15 April 1652 – 21 April 1652

I wrote to the Dean, touching my buying his library, which was one of the choicest collections of any private person in England. The Count de Strade most generously and handsomely sent me the picture of my wife from Dunkirk, in a large tin case without any charge. It is of Mr. Bourdon, and is that which has the dog in it, and is to the knees, but it has been somewhat spoiled by washing it ignorantly with soapsuds.