Pepys that had fallen into his high displeasure, and come to desire him to give me leave to make myself better understood to his Lordship, assuring him of my duty and service He answered me very pleasingly, that he was confident upon the score of my Lord Sandwich’s character of me, but that he had reason to think what he did, and desired me to call upon him some evening I named to-night, and he accepted of it To my Lord Chancellor’s, and there heard several trials, wherein I perceive my Lord is a most able and ready man After all done, he himself called, ‘Come Mr Pepys, you and I will take a turn in the garden’ So he was led down stairs, having the goute, and there walked with me, I think, above an hour talking most friendly, yet cunningly I told him clearly how things were, how ignorant I was of his Lordship’s concernment in it, how I did not do nor say one word singly, but what was done was the act of the whole Board He told me by name that he was more angry with Sir G Carteret than with me, and also with the whole body of the Board But thinking who it was of the Board that did know him least, he did place his fear upon me but he finds that he is indebted to none of his friends there I think I did thoroughly appease him, till he thanked me for my desire and pains to satisfy him, and upon my desiring to be directed who I should of his servants advise with about this business, he told me nobody, but would be glad to hear from me himself He told me he would not direct me in anything, that it might not be said that the Lord Chancellor did labour to abuse the King, or (as I offered) direct the suspending the Report of the Purveyors but I see what he means, and will make it my work to do him service in it But, Lord to see how he is incensed against poor Deane, as a fanatick rogue, and I know not what and what he did was done in spite to his Lordship, among all his friends and tenants He did plainly say that he would not direct me in any thing, for he would not put himself into the power of any man to say that he did so and so, but plainly told me as if he would be glad I did something Lord to see how we poor wretches dare not do the King good service for fear of the greatness of these men He named Sir G Carteret, and Sir J Minnes, and the rest and that he was as angry with them all as me But it was pleasant to think that, while he was talking to me, comes into the garden Sir G Carteret, and my Lord avoided speaking with him, and made him and many others stay expecting him, while I walked up and down above an hour, I think, and would have me walk with my hat on And yet, after all, there has been so little ground for his jealousy of me, that I am sometimes afraid that he do this only in policy to bring me to his side by scaring me, or else, which is worse, to try how faithfull I would be to the King, but I rather think the former of the two I parted with great assurance how I acknowledged all I had to come from his Lordship, which he did not seem to refuse, but with great kindness and respect parted.

15th Up, and to my Lord Sandwich’s, where he sent for me up, and I did give my Lord an account of what had passed with my Lord Chancellor yesterday, with which he was pleased, and advised me by all means to study in the best manner I could to serve him in this business After this discourse ended, he began to tell me that he had now pitched upon his day of going to sea upon Monday next, and that he would now give me an account how matters are with him He told me that his work now in the world is only to keep up his interest at Court, having little hopes to get more considerably, he saying that he hath now about £8000 per annum It is true, he says, he oweth about £10,000, but he hath been at great charges in getting things to this pass in his estate, besides his building and good goods that he hath bought He says that he hath now evened his reckonings at the Wardrobe till Michaelmas last, and hopes to finish it to Lady-day before he goes He says now there is due, too, £7000 to him there, if he knew how to get it paid, besides £2000 that Mr Montagu do owe him As to his interest, he says that he hath had all the injury done him that ever man could have by another bosom friend that knows all his secrets, by Mr Montagu but he says that the worst of it all is past, and he gone out and hated, his very person by the King, and he believes the more upon the score of his carriage to him, nay, that the Duke of York did say a little while since in his closet, that he did hate him because of his ungrateful carriage to my Lord of Sandwich He says that he is as great with the Chancellor, or greater, than ever in his life That with the King he is the like, and told me an instance, that whereas he formerly was of the private council to the King before he was last sick, and that by the sickness an interruption was made in his attendance upon him, the King did not constantly call him as he used to do to his private council, only in businesses of the sea and the like, but of late the King did send a message to him by Sir Harry Bennet, to excuse the King to my Lord that he had not of late sent for him as he used to do to his private council, for it was not out of any distaste, but to avoid giving offence to some others whom he did not name, but my Lord