wife by coach to my cozen, Thomas Pepys, where we, with my father, Dr. Thomas, cozen Stradwick, Scott, and their wives, dined.  Here I saw first his second wife, which is a very respectfull woman, but his dinner a sorry, poor dinner for a man of his estate, there being nothing but ordinary meat in it.  To-day the King dined at a lord’s, two doors from us.  After dinner I took my wife to Whitehall, I sent her to Mrs. Pierces (where we should have dined today), and I to the Privy Seal, where Mr. Moore took out all his money, and he and I went to Mr. Pierces; in our way seeing the Duke of York bring his Lady this day to wait upon the Queen, the first time that ever she did since that great business; and the Queen is said to receive her now with much respect and love; and there he cast up the fees, and I told the money, by the same token one L100 bag, after I had told it, fell all about the room, and I fear I have lost some of it.  That done I left my friends and went to my Lord’s, but he being not come in I lodged the money with Mr. Shepley, and bade good night to Mr. Moore, and so returned to Mr. Pierces, and there supped with them, and Mr. Pierce, the purser, and his wife and mine, where we had a calf’s head carboned,

[Meat cut crosswise and broiled was said to be carboned.  Falstaff says in “King Henry iv.,” Part L, act v., sc. 3, “Well, if Percy be alive, I’ll pierce him.  If he do come in my way, so; if he do not, if I come in his willingly, let him make a carbonado of me.”]

but it was raw, we could not eat it, and a good hen.  But she is such a slut that I do not love her victualls.  After supper I sent them home by coach, and I went to my Lord’s and there played till 12 at night at cards at Best with J. Goods and N. Osgood, and then to bed with Mr. Shepley.

2d.  Up early, and being called up to my Lord he did give me many commands in his business.  As about taking care to write to my uncle that Mr. Barnewell’s papers should be locked up, in case he should die, he being now suspected to be very ill.  Also about consulting with Mr. W. Montagu for the settling of the L4000 a-year that the King had promised my Lord.  As also about getting of Mr. George Montagu to be chosen at Huntingdon this next Parliament, &c.  That done he to White Hall stairs with much company, and I with him; where we took water for Lambeth, and there coach for Portsmouth.  The Queen’s things were all in White Hall Court ready to be sent away, and her Majesty ready to be gone an hour after to Hampton Court to-night, and so to be at Ports mouth on Saturday next.  I by water to my office, and there all the morning, and so home to dinner, where I found Pall (my sister) was come; but I do not let her sit down at table with me, which I do at first that she may not expect it hereafter from me.  After dinner I to Westminster by water, and there found my brother Spicer at the Leg with all the rest of the Exchequer men (most of whom I now do not know)