my oathe being to go neither at my own charge nor
at another's, as I had done by becoming liable to give them another, as
I am to Sir W. Pen and Mr. Creed; but here I neither know which of them
paid for me, nor, if I did, am I obliged ever to return the like, or did
it by desire or with any willingness. So that with a safe conscience I
do think my oathe is not broke and judge God Almighty will not think it
other wise. Thence to W. Joyce's, and there found my aunt and cozen Mary
come home from my father's with great pleasure and content, and thence
to Kate's and found her also mighty pleased with her journey and their
good usage of them, and so home, troubled in my conscience at my being
at a play. But at home I found Mercer playing on her Vyall, which is a
pretty instrument, and so I to the Vyall and singing till late, and so
to bed. My mind at a great losse how to go down to Brampton this weeke,
to satisfy Piggott; but what with the fears of my house, my money, my
wife, and my office, I know not how in the world to think of it, Tom
Hater being out of towne, and I having near L1000 in my house.

29th. Up and to the office, where all the morning, dined at home and
Creed with me; after dinner I to Sir G. Carteret, and with him to his
new house he is taking in Broad Streete, and there surveyed all the
rooms and bounds, in order to the drawing up a lease thereof; and that
done, Mr. Cutler, his landlord, took me up and down, and showed me all
his ground and house, which is extraordinary great, he having bought
all the Augustine Fryers, and many, many a L1000 he hath and will bury
there. So home to my business, clearing my papers and preparing my
accounts against tomorrow for a monthly and a great auditt. So to supper
and to bed. Fresh newes come of our beating the Dutch at Guinny quite
out of all their castles almost, which will make them quite mad here
at home sure. And Sir G. Carteret did tell me, that the King do joy
mightily at it; but asked him laughing, "But," says he, "how shall I do
to answer this to the Embassador when he comes?" Nay they say that we
have beat them out of the New Netherlands too;

[Captain (afterwards Sir Robert) Holmes' expedition to attack the
Dutch settlements in Africa eventuated in an important exploit.
Holmes suddenly left the coast of Africa, sailed across the
Atlantic, and reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to
English rule, under the title of New York.