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But he says that the King,
having all the money he is like to have, we shall be sure of a
peace in a little time.
9th. To Mrs. Pierce's by appointment, where we find good
company: a fair lady, my Lady Prettyman, Mrs. Corbet, Knipp; and
for men, Captain Downing, Mr. Lloyd, Sir W. Coventry's clerk, and
one Mr. Tripp, who dances well. After our first bout of dancing,
Knipp, and I to sing, and Mercer and Captain Downing (who loves
and understands musick) would by all means have my song of
"Beauty retire:" which Knipp had spread abroad, and he extols it
above any thing he ever heard. Going to dance again, and then
comes news that White Hall was on fire. And presently more
particulars, that the Horse-guard was on fire. And so we run up
to the garret, and find it so; a horrid great fire. And by and
by we saw and heard part of it blown up with powder. The ladies
begun presently to be afraid: one fell into fits. The whole
town in an alarm. Drums beat and trumpets, and the Horse-guards
every where spread, running up and down in the street.


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