e Ruyter with his fleete. The
particulars, as much as by Sir G. Carteret afterwards I heard, I have
said in a letter to my Lord Sandwich this day at Portsmouth; it being
most wholly to the utter ruine of our Royall Company, and reproach and
shame to the whole nation, as well as justification to them in their
doing wrong to no man as to his private [property], only takeing
whatever is found to belong to the Company, and nothing else. Dined at
the Dolphin, Sir G. Carteret, Sir J. Minnes, Sir W. Batten, and I, with
Sir W. Boreman and Sir Theophilus Biddulph and others, Commissioners of
the Sewers, about our place below to lay masts in. But coming a little
too soon, I out again, and tooke boat down to Redriffe; and just in
time within two minutes, and saw the new vessel of Sir William Petty's
launched, the King and Duke being there.

[Pepys was wrong as to the name of Sir William Petty's new
doublekeeled boat. On February 13th, 1664-65, he gives the correct
title, which was "The Experiment."]

It swims and looks finely, and I believe will do well. The name I think
is Twilight, but I do not know certainly. Coming away back immediately
to dinner, where a great deal of good discourse, and Sir G. Carteret's
discourse of this Guinny business, with great displeasure at the losse
of our honour there, and do now confess that the trade brought all these
troubles upon us between the Dutch and us. Thence to the office and
there sat late, then I to my office and there till 12 at night, and so
home to bed weary.

23rd. Up and to my office, then come by appointment cozen Tom Trice to
me, and I paid him the L20 remaining due to him upon the bond of L100
given him by agreement November, 1663, to end the difference between us
about my aunt's, his mother's, money. And here, being willing to know
the worst, I told him, "I hope now there is nothing remaining between
you and I of future dispute." "No," says he, "nothing at all that I know
of, but only a small matter of about 20 or 30s. that my father Pepys
received for me of rent due to me in the country, which I will in a day
or two bring you an account of," and so we parted. Dined at home upon
a good turkey which Mr. Sheply sent us, then to the office all the
afternoon, Mr. Cutler and others coming to me about business. I
hear that the Dutch have prepared a fleete to go the backway to the
Streights, where without doubt they will master our fleete. This put
to that of Guinny