not yet
paid, and yet the Duke of Buckingham is so ungrateful as to put
him by: which is an ill thing though Dr. Wren is a worthy man.
But he tells me that the King is kind to him, and hath promised
him a pension of 300l. a year out of the Works; which will be of
more content to him than the place, which under their present
wants of money is a place that disobliges most people, being not
able to do what they desire to their lodgings. Here meeting with
Sir R. Cholmly and Povy, they tell me that my Lord Middleton is
resolved in the caball that he shall not go to Tangier; and that
Sir Edward Harlow, whom I know not, is propounded to go, who was
Governor of Dunkirke, and, they say, a most worthy brave man;
which I shall be very glad of. News lately come of the Algerines
taking 13,000l. in money out of one of our Company's East India
ships outward-bound, which will certainly make the war last;
which I am sorry for, being so poor as we are, and broken in
pieces.
22nd. Up, and by water with W. Hewer to White Hall, there to
attend the Lords of the Treasury; but before they sat, I did make
a step to see Sir W.
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