4th.  This morning I dispatch many letters of my own private business to London.  There come Colonel Thomson with the wooden leg, and General Pen,

[This is the first mention in the Diary of Admiral (afterwards Sir William) Penn, with whom Pepys was subsequently so particularly intimate.  At this time admirals were sometimes styled generals.  William Penn was born at Bristol in 1621, of the ancient family of the Penns of Penn Lodge, Wilts.  He was Captain at the age of twenty-one; Rear-Admiral of Ireland at twenty-three; Vice-Admiral of England and General in the first Dutch war, at thirty-two.  He was subsequently M.P. for Weymouth, Governor of Kingsale, and Vice- Admiral of Munster.  He was a highly successful commander, and in 1654 he obtained possession of Jamaica.  He was appointed a Commissioner of the Navy in 1660, in which year he was knighted.  After the Dutch fight in 1665, where he distinguished himself as second in command under the Duke of York, he took leave of the sea, but continued to act as a Commissioner for the Navy till 1669, when he retired to Wanstead, on account of his bodily infirmities, and dying there, September 16th, 1670, aged forty-nine, was buried in the church of St. Mary Redcliffe, in Bristol, where a monument to his memory was erected.]

and dined with my Lord and Mr. Blackburne, who told me that it was certain now that the King must of necessity come in, and that one of the Council told him there is something doing in order to a treaty already among them.  And it was strange to hear how Mr. Blackburne did already begin to commend him for a sober man, and how quiet he would be under his government, &c.  I dined all alone to prevent company, which was exceeding great to-day, in my cabin.  After these two were gone Sir W. Wheeler and Sir John Petters came on board and staid about two or three hours, and so went away.  The Commissioners came to-day, only to consult about a further reducement of the Fleet, and to pay them as fast as they can.  I did give Davis, their servant, L5 10s. to give to Mr. Moore from me, in part of the L7 that I borrowed of him, and he is to discount the rest out of the 36s. that he do owe me.  At night, my Lord resolved to send the Captain of our ship to Waymouth and promote his being chosen there, which he did put himself into a readiness to do the next morning.

5th.  Infinity of business all the morning of orders to make, that I was very much perplexed that Mr. Burr had failed me of coming back last night, and we ready to set sail, which we did about noon, and came in the evening to Lee roads and anchored.  At night Mr. Sheply overtook us who had been at Gray’s Market this morning.  I spent all the afternoon upon the deck, it being very pleasant weather.  This afternoon Sir Rich.  Stayner and Mr. Creed, after we were come to anchor, did come on board, and Creed brought me L30, which my Lord had ordered him to pay me upon account, and Captain Clerke brought me a noted caudle.  At night very sleepy to bed.