The Duke's answer was, that he wished we all had made
more profit than we had of our places, and that we had all of us
got as much as one man below stayres in the Court, which he
presently named, and it was Sir George Lane. [One of the Clerks
of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Marquis of Ormond.]
13th. I find at Court, that either the King is doubtful of some
disturbance, or else would seem so, (and I have reason to hope it
is no worse,) by his commanding little commanders of castles, &c.
to repair to their charges; and mustering the Guards the other
day himself, where he found reason to dislike their condition to
my Lord Gerard, finding so many absent men, or dead pays. My
Lady Castlemaine, I hear, is in as great favour as ever, and the
King supped with her the very first night he come from Bath: and
last night and the night before supped with her; when there being
a chine of beef to roast, and the tide rising into their kitchen
that it could not be roasted there, and the cook telling her of
it, she answered "Zounds! she must set the house on fire but it
should be roasted!" So it was carried to Mrs.
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