And it seems all our Court are mightily for a peace,
taking this to be the time to make one while the King hath money,
that he may save something of what the Parliament hath given him
to put him out of debt, so as he may need the help of no more
Parliaments, as to the point of money: but our debt is so great,
and expence daily so encreased, that I believe little of the
money will be saved between this and the making of the peace up.
But that which troubles me most is, that we have chosen a son of
Secretary Morris, a boy never used to any business, to go
Secretary to the Embassy.
14th. This morning come up to my wife's bedside, I being up
dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and
brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by
himself, very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But
I am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me 5l.;
but that I must have laid out if we had not been Valentines.
15th. Pegg Pen is married this day privately: no friends but
two or three relations of his and hers.
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