Thence I to the Three Tuns Tavern
by Charing Cross, and there dined with W. Pen, Sir J. Minnes, and
Commissioner Middleton; and as merry as my mind could be, that
hath so much trouble upon it at home. And thence to White Hall,
and there staid in Mr. Wren's chamber with him reading over my
draught of a letter, which Mr. Gibson then attended me with; and
there he did like all, but doubted whether it would be necessary
for the Duke to write in so sharp a style to the office as I had
drawn it in: which I yield to him, to consider the present
posture of the times and the Duke of York, and whether it were
not better to err on that hand than the other. He told me that
he did not think it was necessary for the Duke of York to do, and
that it would not suit so well with his nature nor greatness;
which last perhaps is true, but then do too truly show the
effects of having princes in places where order and discipline
should be. I left it to him to do as the Duke of York pleases;
and so fell to other talk, and with great freedom, of public
things.
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