　will　get　him　to　dissolve　or　prorogue　the　Parliament；　and　the　rather；　for　that　the　King　is　likely　by　this　good　husbandry　of　the　Treasury　to　get　out　of　debt；　and　the　Parliament　is　likely　to　give　no　money。　Among　other　things；　my　Lord　Crewe　did　tell　me　with　grief　that　he　hears　that　the　King　of　late　hath　not　dined　nor　supped　with　the　Queene；　as　he　used　of　late　to　do。　　To　Westminster　Hall；　where　my　cosen　Roger　tells　me　of　the　high　vote　of　the　Commons　this　afternoon；　that　the　proceedings　of　the　Lords　in　the　case　of　my　Lord　Clarendon　are　an　obstruction　to　justice；　and　of　ill　precedent　to　future　times。
  3rd。　　To　Sir　W。　Coventry's；　the　first　time　I　have　seen　him　at　his　new　house　since　he　came　to　lodge　there。　　He　tells　me　of　the　vote　for　none　of　the　House　to　be　of　the　Commission　for　the　Bill　of　Accounts；　which　he　thinks　is　so　great　a　disappointment　to　Birch　and　others　that　expected　to　be　of　it；　that　he　thinks；　could　it　have　been　seen；　there　would　not　have　been　any　Bill　at　all。　　We　hope　it　will　be　the　better　for　all　that　are　to　account；　it　being　likely　that　the　men；　being　few　and　not　of　the　House　will　hear　reason。　　The　main　business　I　went　about　was　about　Gilsthrop；　Sir　W。　Batten's　clerk；　who　being　upon　his　death…bed；　and　now　dead；　hath　offered　to　make　discoveries　of　the　disorders　of　the　Navy　and　of　65；000l。　damage　to　the　King：　　which　made　mighty　note　in　the　Commons　House；　and　members　appointed　to　go　to　him；　which　they　did；　but　nothing　to　the　purpose　got　from　him；　but　complaints　of　false　musters；　and　ships　being　refitted　with　victuals　and　stores　at　Plymouth　after　they　were　fitted　from　other　ports。　　But　all　this　to　no　purpose；　nor　more　than　we　know　and　will　owne。　　But　the　best　is；　that　this　logger…head　should　say　this；　that　understands　nothing　of　the　Navy；　nor　ever　would；　and　hath　particularly　blemished　his　master　by　name　among　us。　　I　told　Sir　W。　Coventry　of　my　letter　to　Sir　R。　Brookes；　and　his　answer　to　me。　　He　advises　me；　in　what　I　write　to　him；　to　be　as　short　as　I　can；　and　obscure；　saving　in　things　fully　plain；　for　that　all　that　he　do　is　to　make　mischief；　and　that　the　greatest　wisdom　in　dealing　with　the　Parliament　in　the　world　is　to　say　little；　and　let　them　get　out　what　they　can　by　force：　　which　I　shall　observe。　　He　declared　to　me　much　of　his　mind　to　be　ruled　by　his　own　measures；　and　not　to　go　so　far　as　many　would　have　him　to　the　ruin　of　my　Lord　Chancellor；　and　for　which　they　do　endeavour　to　do　what　they　can　against　Sir　W。　Coventry。　　〃But；〃　says　he；　〃I　have　done　my　do　in　helping　to　get　him　out　of　the　administration　of　things；　for　which　he　is　not　fit；　but　for　his　life　or　estate　I　will　have　nothing　to　say　to　it：　　besides　that；　my　duty　to　my　master　the　Duke　of　York　is　such；　that　I　will　perish　before　I　will　do　any　thing　to　displease　or　disoblige　him；　where　the　very　necessity　of　the　kingdom　do　not　in　my　judgment　call　me。〃　　Home；　and　there　met　W。　Batelier；　who　tells　me　the　first　great；　news；　that　my　Lord　Chancellor　is　fled　this　day；　and　left　a　paper　behind　him　for　the　House　of　Lords；　telling　them　the　reason　of　his　retiring；　complaining　of　a　design　for　his　ruin。　　But　the　paper　I　must　get：　only　the　thing　at　present　is　great；　and　will　put　the　King　and　Commons　to　some　new　counsels　certainly。　　Sir　Richard　Ford　told　us　this　evening　an　odd　story　of　the　basenesse　of　the　Lord　Mayor；　Sir　W。　Bolton；　in　cheating　the　poor　of　the　City　（out　of　the　collections　made　for　the　people　that　were　burned）　of　1800l。；　of　which　he　can　give　no　account；　and　in　which　he　hath　forsworn　himself　plainly；　so　as　the　Court　of　Aldermen　have　sequestered　him　from　their　Court　till　he　do　bring　in　an　account。　　He　says　also　that　this　day　hath　been　made　appear　to　them　that　the　Keeper　of　Newgate　hath　at　this　day　made　his　house　the　only　nursery　of　rogues；　prostitutes；　pickpockets　and　thieves；　in　the　world；　where　they　were　bred　and　entertained　and　the　whole　society　met；　and　that　for　the　sake　of　the　Sheriffes　they　durst　not　this　day　commit　him；　for　fear　of　making　him　let　out　the　prisoners　but　are　fain　to　go　by　artifice　to　deal　with　him。　　He　tells　me　also；　speaking　of　the　new　street　that　is　to　be　made　from　Guild　Hall　down　to　Cheapside；　that　the　ground　is　already　most　of　it　bought。　　And　tells　me　of　one　particular；　of　a　man　that　hath　a　piece　of　ground　lying　in　the　very　middle　of　the　street　that　must　be；　which；　when　the　street　is　cut　out　of　it；　there　will　remain　ground　enough；　of　each　side；　to　build　a　house　to　front　the　street。　　He　demanded　700l。　for　the　ground；　and　to　be　excused　paying　any　thing　for　the　melioration　of　the　rest　of　his　ground　that　he　was　to　keep。　　The　Court　consented　to　give　him　700l。；　only　not　to　abate　him　the　consideration：　　which　the　man　denied；　but　told　them；　and　so　they　agreed；　that　he　would　excuse　the　City　the　700l。；　that　he　might　have　the　benefit　of　the　melioration　without　paying　any　thing　for　it。　　So　much　some　will　get　by　having　the　City　burned！　　Ground　by　this　means；　that　was　not　worth　4d。　a…foot　before；　will　now；　when　houses　are　built；　be　worth　15s。　a…foot。　　But　he　tells　me　of　the　common　standard　now　reckoned　on　between　man　and　man；　in　places　where　there　is　no　alteration　of　circumstances；　but　only　the　houses　burnt；　there　the　ground；　which　with　a　house　on　it　did　yield　100l。　a　year；　is　now　reputed　worth　33l。　6s。　8d。；　and　that　this　is　the　common　market…price　between　one　man　and　another；　made　upon　a　good　and　moderate　medium。
  4th。　　I　hear　that　the　House　of　Lords　did　send　down　the　paper　which　my　Lord　Clarendon　left　behind　him；　directed　to　the　Lords；　to　be　seditious　and　scandalous；　and　the　Commons　have　voted　that　it　be　burned　by　the　hands　of　the　hangman；　and　that　the　King　be　desired　to　agree　to　it。　　I　do　hear　also　that　they　have　desired　the　King　to　use　means　to　stop　his　escape　out　of　the　na