ner's, and looked over some
pictures and traps for my house, and so home again to dinner, and by and
by came the two young Pens, and after we had eat a barrel of oysters we
went by coach to the play, and there saw it well acted, and a good play
it is, only Diego the Sexton did overdo his part too much. From thence
home, and they sat with us till late at night at cards very merry, but
the jest was Mr. W. Pen had left his sword in the coach, and so my boy
and he run out after the coach, and by very great chance did at the
Exchange meet with the coach and got his sword again. So to bed.

2nd. An invitation sent us before we were up from my Lady Sandwich's,
to come and dine with her: so at the office all the morning, and at
noon thither to dinner, where there was a good and great dinner, and the
company, Mr. William Montagu and his Lady (but she seemed so far from
the beauty that I expected her from my Lady's talk to be, that it put
me into an ill humour all the day, to find my expectation so lost), Mr.
Rurttball and Townsend and their wives. After dinner, borne by water,
and so to the office till night, and then I went forth, by appointment,
to meet with Mr. Grant, who promised to meet me at the Coffee-house to
bring me acquainted with Cooper the great limner in little, but they
deceived me, and so I went home, and there sat at my lute and singing
till almost twelve at night, and so to bed. Sir Richd. Fanshaw is come
suddenly from Portugall, but nobody knows what his business is.

3rd. Lay long in bed, and so up and abroad to several places about petty
businesses. Among others to Tom's, who I find great hopes of that he
will do well, which I am glad of, and am not now so hasty to get a wife
for him as I was before. So to dinner to my Lord Crew's with him and his
Lady, and after dinner to Faithorne's, and there bought some pictures
of him; and while I was there, comes by the King's life-guard, he being
gone to Lincoln's Inn this afternoon to see the Revells there; there
being, according to an old custom, a prince and all his nobles, and
other matters of sport and charge. So home, and up to my chamber to look
over my papers and other things, my mind being much troubled for these
four or five days because of my present great expense, and will be so
till I cast up and see how my estate stands, and that I am loth to do
for fear I have spent too much, and delay it the rather that I may pay
for my pictures and my wife's, and the