ccounted a fanatique; but did not know that at that time he had
been appointed by his Royal Highness. To which the Duke [replied] that
it was impossible but he must know that he had appointed him; and so it
did appear that the Duke did mean all this while Sir W. Batten. So by
and by we parted, and Mr. Coventry did privately tell me that he did
this day take this occasion to mention the business to give the Duke an
opportunity of speaking his mind to Sir W. Batten in this business, of
which I was heartily glad. Thence home, and not finding Bagwell's wife
as I expected, I to the 'Change and there walked up and down, and then
home, and she being come I bid her go and stay at Mooregate for me, and
after going up to my wife (whose eye is very bad, but she is in very
good temper to me), and after dinner I to the place and walked round the
fields again and again, but not finding her I to the 'Change, and there
found her waiting for me and took her away, and to an alehouse, and
there I made much of her, and then away thence and to another and
endeavoured to caress her, but 'elle ne voulait pas', which did vex me,
but I think it was chiefly not having a good easy place to do it upon.
So we broke up and parted and I to the office, where we sat hiring of
ships an hour or two, and then to my office, and thence (with Captain
Taylor home to my house) to give him instructions and some notice of
what to his great satisfaction had happened to-day. Which I do because
I hope his coming into this office will a little cross Sir W. Batten and
may do me good. He gone, I to supper with my wife, very pleasant, and
then a little to my office and to bed. My mind, God forgive me, too much
running upon what I can 'ferais avec la femme de Bagwell demain', having
promised to go to Deptford and 'a aller a sa maison avec son mari' when
I come thither.

20th. Up and walked to Deptford, where after doing something at the yard
I walked, without being observed, with Bagwell home to his house, and
there was very kindly used, and the poor people did get a dinner for me
in their fashion, of which I also eat very well. After dinner I found
occasion of sending him abroad, and then alone 'avec elle je tentais
a faire ce que je voudrais et contre sa force je le faisais biens que
passe a mon contentment'. By and by he coming back again I took leave
and walked home, and then there to dinner, where Dr. Fayrebrother come
to see me and Luellin. We dined, and I to the o