d a midwife that is old and ugly, and that hath
already brought home to him a daughter and three children, we were let
in at a back door. And here she offered me the refusall of some lands of
her's at Brampton, if I have a mind to buy, which I answered her I was
not at present provided to do. She took occasion to talk of her sister
Wight's making much of the Wights, who for namesake only my uncle do
shew great kindness to, so I fear may do us that are nearer to him a
great deal of wrong, if he should die without children, which I am sorry
for. Thence to my uncle Wight's, and there we supped and were merry,
though my uncle hath lately lost 200 or 300 at sea, and I am troubled to
hear that the Turks do take more and more of our ships in the Straights,
and that our merchants here in London do daily break, and are still
likely to do so. So home, and I put in at Sir W. Batten's, where Major
Holmes was, and in our discourse and drinking I did give Sir J. Mennes'
health, which he swore he would not pledge, and called him knave and
coward (upon the business of Holmes with the Swedish ship lately), which
we all and I particularly did desire him to forbear, he being of our
fraternity, which he took in great dudgeon, and I was vexed to hear him
persist in calling him so, though I believe it to be true, but however
he is to blame and I am troubled at it. So home and to prayers, and to
bed.

20th. This morning Sir Win. Batten and Pen and I did begin the examining
the Treasurer's accounts, the first time ever he had passed in the
office, which is very long, and we were all at it till noon, and then
to dinner, he providing a fine dinner for us, and we eat it at Sir W.
Batten's, where we were very merry, there being at table the Treasurer
and we three, Mr. Wayth, Ferrer, Smith, Turner, and Mr. Morrice, the
wine cooper, who this day did divide the two butts, which we four did
send for, of sherry from Cales, and mine was put into a hogshead, and
the vessel filled up with four gallons of Malaga wine, but what it will
stand us in I know not: but it is the first great quantity of wine that
I ever bought. And after dinner to the office all the afternoon till
late at night, and then home, where my aunt and uncle Wight and Mrs.
Anne Wight came to play at cards (at gleek which she taught me and my
wife last week) and so to supper, and then to cards and so good night.
Then I to my practice of musique and then at 12 o'clock to bed. This day
the w