This morning I dispatch many letters of my own private business to London. There come Colonel Thomson with the wooden leg, and General Pen, and dined with my Lord and Mr. Blackburne, who told me that it was certain now that the King must of necessity come in, and that one of the Council told him there is something doing in order to a treaty already among them. And it was strange to hear how Mr. Blackburne did already begin to commend him for a sober man, and how quiet he would be under his government, &c.
I dined all alone to prevent company, which was exceeding great to-day, in my cabin.
After these two were gone Sir W. Wheeler and Sir John Petters came on board and staid about two or three hours, and so went away.
The Commissioners came to-day, only to consult about a further reducement of the Fleet, and to pay them as fast as they can.
I did give Davis, their servant, 5l. 10s. to give to Mr. Moore from me, in part of the 7l. that I borrowed of him, and he is to discount the rest out of the 36s. that he do owe me.
At night, my Lord resolved to send the Captain of our ship to Waymouth and promote his being chosen there, which he did put himself into a readiness to do the next morning.
many letters of my lone pen
burn the ear
how quiet is the wheel
of a fast mouth
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 4 April 1660.