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1    23 Our Lecturer at Deptford: on: 1. Mark:3:
2    24 The King passes into France, whither the queen & child wer
3gon a few days before.
4    25 Christmas day, our Lecturer on his former Text; The holy
5Communion followed, at which I received:
6    26 The Peeres & such Commons as were members of the Parliament
7at Oxford, being the last of Charles the first: meeting, desire
8the Pr: of Orange to take on him the Government, & dispose of the
9publique Revenue 'til a Convention of Lords & Commons should
10meete in full body, appointed by his Circulary Letters to the Shires
11& Borrowghs 22. Jan:
12    I had now quartered upon me a Lieutenant Coll: & 8 horses:
13    30 Our Lecturer on 122. Psal: 6: Pomerid: a Stranger on 6.
14Eccles: This day Prayers for the Prince of Wales were first left
15off in our Church pew & pulpet.
16    Greate preparations of all the Princes of Europ, against the
17French &c: the Emp: making peace with the Turke:
18    1688/9 Jan: I Dined with me severall friends.
19    3 I went to Lond: about buisinesse, & to visite divers friends:
20    6. Epiphany, Dr. Tenison at St. Martins on 2: Psal:8: The holy
21Communion followed, at which I received &c: (Lord make me
22worthy:)
23    7 I returned home: on foote, it having ben a long frost & deepe
24snow, so as the Thames was almost quite frozen over.
25    13 Our Lecturer on 6 Matt. 21.
26    15 I went to visite my Lord Archbish of Cant: where I found the
27Bishops of St. Asaph, Ely, Bath & Wells, Peterborow & Chichester;
28The Earle of Alesbery & Clarendon, Sir Geo: Makenzy Lord
29Advocate of Scotland, & then came in a Scotch Archbishop: &c.
30After prayers & dinner, were discoursed divers serious matters concerning
31the present state of the publique: & sorry I was to find, there
32was as yet no accord in the judgements of those who both of the
33Lords & Commons were to convene: Some would have the princesse
34made Queene without any more dispute, others were for a
35Regency, There was a Torie part (as then called so) who were for
36inviting his Majestie againe upon Conditions, & there were Republicarians,
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38The Romanists were also buisy among all these severall
39parties to bring them into Confusion; most for Ambition, or other
40Interest, few for Conscience and moderate resolutions: I found
41nothing of all this in this Assembly of Bishops, who were pleas'd to
42admitt me into their Discourses: They were all for a Regency,
43thereby to salve their Oathes, & so all publique matters to proceede
44in his Majesties name, thereby to facilitate the calling of a Parliament
45according to the Laws in being; this was the result of this
46meeting: My Lord of Cant: gave me greate thanks for the advertisement
47I sent his Grace in October, & assur'd me they tooke my
48counsel in that particular, & that it came very seasonable:
49    I found by the Lord Advocate of Scotland that the Bishops of
50Scotland, who were indeede very unworthy that Character & had
51don much mischiefe in that Church, were now coming about to the
52True Interest, more to save themselves in this conjuncture, which
53threatned the abolishing the whole Hierarchy in that Kingdome,
54than for Conscience: & therefore the Scotish Archbish: & Lord
55Advocate requested my L. of Cant: to use his best endeavors with
56the Prince, to maintaine the Church there in the same state as by
57Law at present settled: It now growing late, I after some private
58discourse, tooke my leave of his Grace, most of the Lords being gon:
59I beseech God of his infinite mercy to settle truth & peace amongst
60us againe:
61    It was now that the Triall of the Bishops was published in print:
62    20 Our Lecturer proceeded on his former text:
63    In the Afternoone I went to the French Congregation at Greenewich,
64The Preachers Text was 17: Matt: 9:
65    I visited the Marquis de Ruvignie:
66    23 I went to Lond, The greate Convention being assembled the
67day before, falling upon the greate Question about the Government,
68Resolved that K. Jam: 2d, having by the advise of Jesuites & other
69wicked persons, endeavored to subvert the Lawes of church & state,
70and Deserting the Kingdome (carrying away the Seales & c) without
71taking any care for the manegement of the Government, had by
72demise, abdicated himselfe, and wholy vacated his right: & They did
73therefore desire the Lords Concurrence to their Vote, to place the
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75then to the Princesse his wife, & if she died without Issue to the Princesse
76of Denmark, & she failing to the heires of the Pr: Excluding
