25th.  Dined at home; and the rest of the day, morning and afternoon, at the Office.

26th.  To White Hall, where all the morning.  Dined with Mr. Chevins, with Alderman Backewell, and Spragg.  The Court full of the news from Captain Hubbert, of “The Milford,” touching his being affronted in the Streights, shot at, and having eight men killed him by a French man-of-war, calling him “English dog,” and commanding him to strike, which he refused, and, as knowing himself much too weak for him, made away from him.  The Queen, as being supposed with child, fell ill, so as to call for Madam Nun, Mr. Chevins’s sister, and one of her women, from dinner from us; this being the last day of their doubtfulness touching her being with child; and they were therein well confirmed by her Majesty’s being well again before night.  One Sir Edmund Bury Godfry, a woodmonger and justice of Peace in Westminster, having two days since arrested Sir Alexander Frazier for about L30 in firing, the bailiffs were apprehended, committed to the porter’s lodge, and there, by the King’s command, the last night severely whipped; from which the justice himself very hardly escaped, to such an unusual degree was the King moved therein.  But he lies now in the lodge, justifying his act, as grounded upon the opinion of several of the judges, and, among others, my Lord Chief-Justice; which makes the King very angry with the Chief-Justice, as they say; and the justice do lie and justify his act, and says he will suffer in the cause for the people, and do refuse to receive almost any nutriment.  The effects of it may be bad to the Court.  Expected a meeting of Tangier this afternoon, but failed.  So home, met by my wife at Unthanke’s.!

27th.  At the office all the morning, dined at home, Mr. Hollier with me.  Presented this day by Mr. Browne with a book of drawing by him, lately printed, which cost me 20s. to him.  In the afternoon to the Temple, to meet with Auditor Aldworth about my interest account, but failed meeting him.  To visit my cozen Creed, and found her ill at home, being with child, and looks poorly.  Thence to her husband, at Gresham College, upon some occasions of Tangier; and so home, with Sir John Bankes with me, to Mark Lane.

28th.  To St. James’s, where the King’s being with the Duke of York prevented a meeting of the Tangier Commission.  But, Lord! what a deal of sorry discourse did I hear between the King and several Lords about him here! but very mean methought.  So with Creed to the Excise Office, and back to White Hall, where, in the Park, Sir G. Carteret did give me an account of his discourse lately, with the Commissioners of Accounts, who except against many things, but none that I find considerable; among others, that of the Officers of the Navy selling of the King’s goods, and particularly my providing him with calico flags, which having been by order, and but once, when necessity, and the King’s apparent profit, justified it,