e good discourse, and, I hope, occasion of
getting something hereafter. After dinner to White Hall to the Fishery,
where the Duke was with us. So home, and late at my office, writing many
letters, then home to supper and to bed. Yesterday come home, and this
night I visited Sir W. Pen, who dissembles great respect and love to me,
but I understand him very well. Major Holmes is come from Guinny, and is
now at Plymouth with great wealth, they say.

11th (Lord's day). Up and to church alone in the morning. Dined at home,
mighty pleasantly. In the afternoon I to the French church, where much
pleased with the three sisters of the parson, very handsome, especially
in their noses, and sing prettily. I heard a good sermon of the old man,
touching duty to parents. Here was Sir Samuel Morland and his lady very
fine, with two footmen in new liverys (the church taking much notice of
them), and going into their coach after sermon with great gazeing. So
I home, and my cozen, Mary Pepys's husband, comes after me, and told me
that out of the money he received some months since he did receive 18d.
too much, and did now come and give it me, which was very pretty.
So home, and there found Mr. Andrews and his lady, a well-bred and a
tolerable pretty woman, and by and by Mr. Hill and to singing, and then
to supper, then to sing again, and so good night. To prayers and tonight
[bed]. It is a little strange how these Psalms of Ravenscroft after 2
or 3 times singing prove but the same again, though good. No diversity
appearing at all almost.

12th. Up, and with Sir W. Batten by coach to White Hall, where all of
us with the Duke; Mr. Coventry privately did tell me the reason of his
advice against our pretences to the Prize Office (in his letter from
Portsmouth), because he knew that the King and the Duke had resolved to
put in some Parliament men that have deserved well, and that would
needs be obliged, by putting them in. Thence homeward, called at my
bookseller's and bespoke some books against the year's out, and then
to the 'Change, and so home to dinner, and then to the office, where
my Lord Brunkard comes and reads over part of our Instructions in the
Navy--and I expounded it to him, so he is become my disciple. He gone,
comes Cutler to tell us that the King of France hath forbid any canvass
to be carried out of his kingdom, and I to examine went with him to the
East India house to see a letter, but came too late. So home again, and
there