e, but I believe is a very knave. Come home I found a rabbit
at the fire, and so supped well, and so to my journall and to bed.

14th. Up by 4 o'clock and to my arithmetique, and so to my office till
8, then to Thames Street along with old Mr. Green, among the tarr-men,
and did instruct myself in the nature and prices of tarr, but could not
get Stockholm for the use of the office under L10 15s. per last, which
is a great price. So home, and at noon Dr. T. Pepys came to me, and he
and I to the Exchequer, and so back to dinner, where by chance comes Mr.
Pierce, the chyrurgeon, and then Mr. Battersby, the minister, and then
Mr. Dun, and it happened that I had a haunch of venison boiled, and so
they were very wellcome and merry; but my simple Dr. do talk so like a
fool that I am weary of him. They being gone, to my office again, and
there all the afternoon, and at night home and took a few turns with my
wife in the garden and so to bed. My house being this day almost quite
untiled in order to its rising higher. This night I began to put on my
waistcoat also. I found the pageant in Cornhill taken down, which was
pretty strange.

15th. Up by 4 o'clock, and after doing some business as to settling my
papers at home, I went to my office, and there busy till sitting time.
So at the office all the morning, where J. Southern, Mr. Coventry's
clerk, did offer me a warrant for an officer to sign which I desired,
claiming it for my clerk's duty, which however did trouble me a little
to be put upon it, but I did it. We broke up late, and I to dinner at
home, where my brother Tom and Mr. Cooke came and dined with me, but I
could not be merry for my business, but to my office again after dinner,
and they two and my wife abroad. In the evening comes Mr. Cooper, and I
took him by water on purpose to tell me things belonging to ships, which
was time well spent, and so home again, and my wife came home and tells
me she has been very merry and well pleased with her walk with them.
About bedtime it fell a-raining, and the house being all open at top, it
vexed me; but there was no help for it.

16th. In the morning I found all my ceilings, spoiled with rain last
night, so that I fear they must be all new whited when the work is done.
Made me ready and to my office, and by and by came Mr. Moore to me, and
so I went home and consulted about drawing up a fair state of all
my Lord's accounts, which being settled, he went away, and I fell to
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