of other countries have borne this honour), and that whereas my Lord is of a noble family, and hath now done the King such service by sea, at this time, as he hath done; he do send him this George and Garter to wear as Knight of the Order, with a dispensation for the other ceremonies of the habit of the Order, and other things, till hereafter, when it can be done.  So the herald putting the ribbon about his neck, and the Garter about his left leg, he salutes him with joy as Knight of the Garter, and that was all.  After that was done, and the Captain and I had breakfasted with Sir Edward while my Lord was writing of a letter, he took his leave of my Lord, and so to shore again to the King at Canterbury, where he yesterday gave the like honour to General Monk,

     ["His Majesty put the George on his Excellency, and the two Dukes
     put on the Garter.  The Princes thus honoured the Lord-General for
     the restoration of that lawful family.”—­Rugge’s Diurnal.]

who are the only two for many years that have had the Garter given them, before they had other honours of Earldom, or the like, excepting only the Duke of Buckingham, who was only Sir George Villiers when he was made Knight of the Garter.  A while after Mr. Thos.  Crew and Mr. J. Pickering (who had staid long enough to make all the world see him to be a fool), took ship for London.  So there now remain no strangers with my Lord but Mr. Hetley, who had been with us a day before the King went from us.  My Lord and the ship’s company down to sermon.  I staid above to write and look over my new song book, which came last night to me from London in lieu of that that my Lord had of me.  The officers being all on board, there was not room for me at table, so I dined in my cabin, where, among other things, Mr. Drum brought me a lobster and a bottle of oil, instead of a bottle of vinegar, whereby I spoiled my dinner.  Many orders in the ordering of ships this afternoon.  Late to a sermon.  After that up to the Lieutenant’s cabin, where Mr. Sheply, I, and the Minister supped, and after that I went down to W. Howe’s cabin, and there, with a great deal of pleasure, singing till it was late.  After that to bed.

28th.  Called up at two in the morning for letters for my Lord from the Duke of York, but I went to bed again till 5.  Trimmed early this morning.  This morning the Captain did call over all the men in the ship (not the boys), and give every one of them a ducat of the King’s money that he gave the ship, and the officers according to their quality.  I received in the Captain’s cabin, for my share, sixty ducats.  The rest of the morning busy writing letters.  So was my Lord that he would not come to dinner.  After dinner to write again in order to sending to London, but my Lord did not finish his, so we did not send to London to-day.  A great part of the afternoon at nine-pins with my Lord and Mr. Hetley.  I lost about 4s.  Supped with my Lord, and after that to bed.  At night I had a strange dream of—­myself, which I really did, and having kicked my clothes off, I got cold; and found myself all much wet in the morning, and had a great deal of pain . . . which made me very melancholy.