He tells me the King adheres to no man, but this day
delivers himself up to this and the next to that, to the ruin of
himself and business: that he is at the command of any woman
like a slave, though he be the best man to the Queene in the
world, with so much respect, and never lies a night from her; but
yet cannot command himself in the presence of a woman he likes.
It raining this day all day to our great joy, it having not
rained, I think, this month before, so as the ground was every
where so burned and dry as could be; and no travelling in the
road or streets in London, for dust.
28th. All the morning close to draw up a letter to Sir W.
Coventry upon the tidings of peace, taking occasion (before I am
forced to it) to resign up to his Royall Highness my place of the
Victualling, and to recommend myself to him by promise of doing
my utmost to improve this peace in the best manner we may, to
save the kingdom from ruin.
29th. Up, and with Sir W. Batten to St. James's, to Sir W.
Coventry's chamber; where, among other things, he came to me and
told me that he had received my yesterday's letters, and that we
concurred very well in our notions; and that as to my place which
I had offered to resign of the Victualling, he had drawn up a
letter at the same time for the Duke of York's signing for the
like places in general raised during this war; and that he had
done me right to the Duke of York, to let him know that I had of
my own accord offered to resign mine.
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