He says that Sir D. Gauden is mightily troubled at
Pen's being put upon him by the Duke of York, and that he
believes he will get clear of it; which, though it will trouble
me to have Pen still at the office, yet I shall think D. Gauden
do well in it, and what I would advise him to, because I love
him. I up to my Lord Brouncker at his lodgings; and sat with him
an hour on purpose to talk over the wretched state of this office
at present, according to the present hands it is made up of;
wherein he do fully concur with me, and that it is our part not
only to prepare for defending it and ourselves against the
consequences of it, but to take the best ways we can to make it
known to the Duke of York; for, till Sir J. Minnes be removed,
and a sufficient man brought into W. Pen's place when he is gone,
it is impossible for this office to support itself.
25th. Christmas day. To dinner alone with my wife, who, poor
wretch! sat undressed all day till ten at night, altering and
lacing of a noble petticoat; while I by her making the boy read
to me the Life of Julius Caesar, and Des Cartes' book of Musick.
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