moved　that　they　might　be　put　into　my　hands　to　put　into　form；　I　being　more　acquainted　with　such　business；　and　they　were　so。　　So　I　away　back　with　my　books　and　papers；　and　when　I　got　into　the　Court　it　was　pretty　to　see　how　people　gazed　upon　me；　that　I　thought　myself　obliged　to　salute　people　and　to　smile；　lest　they　should　think　I　was　a　prisoner　too：　　but　afterwards　I　found　that　most　did　take　me　to　be　there　to　bear　evidence　against　P。　Pett。　　My　wife　did　give　me　so　bad　an　account　of　her　and　my　father's　method　in　burying　of　our　gold；　that　made　me　mad：　　and　she　herself　is　not　pleased　with　it；　she　believing　that　my　sister　knows　of　it。　　My　father　and　she　did　it　on　Sunday；　when　they　were　gone　to　church；　in　open　daylight；　in　the　midst　of　the　garden；　where；　for　aught　they　knew；　many　eyes　might　see　them：　　which　put　me　into　trouble；　and　presently　cast　about　how　to　have　it　back　again　to　secure　it　here；　the　times　being　a　little　better　now。
  20th。　　Mr。　Barber　told　me　that　all　the　discourse　yesterday；　about　that　part　of　the　town　where　he　was；　was　that　Mr。　Pett　and　I　were　in　the　Tower；　and　I　did　hear　the　same　before。　　Busy　all　the　afternoon：　　in　the　evening　did　treat　with；　and　in　the　end　agree；　but　by　some　kind　of　compulsion；　with　the　owners　of　six　merchant…　ships；　to　serve　the　King　as　men…of…war。　　But；　Lord！　　to　see　how　against　the　hair　it　is　with　these　men；　and　everybody；　to　trust　us　and　the　King；　and　how　unreasonable　it　is　to　expect　they　should　be　willing　to　lend　their　ships；　and　lay　out　2　or　300l。　a　man　to　fit　their　ships　for　the　new　voyages；　when　we　have　not　paid　them　half　of　what　we　owe　them　for　their　old　services！　　I　did　write　so　to　Sir　W。　Coventry　this　night。
  21st。　　This　day　comes　news　from　Harwich　that　the　Dutch　fleet　are　all　in　sight；　near　100　sail　great　and　small；　they　think；　coming　towards　them；　where；　they　think；　they　shall　be　able　to　oppose　them；　but　do　cry　out　of　the　falling　back　of　the　seamen；　few　standing　by　them；　and　those　with　much　faintness。　　The　like　they　write　from　Portsmouth；　and　their　letters　this　post　are　worth　reading。　　Sir　H。　Cholmly　come　to　me　this　day；　and　tells　me　the　Court　is　as　mad　as　ever；　and　that　the　night　the　Dutch　burned　our　ships　the　King　did　sup　with　my　Lady　Castlemaine；　at　the　Duchesse　of　Monmouth's；　and　there　were　all　mad　in　hunting　of　a　poor　moth。　All　the　Court　afraid　of　a　Parliament；　but　he　thinks　nothing　can　save　us　but　the　King's　giving　up　all　to　a　Parliament。
  22nd。　　In　the　evening　come　Captain　Hart　and　Hayward　to　me　about　the　six　merchant…ships　now　taken　up　for　men…of…war；　and　in　talking　they　told　me　about　the　taking　of　〃The　Royal　Charles；〃　that　nothing　but　carelessness　lost　the　ship；　for　they　might　have　saved　her　the　very　tide　that　the　Dutch　came　up；　if　they　would　have　but　used　means　and　had　had　but　boats；　and　that　the　want　of　boats　plainly　lost　all　the　other　ships。　　That　the　Dutch　did　take　her　with　a　boat　of　nine　men；　who　found　not　a　man　on　board　her；　（and　her　laying　so　near　them　was　a　main　temptation　to　them　to　come　on；）　and　presently　a　man　went　up　and　struck　her　flag　and　jacke；　and　a　trumpeter　sounded　upon　her　〃Joan's　placket　is　torn：〃　＇Placket：　　the　open　part　of　a　woman's　petticoat。