anything to
his prejudice. Thence by coach, with Brisband, to Sir G. Carteret's, in
Lincoln's Inn Fields, and there dined: a good dinner and good company;
and after dinner he and I alone, discoursing of my Lord Sandwich's
matters; who hath, in the first business before the House, been very
kindly used beyond expectation, the matter being laid by, till his
coming home and old Mr. Vaughan did speak for my Lord, which I am mighty
glad of. The business of the prizes is the worst that can be said, and
therein I do fear something may lie hard upon him; but, against this, we
must prepare the best we can for his defence. Thence with G. Carteret to
White Hall, where I, finding a meeting of the Committee of the Council
for the Navy, his Royal Highness there, and Sir W. Pen, and, some of the
Brethren of the Trinity House to attend, I did go in with them; and it
was to be informed of the practice heretofore, for all foreign nations,
at enmity one with another, to forbear any acts of hostility to one
another, in the presence of any of the King of England's ships, of
which several instances were given: and it is referred to their further
enquiry, in order to the giving instructions accordingly to our ships
now, during the war between Spain and France. Would to God we were in
the same condition as heretofore, to challenge and maintain this our
dominion! Thence with W. Pen homeward, and quite through to Mile End,
for a little ayre; the days being now pretty long, but the ways mighty
dirty, and here we drank at the Rose, the old house, and so back again,
talking of the Parliament and our trouble with them and what passed
yesterday. Going back again, Sir R. Brookes overtook us coming to town;
who hath played the jacke with us all, and is a fellow that I must trust
no more, he quoting me for all he hath said in this business of tickets;
though I have told him nothing that either is not true, or I afeard to
own. But here talking, he did discourse in this stile: "We,"--and "We"
all along,--"will not give any money, be the pretence never so great,
nay, though the enemy was in the River of Thames again, till we know
what is become of the last money given;" and I do believe he do speak
the mind of his fellows, and so let them, if the King will suffer it. He
gone, we home, and there I to read, and my belly being full of my dinner
to-day, I anon to bed, and there, as I have for many days, slept not an
hour quietly, but full of dreams of our defen