Mandeville¹⁰⁶ to take up horses to London, which I wrote in the King’s name, and carried it to him to sign, which was the first and only one that ever he signed in the ship Charles To bed, coming in sight of land a little before night.

25th By the morning we were come close to the land, and every body made ready to get on shore. The King and the two Dukes did eat their breakfast before they went, and there being set some ship’s diet, they eat of nothing else but pease and pork, and boiled beef Dr Clerke, who eat with me, told me how the King had given £50 to Mr Shepley for my Lord’s servants, and £500 among the officers and common men of the ship I spoke to the Duke of York about business, who called me Pepys by name, and upon my desire did promise me his future favour Great expectation of the King’s making some Knights, but there was none About noon (though the brigantine that Beale made was there ready to carry him) yet he would go in my Lord’s barge with the two Dukes Our Captn steered, and my Lord went along bare with him I went, and Mr Mansell, and one of the King’s footmen, and a dog that the King loved, in a boat by ourselves, and so got on shore when the King did, who was received by General Monk with all imaginable love and respect at his entrance upon the land of Dover Infinite the crowd of people and the horsemen, citizens, and noblemen of all sorts The Mayor of the town come and gave him his white staffe, the badge of his place, which the King did give him again The Mayor also presented him from the town a very rich Bible, which he took and said it was the thing that he loved above all things in the world A canopy was provided for him to stand under, which he did, and talked awhile with General Monk and others, and so into a stately coach there set for him, and so away through the towne towards Canterbury, without making any stay at Dover The shouting and joy expressed by all is past imagination Seeing that my Lord did not stir out of his barge, I got into a boat and so into his barge My Lord almost transported with joy that he had done all this without any the least blur or obstruction in the world, that could give offence to any, and with the great honour he thought it would be to him Being overtook by the brigantine, my Lord and we went out of our barge into it, and so went on board with Sir W Batten¹⁰⁷ and the Vice and Rear-Admirals At night I supped with the Captn, who told me what the King had given us My Lord returned late, and at his coming did give me order to cause the marke to be gilded, and a Crowne and C R to be made at the head of the coach table where the King to-day with his own hand did marke his height, which accordingly I caused the painter to do, and is now done as is to be seen.

26th My Lord dined with the Vice-Admiral to-day (who is as officious, poor man’ as any spaniel can be, but I believe all to no purpose, for I believe he will not hold his place), so I dined commander at the coach table to-day, and all the officers of the ship with me, and Mr White of Dover After a game or two at nine-pins, to work all the afternoon, making above twenty orders In the evening my Lord having been a-shore, the first time that he hath been a-shore since he come out of the Hope, (having resolved not to go till he had brought his Majesty into England,) returned on board with a great deal of pleasure The Captain told me that my Lord had appointed me £30 out of the 1000 ducats which the King had given to the ship.

27th (Lord’s day) Called up by John Goods to see the Garter and Heralds coate, which lay in the coach, brought by Sir Edward Walker, King at Armes this morning, for my Lord My Lord had summoned all the Commanders on board him, to see the ceremony, which was thus Sir Edward putting on his coate, and having laid the George and Garter, and the King’s letter to my Lord, upon a crimson cushion, (in the coach, all the Commanders standing by,) makes three congees to him, holding the cushion in his arms Then laying it down with the things upon it upon a chair, he takes the letter, and delivers it to my Lord, which my Lord breaks open and gives him to read It was directed to our trusty and well beloved Sir Edward Montagu, Knight, one of our Generals at sea, and our Companion elect of our Noble Order of the Garter The contents of the letter is to show that the Kings of England have for many years made use of this honour, as a special mark of favour, to persons of good extraction and valour, (and that many Emperors, Kings and Princes of other countries have borne this honour), and that whereas my Lord is of a noble family, and hath now done the King such service by sea, at this time, as he hath done, he do send him this George and Garter to wear as Knight of the Order, with a dispensation for the other ceremonies of the habit of the Order, and other things, till hereafter, when it can be done So the herald putting the ribbon about his neck, and the Garter on his left leg, he saluted him with joy as Knight of