77for ever all possibility of admitting any Ro: Cath:
78    27 Dr. Tenison preached at St. Martines, on 6: Gen: 5: I din'd at
79the Admiralty, where was brought, a young Child not 12 yeares old,
80the sonn of one Dr. Clench, of the most prodigious maturity of
81memorie, & knowledge, for I cannot call it altogether memory, but
82(something more) extraordinary; Mr. Pepys & my selfe examining
83him not in any method, but (by) promiscuously questions, which required
84judgement & wonderfull discernement, to answere things
85so readily & pertinently: There was not any thing in Chronologie,
86Historie, Geographie, The several systemes of Astronomers,
87Courses of the starrs, Longitudes, Latitudes, doctrine of the
88Spheares, Sourses & courses of Rivers, Creekes, harbors, Eminent
89Citties, staples, boundaries & bearings of Countries, not onely in
90Europe but any other part of the Earth, which he did not readily resolve
91& demonstrate his knowledge of, readily drawing out, with his
92pen any thing that he would describe: He was able not onely to
93repeate the most famous things which are left us in any of the Greeke
94or Roman histories, Monarchie, Repub, Warrs, Colonies, Exploits
95by sea & land; but readily, besides all the Sacred stories of the Old
96& New Test: the succession of all the Monarches, Babylonish, Persian,
97Gr: Roman, with all the lower Emperors, Popes, Heresiarches,
98& Councils; What they were cald about, what they determined, (&)
99in the Controversie of Easter, The Tenets of the Gnostics, Sabellius,
100Arius, Nestorius; The difference twixt St. Cyprian & Stephen about
101rebaptization; The Schismes, we leaped from that to other things
102totaly different: To Olympic yeares, & Synchronismes; we asked
103him questions which could not be resolved without considerable
104meditation & judgement: nay, of some particulars of the Civil
105Lawes, of the Digest & Code: He gave a stupendous account of
106both Natural, & Moral Philosophie, & even in Metaphysics: Having
107thus exhausted our selves, rather than this wonderfull Child, or
108Angel rather, for he was as beautifull & lovely in Countenance, as in
109knowledge; we concluded, with asking him, if in all he had read, or
110heard of, he had ever met with any thing which was like, this Expedition
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112Kingdoms , without any Contest: He after a little thought, told us,
113that he knew of nothing did more resemble it, Than the coming of
114Constantin the Greate out of Brittane, thro: France & Italy, so
115tedious a March, to meete Maxentius, whom he overthrew at ponte
116Milvij, with very little conflict, & at the very gates of Rome, which
117he entered & was received with Triumph, & obtained the Empire,
118not of 3 Kingdomes onely, but of all the then known World: He was
119perfect in the Latine Authors, spake french naturaly, & gave us a
120description of France, Italy, Savoy, Spaine, Antient & modernly
121divided; as also of the antient Greece, Scythia, & Northern
122Countries & Tracts, in a word, we left questioning farther with
123astonishment: This the child did without any set or formal repetition;
124as one who had learned things without booke, but, as if he
125minded other things going about the roome, & toying with a parat
126there, & as he was at dinner ( tanquam aliud agens as it were) seeming
127to be full of play, of a lively & spiritfull temper, allways smiling,
128& exceedingly pleasant without the least levity, rudenesse or childishnesse:
129His father assur'd us, he never imposed any thing to
130charge his memorie, by causing him to get things by heart, no, not
131the rules of Grammer; but his Tutor (who was a French-man)
132reading to him, in French first, & then in Latine: That he usualy
133plaied, amongst other boys 4 or 5 hours every day & that he was as
134earnest at play, as at his study: He was perfect in Arithmetic, &
135now newly entered into the Greek: In sum (Horesco referens) I
136had, read of divers, forward & praecoce, Youthes, & some I have
137known; but in my life, did never either heare or read of any like to
138this sweete Child, if it be lawfull to call him Child, who has more
139knowledge, than most men in the world: I counseled his father, not
140to set his heart too much upon this Jewell, Immodicis brevis est aetas,
141et rara senectus , as I my selfe learn'd by sad experience in my most
142deare child Richard many yeares since, who dying before he was
143six years old, was both in shape & Countenance, & pregnancy of
144learning, next to prodigie even in that tender-age, as I have given
