DIARY OF RICHARD COCKS. (continued 2)

September 1.—I rec. a letter from Chubio Dono, wherin he wrot me much cumplimento, and sent an other as from the Emperour to Capt. Adams, that he should forth with com up to the Emperour. What the reason should be I know not; yet I suspect it was a plot laid before by Capt. Adames hym selfe and the Duch, to the entent he might goe up to serve their turnes; and truly I esteem he loveth them much better then us that are of his owne nation; or else it may be that he seeketh occation to get the Emperour to comand hym to stay and not to procead forward on the Syam voyag, his tyme of service to the Company being out within 2 months. Once the end will shew what is the occation. But Capt. Adames hym selfe esteemeth it is to enquire of hym about a fortresse newly built at the Liqueas, unto which place it was thought Fidaia Samme would retire after his losse of Osekey.

Capt. Speck came to English howse, being ready to go up to Miaco.

September 2.—I got barks to goe out to tow our shipp into harbor, yf it were possible, much fearing a tuffon; and Capt. Copendall and Mr. Eaton went aboard to hasten matters forward and, yf the shipp came not in, to bring aland our Cambaia cloth and other comodetis, to the entent to lay out the present for the Emperor, and make as much hast as we can, not to be overlong behinde the Hollanders. But the wind proving so hard, we could nether get ship into harbor nor bring goods ashore, Capt. Copendall and Mr. Eaton remeanyng all night abord. God send us wether to bring her in this dangerous tyme of the yeare.

We looked out for a bark to goe up in to the Emperour, but could find non but ould rotten ons, all being above with the king but one which the Hollanders had gotten before we asked. So we sent to Sanguro Dono, Foins sonne, som 4 or 5 leagues hence, to borrowe a bark of his.

September 3.—I got barkes to goe out againe to tow ship into harbour, yf it remeaned calme, or else to bring good ashore; but the wind was so stiffe all day that they could doe nothing.

And I wrot a letter to Mr. Jno. Hunt to send his carpenter to tell what plank and tymber he needed to sheath and repare the Hoziander; and withall sent hym a pig, 6 hense, 10 loves of bread, with peares, redish, cowcombers, and bell engenios.

And I wrot a letter and sent a present to the bongew of Goto for puting pilot abord and sending me word therof. So the present was, viz.:—

1 pec. of white baftas of nyne Rs. corg.

1 pec. blak bafta died, at 9 Rs. corg.

1 pec. duttis of 10 Rs. per corg.

1 pec. blue byram of 10 Rs. per corg.

1 pec. red zelas of 12 Rs. per corg.

And the master of the bark which brought downe Mr. Eaton came from Langasaque and brought me a present of pearse, and offerd to bring his bark hither, yf I had need to fraight her. And about mid night Capt. Adams went out in a bark abord the Hozeander with many other barks to tow her in, we fearing a tuffon. And Capt. Copendall brought 2 bras vessells of quicksilver ashore out of the Hozeander.

September 4.—About 9 a clock the Hoziander came to an ancor in the harbor of Firando, being towed in with boates, and shot ofe ii peces ordinance; and the Duch answered them with two peeces out of the howse, and 5 out of the greate ship. And Capt. Speck with other merchant came abord her, he being ready to departe for Miaco: and he presently did, and had 3 peces ordinance for a farewell, and we the lyke when we retorned ashore. And they shot 3 peces more after out of the Duch howse.

And I made Tushma, my boy, a new kerimon of damask of Canton, with a cloake or gaberdyn of stript taffete. And Mr. Nealson paid 3 taies to Toma, the boy, and 3 taies to Jno. Moure the boy, upon reconyng of ther wages at 1 tay per peece per month. And I delivered 50 taies, I say 50 taies, plate bars to Mr. Nealson; and he paid 10 taies lyke plate to pilottes that brought our ship the Hozeander from Goto to Firando. And we receaved ashore this day out of the Hoziander 4 chistes guns or fowling peces, also two fardelles stile, containing 166 gads,[105] with 4 fardles cloth Choromandell.

September 5.—We set carpenters a work to make chistes to carry up our goods, and laborers to make mat sackes to put our peper in.

Also the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, retorned from Langasaque and brought me a present of a blew peece of damask from his brother Capt. Whaw, and gave me an other hym selfe with an embrawdred velvet cushin. And Jorge Durois sent me 2 hampers containing 5 peces wroght black velvet, 9 peces black taffeties, and 24 peces sattens, wroght and plane, as also three pere silk stockings, and 1 peare thrid as per adviz. And Ushenusque Dono, our ould bongew, sent me a present of frute, and came hym selfe and viseted me, offring his service to goe up in our bark as before, if need weare.

Also we had newse the king of this place was within 13 leagues and would be heare to morrow. Yet I was secretly enformed by a frend that he is in towne, secretly com in, and ment to retorne out to his barks to morrow, and so to enter at pleasure. Soe we gave order to our ship to sute offe her ordenance as he past by, being determend to goe out to meete hym. It is said that the King of Shashma is lykwais retorned to his contrey per the Emperours permition; soe it is thought som exploit is in hand.

Also the China Capt. tells me that Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievana are taken prisoners and carid abord the greate shipp, and is in despite of the service they did to the English.

Capt. Speck departed towardes Miaco, and had 2 vollers small shot out of the Jaccatra and 5 peces ordinance out of their greate ship, and charged againe and gave 3.

September 6.—We laded most part of our goodes abord a bark, to goe for Miaco, Capt. Copingdell going up with Capt. Adames and Mr. Wickham. The perticulers goodes appeare per invoiz.

And som 2 howrs before day littell Antony the bongew came and advized me how the king was arived, and was glad our English shipp was in saffety in the port, and desired that yf we shot offe any ordinance, that it might be doone when he was landed or had sett foote ashore.

The botswen, the guner, and the carpenter misused the master, offring to have let malefactors out of prison which were punished per the master.

