gh the garden to my Lord's lodgings, where there was Mr.
Gibbons, Madge, and Mallard, and Pagett; and by and by comes in my Lord
Sandwich, and so we had great store of good musique. By and by comes in
my simple Lord Chandois, who (my Lord Sandwich being gone out to Court)
began to sing psalms, but so dully that I was weary of it. At last we
broke up; and by and by comes in my Lord Sandwich again, and he and I to
talk together about his businesses, and so he to bed and I and Mr. Creed
and Captain Ferrers fell to a cold goose pye of Mrs. Sarah's, heartily,
and so spent our time till past twelve o'clock, and then with Creed to
his lodgings, and so with him to bed, and slept till
22nd. Six or seven o'clock and so up, and by the fireside read a good
part of "The Advice to a Daughter," which a simple coxcomb has wrote
against Osborne, but in all my life I never did nor can expect to see so
much nonsense in print Thence to my Lord's, who is getting himself ready
for his journey to Hinchingbroke. And by and by, after eating something,
and talking with me about many things, and telling me his mind, upon
my asking about Sarah (who, it seems, only married of late, but is also
said to be turned a great drunkard, which I am ashamed of), that he
likes her service well, and do not love a strange face, but will not
endure the fault, but hath bade me speak to her and advise her if she
hath a mind to stay with him, which I will do. My Lord and his people
being gone, I walked to Mr. Coventry's chamber, where I found him gone
out into the Park with the Duke, so the boy being there ready with my
things, I shifted myself into a riding-habitt, and followed him through
White Hall, and in the Park Mr. Coventry's people having a horse ready
for me (so fine a one that I was almost afeard to get upon him, but I
did, and found myself more feared than hurt) and I got up and followed
the Duke, who, with some of his people (among others Mr. Coventry) was
riding out. And with them to Hide Park. Where Mr. Coventry asking leave
of the Duke, he bid us go to Woolwich. So he and I to the waterside,
and our horses coming by the ferry, we by oars over to Lambeth, and from
thence, with brave discourse by the way, rode to Woolwich, where we eat
and drank at Mr. Peat's, and discoursed of many businesses, and put in
practice my new way of the Call-book, which will be of great use. Here,
having staid a good while, we got up again and brought night home with
us and
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