145ample account in my praeface to that Golden book of St. Chrysostome,
146which I published on that sad occasion &c:
147    28 The Votes of the House of Comm: being Carried up, by their
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149Princes lodgings at the doore of the Lobby to the House, to heare
150much of the debate which held very long; The Lord Danby being in
151the chaire (for the Peres were resolved into a grand Committee of
152the whole house) after all had spoken, it comming to the question:
153It was carried out by 3 voices, against a Regency , which 51 of 54
154were for, aledging the danger of dethroning Kings, & scrupuling
155many passages & expressions of the Commons Votes; too long to
156set downe particularly, some were for sending to his Majestie with
157Conditions, others, that the K. could do no wrong, & that the maladministration
158was chargeable on his Ministers. There were not
159above 8 or 9 Bish: & but two, against the Regency; The Arch Bishop
160was absent: & the Cleargie now began a new to change their note,
161both in pulpet & discourse, upon their old passive Obedience: so as
162people began to talke of the Bishops being cast out of the House: In
163short, things tended to dissatisfaction on both sides, add to this the
164morose temper of the Pr: of Orange, who shewed so little Countenance
165to the Noblemen & others, expecting a more gracious & cherefull
166reception, when they made their Court: The English Army
167likewise, not so in order, & firme to his Interest, nor so weaken'd,
168but that it might, give interruption: Ireland in a very ill posture, as
169well as Scotland; nothing yet towards any settlement: God of his
170infinite mercy, Compose these things , that we may at lastt be a
171Nation & a church under some fixt and sober establishment:
172    30 Was the Anniversary of K: Ch: the Is Martyrdome; but in all
173the publique Offices & pulpet prayers, The Collects (& Litanys) for
174the King & Queene, were curtailed & mutilated: Dr. Sharp preached
175before the Commons ; but was disliked & not so much as thanked
176for his sermon:
177    I went to St. Martin, where a stranger preached on 2:Apoc:10
178much against popery, with a touch at our Obligation of Loyalty to
179the King &c:
180    I came home afternoone, & at our church (the next day being
181appointed a Thanksgiving for deliverance by the P: of Orange,
182prayers purposly composed) our Lecturer, preached on 97:Psal:1.
183a very honest Sermon, shewing our duty to God for the many signal
184deliverances of his Church, without entering into the politics.
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186flowes from God, & how absolutely necessary it is, that he should
187constitute his Vicegerents here, & how responsible they are that
188they governe justly; The fatal ends of those who have in all ages
189abused their power, & the hapinesse of religious Princes &c: The
190holy Communion follow'd, at which I received: Blessed be God.
191    6 The Kings Coronation day was ordred not to be observed, as
192hitherto it yearely had.
193    The Convention of L: & Comm: now declare the Pr: & princesse
194of Or: Q: & K of England, Fr: & Ireland (Scotland being an Independent
195Kingdome) The Pr & Princesse to enjoy it jointly during their
196lives, but the executive Authority to be vested in the Prince during
197life, though all proceedings to run in both names: & that it descend
198to the heires of both, & for want of such Issue to the Princesse
199Ann of Denmark, & in want of such to the heires of the body of
200the Pr: of Or: if he survive, & for defect, to devolve to the Parliament
201to choose as they think fit: These produc'd a Conference with
202the Lords, when also there was presented heads of such (new) laws
203as were to be enacted: & upon those Conditions they tis thought
204will be proclaim'd: There was much contest about the Kings abdication,
205& whether he had vacated the Government: E. of Notingham
206& about 20 Lords & many Bishops, entred their protests &c,
207but the Concurrence was greater against them - The Princesse
208hourely Expected: Forces sending to Ireland, that Kingdome
209being in great danger, by the E. of Tyrconnells Armie, & expectations
210from France: which K. is buisy to invade Flanders, & encounter
211the German Princes comming now to their Assistance: so as
212this is likely to be one of the most remarkable summers for action, as
213has happed for many Ages:
214    10 Our Lecturer preached on 26. Matt: 11:
215    Pomerid: Curate on 119 Psal: 105:
216    16 I went to Lond: 17th Dr. Tenison (at St. Martin) on 19 Psal:
21712:
218    21 At St. James's church preached Dr. Burnet, on 5. Deut: 29
