Samuel PepysTo the office, where Sir R. Ford coming to us about some business, we talked together of the interest of this kingdom to have a peace with Spain and a war with France and Holland; where Sir R. Ford talked like a man of great reason and experience.
I did send for a cup of tee (a China drink) of which I never had drank before, and went away.
From Tower wharf in the barge belonging to our office we went to Deptford to pay off the ship Success, which we did, Col. Birch being a mighty busy man and one that is the most indefatigable and forward to make himself work of any man that ever I knew in my life.