For this the Duke
of York, who all say hath been very strong for his father-in-law
at this trial, hath turned him away: and every body, I think, is
glad of it; for he was a pestilent rogue, an atheist, that would
have sold his King and country for 6d. almost, so corrupt and
wicked a rogue he is by all men's report. But one observed to
me, that there never was the occasion of men's holding their
tongues at Court and every where else as there is at this day,
for nobody knows which side will be uppermost.
30th. At White Hall I met with Sir G. Downing, who tells me of
Sir W. Pen's offering to lend 500l.; and I tell him of my 300l.
which he would have me to lend upon the credit of the latter part
of the Act; saying, that by that means my 10 per cent. will
continue to me the longer. But I understand better, and will do
it upon the 380,000l. which will come to be paid the sooner;
there being no delight in lending money now, to be paid by the
King two years hence. But here he and Sir William Doyly were
attending the Council as Commissioners for sick and wounded, and
prisoners: and they told me their business, which was to know
how we shall do to release our prisoners; for it seems the Dutch
have got us to agree in the treaty (as they fool us in any
thing), that the dyet of the prisoners on both sides shall be
paid for before they be released: which they have done, knowing
ours to run high, they having more prisoners of ours than we have
of theirs; so they are able and most ready to discharge the debt
of theirs, but we are neither able nor willing to do that for
ours, the debt of those in Zeland only amounting to above 5000l.
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