September 7.—Very early in the mornyng the king entred into Firando, and the Duch shot ofe 3 small peces ordinance as he passed by, out of the howse, and 20 peces ordinance out of the greate ship, and 6 out of the small, with 2 volle of small shot out of each ship. And our shipp, the Hozeander, shot affe 11 peces ordinance. And sowne after I sent our jurebasso to Oyen Sono, to desyre hym to exskews me towardes the king, for that I came not to kisse his handes in respect I thought he was awery of his voyage per sea. He said he would adviz the king thereof, and that I had reason in not coming, for that he was overweryed.

I delivered 50 taies to Mr. Nealson, and one hundred and fiftie to Mr. Wickham in part of his cargezon, and 50 taies to Capten Copendall. And Mr. Wickham had a peece fine black taffete, cost me 29 mas. And Andrea Dittis, the China Capt., brought back a bar of Oban gould, sent his brother before to geve to a god child, but now retorned, and poz. fyftie and five taies.

And Tono Samme, the king, sent for me to com and speake with hym; which I did, accompanid with Capt. Copendall. He tould me that Shongo Samme was gon for Edo before he came away, and that he thought the ould Emperour was gone for Shrongo before this tyme. Soe he offerd me his letters of favour to Codskin Dono and Safian Dono, because (as he said) the Spaniardes and Portingals were rejected and not suffred to com in the Emperours presence, nether would he vouchsafe to receve any present they sent hym. Also he said that he thought this junck which the Hollanders had taken was good prise, because they had not the Emperours passe; and therefore he would not meddell in the matter.

I could not forget to note downe how Mr. Hunt, the master of the Hozeander, fell out with Roland Thomas, the purcer. Soe they went together by the eares. I condeme them both very much; but surely they were drunk, espetially the master, and I think he is crazed in his witts.

I wrot a letter to Gon Rock Dono, how the Portingals had taken Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievana prisoners abord there great ship at Langasaque, desiring restetution of them, or else I would complaine to the Emperour.

September 8.—I delivered 50 taies plate bars to Mr. Eaton, and is parte of money sent in cargezon, Mr. Wickham having 150 tais before. And I delivered the invoiz or cargezon of goodes sent up into the custody of Mr. Ric. Wickham and Mr. Wm. Eaton, to accompany Capt. Raphe Copendall, to goe up to the Emperour with a present and other goodes to sell, Mr. Wm. Adames accompanying them; Mr. Wickham and Miguell jurebasso to goe for Edo, and Mr. Eaton and Tome to remeane at Miaco or Osekey. And I would not want to note downe that we had much a dow this day about the masters faling out with the purcer, all the shipps company being against the purcer; the master aledging he followed hym and sett upon hym unawares at advantage, and took two gould ringes from hym, and threw hym downe a hill, and thowght to have stobd hym with his owne knife, haveing taken it from hym per force. Out of dowbt this Roland Thomas is an idell braned foolish fellow.

I paid per Co Juan 5 mas for a hat I gave formerly to Sangero Samma, ould Foynes sonne, few daies past. And I receved two hundred Rialles of eight back from Mr. Wickham of money delivered hym in Syam voyage, so that 100 Rs. remeanes yet in his handes.

I wrot a letter to Gonrock Dono about the taking prisoners of Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievano, desiring hym to procure their liberty, for that they belong to our junck, and therefore have nothing to doe nether with Spaniard nor Portingall, whom I hould noe justices in Japon.

September 9.—I wrot two letters to Jorge Durois and Capt. Garrocho, in answer of theirs of the 7th and 12th September, as also advising them I would geve knowledg to the Emperour how the Portingalles had taken Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievana prisoners, they being our servantes, and I had advised the lyke to Gonrock Dono per letter yisterday. These 2 letters I sent per conveance of Capt. China. Also I delivered one hundred taies plate bars to Mr. Nealson, to lay out for the needfull.

The king sent 2 barelles morofack, 6 bundells drid cuttell fish, and a hogg, for a present to Capt. Copendall before he went up. And Semidone sent to me for a bottell of Spanish wyne, which I sent hym out of that littell the Hollanders gave me. And Capt. Copendall had 2 pottes of sweet meates of ginger, citrons, and oringes, etc.

September 10.—Semidone sent for som sweet meates, haveing invited the king. Soe I sent hym of 3 severall sortes. Thus these noble men use to doe in these partes.

Capt. Copindall had with hym up 2 sivell (sic) spownes, 2 silver forkes, and 1 silver salt and cover of Companis, with 2 littell silver boles lyke halfe grapes of my owne.

Capt. Adames now came and tould me how we want above 1,000 cattis of ould net to calk our junk with all. Out of dowbt his skrivano is a false knave; yet I may not say soe to Capt. Adames, for then all the fatt would be in the fire.

And ther was 2 baggs peper sould to Skidayn Dono, to pay as rest is sould, poz. 131 cattis nett.

I wrot two letters to Jno. de Lievana, 1 per a Japon, and the other enclosed to Gonrock Dono, both to one effect, that I will use the best meanes I can to procure their libertis, I meane Damian Marins and his, or else will mak it known to the Emperour.

September 11.—Capt. Copendall, Capt. Adames, and Mr. Wickham, and Mr. Eaton departed from Firando this mornyng towards Miaco; and ther was 11 peces ordinance shot affe for a farewell. But, as we were at dyner, ther came a letter to me from Capten Copendall, wherin he wrot me that Capt. Adames was gon before and would not stay for them, and that their bark was so pestred that it was ready to sinck. Whereupon he wrot me to send them an other bark to lighten them, which I did with all expedition; and per Mr. Rowland Thomas, the bringer of this letter, I sent hym, viz., 2 cases bottells of his owne with Spanish wyne, 2 barrelles morefack, 40 loves bread, 1 great kitesoll, 1 bras candellstick. And I wrot an other letter to Capt. Copendall per the bark, advising how I understood Migell jurebasso had in speeches misused a man of Gonrock Donos, whome went passenger in the bark.

