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Rh this is believed by a great many, but others will give no credit to it, he being known to be as great a rogue as any in England.

6th.Lord Sunderland was with Shaftesbury: he could do no good with him; he saith it will not be in his power to do the King any service. He was to be with him again this afternoon, to advise him to part with the Queen and the Duke, but he would not come after Lord Sunderland had been with him.

Lord Sunderland told me he had been with the Dutch Ambassador, and that he advised us as a private friend that we should agree with what number of ships and men we were to help one another.

7th.I was with my Lord Halifax, and found him out of humour: he told me of Lord Shaftesbury and Montague coming into favour. At night I found Lord Sunderland out of humour; he told me that the Committee of Intelligence was put off, and that there was a council to be held on Monday, to consider what was to be done about this plot.