Honywood, and by and by come my uncle Wight and aunt.
This being my solemn feast for my cutting of the
stone, it being now, blessed be God! this day six years
since the time; and I bless God I do in all respects
find myself free from that disease or any signs of
it, more than that upon the least cold I continue
to have pain in making water, by gathering of wind
and growing costive, till which be removed I am at
no ease, but without that I am very well. One
evil more I have, which is that upon the least squeeze
almost my cods begin to swell and come to great pain,
which is very strange and troublesome to me, though
upon the speedy applying of a poultice it goes down
again, and in two days I am well again. Dinner
not being presently ready I spent some time myself
and shewed them a map of Tangier left this morning
at my house by Creed, cut by our order, the Commissioners,
and drawn by Jonas Moore, which is very pleasant,
and I purpose to have it finely set out and hung up.
Mrs. Hunt coming to see my wife by chance dined here
with us. After dinner Sir W. Batten sent to speak
with me, and told me that he had proffered our bill
today in the House, and that it was read without any
dissenters, and he fears not but will pass very well,
which I shall be glad of. He told me also how
Sir [Richard] Temple hath spoke very discontentfull
words in the House about the Tryennial Bill; but it
hath been read the second time to-day, and committed;
and, he believes, will go on without more ado, though
there are many in the House are displeased at it,
though they dare not say much. But above all
expectation, Mr. Prin is the man against it, comparing
it to the idoll whose head was of gold, and his body
and legs and feet of different metal. So this
Bill had several degrees of calling of Parliaments,
in case the King, and then the Council, and then the
Lord Chancellor, and then the Sheriffes, should fail
to do it. He tells me also, how, upon occasion
of some ’prentices being put in the pillory
to-day for beating of their masters, or some such
like thing, in Cheapside, a company of ’prentices
came and rescued them, and pulled down the pillory;
and they being set up again, did the like again.
So that the Lord Mayor and Major Generall Browne
was fain to come and stay there, to keep the peace;
and drums, all up and down the city, was beat to raise
the trained bands, for to quiett the towne, and by
and by, going out with my uncle and aunt Wight by coach
with my wife through Cheapside (the rest of the company
after much content and mirth being broke up), we saw
a trained band stand in Cheapside upon their guard.
We went, much against my uncle’s will, as far
almost as Hyde Park, he and my aunt falling out all
the way about it, which vexed me, but by this I understand
my uncle more than ever I did, for he was mighty soon
angry, and wished a pox take her, which I was sorry
to hear. The weather I confess turning on a
sudden to rain did make it very unpleasant, but yet