ere Mr. Mills made a lazy sermon. So home to dinner,
where my brother Tom dined with me, and so my wife and I to church again
in the afternoon, and that done I walked to the Wardrobe and spent
my time with Mr. Creed and Mr. Moore talking about business; so up to
supper with my Lady [Sandwich], who tells me, with much trouble, that
my Lady Castlemaine is still as great with the King, and that the King
comes as often to her as ever he did, at which, God forgive me, I am
well pleased. It began to rain, and so I borrowed a hat and cloak of Mr.
Moore and walked home, where I found Captain Ferrer with my wife, and
after speaking a matter of an hour with him he went home and we all to
bed. Jack Cole, my old friend, found me out at the Wardrobe; and, among
other things, he told me that certainly most of the chief ministers of
London would fling up their livings; and that, soon or late, the issue
thereof would be sad to the King and Court.

7th. Up and to my office early, and there all the morning alone till
dinner, and after dinner to my office again, and about 3 o'clock with
my wife by water to Westminster, where I staid in the Hall while my wife
went to see her father and mother, and she returning we by water home
again, and by and by comes Mr. Cooper, so he and I to our mathematiques,
and so supper and to bed. My morning's work at the office was to put
the new books of my office into order, and writing on the backsides what
books they be, and transcribing out of some old books some things into
them.

8th. At the office all the morning and dined at home, and after dinner
in all haste to make up my accounts with my Lord, which I did with some
trouble, because I had some hopes to have made a profit to myself in
this account and above what was due to me (which God forgive me in), but
I could not, but carried them to my Lord, with whom they passed well. So
to the Wardrobe, where alone with my Lord above an hour; and he do seem
still to have his old confidence in me; and tells me to boot, that Mr.
Coventry hath spoke of me to him to great advantage; wherein I am much
pleased. By and by comes in Mr. Coventry to visit my Lord; and so my
Lord and he and I walked together in the great chamber a good while; and
I found him a most ingenuous man and good company. He being gone I
also went home by water, Mr. Moore with me for discourse sake, and then
parted from me, Cooper being there ready to attend me, so he and I to
work till it was d