12th. To wait on the Duke of York with the rest of us at the
Robes; where the Duke of York did tell us that the King would
have us prepare a draught of the present administration of the
Navy, and what it was in the late times, in order to his being
able to distinguish between the good and the bad; which I shall
do, but to do it well will give me a great deal of trouble. Here
we showed him Sir J. Minnes's propositions about balancing Store-
keeper's accounts; and I did show him Hosier's, which did please
him mightily, and he will have it showed the Council and King
anon to be put in practice. Thence to the Treasurer's and I and
Sir J. Minnes and Mr. Tippets down to the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury, and there had a hot debate from Sir Thomas Clifford
and my Lord Ashly (the latter of whom, I hear, is turning about
as fast as he can to the Duke Buckingham's side, being in danger
it seems of being otherwise out of play, which would not be
convenient for him,) against Sir W. Coventry and Sir J. Duncomb;
who did uphold our office: against an accusation of our
Treasurers, who told the Lords that they found that we had run
the King in debt 50,000l.
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