show him any; but as he dissembles with me, so must I
with him. Dined at home, and so to the office again, my wife with me,
and while I was for an hour making a hole behind my seat in my closet to
look into the office, she was talking to me about her going to Brampton,
which I would willingly have her to do but for the cost of it, and to
stay here will be very inconvenient because of the dirt that I must have
when my house is pulled down. Then to my business till night, then Mr.
Cooper and I to our business, and then came Mr. Mills, the minister, to
see me, which he hath but rarely done to me, though every day almost
to others of us; but he is a cunning fellow, and knows where the good
victuals is, and the good drink, at Sir W. Batten's. However, I used him
civilly, though I love him as I do the rest of his coat. So to supper
and to bed.
10th. Up by four o'clock, and before I went to the office I practised my
arithmetique, and then, when my wife was up, did call her and Sarah, and
did make up a difference between them, for she is so good a servant as
I am loth to part with her. So to the office all the morning, where very
much business, but it vexes me to see so much disorder at our table,
that, every man minding a several business, we dispatch nothing. Dined
at home with my wife, then to the office again, and being called by
Sir W. Batten, walked to the Victualler's office, there to view all the
several offices and houses to see that they were employed in order to
give the Council an account thereof. So after having taken an oath or
two of Mr. Lewes and Captain Brown and others I returned to the office,
and there sat despatching several businesses alone till night, and so
home and by daylight to bed.
11th. Up by four o'clock, and hard at my multiplicacion-table, which I
am now almost master of, and so made me ready and to my office, where by
and by comes Mr. Pett, and then a messenger from Mr. Coventry, who stays
in his boat at the Tower for us. So we to him, and down to Deptford
first, and there viewed some deals lately served in at a low price,
which our officers, like knaves, would untruly value in their worth, but
we found them good. Then to Woolwich, and viewed well all the houses and
stores there, which lie in very great confusion for want of storehouses,
and then to Mr. Ackworth's and Sheldon's to view their books, which we
found not to answer the King's service and security at all as to the
stores. Then to t
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