The other cause was of the loss of the
Providence at Tangier, where the captain's being by chance on
shore may prove very inconvenient to him, for example's sake,
though the man be a good man, and one whom for Norwood's sake I
would be kind to; but I will not offer any thing to the excusing
such a miscarriage. He is at present confined till he can bring
better proofs on his behalf of the reasons of his being on shore.
So Middleton and I away to the office; and there I late busy,
making my people, as I have done lately, to read Mr. Holland's
Discourse of the Navy, and what other things I can get to inform
me fully in all. And here late, about eight at night, comes Mr.
Wren to me, who had been at the Tower to visit Sir W. Coventry.
He came only to see how matters go, and tells me as a secret,
that the last night the Duke of York's closet was broken open,
and his cabinets, and shut again one of them; that the rogue that
did it hath left plate and a watch behind him, and therefore they
fear that it was only for papers, which looks like a very
malicious business in design to hurt the Duke of York; but they
cannot know that till the Duke of York comes to town about the
papers, and therefore make no words of it.
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