At The Royall Oake Taverne,

The Truth Is, I Do Indulge Myself A Little The More In Pleasure, Knowing That This Is The Proper Age Of My Life To Do It; And, Out Of My Observation That Most Men That Do Thrive In The World Do Forget To Take Pleasure During The Time That They Are Getting Their Estate, But Reserve That Till They Have Got One, And Then It Is Too Late For Them To Enjoy It.

My Wife, Who, Poor Wretch, Is Troubled With Her Lonely Life.

Find Myself £43 Worse Than I Was The Last Month ... Chiefly Arisen From My Layings-out In Clothes For Myself And Wife; Viz., For Her, About £12, And For Myself, £55 Or Thereabouts.

As Happy A Man As Any In The World, For The Whole World Seems To Smile Upon Me!

But Me Thought It Lessened My Esteem Of A King, That He Should Not Be Able To Command The Rain.