219relating to the obligation lying upon the nation, to walke worthy of
220Gods particular & signal deliverances of this Nation & Church:
221    22 Dr. Stillingfleete (Deane of S Paules) on 1. Pet: 4.18:
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223of her coming to White-hall, Wednesday 13. Feb. with wonderfull
224acclamation & general reception, Bonfires, bells, Gunns &c: It was
225believed that they both, especialy the Princesse, would have shewed
226some (seeming) reluctancy at least, of assuming her Fathers Crowne
227& made some Apologie, testifying her regret, that he should by his
228misgovernment necessitat the Nation to so extraordinary a proceeding,
229which would have shewed very handsomly to the world, (and
230according to the Character given of her piety &c) & consonant to
231her husbands first Declaration, that there was no intention of Deposing
232the King, but of Succoring the Nation; But, nothing of all
233this appeared; she came into W-hall as to a Wedding, riant & jolly,
234so as seeming to be quite Transported: rose early on the next morning
235of her arival, and in her undresse (as reported) before her
236women were up; went about from roome to roome, to see the Convenience
237of White-hall: Lay in the same bed & appartment where
238the late Queene lay: & within a night or two, sate downe to play at
239Basset, as the Q. her predecessor us'd to do: smiled upon & talked
240to every body; so as no manner of change seem'd in Court, since his
241Majesties last going away, save that the infinite crowds of people
242thronged to see her, & that she went to our prayers: This carriage
243was censured by many: she seemes to be of a good nature, & that
244takes nothing to heart whilst the Pr: her husband has a thoughtfull
245Countenance, is wonderfull serious & silent, seemes to treate all persons
246alike gravely: & to be very intent on affaires, both Holland, &
247Ireland & France calling for his care: Divers Bishops, & Noble
248men are not at all satisfied with this so suddain Assumption of the
249Crown, without any previous, sending & offering some Conditions
250to the absent King: or, upon his not returning & assenting to those
251Conditions within such a day: to have proclaim'd him Regent &c.
252But the major part of both houses, prevailed to make them King &
253Q: immediately, and a Crowne was tempting &c - This was
254opposed & spoke against with such vehemency by my L. Clarendon
255(her owne Unkle) as putt him by all preferments, which must doubtlesse,
256have been as greate, as could have ben given him: My L: of
257Rochester his bro: overshot himselfe by the same carriage & stiffnesse,
258which, their friends thought, they might have well spared,
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260sufficient to have declared their dissent with lesse passion, acquiescing
261in due time: The AB of Cant, & some of the rest, upon scrupule
262of Conscience, & to salve the Oathes they had taken, entred their
263protests, & hung off: Especially the Arch-Bishop, who had not all
264this while so much as appeared out of Lambeth: all which incurred
265the wonder of many, who observed with what zeale they contributed
266to the Princes Expedition, & all this while also, rejecting any proposals
267of sending againe for the absented King: That they should
268now boggle & raise scrupuls, & such as created much division among
269people, greatly rejoicing the old Courtiers, & Papists especialy:
270    Another objection was the invalidity of what was don, by a Convention
271onely, & the as yet unabrogated Laws: which made them on
272the 22, make themselves a parliament, the new King passing the act
273with the Crowne on his head: This lawyers disputed; but necessity
274prevailed, the Government requiring a speedy settlement: And now
275innumerable were the Crowds who solicited for & expected Offices,
276most of the old ones turn'd out: Two or 3. White Staves were disposed
277of some days before, as L: Steward to the E. of Devonshire,
278Tress: of the Household to L: Newport, L. Cham: to the K, to my
279L: of Dorset &c: but there were yet none in offices of the Civil
280government, save: Pr: Seale to the Marq: of Halifax: A Council of
28130 was chosen, L. Danby Presedent: but neither Chancellor,
282Tressurer, Judges &c not yet declared, A greate seale not yet
283finished: Thus far went things when I returned home (having
284visited divers of my old acquaintance &c) which was (23) on the
285Saturday:
286    24 St. Matthias , our Viccar preached on 12. Luke. 21:
287    Mar. 2 To Lond: 3d Dr.Tenison at St. Martins on: 16: Matt 26:
288The holy Communion follow'd, of which I participated.
