30th.  This morning, before I was up, I fell a-singing of my song, “Great, good, and just,” &c.

[This is the beginning of the Marquis of Montrose’s verses on the
execution of Charles I., which Pepys had set to music: 

         “Great, good, and just, could I but rate
          My grief and thy too rigid fate,
          I’d weep the world to such a strain
          That it should deluge once again. 
          But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies
          More from Briareus’ hands, than Argus eyes,
          I’ll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds,
          And write thy epitaph with blood and wounds.”]

and put myself thereby in mind that this was the fatal day, now ten years since, his Majesty died.  Scull the waterman came and brought me a note from the Hope from Mr. Hawly with direction, about his money, he tarrying there till his master be gone.  To my office, where I received money of the excise of Mr. Ruddyer, and after we had done went to Will’s and staid there till 3 o’clock and then I taking my L12 10s. 0d. due to me for my last quarter’s salary, I went with them by water to London to the house where Signr.  Torriano used to be and staid there a while with Mr. Ashwell, Spicer and Ruddier.  Then I went and paid L12 17s. 6d. due from me to Captn.  Dick Matthews according to his direction the last week in a letter.  After that I came back by water playing on my flageolette and not finding my wife come home again from her father’s I went and sat awhile and played at cards with Mrs. Jam, whose maid had newly got an ague and was ill thereupon.  So homewards again, having great need to do my business, and so pretending to meet Mr. Shott the wood monger of Whitehall I went and eased myself at the Harp and Ball, and thence home where I sat writing till bed-time and so to bed.  There seems now to be a general cease of talk, it being taken for granted that Monk do resolve to stand to the Parliament, and nothing else.  Spent a little time this night in knocking up nails for my hat and cloaks in my chamber.

31st.  In the morning I fell to my lute till 9 o’clock.  Then to my Lord’s lodgings and set out a barrel of soap to be carried to Mrs. Ann.  Here I met with Nick Bartlet, one that had been a servant of my Lord’s at sea and at Harper’s gave him his morning draft.  So to my office where I paid; L1200 to Mr. Frost and at noon went to Will’s to give one of the Excise office a pot of ale that came to-day to tell over a bag of his that wanted; L7 in it, which he found over in another bag.  Then home and dined with my wife when in came Mr. Hawly newly come from shipboard from his master, and brought me a letter of direction what to do in his lawsuit with Squib about his house and office.  After dinner to Westminster Hall, where all we clerks had orders to wait upon the Committee, at the Star Chamber that is to try Colonel Jones,

     [Colonel John Jones, impeached, with General Ludlow and Miles
     Corbet, for treasonable practices in Ireland.]