Diary, Mar/Apr 1659/60 | Page 9

and puts me quite out of order. This
day it was resolved that the writs do go out in the name of the Keepers
of the Liberty, and I hear that it is resolved privately that a treaty be
offered with the King. And that Monk did check his soldiers highly for
what they did yesterday.

10th. In the morning went to my father's, whom I took in his cutting
house,--[His father was a tailor, and this was his cutting-out room.]--
and there I told him my resolution to go to sea with my Lord, and
consulted with him how to dispose of my wife, and we resolved of
letting her be at Mr. Bowyer's. Thence to the Treasurer of the Navy,
where I received L500 for my Lord, and having left L200 of it with Mr.
Rawlinson at his house for Sheply, I went with the rest to the Sun
tavern on Fish Street Hill, where Mr. Hill, Stevens and Mr. Hater of the
Navy Office had invited me, where we had good discourse and a fine
breakfast of Mr. Hater. Then by coach home, where I took occasion to

tell my wife of my going to sea, who was much troubled at it, and was
with some dispute at last willing to continue at Mr. Bowyer's in my
absence. After this to see Mrs. Jem and paid her maid L7, and then to
Mr. Blackburne, who told. me what Mr. Creed did say upon the news
of my coming into his place, and that he did propose to my Lord that
there should be two Secretaries, which made me go to Sir H. Wright's
where my Lord dined and spoke with him about it, but he seemed not
to agree to the motion. Hither W. Howe comes to me and so to
Westminster. In the way he told me, what I was to provide and so forth
against my going. He went with me to my office, whither also Mr.
Madge comes half foxed and played the fool upon the violin that made
me weary. Then to Whitehall and so home and set many of my things
in order against my going. My wife was late making of caps for me,
and the wench making an end of a pair of stockings that she was
knitting of. So to bed.

11th. (Sunday.) All the day busy without my band on, putting up my
books and things, in order to my going to sea. At night my wife and I
went to my father's to supper, where J. Norton and Chas. Glascocke
supt with us, and after supper home, where the wench had provided all
things against tomorrow to wash, and so to bed, where I much troubled
with my cold and coughing.

12th. This day the wench rose at two in the morning to wash, and my
wife and I lay talking a great while. I by reason of my cold could not
tell how to sleep. My wife and I to the Exchange, where we bought a
great many things, where I left her and went into London, and at
Bedells the bookseller's at the Temple gate I paid L12 1OS. 6d. for Mr.
Fuller by his direction. So came back and at Wilkinson's found Mr.
Sheply and some sea people, as the cook of the Nazeby and others, at
dinner. Then to the White Horse in King Street, where I got Mr.
Buddle's horse to ride to Huntsmore to Mr. Bowyer's, where I found
him and all well, and willing to have my wife come and board with
them while I was at sea, which was the business I went about. Here I
lay and took a thing for my cold, namely a spoonful of honey and a
nutmeg scraped into it, by Mr. Bowyer's direction, and so took it into
my mouth, which I found did do me much good.

13th. It rained hard and I got up early, and got to London by 8 o'clock
at my Lord's lodgings, who told me that I was to be secretary, and
Creed to be deputy treasurer to the Fleet, at which I was troubled, but I
could not help it. After that to my father's to look after things, and so at
my shoemaker's and others. At night to Whitehall, where I met with
Simons and Luellin at drink with them at Roberts at Whitehall. Then to
the Admiralty, where I talked with Mr. Creed till the Brothers, and they
were very seemingly willing and glad that I have the place since my
Lord would dispose of it otherwise than to them. Home and to bed.
This day the Parliament voted all that had been done by the former
Rump against the House of Lords