OBSERVATIONS.

This I take to be as bad a juncture as ever I observed. The King and
his new Queen minding their pleasures at Hampton Court. All people
discontented; some that the King do not gratify them enough; and the
others, Fanatiques of all sorts, that the King do take away their
liberty of conscience; and the height of the Bishops, who I fear will
ruin all again. They do much cry up the manner of Sir H. Vane's death,
and he deserves it. They clamour against the chimney-money, and say they
will not pay it without force. And in the mean time, like to have war
abroad; and Portugall to assist, when we have not money to pay for any
ordinary layings-out at home. Myself all in dirt about building of my
house and Sir W. Batten's a story higher. Into a good way, fallen on
minding my business and saving money, which God encrease; and I do take
great delight in it, and see the benefit of it. In a longing mind of
going to see Brampton, but cannot get three days time, do what I can. In
very good health, my wife and myself.

JULY 1662

July 1st. To the office, and there we sat till past noon, and then
Captain Cuttance and I by water to Deptford, where the Royal James (in
which my Lord went out the last voyage, though [he] came back in the
Charles) was paying off by Sir W. Batten and Sir W. Pen. So to dinner,
where I had Mr. Sheply to dine with us, and from thence I sent to my
Lord to know whether she should be a first rate, as the men would have
her, or a second. He answered that we should forbear paying the officers
and such whose pay differed upon the rate of the ship, till he could
speak with his Royal Highness. To the Pay again after dinner, and seeing
of Cooper, the mate of the ship, whom I knew in the Charles, I spoke
to him about teaching the mathematiques, and do please myself in my
thoughts of learning of him, and bade him come to me in a day or two.
Towards evening I left them, and to Redriffe by land, Mr. Cowly, the
Clerk of the Cheque, with me, discoursing concerning the abuses of the
yard, in which he did give me much light. So by water home, and after
half an hour sitting talking with my wife, who was afeard I did intend
to go with my Lord to fetch the Queen mother over, in which I did clear
her doubts, I went to bed by daylight, in order to my rising early
to-morrow.

2nd. Up while the chimes went four, and to put down my journal, and so
to my office, to read over such instructions as concern the of