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so fell to other business, and then parted. And the Duke of York
and Wren and I, it being now candle-light, into the Duke of
York's closet in White Hall; and there read over this paper of my
Lord Keeper's, wherein are laid down the faults of the Navy, so
silly, and the remedies so ridiculous, or else the same that are
now already provided, that we thought it not to need any answer,
the Duke of York being able himself to do it: that so it makes
us admire the confidence of these men to offer things so silly in
a business of such moment. But it is a most perfect instance of
the complexion of the times! And so the Duke of York said
himself; who, I perceive, is mightily concerned in it, and do
again and again recommend it to Mr. Wren and me together, to
consider upon remedies fit to provide for him to propound to the
King, before the rest of the world, and particularly the
Commissioners of Accounts, who are men of understanding and
order, to find our faults, and offer remedies of their own:
which I am glad of, and will endeavour to do something in it.
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