him, and so home and to bed.

17th (Lord's day). Up, and I put on my best cloth black suit and my
velvet cloake, and with my wife in her best laced suit to church, where
we have not been these nine or ten weeks. The truth is, my jealousy hath
hindered it, for fear she should see Pembleton. He was here to-day, but
I think sat so as he could not see her, which did please me, God help
me! mightily, though I know well enough that in reason this is nothing
but my ridiculous folly. Home to dinner, and in the afternoon, after
long consulting whether to go to Woolwich or no to see Mr. Falconer, but
indeed to prevent my wife going to church, I did however go to church
with her, where a young simple fellow did preach: I slept soundly all
the sermon, and thence to Sir W. Pen's, my wife and I, there she talking
with him and his daughter, and thence with my wife walked to my uncle
Wight's and there supped, where very merry, but I vexed to see what
charges the vanity of my aunt puts her husband to among her friends and
nothing at all among ours. Home and to bed. Our parson, Mr. Mills, his
owne mistake in reading of the service was very remarkable, that instead
of saying, "We beseech thee to preserve to our use the kindly fruits
of the earth," he cries, "Preserve to our use our gracious Queen
Katherine."

18th. Up and by coach to Westminster, and there solicited W. Joyce's
business again; and did speake to the Duke of Yorke about it, who did
understand it very well. I afterwards did without the House fall in
company with my Lady Peters, and endeavoured to mollify her; but she
told me she would not, to redeem her from hell, do any thing to release
him; but would be revenged while she lived, if she lived the age of
Methusalem. I made many friends, and so did others. At last it was
ordered by the Lords that it should be referred to the Committee of
Privileges to consider. So I, after discoursing with the Joyces, away by
coach to the 'Change; and there, among other things, do hear that a Jew
hath put in a policy of four per cent. to any man, to insure him against
a Dutch warr for four months; I could find in my heart to take him at
this offer, but however will advise first, and to that end took coach
to St. James's, but Mr. Coventry was gone forth, and I thence to
Westminster Hall, where Mrs. Lane was gone forth, and so I missed of
my intent to be with her this afternoon, and therefore meeting Mr.
Blagrave, went home with him, and there