The King took two or three hawkes upon his fist, having a glove
on wrought with gold, given him for the purpose. The son of one
of the Embassadors was in the richest suit for pearl and tissue,
that ever I did see, or shall, I believe. After they and all the
company had kissed the King's hand, then the three Embassadors
and the son, and no more, did kiss the Queene's. One thing more
I did observe, that the chief Embassador did carry up his
master's letters in state before him on high; and as soon as he
had delivered them, he did fall down to the ground and lay there
a great while. After all was done, the company broke up; and I
spent a little while walking up and down the gallery seeing the
ladies, the two Queenes, and the Duke of Monmouth with his little
mistress, [Lady Anne Scot.] which is very little, and like my
brother-in-law's wife.
30th. Visited Mrs. Ferrer, and staid talking with her a good
while, there being a little, proud, ugly, talking lady there,
that was much crying up the Queene-Mother's Court at Somerset
House above our own Queene's; there being before her no allowance
of laughing and the mirth that is at the other's; and indeed it
is observed that the greatest Court now-a-days is there.
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