16th. This day I was told that my Lady Castlemaine (being quite
fallen out with her husband) did yesterday go away from him, with
all her plate, jewels, and other best things; and is gone to
Richmond to a brother of hers; which, I am apt to think, was a
design to get out of town, that the King might come at her the
better.
17th. To my office, and by and by to our sitting; where much
business. Mr. Coventry took his leave, being to go with the Duke
over for the Queene-Mother.
19th. In the afternoon I went upon the river: it raining hard
upon the water, I put ashore and sheltered myself, while the King
come by in his barge, going down towards the Downes to meet the
Queene: the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it
lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to
command the rain.
21st. To Woolwich to the Rope-yard; and there looked over
several sorts of hemp, and did fall upon my great survey of
seeing the working and experiments of the strength and the charge
in the dressing of every sort; and I do think have brought it to
so great a certainty, as I have done the King some service in it;
and do purpose to get it ready against the Duke's coming to towne
to present to him.
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