4th. This morning we had news by letters that Sir Richard
Stayner is dead at sea in the Mary, which is now come into
Portsmouth from Lisbon; which we are sorry for, he being a very
stout seaman.
7th. Being by appointment called upon by Mr. Lee, he and I to
the Tower, to make our third attempt upon the cellar. And now
privately the woman, Barkestead's great confident, is brought,
who do positively say that this is the place which he did say the
money was hid in, and where he and she did put up the 7000l. in
butter firkins; and the very day that he went out of England did
say that neither he nor his would be the better for that money,
and therefore wishing that she and hers might. And so left us,
and we full of hope did resolve to dig all over the cellar, which
by seven o'clock at night we performed. At noon we sent for a
dinner, and upon the head of a barrel dined very merrily, and to
work again. But at last we saw we were mistaken; and after
digging the cellar quite through, and removing the barrels from
one side to the other, we were forced to pay our porters, and
give over our expectations, though I do believe there must be
money hid somewhere by him, or else he did delude this woman in
hopes to oblige her to further serving him, which I am apt to
believe.
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