289    6: Dr. at White-hall before the new Queene: 2. Thess: 5.
290    8. Dr. Tillotson deane of Cant: an excellent discourse on 5. Matt:
29144: exhorting to charity and forgivenesse of Enemies; I suppose
292purposly, The new Parliament now being furiously about Impeaching
293those who were obnoxious: & as their custome has ever ben going
294on violently, without reserve or moderation: whilst wise men were
295of opinion that the most notorious Offenders being named & excepted,
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297minds of men, in so generall a discontent of the nation, especialy of
298those who did not expect to see the Government assum'd without
299any reguard to the absent King, or proving a spontaneous abdication,
300or that the Pr: of Wales was an Imposture, &c: 5 of the Bishops
301also still refusing to take the new Oath: In the interim to gratifie &
302sweeten the people, The Hearth Tax was remitted for ever: but
303what intended to supply it, besids present greate Taxes on land: is
304not named: The King abroad furnished with mony & officers by
305the French King going now for Ireland, Their wonderfull neglect of
306more timely preventing that from hence, and disturbances in Scotland,
307gives men apprehension of greate difficulties before any settlement
308can be perfected here: (whilst) The Parliament men dispose
309of the greate Offices amongst themselves: The Gr: Seale, Treasury,
310Admiralty put into commission, of many unexperienc'd persons to
311gratifie the more: So as, by the present prospect of things (unlesse
312God Almighty graciously interpose, & give successe in Ireland, &
313settle Scotland) more Trouble seemes to threaten this nation, than
314could be expected: In the Interim, the New K. referrs all to the
315Parliament in the most popular manner imaginable: but is very slow
316in providing against all these menaces, besides finding difficulties in
317raising men to send abroad, The former army (who had never don
318any service hitherto, but received pay, and passed the summers in an
319idle scene of a Camp at Hounslow) unwilling to engage, & many of
320them dissaffected, & scarce to be trusted:
321    9: I returned home: (10:) our Viccar: on his former subject
32221. Matt:
323    The Curate 90 Psal: 12:
324    24: Palme-Sonday: I went early to Lond: according to my
325custome, to passe the Holy-Weeke in Lond: At St. Martines
326preached Dr. Tenison on: 2. Cor: 4.8.
327    25 Lady-day, preached a Young man: at St. Martin on: 1. Luke:
32830. 31:
329    27: At White-Hall, Dr. Jeane, Regius professor at Oxon: before
330the new Queene: &c: on 1. John: 5.4:
331    (28 I visited Mr. Boile where an Italian Traveller described how
332farr he had ben in the desert of Africa and saw a Creature, bodied
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334    29 Good friday Morning at St. Martin, Dr. Tenison: on: 53.
335Isah: ver: 3:
336    The Holy Sacrament follow'd at which I received:
337    Pomeridiano at W.hall, before the Princesse of Denmark: The
338Bish: of St. Asaph Almoner: on: 12 Zech: 10: with exceeding
339patheticalnesse:
340    I returned home after this: sermon:
341    The new King, much blamed for neglecting Ireland, now like to
342be ruined by the L. Tyrconnel, & his popish party; too strong for
343the Protestants; wonderfull uncertainty where King James was,
344whether in France or Ireland: The Scotts seeme as yet to favor
345King William, rejecting K James letter to them: yet declaring nothing
346positively: Souldiers in England, discontented: Parliament
347preparing the Coronation Oath: Presbyterians & Dissenters displeased
348at the vote to preserve the protestant Religion as established
349by Law; without mentioning what they were to have as to Indulgence:
350The Arch-Bishop of Cant, & the other 4: refusing to come
351to Parliament, it was deliberated whether they should incurr premunire:
352but this was thought fit to be let fall, & connived at, for
353feare of the people, to whom these prelates were very deare, for
354their opposing popery : Court Offices, distributed among the Parliament
355men: no Considerable fleete as yet set forth: in summe:
356Things far from (the) settlement was expected by reason of the
357slothfull sickly temper of the new King: and unmindfullnesse of the
358Parliament, as to Ireland, which is like to prove a sad omission. The
359Confederats, beate the French out of the Palatinate, which they had
360most barbarously ruined:
361    31 Easter day: Our Viccar on 22 Matt: 29: The holy Communion
362follow'd, at which I received. The Curate on 1. Cor: 15. ver: 56.57.
