But,
Lord! the fear that my Lady Paulina was in every step of the
way: and indeed at this time of the night it was no safe thing
to go that road; so that I was even afraid myself, though I
appeared otherwise. We come safe, however, to their house; where
we knocked them up, my Lady and all the family being in bed. So
put them into doors and leaving them with the maids, bade them
good night.
16th. The talk upon the 'Change is, that De Ruyter is dead, with
fifty men of his own ship, of the plague, at Cales: that the
Holland Embassador here do endeavour to sweeten us with fair
words; and things like to be peaceable.
20th. I to the Duke, where we did our usual business. And among
other discourse of the Dutch, he was merrily saying how they
print that Prince Rupert, Duke of Albemarle, and my Lord
Sandwich, are to be Generalls; and soon after is to follow them
"Vieux Pen:" and so the Duke called him in mirth Old Pen. They
have, it seems, lately wrote to the King, to assure him that
their setting-out ships was only to defend their fishing-trade,
and to stay near home, not to annoy the King's subjects; and to
desire that he would do the like with his ships: which the King
laughs at, but yet is troubled they should think him such a
child, to suffer them to bring home their fish and East India
Company's ships, and then they will not care for us.
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