hours to look over some unpleasant letters and things of
trouble to answer my father in, about Tom's business and others, that
vexed me, but I did go through it and by that means eased my mind very
much. This afternoon also came Tom and Charles Pepys by my sending for,
and received of me L40 in part towards their L70 legacy of my uncle's.
Spent the evening talking with my wife, and so to bed.

26th. Up to the office, where we sat, and I had some high words with Sir
W. Batten about canvas, wherein I opposed him and all his experience,
about seams in the middle, and the profit of having many breadths and
narrow, which I opposed to good purpose, to the rejecting of the whole
business. At noon home to dinner, and thence took my wife by coach, and
she to my Lady Sandwich to see her. I to Tom Trice, to discourse about
my father's giving over his administration to my brother, and thence to
Sir R. Bernard, and there received L19 in money, and took up my father's
bond of L21, that is L40, in part of Piggot's L209 due to us, which
L40 he pays for 7 roods of meadow in Portholme. Thence to my wife, and
carried her to the Old Bayly, and there we were led to the Quest House,
by the church, where all the kindred were by themselves at the buriall
of my uncle Fenner; but, Lord! what a pitiful rout of people there was
of them, but very good service and great company the whole was. And so
anon to church, and a good sermon, and so home, having for ease put
my L19 into W. Joyce's hand, where I left it. So to supper and to bed,
being in a little pain from some cold got last night lying without
anything upon my feet.

27th. Up, not without some pain by cold, which makes me mighty
melancholy, to think of the ill state of my health. To the office, where
busy till my brains ready to drop with variety of business, and vexed
for all that to see the service like to suffer by other people's
neglect. Vexed also at a letter from my father with two troublesome ones
enclosed from Cave and Noble, so that I know not what to do therein. At
home to dinner at noon. But to comfort my heart, Captain Taylor this day
brought me L20 he promised me for my assistance to him about his masts.
After dinner to the office again, and thence with Mr. Wayth to St.
Catherine's to see some variety of canvas's, which indeed was worth
my seeing, but only I was in some pain, and so took not the delight I
should otherwise have done. So home to the office, and there busy till
la