＇　　that　they　did　carry　her　down　at　a　time；　both　for　tides　and　wind；　when　the　best　pilot　in　Chatham　would　not　have　undertaken　it；　they　heeling　her　on　one　side　to　make　her　draw　little　water：　　and　so　carried　her　away　safe。　　They　being　gone；　by　and　by　comes　Sir　W。　Pen；　who　hath　been　at　Court；　and　in　the　first　place　I　hear　the　Duke　of　Cambridge　is　dead；　which　is　a　great　loss　to　the　nation；　having；　I　think；　never　an　heyre　male　now　of　the　King's　or　Duke's　to　succeed　to　the　Crown。　　He　tells　me　that　they　do　begin　already　to　damn　the　Dutch　and　call　them　cowards　at　White　Hall；　and　think　of　them　and　their　business　no　better　than　they　used　to　do；　which　is　very　sad。　The　King　did　tell　him　himself；　（which　is　so；　I　was　told；　here　in　the　City；）　that　the　City　hath　lent　him　10；000l。　to　be　laid　out　towards　securing　of　the　River　of　Thames；　which；　methinks；　is　a　very　poor　thing；　that　we　should　be　induced　to　borrow　by　such　mean　sums。
  23rd。　　To　Woolwich；　and　there　called　on　Mr。　Bodham：　　and　he　and　I　to　see　the　batterys　newly　raised；　which；　indeed；　are　good　works　to　command　the　River　below　the　ships　that　are　sunk；　but　not　above　them。　　It　is　a　sad　sight　to　see　so　many　good　ships　there　sunk　in　the　River；　while　we　would　be　thought　to　be　masters　of　the　sea。　Cocke　says　the　bankers　cannot；　till　peace　returns；　ever　hope　to　have　credit　again；　so　that　they　can　pay　no　more　money；　but　people　must　be　contented　to　take　publick　security　such　as　they　can　give　them；　and　if　so；　and　they　do　live　to　receive　the　money　thereupon；　the　bankers　will　be　happy　men；　Fenn　read　me　an　Order　of　Council　passed　the　17th　instant；　directing　all　the　Treasurers　of　any　part　of　the　King's　revenue　to　make　no　payments　but　such　as　shall　be　approved　by　the　present　Lords　Commissioners；　which　will；　I　think；　spoil　the　credit　of　all　his　Majesty's　service；　when　people　cannot　depend　upon　payment　any　where。　　But　the　King's　declaration　in　behalf　of　the　bankers；　to　make　good　their　assignments　for　money；　is　very　good；　and　will；　I　hope；　secure　me。　　Cocke　says；　that　he　hears　it　is　come　to　it　now　that　the　King　will　try　what　he　can　soon　do　for　a　peace；　and　if　he　cannot；　that　then　he　will　cast　all　upon　the　Parliament　to　do　as　they　see　fit：　　and　in　doing　so；　perhaps；　it　may　save　us　all。　　The　King　of　France；　it　is　believed；　is　engaged　for　this　year；　so　that　we　shall　be　safe　as　to　him。　The　great　misery　the　City　and　kingdom　is　like　to　suffer　for　want　of　coals　in　a　little　time　is　very　visible；　and；　is　feared；　will　breed　a　mutiny；　for　we　are　not　in　any　prospect　to　command　the　sea　for　our　colliers　to　come；　but　rather；　it　is　feared；　the　Dutch　may　go　and　burn　all　our　colliers　at　Newcastle；　though　others　do　say　that　they　lie　safe　enough　there。　　No　news　at　all　of　late　from　Bredagh　what　our　treaters　do。　　In　the　evening　comes　Mr。　Povy　about　business；　and　he　and　I　to　walk　in　the　garden　an　hour　or　two；　and　to　talk　of　State　matters。　　He　tells　me　his　opinion　that　it　is　out　of　possibility　for　us　to　escape　being　undone；　there　being　nothing　in　our　power　to　do　that　is　necessary　for　the　saving　us：　　a　lazy　Prince；　no　Council；　no　money；　no　reputation　at　home　or　abroad。　　