fe and I to walk in the garden, where all
our talk was against Sir W. Pen, against whom I have lately had cause to
be much prejudiced. By and by he and his daughter came out to walk, so
we took no notice of them a great while, at last in going home spoke
a word or two, and so good night, and to bed. This day I am told of
a Portugall lady, at Hampton Court, that hath dropped a child already
since the Queen's coming, but the king would not have them searched
whose it is; and so it is not commonly known yet. Coming home to-night,
I met with Will. Swan, who do talk as high for the Fanatiques as ever he
did in his life; and do pity my Lord Sandwich and me that we should be
given up to the wickedness of the world; and that a fall is coming upon
us all; for he finds that he and his company are the true spirit of the
nation, and the greater part of the nation too, who will have liberty of
conscience in spite of this "Act of Uniformity," or they will die; and
if they may not preach abroad, they will preach in their own houses. He
told me that certainly Sir H. Vane must be gone to Heaven, for he died
as much a martyr and saint as ever man did; and that the King hath lost
more by that man's death, than he will get again a good while. At all
which I know not what to think; but, I confess, I do think that the
Bishops will never be able to carry it so high as they do.

23rd. Up early, this morning, and my people are taking down the hangings
and things in my house because of the great dust that is already made by
the pulling down of Sir W. Batten's house, and will be by my own when
I come to it. To my office, and there hard at work all the morning.
At noon to the Exchange to meet Dr. Williams, who sent me this morning
notice of his going into the country tomorrow, but could not find him,
but meeting with Frank Moore, my Lord Lambeth's man formerly, we, and
two or three friends of his did go to a tavern, and there they drank,
but I nothing but small beer. In the next room one was playing very
finely of the dulcimer, which well played I like well, but one of our
own company, a talking fellow, did in discourse say much of this Act
against Seamen,

[In 1662 was passed "An Act for providing of carriage by land and by
water for the use of His Majesty's Navy and Ordinance" (13-14 Gar.
II., cap. 20), which gave power for impressing seamen, &c.]

for their being brought to account; and that it was made on purpose for
my Lord S