Carcasse and his
brother, whom I met in the street, and carried them below and
above bridge too. And again to see the fire, which was now got
further, both below and above, and no likelihood of stopping it.
Met with the King and Duke of York in their barge, and with them
to Queenhith, and there called Sir Richard Browne to them. Their
order was only to pull down houses apace, and so below bridge at
the water-side; but little was or could be done, the fire coming
upon them so fast. Good hopes there was of stopping it at the
Three Cranes above, and at Buttolph's Wharf below bridge, if care
be used; but the wind carries it into the City, so as we know not
by the water-side what it do there. River full of lighters and
boats taking in goods, and good goods swimming in the water, and
only I observed that hardly one lighter or boat in three that had
the goods of a house in, but there was a pair of Virginalls [A
sort of spinett, so called (according to Johnson) from young
women playing upon it.] in it. Having seen as much as I could
now, I away to White Hall by appointment, and there walked to St.
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