ducats. The rest of the morning busy
writing letters. So was my Lord that he would not come to dinner. After
dinner to write again in order to sending to London, but my Lord did not
finish his, so we did not send to London to-day. A great part of the
afternoon at nine-pins with my Lord and Mr. Hetley. I lost about 4s.
Supped with my Lord, and after that to bed. At night I had a strange
dream of--myself, which I really did, and having kicked my clothes off, I
got cold; and found myself all much wet in the morning, and had a great
deal of pain . . . which made me very melancholy.

29th. The King's birthday. Busy all the morning writing letters to
London, among the rest one to Mr. Chetwind to give me an account of the
fees due to the Herald for the Order of the Garter, which my Lord desires
to know. After dinner got all ready and sent away Mr. Cook to London with
a letter and token to my wife. After that abroad to shore with my Lord
(which he offered me of himself, saying that I had a great deal of work to
do this month, which was very true). On shore we took horses, my Lord and
Mr. Edward, Mr. Hetly and I, and three or four servants, and had a great
deal of pleasure in riding. Among other things my Lord showed me a house
that cost a great deal of money, and is built in so barren and
inconvenient a place that my Lord calls it the fool's house. At last we
came upon a very high cliff by the sea-side, and rode under it, we having
laid great wagers, I and Dr. Mathews, that it was not so high as Paul's;
my Lord and Mr. Hetly, that it was. But we riding under it, my Lord made
a pretty good measure of it with two sticks, and found it to be not above
thirty-five yards high, and Paul's is reckoned to be about ninety. From
thence toward the barge again, and in our way found the people at Deal
going to make a bonfire for joy of the day, it being the King's birthday,
and had some guns which they did fire at my Lord's coming by. For which I
did give twenty shillings among them to drink. While we were on the top
of the cliffe, we saw and heard our guns in the fleet go off for the same
joy. And it being a pretty fair day we could see above twenty miles into
France. Being returned on board, my Lord called for Mr. Sheply's book of
Paul's, by which we were confirmed in our wager. After that to supper and
then to musique, and so to bed. The pain that I have got last night by
cold is not yet gone, but troubles me at the