Diary, Sep/Oct 1661
Diary, Sep/Oct 1661
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King do so love him, and the Duke of York too, that there is no fear of
him. He seems to be very well acquainted with the King's mind, and with
all the several factions at Court, and spoke all with so much frankness,
that I do take him to be my Lord's good friend, and one able to do him
great service, being a cunning fellow, and one (by his own confession to
me) that can put on two several faces, and look his enemies in the face
with as much love as his friends. But, good God! what an age is this,
and what a world is this! that a man cannot live without playing the
knave and dissimulation. At Whitehall we parted, and I to Mrs. Pierce's,
meeting her and Madam Clifford in the street, and there staid talking and
laughing with them a good while, and so back to my mother's, and there
supped, and so home and to bed.
2nd. In the morning to my cozen Thos. Pepys, executor, and there talked
with him about my uncle Thomas, his being in the country, but he could
not advise me to anything therein, not knowing
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