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[Pg 99] 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.