25th I did hear that the Queene is much grieved of late at the King’s neglecting her he having not supped once with her this quarter of a year, and almost every night with my Lady Castlemaine who hath been with him this St George’s feast at Windsor, and come home with him last night, and, which is more, they say is removed as to her bed from her own home to a chamber in White Hall, next to the King’s owne, which I am sorry to hear, though I love her much.

27th By water to White Hall, but found the Duke of York gone to St James’s for this summer, and thence with Mr Coventry and Sir W Pen up to the Duke’s closet And a good while with him about Navy business and so I to White Hall, and there a long while with my Lord Sandwich discoursing about his debt to the Navy, wherein he hath given me some things to resolve him in.

The Queene (which I did not know,) it seems was at Windsor, at the late St George’s feast there and the Duke of Monmouth dancing with her with his hat in his hand, the King came in and kissed him, and made him put on his hat, which every body took notice of.

28th To Chelsey, where we found my Lord all alone with one joynt of meat at dinner, and mightily extolling the manner of his retirement, and the goodness of his diet the mistress of the house hath all things most excellently dressed, among others her cakes admirable and so good that my Lord’s words were, they were fit to present to my Lady Castlemaine From ordinary discourse my Lord fell to talk of other matters to me, of which chiefly the second part of the fray, which he told me a little while since of, between Mr Edward Montagu and himself, that he hath forborn coming to him almost two months, and do speak not only slightly of my Lord every where, but hath complained to my Lord Chancellor of him, and arrogated all that ever my Lord hath done to be only by his direction and persuasion Whether he hath done the like to the King or no my Lord knows not, but my lord hath been with the King since, and finds all things fair, and my Lord Chancellor hath told him of it, but he so much contemns Mr Montagu, as my Lord knows himself very secure against any thing the fool can do, and notwithstanding all this, so noble is his nature, that he professes himself ready to show kindness and pity to Mr Montagu on any occasion My Lord told me of his presenting Sir H Bennet with a gold cup of £100, which he refuses, with a compliment, but my Lord would have been glad he had taken it, that he might have had some obligations upon him which he thinks possible the other may refuse to prevent it, not that he hath any reason to doubt his kindness But I perceive great differences there are at Court and Sir H Bennet, and my Lord Bristol, and their faction, are likely to carry all things before them, (which my Lord’s judgement is, will not be for the best.) and particularly against the Chancellor, who, he tells me, is irrecoverably lost but, however, that he do so not actually joyne in any thing against the Chancellor, whom he do own to be a most sure friend, and to have been his greatest, and therefore will not openly act in either, but passively carry himself even The Queene my Lord tells me, he thinks he hath incurred some displeasure with, for his kindness to his neighbour my Lady Castlemaine My Lord tells me he hath no reason to fall for her sake, whose wit, management, nor interest, is not likely to hold up any man, and therefore he thinks it not his obligation to stand for her against his own interest The Duke and Mr Coventry my Lord sees he is very well with, and fears not but they will show themselves his very good friends, specially at this time, he being able to serve them, and they needing him, which he did not tell me wherein Talking of the business of Tangier, he tells me that my Lord Teviott is gone away without the least respect paid to him, nor indeed to any man, but without his commission, and (if it be true what he says) having laid out seven or eight thousand pounds in commodities for the place and besides having not only disobliged all the Commissioners for Tangier, but also Sir Charles Barkeley the other day, who spoke in behalf of Colonel Fitz-Gerald, that having been deputy-governor there already, he ought to have expected and had the governorship upon the death or removal of the former Governor And whereas it is said that he and his men are Irish, which is indeed the main thing that hath moved the King and Council to put in Teviott to prevent the Irish having too great and the whole command there under Fitz-Gerald, he further said that there was never an Englishman fit to command Tangier, my Lord Teviott answered yes, there were many more fit than himself or Fitz- Gerald either So that Fitz-Gerald being so great with the Duke of York, and being already made deputy- governor, independent of my Lord Teviott, and he being also left here behind him for a while, my Lord Sandwich do think, that, putting all these things together, the few friends he hath left, and the ill posture of his affairs, my Lord Teviott is not a man of the conduct and management that either people take him