8th. Captn. Cuttle, and Curtis, and Mootham, and I, went to the
Fleece Taverne to drink; and there we spent till four o'clock,
telling stories of Algiers, and the manner of life of slaves
there. And truly Captn. Mootham and Mr. Dawes (who have been
both slaves there) did make me fully acquainted with their
condition there: as, how they eat nothing but bread and water.
At their redemption they pay so much for the water they drink at
the public fountaynes, during their being slaves. How they are
beat upon the soles of their feet and bellies at the liberty of
their padron. How they are all, at night, called into their
master a Bagnard; and there they lie. How the poorest men do
love their slaves best. How some rogues do live well, if they do
invent to bring their masters in so much a week by their industry
or theft; and then they are put to no other work at all. And
theft there is counted no great crime at all.
12th. By coach to the Theatre, and there saw "The Scornfull
Lady," [A Comedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher.] now done by a
woman, which makes the play appear much better than ever it did
to me.
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