the diary of samuel pepys-第161章

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with　me；　the　Treasurership　would　be　in　one　hand　（notwithstanding　this　present　Commission）　before　Christmas：　　on　which　we　did　lay　a　poll　of　ling；　a　brace　of　carps；　and　a　bottle　of　wine；　and　Sir　W。　Pen　and　Mr。　Scowen　to　be　at　the　eating　of　them。　　Thence　down　by　water　to　Deptford；　it　being　Trinity　Monday；　when　the　Master　is　chosen。　And　so　I　down　with　them；　and　we　had　a　good　dinner　of　plain　meat；　and　good　company　at　our　table：　　among　others　my　good　Mr。　Evelyn；　with　whom　after　dinner　I　stepped　aside　and　talked　upon　the　present　posture　of　our　affairs；　which　is；　that　the　Dutch　are　known　to　be　abroad　with　eighty　sail　of　ships　of　war；　and　twenty　fire…ships；　and　the　French　come　into　the　Channell　with　twenty　sail　of　men…of…war；　and　five　fire…ships；　while　we　have　not　a　ship　at　sea　to　do　them　any　hurt　with；　but　are　calling　in　all　we　can；　while　our　Embassadors　are　treating　at　Bredah；　and　the　Dutch　look　upon　them　as　come　to　beg　peace；　and　use　them　accordingly：　　and　all　this　through　the　negligence　of　our　Prince；　who　had　power；　if　he　would；　to　master　all　these　with　the　money　and　men　that　he　hath　had　the　command　of；　and　may　now　have；　if　he　would　mind　his　business。　　In　the　Treasury…chamber　an　hour　or　two；　where　we　saw　the　Country　Receivers　and　Accountants　come　to　attend；　and　one　of　them　a　brisk　young　fellow　（with　his　hat　cocked　like　a　fool　behind；　as　the　present　fashion　among　the　blades　is）　committed　to　the　Serjeant。　　By　and　by　I　upon　desire　was　called　in；　and　delivered　in　my　Report　of　my　Accounts。　　Present；　Lord　Ashly；　Clifford；　and　Duncomb。　　But　I　do　like　the　way　of　these　lords；　that　they　admit　nobody　to　use　many　words；　nor　do　they　spend　many　words　themselves；　but　in　great　state　do　bear　what　they　see　necessary；　and　say　little　themselves；　but　bid　withdraw。

5th。　　Captain　Perriman　brings　us　word　bow　the　Happy　Returne's　crew　below　in　the　Hope；　ordered　to　carry　the　Portugal　Embassador　to　Holland；　（and　the　Embassador；　I　think；　on　board；）　refuse　to　go　till　paid；　and　by　their　example　two　or　three　more　ships　are　in　a　mutiny：　　which　is　a　sad　consideration；　while　so　many　of　the　enemy's　ships　are　at　this　day　triumphing　in　the　sea。　　Sir　G。　Carteret　showed　me　a　gentleman　coming　by　in　his　coach　who　hath　been　sent　for　up　out　of　Lincolnshire；　（I　think　he　says　he　is　a　justice　of　peace　there；）　that　the　Council　have　laid　by　the　heels　here；　and　here　lies　in　a　messenger's　hands；　for　saying　that　a　man　and　his　wife　are　but　one　person；　and　so　ought　to　pay　but　12d。　for　both　to　the　Poll　Bill；　by　which　others　were　led　to　do　the　like：　and　so　here　he　lies　prisoner。

7th。　　With　Mr。　Townsend；　whom　I　sent　for　to　come　to　me　to　discourse　about　my　Lord　Sandwich's　business；　（for　whom　I　am　in　some　pain　lest　the　Accounts　of　the　Wardrobe　may　not　be　in　so　good　order　as　may　please　the　new　Lords'　Treasurers；　who　are　quick…　sighted；　and　under　obligations　of　recommending　themselves　to　the　King　and　the　world　by　their　finding　and　mending　of　faults；　and　are　most　of　them　not　the　best　friends　to　my　Lord。）

8th。　　Up；　and　to　the　office；　where　all　the　news　this　morning　is　that　the　Dutch　are　come　with　a　fleet　of　eighty　sail　to　Harwich；　and　that　guns　were　heard　plain　by　Sir　W。　Rider's　people　at　Bednall…greene　all　yesterday　even。　　The　news　is　confirmed　that　the　Dutch　are　off　Harwich；　but　had　done　nothing　last　night。　　The　King　hath　sent　down　my　Lord　of　Oxford　to　raise　the　countries　there；　and　all　the　Western　barges　are　taken　up　to　make　a　bridge　over　the　river　about　the　Hope　for　horse　to　cross　the　River；　if　there　be　occasion。

9th。　　I　hear　that　the　Duke　of　Cambridge；　who　was　given　over　long　since　by　the　Doctors；　is　now　likely　to　recover；　for　which　God　be　praised！　　To　Sir　W。　Coventry；　and　there　talked　with　him　a　great　while；　and　mighty　glad　I　was　of　my　good　fortune　to　visit　him；　for　it　keeps　in　my　acquaintance　with　him；　and　the　world　sees　it；　and　reckons　my　interest　accordingly。　　In　comes　my　Lord　Barkeley；　who　is　going　down　to　Harwich　also　to　look　after　the　militia　there：　and　there　is　also　the　Duke　of　Monmouth；　and　with　him　a　great　many　young　Hectors；　the　Lord　Chesterfield；　my　Lord　Mandeville；　and　others；　but　to　little　purpose；　I　fear；　but　to　debauch　the　country　women　thereabouts。　　My　Lord　Barkeley　wanting　some　maps；　and　Sir　W。　Coventry　recommending　the　six　maps　of　England　that　are　bound　up　for　the　pocket；　I　did　offer　to　present　my　Lord　with　them；　which　he　accepted；　and　so　I　will　send　them　him。　　I　find　an　order　come　for　the　getting　some　fire…ships　presently　to　annoy　the　Dutch；　who　are　in　the　King's　Channel；　and　expected　up　higher。

