eep from month to month, that I am worth L650, the
greatest sum that ever I was yet master of. I pray God give me a
thankfull, spirit, and care to improve and encrease it. To church with
my wife, who this day put on her green petticoat of flowred satin, with
fine white and gimp lace of her own putting on, which is very pretty.
Home with Sir W. Pen to dinner by appointment, and to church again in
the afternoon, and then home, Mr. Shepley coming to me about my Lord's
accounts, and in the evening parted, and we to supper again to Sir W.
Pen. Whatever the matter is, he do much fawn upon me, and I perceive
would not fall out with me, and his daughter mighty officious to my
wife, but I shall never be deceived again by him, but do hate him and
his traitorous tricks with all my heart. It was an invitation in order
to his taking leave of us to-day, he being to go for Ireland in a few
days. So home and prayers, and to bed.

30th. Up betimes, and to my office, where I found Griffen's girl making
it clean, but, God forgive me! what a mind I had to her, but did not
meddle with her. She being gone, I fell upon boring holes for me to see
from my closet into the great office, without going forth, wherein I
please myself much. So settled to business, and at noon with my wife to
the Wardrobe, and there dined, and staid talking all the afternoon with
my Lord, and about four o'clock took coach with my wife and Lady, and
went toward my house, calling at my Lady Carteret's, who was within by
chance (she keeping altogether at Deptford for a month or two), and so
we sat with her a little. Among other things told my Lady how my Lady
Fanshaw is fallen out with her only for speaking in behalf of the
French, which my Lady wonders at, they having been formerly like
sisters, but we see there is no true lasting friendship in the world.
Thence to my house, where I took great pride to lead her through the
Court by the hand, she being very fine, and her page carrying up her
train. She staid a little at my house, and then walked through the
garden, and took water, and went first on board the King's pleasure
boat, which pleased her much. Then to Greenwich Park; and with much ado
she was able to walk up to the top of the hill, and so down again, and
took boat, and so through bridge to Blackfryers, and home, she being
much pleased with the ramble in every particular of it. So we supped
with her, and then walked home, and to bed.