Also I sent my Turkish History per the bearer of this letter to Capt. Cop., to passe away the tyme per the way.

September 12.—We landed yisternight and this day all the cables and cordage of Hoziander in our yord under a shed. And wee receved peper ashore yisterday in 4 boates, and this day 218 bagges peper in cloth sacks made.

Also Soyemon Dono sent a present of 2 pewter cups and 10 Japon sequanseques (or dishes), looking for greater matters, which needes must be retorned to hym and others which are in place.

And towards night our carpenters that wrought upon the junck came to Firando from Cochi, to-morrow being a festivall day, as also to receave more rise. I find Gingro, Capt. Adames scrivano, left to look to our workmen, to be but an eypleasing prowd knave. They thought to have pickt a quarrell to fall out, yet I gave them content.

September 13.—Yaimon Dono, the master ship carpenter, brought me a present of pears, and, in the end of many complementall speeches, took exceptions that land carpenters were sett to work abord our shipp. I answerd hym, he and others were occation thereof, in using me out of reason heretofore and making me to pay them what they list, etc.

And we carid Tome Samme, the King of Firando, a present as followeth, viz.:—

1 pec. black wrought velvet, cost 020 0 0

3 pec. grogren.

10 pec. whit baftas, at 20 Rs. corge 008 0 0

10 pec. red zelas of 12 Rs. corg. 004 8 0

10 pec. blew byrams of 15 Rs. corg. 006 0 0

10 pec. chint Amad of 20 Rs. corg. 008 0 0

10 pec. cours tapis of 04¾ Rs. corg. 001 9 0

10 pec. chader pintado of 09 Rs. corge 003 6 0

4 cakes wax

5 bags peper

2 sows lead

1 damaskt gun

1 chast gun

10 knyves

September 14.—The King of Firando compassed in most parte of the harbor with nettes and hedges to ketch fish to morrow; and sent me word to com and drink with hym to night, which I exskewsed till to morrow mornyng.

And towardes night Mr. Jno. Huntt, the master of the Hoziander, came and tould me that 2 of the shipps company had byn abcent 2 daies, viz., one Doughtie, a quarter master, and an other called Wadden, a rich mans sonne of Plymouth, whome is fownd to be a very cheater. And at very instant I had notis of Doughtie, where he was drunken in a howse; soe I took hym and sent hym abord with a letter to the master, etc.

The master sent me word that one Piter Waddon was ashore and had byn the lyke 2 daies and nightes together, and that he had stolne and pawnd his companions aparell, and laid it to pawne in whorehowses, and was gon upon the score in divers howses, and determened to run away to som other place. So I laid out to look for hym.

September 15.—The walle or neting the king caused to be made to fish was borne downe in the night with the force of the tide, etc.

I went betyme in the mornyng to vizet the king, accompanid with Mr. Ed. Sayer, Mr. Jno. Osterwick, and Mr. Jones the chirurgion. He entertayned us kindly; and so we retorned.

Also we sent 18 piculles cattis net abord the junk at Cochi, with iron and sacks charcoll. And there was bought of Andrea, the China Capt., and his brother Whaw foure cattis musk, being in 86 codds, cost twelve taies per catty in China; and so let us have it to pay in Rialles of eight 60 R.

And I bought and paid for 4 peare lether pomps, and 3 peare velvett pantables[106] two taies to a China shewmaker.

And in the after nowne the king and all his nobles came a fishing before our dore, haveing laid duble nettes fist cres[107] over the haven at a hie water. I made ready 2 pigs, 2 ducks, 2 hense, and a loyne pork, all rosted, with a banket sweetmeates, enviting them ashore, but fownd them unwilling; and soe carid it abord the kinges boate, where they did eate what they pleased. And soe they departed along by our shipp, where they had 7 peces ordinance shot affe at their landinge.

And, in my abcense, a fello came with a letter from Jorge Durois and a peare silk stocking (as he said); but standing gaping at the fishermen, a knave stole both stockinges and letter from hym, or else, as som craftie knaves doe, did rob hymselfe, etc.

September 16.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois of loosinge his letter and stockinges. And I gave my peare knives to the China Capt. to send to his brother (or rather kinsman) in China, upon hope trade; as also he had 4 looking glasses for same purpose, bought of Duch, and 4 pec. chowters[108] of 20 Rs. per corg., with knyves; and it is thought fit to geve 50 Rs. 8 to the man which carrieth the letter, to pay his charges per way, and to send a greate gould ring of myne with a white amatist in it, cost me 5 ll. str. in France. This ring to be sent to one of these 2 men, named Ticham Shofno, an euenuke. God grant all may com to good effect. Amen. Amen. Also 2 ivery son dialles, cumpas lyke, delivered hym.

September 17.—We carrid a present to Genshe Samme, the kinges brother, as followeth, viz.:—

ta.

1 damaskt peece, cost 05 0 0

5 pec. white baftas, cost 04 0 0

5 pec. chint, cost 04 0 0

1 peec. wrought satten.

I thought to have carid presentes to Takkaman Dono and Semi Dono, but they were gon out of the towne to their lands to meete the king in his progresse, he now going to vizet his cheefe placesse, being his grandfather dying, he is soly com to governe, and had noe tyme to doe it till now by meanes of Japan warse. I must of necessety please this Takkamon Dono and Semi Dono, because I expect to procure 2 chawnes (or howses) to build gadongs upon neare our English howse.

And I went to Oyen Dono, the kings secretary or governor, and carid hym a present of—

1 pec. rich wrought taaffety.

5 pec. white baftas of 20 Rs., cost 4 0 0

5 pec. chint Amad of 20 Rs. corg., cost 4 0 0

5 knives.

