Diary, May/Jun 1665 | Page 9

time to look after it. I told him, No, for that the thing being
settled it will not require much time to look after it. He told me then he

would do me right to the King, for he had been told so, which I desired
him to do, and by and by he called me to him again and asked me
whether I had no friend about the Duke, asking me (I making a stand)
whether Mr. Coventry was not my friend. I told him I had received
many friendships from him. He then advised me to procure that the
Duke would in his next letter write to him to continue me in my place
and remove any obstruction; which I told him I would, and thanked
him. So parted, vexed at the first and amazed at this business of my
Lord Arlington's. Thence to the Exchequer, and there got my tallys for
L17,500, the first payment I ever had out of the Exchequer, and at the
Legg spent 14s. upon my old acquaintance, some of them the clerks,
and away home with my tallys in a coach, fearful every step of having
one of them fall out, or snatched from me. Being come home, I much
troubled out again by coach (for company taking Sir W. Warren with
me), intending to have spoke to my Lord Arlington to have known the
bottom of it, but missed him, and afterwards discoursing the thing as a
confidant to Sir W. Warren, he did give me several good hints and
principles not to do anything suddenly, but consult my pillow upon that
and every great thing of my life, before I resolve anything in it. Away
back home, and not being fit for business I took my wife and Mercer
down by water to Greenwich at 8 at night, it being very fine and cool
and moonshine afterward. Mighty pleasant passage it was; there eat a
cake or two, and so home by 10 or 11 at night, and then to bed, my
mind not settled what to think.

20th. Up, and to my office, where busy all the morning. At noon dined
at home, and to my office, very busy.

21st. Till past one, Lord's day, in the morning writing letters to the
fleete and elsewhere, and my mind eased of much business, home to
bed and slept till 8. So up, and this day is brought home one of my new
silk suits, the plain one, but very rich camelott and noble. I tried it and
it pleases me, but did not wear it, being I would not go out today to
church. So laid it by, and my mind changed, thinking to go see my
Lady Sandwich, and I did go a little way, but stopped and returned
home to dinner, after dinner up to my chamber to settle my Tangier
accounts, and then to my office, there to do the like with other papers.

In the evening home to supper and to bed.

22nd. Up, and down to the ships, which now are hindered from going
down to the fleete (to our great sorrow and shame) with their provisions,
the wind being against them. So to the Duke of Albemarle, and thence
down by water to Deptford, it being Trinity Monday, and so the day of
choosing the Master of Trinity House for the next yeare, where, to my
great content, I find that, contrary to the practice and design of Sir W.
Batten, to breake the rule and custom of the Company in choosing their
Masters by succession, he would have brought in Sir W. Rider or Sir W.
Pen, over the head of Hurleston (who is a knave too besides, I believe),
the younger brothers did all oppose it against the elder, and with great
heat did carry it for Hurleston, which I know will vex him to the heart.
Thence, the election being over, to church, where an idle sermon from
that conceited fellow, Dr. Britton, saving that his advice to unity, and
laying aside all envy and enmity among them was very apposite.
Thence walked to Redriffe, and so to the Trinity House, and a great
dinner, as is usual, and so to my office, where busy all the afternoon till
late, and then home to bed, being much troubled in mind for several
things, first, for the condition of the fleete for lacke of provisions, the
blame this office lies under and the shame that they deserve to have
brought upon them for the ships not being gone out of the River, and
then for my business of Tangier which is not settled, and lastly for fear
that I am not observed to have attended the office business of late as