eyance, and at last did make him see (I think)
that it was his concernment to be friendly to me and what belongs to me.
After speaking my mind to him and he to me, we walked down and took boat
at the Tower and to Deptford, on purpose to sign and seal a couple of
warrants, as justice of peace in Kent, against one Annis, who is to be
tried next Tuesday, at Maidstone assizes, for stealing some lead out of
Woolwich Yard. Going and coming I did discourse with Mr. Turner about
the faults of our management of the business of our office, of which he
is sensible, but I believe is a very knave. Come home I found a rabbit
at the fire, and so supped well, and so to my journall and to bed.

14th. Up by 4 o'clock and to my arithmetique, and so to my office till
8, then to Thames Street along with old Mr. Green, among the tarr-men,
and did instruct myself in the nature and prices of tarr, but could not
get Stockholm for the use of the office under L10 15s. per last, which
is a great price. So home, and at noon Dr. T. Pepys came to me, and he
and I to the Exchequer, and so back to dinner, where by chance comes Mr.
Pierce, the chyrurgeon, and then Mr. Battersby, the minister, and then
Mr. Dun, and it happened that I had a haunch of venison boiled, and so
they were very wellcome and merry; but my simple Dr. do talk so like a
fool that I am weary of him. They being gone, to my office again, and
there all the afternoon, and at night home and took a few turns with my
wife in the garden and so to bed. My house being this day almost quite
untiled in order to its rising higher. This night I began to put on my
waistcoat also. I found the pageant in Cornhill taken down, which was
pretty strange.

15th. Up by 4 o'clock, and after doing some business as to settling my
papers at home, I went to my office, and there busy till sitting time.
So at the office all the morning, where J. Southern, Mr. Coventry's
clerk, did offer me a warrant for an officer to sign which I desired,
claiming it for my clerk's duty, which however did trouble me a little
to be put upon it, but I did it. We broke up late, and I to dinner at
home, where my brother Tom and Mr. Cooke came and dined with me, but I
could not be merry for my business, but to my office again after dinner,
and they two and my wife abroad. In the evening comes Mr. Cooper, and I
took him by water on purpose to tell me things belonging to ships, which
was time well spent, and so home again, and my wife c