Thence carried Harris
to his playhouse; where, though four o'clock, so few people there
are at "The Impertinents," as I went out; and do believe they did
not act, though there was my Lord Arlington and his company
there. So I out, and met my wife in a coach, and stopped her
going thither to meet me; and took her and Mercer and Deb. to
Bartholomew fair, and there did see a ridiculous, obscene little
stage-play, called "Marry Audrey;" a foolish thing, but seen by
every body: and so to Jacob Hall's [Jacob Hall, the famous rope-
dancer, was said to have received a salary from Lady Castlemaine,
who had become enamoured of him.] dancing on the ropes; a thing
worth seeing, and mightily followed.
30th. Lord's day. Walked to St. James's and Pell Mell, and,
read over with Sir W. Coventry my long letter to the Duke of
York, and which the Duke of York hath from mine wrote to the
Board, wherein he is mightily pleased, and I perceive do put
great value upon me, and did talk very openly on all matters of
State, and how some people have got the Bill into their mouths
(meaning the Duke of Buckingham and his party), and would likely
run away with all.
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