He tould me he would assist us in getting these chawnes, althought it displaced men that paid daylie tribute to the king, it being in the hart of the towne, and therefore gave me counsell to get Taccamon Dono and Semi Dono to frendes; but hereafter, when our busynes was well setled, then not to geve giftes to any one but to the kinge. This was his counsell, etc. He also adviced me to envite the king to dyner at his retorne back, for that yet he was not invited since we came into Japan.

Their came a Portingall prisoner to the English howse, in company of Hollanders, haveing lycense to walk abroad. He was taken per the Hollanders in this junk, and is the 5th tyme they have taken hym at sea.

September 18.—Jno. Gorezan, our jurebasso, fell out with Andrea Dittis, the China Capt. This jurebasso hath a fowle tong and falleth out with all men, and the China Capt. was overmuch hasty, etc.

September 19.—Sugian Dono came and brought me a present of 2 baggs sweet powlder to lay amongst aparell, and said they were geven hym per the kinge and formerly geven to the king per the Emperour.

September 21.—Ther was sould and delivered to Tome Dono, our next neighbour, 1 logg leade, delivered to hym, containing 225 catts, to pay as rest are sould. The China Capt., Andrea Dittis, went for Goto this mornyng, to meete Capt. Whaw his brother, to send away a small soma for China about our pretended and hopefull procuring trade into China, which God, of his mercy, grant may take effect, etc.

September 22.—We receved 18 sows lead ashore at English howse, containing 4,250 cattis Japan wight.

And ther was 3 presentes sent as followeth, viz.:—

To Soyemon Dono. the Kinges receaver,

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1 pec. satten, cost 6 0 0

3 peec. white baftas, cost of 20 Rs.

5 knyves.

And to littell Ontony, alis Sifian Dono,

5 pec. white baftas of 20 Rs. corg.

5 knyves.

And to Sugean Dono 1 damaskt peec. (or gun).

And we receaved 18 sows leade more ashore, which way 4,115 cattis.

September 23.—We receaved 64 sows lead more ashore, which is the rest of 120 sows sent per Hoziander, which 64 sows poiz 14,649 catts, whereof 1 sow of 202 cattis was retorned back for ships provition.

And I went to Cochi to see how our junck work went forward, being accompanid with Mr. Huntt, whoe lyked reasonably well of their work, only thought them laysie, as all men else doe. But it is the cuntry fation, etc. We carid 2 barills wyne, with 2½ mas in fish, and 10 loves of bread.

And I receaved a letter from Gonrock Dono, dated in Langasaque 9 dais past, wherein he answerd me tuching myne sent about Damian, that he was in prison for misdemenor, the capt. of the Portingall shipp haveing taken hym as a man nothing apertenyng to me nor our English nation.

Nobesane retorned this day from Miaco and sent me word thereof, and that the Emperour was gon for Edo before he came from Miaco; for which I am sory, for that Capt. Coppendalls jorney will be longe.

September 24.—I wrot a letter Capt. Adames to make knowne to the Emperour how the Portingalls have taken Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievana prisoners; or, in his abcense, Mr. Richard Wickham, to procure in all he may to geve the Emperour or the King of Edo notis thereof. This letter is directed to Mr. Wm. Eaton at Osekay or Miaco, in abcense of Capt. Adames, to send after hym, first having taken coppie thereof. Also I sent 2 other letters to Gonrock Dono and Martin de Guinia, capt. more of the Amacau ship.

September 25.—We receaved all rest wax ashore, but not wayd. I sent another letter to Damian, enclosed to his host, with an other to his host in Japon, in answer of his.

Yosque our butlers wife was brought to bed of a boy.

We sent a present to Bungo Dono, as followeth:—

5 pec. white baftas of 11 Rs. per corg.

5 pec. chint Amad of 15 Rs. per corg.

1 damaskt gun or peec.

Magdalina Marias daughter paid me two taies I lent her a yeare past, and I gave it to Matinga.

And ther was geven in present to Genemon Dono, the Admerall, 5 pec. baftas, and 5 knyvs.

We receaved aland at English howse 100 2 inche planck of Skidayon Dono; and we brought the Hoziander to a key (or wharfe), and put all her ordinance ashore, to bring her aground to trym or sheath to morrow mornyng, God willing. And within night littell Antony, allis Sifian Dono, sent me worde the king was retorned to Firando.

September 26.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois, to have a reconyng of velvettes, sattens, and other matters, as of Jorge the Caffro and the 100 tais retorned I lent hym.

And Semidone sent me a hanch of venison. I went and viseted Semidone and Tackamon Dono, and carid eache of them a present as followeth, viz.: 1 chast peec., 5 pec. white baftas, 5 pec. chint.

And I receaved a letter from Jorge Durois, dated in Langasaque, 1th of October, new stile, wherin he advised me how the Spaniardes had taken Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievana prisoners, saying they were bownd to serve the King of Spaine, and that they gave it out they would take hym prisoner because he was frend to us and the Hollanders.

We unladed all the Hozeanders ordinance ashore, and brought her agrownd before the English howse to sheath her.

And Sayemon Dono sent me word that one of the kinges men was now com from Miaco, and mett Capt. Adames and our people at Osekey, and that the Emperour was departed towardes Shronge 2 daies before they arived. But mens words are so divers that I know not what to beleeve, espetially because I receave noe letter. I receaved a complementall letter from our hostis at Tomo.

September 27.—I invited the King of Firando and his nobles to dyner to the English howse on Munday next; but he sent me word it might better be on Sonday, for that he expected the King of Crates one Munday. And I sent a boate expres to Langasaque to buy things necessary, and sent 12 taies plate per hym which went, and wrot Jorge Durois to assist hym, and to send me 2 jars or pottes conserve. And sent 2 Hollandes chises to Jorge and Bartolemew de la Rocha. Also I sent to procure the kinges letter to Gonrock Dono about the setting free of Damian and Juan, which he granted me, and sent it away per one of his owne servantes to Langasaque, as he promised me he would.

