of his desire that
I would see my brother's debts paid, and things still of that nature
tending to my parting with what I get with pain to serve others'
expenses that I was cruelly vexed. Thence to Sir R. Bernard, and there
heard something of Pigott's delay of paying our money, that that also
vexed me mightily. So home and there met with a letter from my cozen
Scott, which tells me that he is resolved to meddle no more with our
business, of administering for my father, which altogether makes me
almost distracted to think of the trouble that I am like to meet with by
other folks' business more than ever I hope to have by my owne. So with
great trouble of mind to bed.

14th. Up, full of pain, I believe by cold got yesterday. So to the
office, where we sat, and after office home to dinner, being in
extraordinary pain. After dinner my pain increasing I was forced to go
to bed, and by and by my pain rose to be as great for an hour or two as
ever I remember it was in any fit of the stone, both in the lower
part of my belly and in my back also. No wind could I break. I took
a glyster, but it brought away but a little, and my height of pain
followed it. At last after two hours lying thus in most extraordinary
anguish, crying and roaring, I know not what, whether it was my great
sweating that may do it, but upon getting by chance, among my other
tumblings, upon my knees, in bed, my pain began to grow less and less,
till in an hour after I was in very little pain, but could break no
wind, nor make any water, and so continued, and slept well all night.

15th (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. S