showed her the Italian motion, much after
the nature of what I showed her a while since in Covent Garden. Their
puppets here are somewhat better, but their motions not at all. Thence
by coach to my Lady's, and, hiding my wife with Sarah below, I went up
and heard some musique with my Lord, and afterwards discoursed with him
alone, and so good night to him and below, having sent for Mr. Creed,
had thought to have shown my wife a play before the King, but it is so
late that we could not, and so we took coach, and taking up Sarah at
my brother's with their night geare we went home, and I to my office
to settle matters, and so home and to bed. This morning in the Duke's
chamber Sir J. Minnes did break to me his desire about my chamber, which
I did put off to another time to discourse of, he speaking to me very
kindly to make me the less trouble myself, hoping to save myself and to
contrive something or other to pleasure him as well, though I know not
well what. The town, I hear, is full of discontents, and all know of
the King's new bastard by Mrs. Haslerigge, and as far as I can hear
will never be contented with Episcopacy, they are so cruelly set for
Presbytery, and the Bishopps carry themselves so high, that they are
never likely to gain anything upon them.

11th. All the morning sitting at the office, and then to dinner with my
wife, and so to the office again (where a good while Mr. Bland was with
me, telling me very fine things in merchandize, which, but that the
trouble of my office do so cruelly hinder me, I would take some pains
in) till late at night. Towards the evening I, as I have done for three
or four nights, studying something of Arithmetique, which do please me
well to see myself come forward. So home, to supper, and to bed.

12th. At my office most of the morning, after I had done among my
painters, and sent away Mr. Shaw and Hawly, who came to give me a visit
this morning. Shaw it seems is newly re-married to a rich widow. At noon
dined at home with my wife, and by and by, by my wife's appointment came
two young ladies, sisters, acquaintances of my wife's brother's, who are
desirous to wait upon some ladies, and proffer their service to my wife.
The youngest, indeed, hath a good voice, and sings very well, besides
other good qualitys; but I fear hath been bred up with too great liberty
for my family, and I fear greater inconveniences of expenses, and my
wife's liberty will follow, which I must study to a