September 28.—The 2 carpenters and on master carpenter, the master mate, fell sick, and were brought ashore to the English howse.

And, finding the king had not sent his letter to Gonrok Dono yisterday (as he promised me), I sent Ed. Sayer with it expres, and agreed with a boate and 7 men for the voyag for 6 ta. 4 ma. And sent a present to Gonrok Dono:—

ta. ma. co.

2 damaskt fowling pec., cost 10 ta. 10 0 0

5 pec. white baftas of 20 Rs. corg., is 04 0 0

5 pec. tapis Suras of

5 pec. chint Amad of 15 Rs. corg. 03 0 0

5 pec. blew byrams of 15 Rs. corg., is 03 0 0

5 pec. red zelas of 12 Rs. corg., is 02 4 0

5 pec. buckshaws

This present is sent to hym as cheefe bongew of all goodes brought into Firando, Langasaque, or any of these partes of Japon.

The Duch envited the King of Firando abord their ship, and gave hym 3 pec. ordinance for a wellcom at entrance and 5 or 6 for healthes and 15 out of both shipps at his going ashore. And a Duch marener, in charging a peece that was honycombd, had his hand shott offe and his face all batterd. Soe our chirurgion was sent for to assist the Duch chirurgion to save the man, yf it were possible.

September 29.—I receaved 4 letters, viz., 1 from Capt. Raphe Coppendall, 1 from Capt. Wm. Adames, 1 from Mr. Richard Wickham, 1 from Mr. Wm. Eaton, all dated in Ushmando, 40 leags short of Osekay, the 19th of this present month of September, where they were wetherbound, yet heard of the Duch or Hollanders arivall theare 4 daies before the date thereof, and that as then the Emperour was at Miaco, and thought would stay till the end of this month. Also Mr. Eaton wrot that they had news of Mr. Jno. Gurneis death at Syam with one Jno. Dench, and that Mr. Lucas Antonison was gon for Pattania or Bantam, and Mr. Shipard left cheefe at Syam. This was tould to our trumpeter by a Japon that is com from Syam, who served in the English howse at Syam.

Taccamon Dono sent me word that I might buy the China womans howse and make a gedong in the place at my pleasure.

September 30.—We sent a present to Sangero Samme that lent us a bark to carry our goodes to Osekey:—

ta. ma. co.

1 damaskt fowling peece, cost 5 0 0

1 pec. alleia[109] of 30 Rs. is 1 2 0

2 pec. tapis Suras

October 1.—Taccamon Dono sent me a dish of fresh fish, 1 of fresh water. The kinges smiths house was set on fyre this night by the neglegence of his servantes, but sowne quenched. Yet his dores were shutt up by order from the king, because they looked no better to matters; it being stricktly looked unto, and they banished or put to death that have their howses burned.

In the after nowne the boate I sent to Langasaque, to buy provitions to envite the king to dyner, retorned and brought that she went for, with 2 jarrs conserves from Jorge, brought for me. And Susanna, his wife, sent me a box of conserves, with a baskit of peares and an other of figges, and a small box of conservs for China Capts. doughter, which I sent unto her. Jorge letter was dated in Langasaque le 9th of October, new stile, in which he advised me that Damian Marin and Jno. de Lievana were taken prisoners per meanes of Capt. Gorrocho, which truly I doe beleeve.

October 2.—Thomas Davis, the carpenter, died this mornyng at break of day of the small-pox, he being choaked with them.

I envited the king with his 2 brothers and Nobesane, Semedone, Sangrasame, Taccaman Dono, Sugean Dono, and 5 other cavelleros to beare them company at the kinges choise. They dyned after the Japan manner, and supped after the English. And, as he was at supper, word came that the King of Crates was arived; which made hym to make short, and soe went to meet hym at landing. Soe the great Holland shipp shot afe 3 peces ordinance as he passed by, and the littell shipp 3 other at his landing. Soe after he sent me word of his arivall, and envited hym selfe to our fro to morrow in the afternowne.

I understood Peter Wadden went 3 tymes over the walle in the night; soe I turned hym abord againe. He is a graseles fello and unlykly to amend.

October 3.—The King of Firando sent me a buck, knowing the King of Crates cam to supper, and gave me many thankes for his kind entertaynment yisterday. And after nowne the King of Crates came according as he said, being accompanid with the King of Firando and 3 other noble men of Crates. Unto whom I gave the best entertaynment I could and to their owne contentes. And after, they went abord the great Holland shipp, and at retorne ashore had 6 peces ordinance shot out of her and 3 peeces out of the littell shipp.

And towardes night 2 Hollander mariners which had comited som falt were laid out for having byn abcent 2 or 3 daies from shipp; and 1 of them came to the English howse, desiring me on his knees to get his pardon. Soe I wrot a word to the capt., and sent our chirurgion along with hym. And they were no sooner gon but others brought the other Duchman, and he desird the lyke favor of me; but, whiles I was writing the letter, he gave them that kept hym the slip and soe escaped for the tyme.

The King of Crates gave me a present of 2 langanacks[110] and a cattan, and desird to see the experience of a fyry arrow shot out of a slurbo[111] and a burnyng pike; which is referd till his retorne from a province of his which he is now bownd to vizet.

October 4.—The King of Crates departed from Firando this mornyng, and the great Holland ship shot afe 3 peeces of ordinance as he passed by them.

And I receaved a letter from Ed. Sayer, dated in Langasaque, le 30th of Septembr, how he had delivered the present to Gonrock Dono with the letters, and that he willed hym to stay 2 daies, and he would use his endevor for us in what he could. And I wrot 2 letters to Jorge Durois and Capt. Garocho.

