for a token.  This morning my wife and I went to Paternoster Row, and there we bought some green watered moyre for a morning wastecoate.  And after that we went to Mr. Cade’s’ to choose some pictures for our house.  After that my wife went home, and I to Pope’s Head, and bought me an aggate hafted knife, which cost me 5s.  So home to dinner, and so to the office all the afternoon, and at night to my viallin (the first time that I have played on it since I came to this house) in my dining room, and afterwards to my lute there, and I took much pleasure to have the neighbours come forth into the yard to hear me.  So down to supper, and sent for the barber, who staid so long with me that he was locked into the house, and we were fain to call up Griffith, to let him out.  So up to bed, leaving my wife to wash herself, and to do other things against to-morrow to go to court.

22d.  This morning came the carpenters to make me a door at the other side of my house, going into the entry, which I was much pleased with.  At noon my wife and I walked to the Old Exchange, and there she bought her a white whisk

[A gorget or neckerchief worn by women at this time.  “A woman’s neck whisk is used both plain and laced, and is called of most a gorget or falling whisk, because it falleth about the shoulders.”  —­Randle Hohnt (quoted by Planche).]

and put it on, and I a pair of gloves, and so we took coach for Whitehall to Mr. Fox’s, where we found Mrs. Fox within, and an alderman of London paying L1000 or L1500 in gold upon the table for the King, which was the most gold that ever I saw together in my life.  Mr. Fox came in presently and did receive us with a great deal of respect; and then did take my wife and I to the Queen’s presence-chamber; where he got my wife placed behind the Queen’s chair, and I got into the crowd, and by and by the Queen and the two Princesses came to dinner.  The Queen a very little plain old woman, and nothing more in her presence in any respect nor garb than any ordinary woman.  The Princess of Orange I had often seen before.  The Princess Henrietta is very pretty, but much below my expectation; and her dressing of herself with her hair frized short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me.  But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she.  Dinner being done, we went to Mr. Fox’s again, where many gentlemen dined with us, and most princely dinner, all provided for me and my friends, but I bringing none but myself and wife, he did call the company to help to eat up so much good victuals.  At the end of dinner, my Lord Sandwich’s health was drunk in the gilt tankard that I did give to Mrs. Fox the other day.  After dinner I had notice given me by Will my man that my Lord did inquire for me, so I went to find him, and met him and the Duke of York in a coach going towards Charing Cross.