Heylin; which is a
shrewd book, but that which I believe will do the Bishops in
general no great good, but hurt, it pleads so much for Popery.
18th. To St. James's, and there took a turn or two in the Park;
and then up to the Duke of York, and there had opportunity of
delivering my answer to his late letter, which he did not read,
but give to Mr. Wren, as looking on it as a thing I needed not
have done, but only that I might not give occasion to the rest to
suspect my communication with the Duke of York against them. So
now I am at rest in that matter, and shall be more when my copies
are finished of their answers.
19th. To the King's playhouse, and there saw "The Silent Woman;"
the best comedy, I think, that ever was wrote: and sitting by
Shadwell [Thomas Shadwell, the dramatic writer. Ob. 1692.] the
poet, he was big with admiration of it. Here was my Lord
Brouncker and W. Pen and their ladies in the box, being grown
roughly kind of a sudden; but, God knows, it will last but a
little while, I dare swear. Knipp did her part mighty well.
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