And upon councell of frendes, haveing remeander of things bought for inviting the 2 kinges, I invited to dyner to morow 9 cavaleros, viz., Gonosco Dono, Unagense Dono, Matasabra Dono, Oyen Dono, Toresamon Dono, Soyemon Dono, Shosque Dono, Otonagen Dono, Sifian Dono. I had thought to have envited Ushenusque Dono, our bongew, and the kinges secretary, but they were out of towne.

October 5.—The China Capt., Andrea Dittis, retorned to Firando from Goto, and brought me back a gould ring, delivered hym the 17th September last, to have byn sent for a present to an euenuke in China, valued as it cost 5 l. str.; but, upon better consideration, not haveing two ringes, and 2 principall men emploied about the affares, they thought it best to buy 4 cattans or Japan sables, and to send 2 to eache one. Also the China Capt. gave me a musk cod for a present, and was sent from a China unknown unto me. And he doth assure me on his life that our pretence to gett trade into China cannot chuse but com to good effect; which God grant.

The cavaleros envited to dyner came, being 8 in number, as apeareth on the other side. And as they were at it, Bongo Sammes adopted sonne (which is the kinges youngest brother) came by, and they called hym in, and after departed all content.

Gonosquo Dono brought a present of 10 bundells Japan paper.

October 6.—We bought our next neighbors chowne, or howse place, to the northwardes, to pay 40 tais for it, and she to carry away the howse, but geve it out we pay but 25 taies for it, she being far in debt and therfore the money seazed upon. The other 15 taies she hath secretly, to mentayn her and her children. Also Mr. Nealson paid the scrivano of the junk 60 taies 4 mas plate bars, for to pay carpenters and mareners; and sent 150 bags lyme to Cochi. And I delivered 40 R. 8 to China Capt. to buy, or rather garnish, 4 cattans, to send into China. Allso I delivered hym 4 mas wight Priaman gould for same purpose.

And I delivered one hundred taies plate bars to Mr. Nealson. Also Mr. Nealson paid sixteen taies plate to China Capt., viz., 12 taies in bars for blads, and 4 taies in small plate of workmanshipp.

October 7.—The China Capt., Andrea Dittis, came and tould me that the capt. moure[112] of the shipp of Amacon and other Spaniardes and Portingales had hired 2 barkes for 100 taies, to com from Langasaque to Firando, to use meanes to steale away a Portingall which is capt. of the junk the Hollanders took; and that ther was divers Spaniardes and Portingalls armed secretly in the said barkes, which matter was revealed by 3 Chinas which fled out of the said junk to Langasaque and made report hereof to other Chinas, 1 of whome wrot therof to the China Capt. So I went to the Duch howse and made it knowne to the Hollanders, whoe gave me harty thankes for it.

And I wrot a letter to our host at Tushma, per a merchant of that place, desyring to heare from hym of sale of our pepper, which I understand was soald long since; and that upon his advise I would send more, desyring hym to bring or send the money for this per first sure conveance.

October 8.—This day, before nowne, our 3 barks we sent to Osekay with Capt. Copendall and his company retorned, from whome I receaved a letter, dated in Osekay the 23th ultimo, with an other of same date from Mr. Eaton, wherin they adviz me the Emperour was departed from Miaco 8 daies before their arivall, and that Capt. Adames went post after hym, being geven to understand that he ment to stay in a place at halfe way, hoping by this meanes to dispach busynes theare, and so to retorne; the Duch haveing dispached theirs before he went from Miaco. And they thought it fitt to retorne back all 3 barks, because they knew not how long it wold be before they retorned. Also they both writ me that pack no. 116 is wanting in the cargezon, with 5 bambows black paynting and 5 small pec. wax.

Also our host of Sackay came to Firando and brought me a present of a barrell of wyne, making much mone that all he had was burned when our comodeties were burned, so that now he is new to enter into the world, and to that entent meanes to goe purcer in a junk of Gonrock Donos for Syam.

I sent our jurebasso to thank Songero Samme and Sifian Dono for the lent of their barks to carry up our men and merchandiez. Capt. Copendall advized me he gave 2 taies to the master of the greate bark and 1 tay to the purcer. And ther was geven away in presents as followeth, viz.: To Gonosqo Dono, governor, 1 pec. black satten, cost 6ta; 3 pec. whit baftas of 8 R. corg; 5 knives. To Shosqo Dono, the kings chamberlen, 1 pec. alleias of 15 R. per corg; 3 pec. baftas of 8 R. per corge, 3 pec tapis Suras. To Unagense Dono, capt. generall, 1 damask peec. To Skiamon Dono, provedore, 1 pec. alleias of 15 R. per corge; 1 pec. white baftas of 8 R. per corge; 1 pec. duble borall[113] of 7 Rs. per corge; 1 pec. tapis Suras. To kinge’s cheefe cooke, 1 pec. alleias of 15 Rs. per corge. To kinges under cookes, 1 pec. white bafta of 8 Rs. per corge. To kinges sumaker for cookry, 1 pec. white bafta of 8 R. per corge. To an another ould cooke, 1 peec. white bafta of 8 Rs. per corge. To 5 neighbours maid servantes for cookry, 3 duble peeces of burrall of 7 Rs. corg.

I receaved a letter from Ed. Sayer, dated 6 days past, wherin he wrote me Gonrock Dono drivs hym of with delaies, and as yet hath not sett the men at liberty, but rather that the Portingals have put Jno. de Lievana in irons beloe in the shipp, as well as Damian, for that no man should com to speake with them.

October 9.—We searched our warehouse for pack no. 116, but canot find it; and examening over packing bill and wast book, find that the said pack with the wax and 5 bambows painting were all sent along in the great bark of Sangero Samma; soe it must rest upon the master, the purcer, and upon Jno. Pheby to answer for those matters.