10th。　　Up；　and　news　brought　us　that　the　Dutch　are　come　up　as　high　as　the　Nore；　and　more　presing　orders　for　fire…ships。　　W。　Batten；　W。　Pen；　and　I　to　St。　James's；　whence　the　Duke　of　York　gone　this　morning　betimes；　to　send　away　some　men　down　to　Chatham。　　So　we　then　to　White　Hall；　and　meet　Sir　W。　Coventry；　who　presses　all　that　is　possible　for　fireships。　　So　we　three　to　the　office　presently；　and　thither　comes　Sir　Fretcheville　Hollis；　who　is　to　command　them　all　in　some　exploits　he　is　to　do　with　them　on　the　enemy　in　the　River。　　＇Son　of　Fretcheville　Hollis；　of　Grimsby　（Colonel　of　a　regiment　on　the　King's　side　during　the　Civil　Wars；　in　which　he　acquired　considerable　credit；）　by　his　second　wife　Elizabeth　Molesworth；　and　himself　a　distinguished　naval　officer。　He　lost　an　arm　in　the　sea…fight　1665；　and　afterwards　served　as　Rear…Admiral　under　Sir　R。　Holmes；　when　they　attacked　the　Smyrna　fleet。　　He　fell　in　the　battle　of　Southwold　Bay；　1672；　on　board　the　Cambridge。　　Although　Mr。　Pepys　speaks　slightingly　of　Sir　F。　H。　he　was　a　man　of　high　spirit　and　enterprise；　and　is　thus　eulogised　by　Dryden　in　his　ANNUS　MIRABILIS。　　　〃Young　Hollis　on　a　Muse　by　Mars　begot；　　　Born；　Caesar…like；　to　write　and　act　great　deeds；　　　Impatient　to　revenge　his　fatal　shot；　　　His　right　hand　doubly　to　his　left　succeeds。〃＇　So　we　all　down　to　Deptford；　and　pitched　upon　ships　and　set　men　at　work：　　but；　Lord！　　to　see　how　backwardly　things　move　at　this　pinch；　notwithstanding　that　by　the　enemy's　being　now　come　up　as　high　as　almost　the　Hope；　Sir　J。　Minnes；　who　was　gone　down　to　pay　some　ships　there；　hath　sent　up　the　money；　and　so　we　are　possessed　of　money　to　do　what　we　will　with。　　Yet　partly　ourselves；　being　used　to　be　idle　and　in　despair；　and　partly　people　that　have　been　used　to　be　deceived　by　us　as　to　money　won't　believe　us；　and　we　know　not；　though　we　have　it；　how　almost　to　promise　it；　and　our　wants　such；　and　men　out　of　the　way；　that　it　is　an　admirable　thing　to　consider　how　much　the　King　suffers；　and　how　necessary　it　is　in　a　State　to　keep　the　King's　service　always　in　a　good　posture　and　credit。　　Down　to　Gravesend；　where　I　find　the　Duke　of　Albemarle　just　come；　with　a　great　many　idle　lords　and　gentlemen；　with　their　pistols　and　fooleries；　and　the　bulworke　not　able　to　have　stood　half　an　hour　had　they　come　up；　but　the　Dutch　are　fallen　down　from　the　Hope　and　Shell…haven　as　low　as　Sheerenesse；　and　we　do　plainly　at　this　time　hear　the　guns　play。　　Yet　I　do　not　find　the　Duke　of　Albemarle　intends　to　go　thither；　but　stays　here　to…night；　and　hath　（though　the　Dutch　are　gone）　ordered　our　frigates　to　be　brought　to　a　line　between　the　two　block…houses；　which　I　took　then　to　be　a　ridiculous　thing。　　I　find　the　town　had　removed　most　of　their　goods　out　of　the　town；　for　fear　of　the　Dutch　coming　up　to　them；　and　from　Sir　John　Griffen；　that　last　night　there　was　not　twelve　men　to　be　got　in　the　town　to　defend　it：　　which　the　master　of　the　house　tells　me　is　not　true；　but　that　the　men　of　the　town　did　intend　to　stay；　though　they　did　indeed；　and　so　had　he　（at　the　Ship；）　removed　their　goods。　　Thence　went　to　an　Ostend　man…of…war　just　now　come　up；　who　met　the　Dutch　fleet；　who　took　three　ships　that　he　came　convoying　hither　from　him：　　says　they　are　as　low　as　the　Nore；　or　thereabouts。

11th。　　Brouncker　come　to　us；　who　is　just　now　going　to　Chatham　upon　a　desire　of　Commissioner　Pett's；　who　is　very　fearful　of　the　Dutch；　and　desires　help　for　God　and　the　King　and　kingdom's　sake。　So　Brouncker　goes　down；　and　Sir　J。　Minnes　also　from　Gravesend。　This　morning　Pett　writes　us　word　that　Sheerenesse　is　lost　last　night；　after　two　or　three　hours'　dispute。　　The　enemy　hath　possessed　himself　of　that　place；　which　is　very　sad；　and　puts　us　into　great　fears　of　Chatham。　　Home；　and　there　to