"Samuel Pepys and the World he lived in" (p. 241). It is drawn in
favour of John Colladon, Doctor in Physicke, and of Alexander
Marchant, of St. Michall, and describes "a way to prevent and cure
the smoakeing of Chimneys, either by stopping the tunnell towards
the top, and altering the former course of the smoake, or by setting
tunnells with checke within the chimneyes." Sir Edward Ford's name
does not appear in the patent.]

I wish they may do good thereof, but fear it will prove but a poor
project. This day the King and Queen are to come to Oxford. I hear my
Lady Castlemaine is for certain gone to Oxford to meet him, having lain
within here at home this week or two, supposed to have miscarried; but for
certain is as great in favour as heretofore;

[According to Collins, Henry Fitzroy, Lady Castlemaine's second son
by Charles II., was born on September 20th, 1663. He was the first
Duke of Grafton.--B.]

at least Mrs. Sarah at my Lord's, who hears all from their own family, do
say so. Every day brings newes of the Turke's advance into Germany, to
the awakeing of all the Christian Princes thereabouts, and possessing
himself of Hungary. My present care is fitting my wife's closett and my
house, and making her a velvet coate, and me a new black cloth suit, and
coate and cloake, and evening my reckoning as well as I can against
Michaelmas Day, hoping for all that to have my balance as great or greater
than ever I had yet.

23rd. Up betimes and to my office, where setting down my journall while I
was in the country to this day, and at noon by water to my Lord Crew's,
and there dined with him and Sir Thomas, thinking to have them inquire