363    Aprill 7: Having taken cold after some preventing physick: I was
364not at Church this day, to my greate sorrow:
365    10 I went to Lond: was at the R. Society, where the very ingenious
366Mr. Waler brought in his Tables of knowing plants by a
367peculiar method: There was an extraordinary greate scorpion, sent
368the Society out of Africa, whose Eyes were in his back, like to
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370    July 6 I went to Lond: to heare Mr. Stringfellow preach at
371St. James's Church as Dr. Tenison desired he would do, for trial,
372whether his voice &c were fit for a Church he design'd him the cure
373of upon my recommendation: But I went first in the morning to
374St. Martines, where the Doctor preached on: 10: Deut: 12. 13: The
375holy Sacrament followed of which I communicated: I dined at my
376Sons: Afternoone Mr. Stringfellow on 19 Act: 25: - & then I returned
377home:
378    The whole Nation now exceedingly alarm'd by the French fleete
379braving our Coast even to the very Thames mouth: our Fleete commanded
380by debauched young men, & likewise inferior in force,
381giving way to the Enemy, to our exceeding reproch: God of his
382mercy defend this poore church & nation: (Hollanders fleete beaten
383at sea:) K: William in Ireland taking a passe, wounded in the
384shoulder with a Cannon bullet: greate expectations from thence:
385    13 Mr. Stringfellow preached at our Church both morning &
386afternoone, very excellently, on : 1 Gen: 26: & 2d & 15th:
387    King William having vanquished K James in Ireland, there was
388much publique rejoicing: It seemes K. J: army would not stand,
389namely the Irish, but the English Irish & French made greate
390resistance: Shomberg was slaine, and Dr. Walker, who so bravely
391defended L.derry: K.W: received a slight wound by the grazing of
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393little interruption of his pursuit: Hamilton, who brake his word,
394about Tyrconells, was taken: K.J. is reported gon back to France:
395Droghedah & Dublin surrendered: and if K.W. be returning, one
396may say of him as of Caesar, Veni, vidi, vici , for never was such a
397Kingdome won in so short an Expedition; But to alay much of this
398the French fleete having exceedingly beaten the Dutch fleete, & ours
399not daring to interpose, ride at present in our Chanell, threatning
400to Land, which causes an extraordinary alarme &c:
401    16 The publique fast: our Viccar preached on 18 Jer: 7. 8:
402    17 I went to London to visite some friends in the Toure, where
403asking for my Lord Clarendon (now with divers other Noble persons
404imprisoned upon suspicion of a plot) by mistake they directed
405me to the E. of Torrington who about 3 days before had ben sent for
406from the Fleete, was put into the Toure for his Cowardize and not
407fighting the French Fleete, which having beaten a Squadron of the
408Hollanders (whilst Torrington did nothing) did now ride masters at
409sea with that power as gave terror to the whole nation, in daily expectation
410of a descent, which God Almighty avert:
411    I returned in the Evening &c:
412    20 Our Viccar preached on 11: Heb: 7: In the afternoone our
413Curate on (II. 1. Cor: 24) :
414    Major Birch now quartered with his Regiment (newly come out of
415Flanders) dined with me; & this afternoone began to incamp on
416Black-heath:
417    I went this Evening to condole the Marq: de Ruvigny & his
418Mother, upon the death of his Brother, slaine in Ireland.
419    27. Our Viccar & Curate proceeded on their former Text.
420    30 I went to Lond: Dined with Mr. Pepys now suffered to returne
421to his house in reguard of his Indisposition: I return'd home calling
422in at the R. Society, where Mr. Hook read a discourse of the cause
423of most hills & mountaines to be from subterranean eruptions &c:
424    Aug: 1 Came the Duke of Grafton to visite me, going now to his
425ship at the mouth of the River: (to transport him to Ireland where
426he was slaine.)
