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Thursday 30 October 1662

… the whole business, I took leave and hastened to my office, e … iness, and so there I sat with the officers all the morning. … Sir H. Bennet, who is now with many of the Privy Counsellors … m when to begin. So I went; and the guard at the Tower Gate, … sword at the gate, I was forced to stay so long in the ale-h … Lord Mayor that now is, Sir John Robinson, Lieutenant of the T … y cloak being come, I walked thither; and there, by Sir G. Ca … dinner come in; and I dined with them. There was my Lord Mayo … ess to him, who did not, nor durst appear the least averse to i … it. So Mr. Lee and I to our office, and there walked till Mr … and 17 more.

Monday 10 June 1667

… Batten, W. Pen, and I to St. James's; where the Duke of York … ho presses all that is possible for fire-ships. So we three to … heville Hollis, who is to command them all in some exploits he is to do with them on the enemy in the Riv … : but, Lord! to see how backwardly things move at this pinch, n … believe us; and we know not, though we have it, how almost to promise it; and our wants suc … of the way, that it is an admirable thing to consider how much the King suffers, and how necessary it is in a State to keep the King's service a … re and credit. Here I eat a bit, and then in the afternoon to … to Greenwich, where I find the stairs full of people, there b … wife beat him. Here I was with much ado fain to press two wat … dispatch of a ship I have taken under my care to see dispatc … and 13 more.

Saturday 19 August 1665

… ffice to Greenwich. I also wrote letters, and made myself rea … us that the fleete is all come back to Solebay, and are prese … ck again. Whereupon I presently by water to the Duke of Albemarle to know what news; and there I saw a letter from my Lord Sandwich to t … d Captain Teddiman; how my Lord having commanded Teddiman with … that Teddiman ought not to come thither with more than five shi … indham.2 Our fleete is come home to our great grief with not above five weeks' dry, and six days' we … s greatest reliance is upon me. And my Lord Craven also did co … e, and told me that I am in mighty esteem with the Duke, for which I bless God. Home, and having given my fe … rote other letters, I by water to Charing-Cross, to the post- … are shut up; and so I went to the new post-house, and there g … and 16 more.