Ferrers his endeavours to get the place from my father as my Lord hath promised him.  Here met Will.  Howe, and he went forth with me; and by water back to White Hall to wait on my Lord, who is come back from Hinchinbroke; where he has been about 4 or 5 days.  But I was never more vexed to see how an over-officious visitt is received, for he received me with as little concernment as in the middle of his discontent, and a fool I am to be of so servile a humour, and vexed with that consideration I took coach home, and could not get it off my mind all night.  To supper and to bed, my wife finding fault with Besse for her calling upon Jane that lived with us, and there heard Mrs. Harper and her talk ill of us and not told us of it.  With which I was also vexed, and told her soundly of it till she cried, poor wench, and I hope without dissimulation, and yet I cannot tell; however, I was glad to see in what manner she received it, and so to sleep.

21st.  Being weary yesterday with walking I sleep long, and at last up and to the office, where all the morning.  At home to dinner, Mr. Deane with me.  After dinner I to White Hall (setting down my wife by the way) to a Committee of Tangier, where the Duke of Yorke, I perceive, do attend the business very well, much better than any man there or most of them, and my [mind] eased of some trouble I lay under for fear of his thinking ill of me from the bad successe in the setting forth of these crew men to Tangier.  Thence with Mr. Creed, and walked in the Parke, and so to the New Exchange, meeting Mr. Moore, and he with us.  I shewed him no friendly look, but he took no notice to me of the Wardrobe business, which vexes me.  I perceive by him my Lord’s business of his family and estate goes very ill, and runs in debt mightily.  I would to God I were clear of it, both as to my owne money and the bond of L1000, which I stand debtor for him in, to my cozen Thomas Pepys.  Thence by coach home and to my office a little, and so to supper and to bed.

22nd.  Up and I found Mr. Creed below, who staid with me a while, and then I to business all the morning.  At noon to the ’Change and Coffee-house, where great talke of the Dutch preparing of sixty sayle of ships.  The plague grows mightily among them, both at sea and land.  From the ’Change to dinner to Trinity House with Sir W. Rider and Cutler, where a very good dinner.  Here Sir G. Ascue dined also, who I perceive desires to make himself known among the seamen.  Thence home, there coming to me my Lord Peterborough’s Sollicitor with a letter from him to desire present dispatch in his business of freight, and promises me L50, which is good newes, and I hope to do his business readily for him.  This much rejoiced me.  All the afternoon at his business, and late at night comes the Sollicitor again, and I with him at 9 o’clock to Mr. Povy’s, and there acquainted him with the business.  The money he won’t pay without warrant, but that will be got done in a few days.  So home by coach and to bed.