Carteret, a Company of men all like Turkes;
but I know not yet what they are for. The streets all gravelled,
and the houses hung with carpets before them, made brave show,
and the ladies out of the windows. So glorious was the show with
gold and silver, that we were not able to look at it, our eyes at
last being so much overcome. Both the King and the Duke of York
took notice of us, as they saw us at the window. In the evening,
by water to White Hall to my Lord's, and there I spoke with my
Lord, He talked with me about his suit, which was made in France,
and cost him 200l., and very rich it is with embroidery.
CORONACON DAY.
23rd. About four I rose and got to the Abbey, where I followed
Sir J. Denham, the Surveyor, with some company that he was
leading in. [Created at the Restoration K.B., and Surveyor-
General of all the King's buildings; better know as the author of
"Cooper's Hill." Ob. 1668.] And with much ado, by the favour of
Mr. Cooper, his man, did get up into a great scaffold across the
North end of the Abbey, where with a great deal of patience I sat
from past four till eleven before the King come in.
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