Ed. Sayer retorned from Langasaque and brought answer from Gonrock Dono that he had donne what possibly he could, but could not get the 2 men set at liberty. So I went and tould the king thereof, and tould hym I ment to send away a bark in all hast with letters to Capt. Adames to adviz the Emperour thereof, desiring to have his Highnes letters of favor of the matter, which he promised me. So I made ready the bark and wrot my letters: a generall letter to Capt. Adames, Mr. Eaton, and Mr. Wickham, as apeareth per copy, but antedated to morow; and also a letter to Capt. Copendall, advizing of losse of pack no. 116 with wax and paynting; and at any hand advised Capt. Adames to use all meanes possible to set these two men at liberty.

Gonrock Dono sent me a present per his man of a peare bubes[114] and 2 chist mach,[115] containing in each chist 200 roles cotton mach.

October 10.—As I was about to send away the bark and sent to the king for his letters, he retorned me word that he had taken counsell about the matter, and wished me once more to stay a littell and he would send 1 of his owne men to Gonrock Dono, not dowbting but to procure the men to be set at liberty. So, much against my will, I was constrained to desist from my purpose.

I forgot to set downe how I receaved a letter from Martin de Guinia, the capt. of Amacan shipp, with an other from Capt. Garocho, and a therd from Jorge Durois, all dated le 15th present, new stile, and a forth letter from Albaro Munos, of 17th ditto. And Jorge Durois sent me 2 pear of silk stockinges, cost, as he said, 7 taies, with 100 candells at 7½ for a mas. Also I receaved a fifte letter from Melchar van Sanfort, dated in Langasaque, le 12th currant, new stile, only of commendacons; and he retorned me a Duch cronocle which I lent hym. And ther was a bag of Pattania pepper sould to Gonrock Dono for the Emperour, containing grose 160 cattis, is net 155 cattis, at 8 tais per picull.

And about one a clock after midnight Tho. Heath, the carpenters mate of ye Hozeander, dyed of a lingaring disease, which began with a blody flux.

October 11.—Our junck, the Sea Adventure, was lanched this day at Cochi, and I got Mr. Hunt to goe see her yf the carpenters had donne their partes, Ed. Sayer accompanyng hym. I sent the letters I wrot of 10th current to Mr. Eaton per a bark of Firando, and put 5 mas port on it, and in that letter 2 others for Capt. Copindall, 1 from Mr. (sic) and an other from Mr. Osterwick, and a therd from my selfe, dated as to morow, le 12th present, advising with all speed to send them to Capt. Adames to speak to the Emperour to procure the liberty of Damian and Jno. Also I sent an other letter to Mr. Eaton, to enquir whether Twan is apointed to make warse against the Chinas, and to send me word.

October 12.—I forgot to note downe yisterday that, when the ships company went to bury Thomas Heath in the place where they formerly had buried his mate, Tho. Davies, they fownd that som villanouse people had diged up the cooffin and stolne the winding sheete and his shert, and lefte the karkasse naked upon the grownd—a villanouse acte. So they soonke the other coffin into the sea.

The kinges eldest brother, Guenche Samme, alius Tonoman Samme, had 20 cattis wax, to pay as the rest is sould.

14 of the junks carpenters began to work upon the Hozeander this mornyng, counting the master for one, all ship carpenters.

I had much adow this day about a boy which Mr. John Osterwick had entertayned, named Antony, whome (as it seemeth) is servant to a Spaniard that sent a Japon into our howse, a mallapert knave, whoe, without speaking a word unto me nor no man else, went up into Mr. Osterwicks chamber and laid handes on the boy to have throwne hym out of the howse per force; yet he went without hym. But sowne after the King of Firando sent me word to deliver the boye into his handes, which I did, he promising to send a man with hym that yf in case it be a false bravado of the Spaniardes (as I aleadge it is) that then the boy may be retorned back, etc.

Also the master, Jno. Hunt, and Mr. Osterwick, going to a lodg the king had lent as, fownd a yong gerle of som 11 or 12 years of adge, dead on the back side under the walle, and doggs feeding on her, havinge eaten both her legges and her lower partes, with one hand, being newly kild but a littell before. It is thought som villen had ravished her and after kild her, or else, being a slave, her master had kild her upon som displeasure and cast her out to be eaten of dogges, an ordenary matter in these partes, the lives of all slaves being in the masters handes, to kill them when he will, without controle of any justice.

October 13.—This night past, about midnight, our small skiffe of the Hoziander was stolne away and, as the shipps company sayeth, per a Hollander which ran away from the great shipp, being one of the two I wrot in favour of heretofore, and that they saw hym upon our bridg in the night about midnight; so out of dowbt I think they let hym goe away with the boate, one knave helping or winking at an others escape. For truly I neaver saw a more froward and bad leawd company then most of them are, and the cheefe ringleader a master mate called Dorington. So that, seeing contynewally their leawd courses in going abroad night and day without leave, the offecers them selves being worst of all, we were forsed to make orders and set them up at meane mast, sortinge the company into therds, one whereof might take their pleasure per day, retorning abord before sonne setting, and the other ⅔ to look to shipps busynes and that carpenters doe their labour. This Dorington hath said in open company amongst them all that nether captain, master, nor no other had authority to punish men with ducking nor whiping, geving it out with othes that he and the rest would have victuels as they list, without controle. Once he is a drunken, unruly, mutenouse fello, and not fitt to serve the Wor^ll Company.

I sent word to the Duch howse how that fello had stolne away our skiffe; as also I sent word of the lyke to Taccama Samme and the admerall, whoe have sent to look out after hym.

The China Capt. brought me word that all Goto is burned, the kinges howse as well as rest, not one howse left standing of some 300. It is thought the Japans sett it on fyre of purpose to have the riffling of the Chinas goods which came in 7 or 8 junks, but the fyre was so vehement that littell or nothing was saved, 5 Chinas being burned that adventured to save their goods.

