for it, which was as much as he is worth; and that he cannot
provide it any longer without money, having not received a penny
since the King's coming in. So the King spoke to my Lord
Chamberlain. And many such mementos the King do now-a-days meet
withall, enough to make an ingenuous man mad.
23rd. St. George's-day; the feast being kept at White Hall, out
of design, as it is thought, to make the best coutenance we can
to the Swede's Embassadors before their leaving us to go to the
treaty abroad, to show some jollity.
24th. To Sir John Duncomb's lodging in the Pell Mell, in order
to the money spoken of in the morning; and there awhile sat and
discoursed: and I find that he is a very proper man for
business, being very resolute and proud, and industrious. He
told me what reformation they had made in the office of the
Ordnance, taking away Legg's fees: have got an order that no
Treasurer after him shall ever sit at the Board; and it is a good
one: that no Master of the Ordnance here shall ever sell a
place. He tells me they have not paid any increase of price for
any thing during this war, but in most have paid less; and at
this day have greater stores than they know where to lay if there
should be peace, and than ever was any time this war.
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