y^e Phrase goes,) sholde be soe Overtaken &
caste downe lyke a Schoole-boy or a countrie Bumpkin, by a meere Mayde,
& sholde set to Groaninge and Sighinge, &, for that She will not have
me Sighe to Her, to Groaninge and Sighinge on paper, w^ch is y^e greter
Foolishnesse in Me, y^t some one maye reade it Here-after, who hath
taken his dose of y^e same Physicke, and made no Wrye faces over it; in
w^ch case I double I shall be much laugh'd at.--Yet soe much am I a
foole, and soe enamour'd of my Foolishnesse, y^t I have a sorte of
Shamefull Joye in tellinge, even to my Journall, y^t I am mightie deepe
in Love withe y^e yonge Daughter of Mistresse Ffrench, and all maye
knowe what an Angell is y^e Daughter, since I have chose M^rs. Ffrench
for my Mother in Lawe.--(Though she will have none of my choosinge.)--And
I likewise take comforte in y^e Fancie, y^t this poore Sheete, wh^on I
write, may be made of y^e Raggs of some lucklesse Lover, and maye y^e
more readilie drinke up my complaininge Inke.--

This muche I have learnt y^t Fraunce distilles not, nor y^e Indies
growe not, y^e Remedie for my Aile.--For when I 1^st became sensible of
y^e folly of my Suite, I tooke to drynkinge & smoakinge, thinkinge to
cure my minde, but all I got was a head ache, for fellow to my Hearte
ache.--A sorrie Payre!--I then made Shifte, for a while, withe a
Bicycle, but breakinge of Bones mendes no breakinge of Heartes, and 60
myles a Daye bringes me no nearer to a Weddinge.--This beinge Lowe
Sondaye, (w^ch my Hearte telleth me better than y^e Allmanack,) I will
goe to Churche; wh. I maye chaunce to see her.--Laste weeke, her Eastre
bonnett vastlie pleas'd me, beinge most cunninglie devys'd in y^e mode
of oure Grandmothers, and verie lyke to a coales Scuttle, of white
satine.--

2^nd Aprile.

I trust I make no more moane, than is just for a man in my case, but
there is small comforte in lookinge at y^e backe of a white Satine
bonnett for two Houres, and I maye saye as much.--Neither any cheere in
Her goinge out of y^e Churche, & Walkinge downe y^e Avenue, with a
Puppe by y^e name of Williamson.

4^th Aprile.

Because a man have a Hatt with a Brimme to it like y^e Poope-Decke of a
Steam-Shippe, and breeches lyke y^e Case of an umbrella, and have loste
money on Hindoo, he is not therefore in y^e beste Societie.--I made
this observation, at y^e Clubbe, laste nighte, in y^e hearinge of
W^mson, who made a mightie Pretence, to reade y^e Sp^t o