He　says　that　to　this　day　the　King　do　follow　the　women　as　much　as　ever　he　did；　that　the　Duke　of　York　hath　not　got　Mrs。　Middleton；　as　I　was　told　the　other　day：　　but　says　that　he　wants　not　her；　for　he　hath　others；　and　hath　always　had；　and　that　he　hath　known　them　brought　through　the　Matted　Gallery　at　White　Hall　into　his　closet；　nay；　he　hath　come　out　of　his　wife's　bed；　and　gone　to　others　laid　in　bed　for　him：　　that　Mr。　Brouncker　is　not　the　only　pimp；　but　that　the　whole　family　are　of　the　same　strain；　and　will　do　any　thing　to　please　him：　　that；　besides　the　death　of　the　two　Princes　lately；　the　family　is　in　horrible　disorder　by　being　in　debt　by　spending　above　60；000l。　per　annum；　when　he　hath　not　40；000l。：　　that　the　Duchesse　is　not　only　the　proudest　woman　in　the　world；　but　the　most　expensefull；　and　that　the　Duke　of　York's　marriage　with　her　hath　undone　the　kingdom；　by　making　the　Chancellor　so　great　above　reach；　who　otherwise　would　have　been　but　an　ordinary　man　to　have　been　dealt　with　by　other　people；　and　he　would　have　been　careful　of　managing　things　well；　for　fear　of　being　called　to　account；　whereas　now　he　is　secure；　and　hath　let　things　run　to　rack；　as　they　now　appear。　　That　at　a　certain　time　Mr。　Povy　did　carry　him　an　account　of　the　state　of　the　Duke　of　York's　estate；　showing　in　faithfullness　how　he　spent　more　than　his　estate　would　bear；　by　above　20；000l。　per　annum；　and　asked　my　Lord's　opinion　of　it；　to　which　he　answered；　that　no　man　that　loved　the　King　or　kingdom　durst　own　the　writing　of　that　paper：　at　which　Povy　was　started；　and　reckoned　himself　undone　for　this　good　service；　and　found　it　necessary　then　to　show　it　to　the　Duke　of　York's　Commissioners；　who　read；　examined；　and　approved　of　it；　so　as　to　cause　it　to　be　put　into　form；　and　signed　it；　and　gave　it　to　the　Duke。　　Now　the　end　of　the　Chancellor　was；　for　fear　that　his　daughter's　ill　housewifery　should　be　condemned。　　He　tells　me　that　the　other　day；　upon　this　ill　news　of　the　Dutch　being　upon　us；　White　Hall　was　shut　up；　and　the　Council　called　and　sat　close；　（and；　by　the　way　he　do　assure　me；　from　the　mouth　of　some　Privy…　councillors；　that　at　this　day　the　Privy…council　in　general　do　know　no　more　what　the　state　of　the　kingdom　as　to　peace　and　war　is；　than　he　or　I；　nor　who　manages　it；　nor　upon　whom　it　depends；）　and　there　my　Lord　Chancellor　did　make　a　speech　to　them；　saying　that　they　knew　well　that　he　was　no　friend　to　the　war　from　the　beginning；　and　therefore　had　concerned　himself　little　in；　nor　could　say　much　to　it；　and　a　great　deal　of　that　kind　to　discharge　himself　of　the　fault　of　the　war。　　Upon　which　my　Lord　Anglesy　rose　up　and　told　his　Majesty　that　he　thought　their　coming　now　together　was　not　to　enquire　who　was　or　was　not　the　cause　of　the　war；　but　to　enquire　what　was　or　could　be　done　in　the　business　of　making　a　peace；　and　in　whose　hands　that　was；　and　where　it　was　stopped　or　forwarded；　and　went　on　very　highly　to　have　all　made　open　to　them：　（and；　by　the　way；　I　remember　that　Captain　Cocke　did　the　other　day　tell　me　that　this　Lo