427    3 The Schole Master of Lewsham preached on 1 Joh: 2. 15: The
428holy Sacrament follow'd of which my Wife & I were participants,
429praised be God.

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430    The Afternoone our Curat preached on his former Text; I was
431exceedingly drowsy:
432    The French domineering still at sea, landed some souldiers at
433Tinmoth in Devon: & burned some poore houses:
434    10 Our Viccar on 3: Amos : 6:
435    Afternoone Curate on 8. Joh:34:
436    The K: William having taken in Waterford, Duncannon & other
437places marches to Limrick, which Tyrconell seemes with 4000 french
438&c to hold out; &c. The French Fleete still hovering about the
439Western Coast, (we having 300 saile of rich Merchant Ships in the
440bay of Plimoth,) our Fleete begin to move towards them under 3
441Admiralls in Commission: The Country in the West all on their
442Guard, A camp of about 4000 still on Blak-heath: The Germans
443and especialy that in Flanders very strong waiting to give battell to
444the French who are this yeare on the defence; The Duke of Savoy,
445waites joyning with some German troopes to block up Catenate the
446Fr: Gen: there:
447    (A very extraordinary fine season.)
448    12 So greate and long a storme of Thunder & lightning as had
449seldome ben seene in these countries.
450    13 I went to Lond: The season now much changed to wett &
451cold:
452    The French fleete returned to Brest & from our Coast, the Militia
453of the Trained Bands horse & foote which were up through out
454England now dismiss'd:
455    The French King having newes that King William was slaine,
456and his Army defeated in Ireland, causes such a Triumph at Paris &
457all over France, as was never heard of or almost read in any history,
458when in the midst of it, the unhappy K. James being vanquished,
459brought himselfe (by a speedy flight & escape) the sad tidings of his
460owne defeate, to the greate reproch of the French who made such
461unseasonable boasting:
462    15 I was desired to be one of the Baile of the Earle of Clarendon for
463his Lordships release out of the Tower, with divers other noblemen:
464(Bishop of St. Asaph expounds his Prophesys to me & Mr. Pepys
465&c:)
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467    17 our Viccar proceeded on his former Text & subject:
468    In the Afternoone, the Curate of Greenewich on: 7: Matt: 21:
469    Some greate designe in hand, by our preparation at Sea, now the
470Fr: fleete is gone home:
471    Limrick not yet reduc'd: Our Camp at Blakheath marching to
472Portsmouth.
473    That Sweete & hopefull youth Sir Charles Tuke, (after hopes of
474his recovery) dead of the wounds he receiv'd in the fight (of Boine) ,
475to the greate sorrow of all his friends, being (I think) the last male of
476that noble family: to which my wife is related: A more virtuous
477young Gent: I never knew, he was learned for his age, having had
478the advantage of the choicest breading abroad, both as to Arts &
479Armes, had much Traveld; but was so unhappy to fall, in that unhappy
480side of an unfortunate King:
481    24: Our Viccar & Curate proceeded on their former subject:
482    25 I went to Lond: about my Concerne with Sir C: Porter:
483    Limrick still holds out, we having received some losse (very) considerable
484by the negligence of Sir W: Poultnys son, who was to
485guard the Cannon: Galloway Entered by stratagem by the French
486who quitted Limric:
487    The weather very wett, & stormy, our Fleete at sea:
488    30 I came home: Our Merchant ships came safe from Plimouth:
489    31 Both Viccar & Curate proceeding on their former Texts.
490    No news from the Armys in Germany, but some uncertaine reports
491of Catinates having worsted the D. of Savoy: nothing yet from
492Ireland:
493    September 7 Our Viccar & Curate still on the same Text: The
494holy Sacrament followed of which I was partaker, the Lord make
495me thankfull:
496    Limrick proves yet a difficult piece; The unseasonable & most
497tempestuous season happning, the Naval expedition is hindred: No
498successe in Savoy, Catinates having (as reported) worsted the Duke,
499still in doubt:
500    14 Our Viccar & curat proceede: Extremity of wet, cause the
501siege to be raised before Limrick: so as K.W. Returnes to England:
502re infecta as to that plan: Lord Sydney &c left chiefe governors
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504    17 The publique fast, our Viccar preach'd on 13 Luke, 6 &c:
505    An extraordinary cold sharp Easte Wind, part of our fleete on
506some extraordinary designe.
