ied Lady Anne
Scott, daughter and heiress of Francis, second Earl of Buccleuch, on
April 20th following. In 1673 he took the name of Scott, and was
created Duke of Buccleuch.]

By and by in comes the King, and anon the Duke and his Duchess; so that,
they being all together, was such a sight as I never could almost have
happened to see with so much ease and leisure. They staid till it
was dark, and then went away; the King and his Queen, and my Lady
Castlemaine and young Crofts, in one coach and the rest in other,
coaches. Here were great store of great ladies, but very few handsome.
The King and Queen were very merry; and he would have made the
Queen-Mother believe that his Queen was with child, and said that she
said so. And the young Queen answered, "You lye;" which was the first
English word that I ever heard her say which made the King good sport;
and he would have taught her to say in English, "Confess and be hanged."
The company being gone I walked home with great content as I can be in
for seeing the greatest rarity, and yet a little troubled that I should
see them before my wife's coming home, I having made a promise that I
would not, nor did I do it industriously and by design, but by chance
only. To my office, to fit myself for waiting on the Duke to-morrow
morning with the rest of our company, and so to my lodgings and to bed.

8th. Up betimes and to my office preparing an account to give the Duke
this morning of what we have of late done at the office. About 7 o'clock
I went forth thinking to go along with Sir John Minnes and the rest, and
I found them gone, which did vex me, so I went directly to the old Swan
and took boat before them to Sir G. Carteret's lodgings at Whitehall,
and there staying till he was dressed talking with him, he and I to St.
James's, where Sir Williams both and Sir John were come, and so up with
Mr. Coventry to the Duke; who, after he was out of his bed, did send for
us in; and, when he was quite ready, took us into his closet, and there
told us that he do intend to renew the old custom for the Admirals to
have their principal officers to meet them once a-week, to give them an
account what they have done that week; which I am glad of: and so the
rest did tell his Royal Highness that I could do it best for the time
past. And so I produced my short notes, and did give him an account of
all that we have of late done; and proposed to him several things for
his commands,