To my Lord in the morning, who looked over my accounts and agreed to them. I did also get him to sign a bill (which do make my heart merry) for 60l. to me, in consideration of my work extraordinary at sea this last voyage, which I hope to get paid.
I dined with my Lord and then to the Theatre, where I saw “The Virgin Martyr,” a good but too sober a play for the company. Then home.
Lord in
the morning
make my heart work at hope
and the art go play
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 16 February 1660/61.