Diary and correspondence Author:Samuel Pepys Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: young Lords that never sat yet do forbear to sit for the present) ; and Sir Harbottle Grimston,1 Speaker for the House of Commons, which, after a little debate, ... more »was granted. Dr. Reynolds preached before the Commons before they sat. My Lord told me how Sir H. Yelverton8 (formerly my schoolfellow) was chosen in the first place for Northamptonshire, and Mr. Crewe in the second; and told me how he did believe that the Cavaliers have now the upper hand clear of the Presbyterians. 27th. This morning, Pim [the tailor] spent in my cabin, putting a great many ribbons to a suit. After dinner, came on board Sir Thomas Hatton2 and Sir E. Maleverer,4 going for Flushing; but all the world know that they go where the rest of the many gentlemen go that every day flock to the King atBreda. They supped here, and my Lord treated them, as he do the rest that go thither, with a great deal of civility. While we were at supper a packet came, wherein much news from several friends. The chief is, that that I had from Mr. Moore, viz., that he fears that the Cavaliers in the House will be so high, that the others will be forced to leave the House and fall in with General Monk, and so offer things to the King so high on the Presbyterian account that he may refuse, and so they will endeavour some more mischief; but when I told my Lord it, he shook his head, and told me that the Presbyterians are deceived, for the General is certainly for the King's interest, and so they will not be able to prevail that way with him. After supper, the two knights went on board the Grantham, that is to convey them to Mushing. I am informed that the Exchequer is now so low, that there is not 201. there, to give the messenger that brought the news of'Lambert's being taken; which story is very strange that he should lose his re...« less