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190 he told me he intended to quit, when he spoke of proroguing the Parliament, and going into France: we talked of the Prince and the Duke of Monmouth being of a party. He said how strong they would he: as to the Prince, he said there was nothing for him to do but to get a boy, and he hath given me a receipt for it.

17th.I met Sir John Baber at my Lord Sunderland's, and then went with him to his own house. He still complains of the Prince's unkindness to the Presbyterians: he tells me my business is to join the Prince and the Duke of Monmouth, and that the Duke's business is to unite Scotland. Every body talks of the Prince's kindness to the Duke of Monmouth. I went afterwards to Sir W. Temple: he is for the Prince's writing for the Parliament, as he uses to do: and he would have him mind the popular interest.

When I took my leave of the Duchess of Portsmouth, she bade me tell the Prince she was more his friend than he imagined: she is absolutely in with the Duke. Mrs. Wall loves him above all things: he would have given her 500 guineas, but