Diary, Jul/Aug 1662 | Page 6

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have persuaded me to have gone to a play; and in good earnest I find
my nature desirous to have gone, notwithstanding my promise and my
business, to which I have lately kept myself so close, but I did refuse it,
and I hope shall ever do so, and above all things it is considerable that
my mind was never in my life in so good a condition of quiet as it has
been since I have followed my business and seen myself to get greater
and greater fitness in my employment, and honour every day more than
other. So at my office all the afternoon, and then my mathematiques at
night with Mr. Cooper, and so to supper and to bed.

6th (Lord's day). Lay long in bed to-day with my wife merry and
pleasant, and then rose and settled my accounts with my wife for
housekeeping, and do see that my kitchen, besides wine, fire, candle,
sope, and many other things, comes to about 30s. a week, or a little
over. To church, where Mr. Mills made a lazy sermon. So home to
dinner, where my brother Tom dined with me, and so my wife and I to
church again in the afternoon, and that done I walked to the Wardrobe

and spent my time with Mr. Creed and Mr. Moore talking about
business; so up to supper with my Lady [Sandwich], who tells me, with
much trouble, that my Lady Castlemaine is still as great with the King,
and that the King comes as often to her as ever he did, at which, God
forgive me, I am well pleased. It began to rain, and so I borrowed a hat
and cloak of Mr. Moore and walked home, where I found Captain
Ferrer with my wife, and after speaking a matter of an hour with him he
went home and we all to bed. Jack Cole, my old friend, found me out at
the Wardrobe; and, among other things, he told me that certainly most
of the chief ministers of London would fling up their livings; and that,
soon or late, the issue thereof would be sad to the King and Court.

7th. Up and to my office early, and there all the morning alone till
dinner, and after dinner to my office again, and about 3 o'clock with my
wife by water to Westminster, where I staid in the Hall while my wife
went to see her father and mother, and she returning we by water home
again, and by and by comes Mr. Cooper, so he and I to our
mathematiques, and so supper and to bed. My morning's work at the
office was to put the new books of my office into order, and writing on
the backsides what books they be, and transcribing out of some old
books some things into them.

8th. At the office all the morning and dined at home, and after dinner in
all haste to make up my accounts with my Lord, which I did with some
trouble, because I had some hopes to have made a profit to myself in
this account and above what was due to me (which God forgive me in),
but I could not, but carried them to my Lord, with whom they passed
well. So to the Wardrobe, where alone with my Lord above an hour;
and he do seem still to have his old confidence in me; and tells me to
boot, that Mr. Coventry hath spoke of me to him to great advantage;
wherein I am much pleased. By and by comes in Mr. Coventry to visit
my Lord; and so my Lord and he and I walked together in the great
chamber a good while; and I found him a most ingenuous man and
good company. He being gone I also went home by water, Mr. Moore
with me for discourse sake, and then parted from me, Cooper being
there ready to attend me, so he and I to work till it was dark, and then
eat a bit and by daylight to bed.

9th. Up by four o'clock, and at my multiplicacion-table hard, which is
all the trouble I meet withal in my arithmetique. So made me ready and
to the office, where all the morning busy, and Sir W. Pen came to my
office to take his leave of me, and desiring a turn in the garden, did
commit the care of his building to me, and offered all his services to me
in all matters of mine. I did, God forgive me! promise him all my
service and love, though the rogue knows he deserves none from me,
nor do I intend to show him any; but as he dissembles with me, so must