Talks much of his
neglecting the King; and making the King to trot every day to
him, when he is well enough to go to visit his cosen Chief-
Justice Hide, but not to the Council or King. He commends my
Lord of Ormond mightily in Ireland; but cries out cruelly of Sir
G. Lane for his corruption; and that he hath done my Lord great
dishonour by selling of places here, which are now all taken
away, and the poor wretches ready to starve. But nobody almost
understands or judges of business better than the King, if he
would not be guilty of his father's fault to be doubtfull of
himself and easily be removed from his own opinion. That my Lord
Lauderdale is never from the King's care nor council, and that he
is a most cunning fellow. Upon the whole, that he finds things
go very bad every where; and even in the Council nobody minds the
public.
4th. There were several people trying a new-fashion gun brought
my Lord Peterborough this morning, to shoot off often, one after
another, without trouble or danger. At Greenwich I observed the
foundation laying of a very great house for the King, which will
cost a great deal of money.
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