h (Lord's day). Rose, and as I had intended without reference to this
pain, took physique, and it wrought well with me, my wife lying from me
to-night, the first time she did in the same house ever since we were
married, I think (unless while my father was in town, that he lay with
me). She took physique also to-day, and both of our physiques wrought
well, so we passed our time to-day, our physique having done working,
with some pleasure talking, but I was not well, for I could make no
water yet, but a drop or two with great pain, nor break any wind. In
the evening came Mr. Vernatty to see me and discourse about my Lord
Peterborough's business, and also my uncle Wight and Norbury, but I took
no notice nor showed any different countenance to my uncle Wight, or
he to me, for all that he carried himself so basely to my wife the last
week, but will take time to make my use of it. So, being exceeding hot,
to bed, and slept well.

16th. Forced to rise because of going to the Duke to St. James's, where
we did our usual business, and thence by invitation to Mr. Pierces the
chyrurgeon, where I saw his wife, whom I had not seen in many months
before. She holds her complexion still, but in everything else, even in
this her new house and the best rooms in it, and her closet which
her husband with some vainglory took me to show me, she continues the
eeriest slattern that ever I knew in my life. By and by we to see an
experiment of killing a dogg by letting opium into his hind leg. He and
Dr. Clerke did fail mightily in hitting the vein, and in effect did not
do the business after many trials; but with the little they got in, the
dogg did presently fall asleep, and so lay till we cut him up, and a
little dogg also, which they put it down his throate; he also staggered
first, and then fell asleep, and so continued. Whether he recovered or
no, after I was gone, I know not, but it is a strange and sudden effect.
Thence walked to Westminster Hall, where the King was expected to come
to prorogue the House, but it seems, afterwards I hear, he did not
come. I promised to go again to Mr. Pierce's, but my pain grew so great,
besides a bruise I got to-day in my right testicle, which now vexes me
as much as the other, that I was mighty melancholy, and so by coach
home and there took another glyster, but find little good by it, but
by sitting still my pain of my bruise went away, and so after supper to
bed, my wife and I having talked and conclud