507    21 Our Viccar preached on 3: Heb: 12:
508    In the afternoone the Minister of Leusham at Greenewich excellently
509on: 1. Cor:10:12:
510    The French Fleete againe on the Irish Coast: ours going to meete
511them:
512    28 Our Viccar on the same Text: & Curate on 9: Dan: 7.
513    Octo: 5 Our Viccar on his former Text. The holy Communion
514followed at which I received, the Lord make me mindfull &
515thankfull.
516    Our Curate on 1 Cor: 15. 55. 56 ver:
517    Corke surendred to K: William's forces upon discretion, the
518Duke of Grafton desperately wounded &c:
519    12 The Minister of Newington on 3: Phil:10: both Morning &
520afternoon, very well:
521    The French Generall, with Tyrconell & their forces gon back to
522france, beaten out by K. William.
523    Corke Delivered: upon discretion; The Duke of Grafton mortaly
524wounded: (dies) Churchil: before Kingsale, (which he takes,) our
525Ships (most of them) come into Harbor: The Parliament siting &
526voting vast summs for the next yeares Warr: Tekelyes successe in
527Transylvania: The Swisse call a Dyet, press'd by the French: The
528Emperor Indiscreetely ingag'd by the Monks & Jesuites, to pursue
529the Warr against the Turks, neglected to make peace, whilst
530France still gaines on & Indangers the Empire, & has Swallowed
531Savoy:
532    Very greate stormes of Wind:
533    The 8th of this moneth my Lord Spencer writ me word from
534Althorp out of N.hampton-shire that there happened an Earthquake
535the day before in the morning, which, tho short, sensibly shook the
536house: The like, & at the same very moment, (which was betweene
5377 & 8 in the morning, viz, halfe an houre after 7:) the Gazette of this
538weeke aquainted us it so happned at Barnstable, Holy-head, &
539Dublin in Ireland: we were not at all sensible of it at Lond:
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541    19 was held a day of Thanksgiving for the successe of K. Williams
542armes, & his owne escape in Ireland &c:
543    Our Viccar preached on 144. psal: ult:
544    Pomeridia I went to the French Church at Greenewich where a
545young man preached on 123 psal 2. Advising to attend on & looke
546up to God for deliverance, after all their sufferings, & accknowledging
547the succour God had so providentialy assisted & comforted them
548with, by the Charity of the Nation, and favour of the King, all
549of it greate arguments for their more than ordinary Gratitude, &c:
550I then tooke leave of the Marquis de Ruvigny and his Mother,
551being myselfe leaving the Country to winter in London, with my
552family:
553    26 Our Viccar still on his former subject: 3. Heb: 12: The weather
554detain'd me at home in the afternoone:
555    KingSale at last surrendred; meane while K. James party burne
556all they have in their power of houses, & amongst them that stately
557palace of the Lord Orories which lately cost as reported 40000
558pounds: By a disastrous accident a 3d rate ship (the Breda) firing
559blew up & destroied all the passengers in which wer 25 prisoner of
560War to set saile for England the very next day: Many excellent ships
561have we thus unfortunately lost this yeare beside aboundance taken
562by the Enemy:
563    The Turks retake Belgrade by storme putting all to the sword, &
564repassing the bridge at Esseck, with the successe of Tekely, threaten
565a reverse of their hitherto unprosperousnesse, & this, as too apparent
566by the tretchery of the Jesuites, who hindred the Emperor to make
567a most advantagious peace, by which France would have ben forc'd
568to abate of his so insolent progresse: poore Duke of Grafton, who
569came to take his leave of me, just as he imbarked for Ireland, is now
570dead of his wounds.
571    29 I came up to Lond: Dover-streete with part of my family, to
572Winter with my son:
573    31 My Birth-day, being now full 70 yeares of Age: Blessed be the
574Lord for the continuance of my health. & of all his mercies, hitherto
575hast thou brought me, To Thee alone be the accknowledgements
576from my Soule & all that is within me, which thou hast preserved:
577Grant deare father the increase of thy Grace, with the yeares of my

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578life, 'til in compassion thou bring me to the consummation of Glory
579in the life to come, Amen.