owning his being troubled for the King his master’s
displeasure, which, I suppose, is the ordinary form
and will of persons in this condition. And so
I parted, with great content, that I had so earlily
seen him there; and so going out, did meet Sir Jer.
Smith going to meet me, who had newly been with Sir
W. Coventry. And so he and I by water to Redriffe,
and so walked to Deptford, where I have not been,
I think, these twelve months: and there to the
Treasurer’s house, where the Duke of York is,
and his Duchess; and there we find them at dinner
in the great room, unhung; and there was with them
my Lady Duchess of Monmouth, the Countess of Falmouth,
Castlemayne, Henrietta Hide’ (my Lady Hinchingbroke’s
sister), and my Lady Peterborough. And after
dinner Sir Jer. Smith and I were invited down
to dinner with some of the Maids of Honour, namely,
Mrs. Ogle, Blake, and Howard, which did me good to
have the honour to dine with, and look on; and the
Mother of the Maids, and Mrs. Howard, the mother of
the Maid of Honour of that name, and the Duke’s
housekeeper here. Here was also Monsieur Blancfort,
Sir Richard Powell, Colonel Villers, Sir Jonathan
Trelawny, and others. And here drank most excellent,
and great variety, and plenty of wines, more than
I have drank, at once, these seven years, but yet
did me no great hurt. Having dined and very merry,
and understanding by Blancfort how angry the Duke
of York was, about their offering to send Saville
to the Gate-house, among the rogues; and then, observing
how this company, both the ladies and all, are of a
gang, and did drink a health to the union of the two
brothers, and talking of others as their enemies,
they parted, and so we up; and there I did find the
Dupe of York and Duchess, with all the great ladies,
sitting upon a carpet, on the ground, there being
no chairs, playing at “I love my love with an
A, because he is so and so: and I hate him with
an A, because of this and that:” and some
of them, but particularly the Duchess herself, and
my Lady Castlemayne, were very witty. This done,
they took barge, and I with Sir J. Smith to Captain
Cox’s; and there to talk, and left them and other
company to drink; while I slunk out to Bagwell’s;
and there saw her, and her mother, and our late maid
Nell, who cried for joy to see me, but I had no time
for pleasure then nor could stay, but after drinking
I back to the yard, having a month’s mind para
have had a bout with Nell, which I believe I could
have had, and may another time. So to Cox’s,
and thence walked with Sir J. Smith back to Redriffe;
and so, by water home, and there my wife mighty angry
for my absence, and fell mightily out, but not being
certain of any thing, but thinks only that Pierce or
Knepp was there, and did ask me, and, I perceive,
the boy, many questions. But I did answer her;
and so, after much ado, did go to bed, and lie quiet
all night; but [she] had another bout with me in the
morning, but I did make shift to quiet her, but yet
she was not fully satisfied, poor wretch! in her mind,
and thinks much of my taking so much pleasure from
her; which, indeed, is a fault, though I did not design
or foresee it when I went.