mean. I told you I would remember you in it,”
but offered no other discourse. But demanding
whether he had any commands for me, methought he cried
“No!” as if he had no more mind to discourse
with me, which still troubles me and hath done all
the day, though I think I am a fool for it, in not
pursuing my resolution of going handsome in clothes
and looking high, for that must do it when all is
done with my Lord. Thence by coach with Sir
W. Batten to the city, and his son Castle, who talks
mighty highly against Captain Tayler, calling him
knave, and I find that the old Boating father is led
and talks just as the son do, or the son as the father
would have him. ’Light and to Mr. Moxon’s,
and there saw our office globes in doing, which will
be very handsome but cost money. So to the Coffee-house,
and there very fine discourse with Mr. Hill the merchant,
a pretty, gentile, young, and sober man. So
to the ’Change, and thence home, where my wife
and I fell out about my not being willing to have her
have her gowne laced, but would lay out the same money
and more on a plain new one. At this she flounced
away in a manner I never saw her, nor which I could
ever endure. So I away to the office, though
she had dressed herself to go see my Lady Sandwich.
She by and by in a rage follows me, and coming to
me tells me in spitefull manner like a vixen and with
a look full of rancour that she would go buy a new
one and lace it and make me pay for it, and then let
me burn it if I would after she had done it, and so
went away in a fury. This vexed me cruelly,
but being very busy I had, not hand to give myself
up to consult what to do in it, but anon, I suppose
after she saw that I did not follow her, she came
again to the office, where I made her stay, being
busy with another, half an houre, and her stomach coming
down we were presently friends, and so after my business
being over at the office we out and by coach to my
Lady Sandwich’s, with whom I left my wife, and
I to White Hall, where I met Mr. Delsety, and after
an hour’s discourse with him met with nobody
to do other business with, but back again to my Lady,
and after half an hour’s discourse with her to
my brother’s, who I find in the same or worse
condition. The doctors give him over and so
do all that see him. He talks no sense two, words
together now; and I confess it made me weepe to see
that he should not be able, when I asked him, to say
who I was. I went to Mrs. Turner’s, and
by her discourse with my brother’s Doctor, Mr.
Powell, I find that she is full now of the disease
which my brother is troubled with, and talks of it
mightily, which I am sorry for, there being other company,
but methinks it should be for her honour to forbear
talking of it, the shame of this very thing I confess
troubles me as much as anything. Back to my
brother’s and took my wife, and carried her to
my uncle Fenner’s and there had much private
discourse with him. He tells me of the Doctor’s
thoughts of my brother’s little hopes of recovery,