12 November 1674 – 18 November 1674

The anniversary of my baptism: I first heard that famous and excellent preacher, Dr. Burnet, author of the "History of the Reformation" on Colossians iii. 10, with such flow of eloquence and fullness of matter, as showed him to be a person o£ extraordinary parts. Being her Majesty's birthday, the Court was exceeding splendid in clothes and jewels, to the height of excess.

To Council, on the business of Surinam, where the Dutch had detained some English in prison, ever since the first war, 1665.