And in the after nowne the kings man, which he sent to Langasaque about the setting of Damian and Jno. at liberty, retorned with a sleevles answer, they Portingales answering, as they did before, that they would not deliver them upon noe tearmes. And on the way, as the kings man retorned, som 7 leagues from Firando, he met the Duch man which had stolne our skiffe, and so brought both hym and it back againe. Soe I sent the Duchman to the Hollands howse, for which they gave me many thanks.

I went to the king to certefy hym, or rather to know of hym, what answer he had receavd from Gonrock Dono; which was as I said before. Whereupon I desird his Highnesse to lett me have his letters of favour to Safian Dono and to Gota Zazabra, testefying how these 2 men were entertayned into the service of Englishmen to goe in our junck for Syam; which letters the king granted me and sowne after sent them for the English howse. And I wrot an other to Chubio Dono, in the Japan tonge, to desire his assistance in this matter to the Emperour, to get these 2 men sett free. So we hird a light bark which rowed with 4 ores and a fellow to cary those letters, and paid 12 taies small plat for the voyag, to deliver the letters to Mr. Wm. Eaton at Osekay, or Miaco; in doing whereof they are to rowe night and day.

October 14.—I sent away the kinges letters and wrot a generall letter to Capt. Adames, Mr. Wickham, and Mr. Eaton, and sent it per light horsman as before, advising at large, as I did in my former letters 2 daies past. And I sent out 6 barkes to tow in our junck from Cochi, which brought her into harbour at Firando about nowne.

I delivered back the writing I had of Capt. Whaw for 550 pezos adventured to China the yeare past. I delivered it back to his brother Andrea. And ther was five piculles Bantam pepper sould to Tomo Dono, to pay as we sell the rest.

Two Caffros of the King came from Langasaque and advised me that an English gentleman was kept captive in cheanes abord the ship of Amacan, and that they saw hym, he being a young man of 24 or 25 yeares of adge. But I did enter into opinion that this might be som trap of the Portingals and Spaniardes to make me to write to the Emperour upon such a slight speech without other proofe, whereby to geve the Emperour distast, ther being no such matter at all. Yet I have geven order to frendes that may goe abord the said shipp, to look out whether ther be any such matter or no.

October 15.—In this burnyng of Goto the post, or man which carid the kinges letters, lost all that he had, to the vallue of 700 taies, being an ould man but well spoaken and therfore chosen to goe about this busynes. Whereupon the China Capt. said unto me that out of his owne he would send hym 50 pezos, is forty taies, and wished me to ad 20 pezos more to it, to make it up 70 pezos, and that he would send it all to hym in my name, as a largesse in respeckt of his losse, being sorry for it, promising greater matters, yf yt pleased God to prosper hym in his proceadinges to get us trade into China.

And ther was sent 2 presentes to Whaw, the China Capt. brother, and an other China of Langasaque called Leangu, I say Leangu, both which are emploid about our busynes to procure trade into China, viz.:—

ta. ma. co.

6 pec. whit baftas, of 16 and 17 Rs. 8 corg 04 0 4

6 pec. blew byrams, of 15 R. corg 03 6 0

6 pec. red zelas, of 12 R. corg 02 8 8

6 pec. tapis Suras.

6 knyves, cost 00 3 3½

And Jno. Dono lent us his howse over way to put our junkes provition in, till she be rigde. And I sent a letter per China Capt. to Jorge Durois, how I had receaved the 2 peare silk stockinges, and kept the case bottells for hym till he came. Also I gave order to the China Capt. to look out for 3 China carpenters, to goe in our ship for Bantam, as also to buy 150 grate bambooes for us, yf ther be any, and to enquire whether the Portingals have an Englishman prisoner abord their shipp or no. We brought all the tymbers and other matters ymploid about the junk from Cochi to Firando, having hired Tome or Jno. Donos howse to put them into.

October 16.—The King of Crates retorned to Firando and sent to desire to see a fyre arrow shot out of a slurbo, which was donne before hym and the king of Firando to their greate content twise. He desird to have the slurbo to take a sample by to make an other, with a receapt how to make the compound for the fyre work. And about midnight departed towards Crates; which saved the geveing a present of 2 damaskt fowling peeces, yf he had staid till morninge.

Tansho Samme, the kinges kinsman, bought two pec. Cambaia cloth.

October 17.—Before nowne Capt. Speck retorned from Miaco, and had 3 peces shot out of Duch howse and 6 out of greate shipp for a welcom. I went to the Duch howse to vizet hym, and he tould me, yf he had wanted but 2 howers tyme at his arival at Miaco, that the Emperor had byn gon before he had com; and that he with his owne mouth tould hym that the Portingall junck they had taken was good prize, both men and goods, and all other they took hereafter to be the lyke, both of them and Spaniardes, yf they had not his passe, but, having it, not to meddell with them. He also delivered me 3 letters from Capt. Copendall, Mr. Wickham and Mr. Eaton, dated in Miaco the 28 and 29th September, and one from Mr. Eaton of 2th October, with 2 others from our host at Osekay and Tome jurebasso. And Jorge Durois arived heare and tells me that the capt. more of the Amacan shipp sayth that, yf Gonrok Dono will, he is content to sett Damian and Jno. at liberty, for per his permision he took them prisoners, and at his demand he will set them free. But I answerd hym that I had his letter to shew the contrary. Once the end will try all. I think there be legerdymeane. Jorge sent me a present of a bottell Portingall wyne, 12 greate peares, and 2 boxes craknells and littell tarts.

October 18.—Symon jurebasso brought me a letter from Mr. Eaton, dated the 8th October, wherin he writes he hath opened all the packes cloth Cambaia, and findes most of the baftes, viz. ¾ of them, spotted and rotten, so that no man will looke on them. He offerd them all together to our host for 6 mas per peece, but he would not buy them, answering he thought they would never be sould for anything. Also he saieth their wantes 10 pec. chaddr pintado of them were put into the cargezon.

October 19.—Semidone sent me a letter how he met the King of Crates, whoe willed hym to write to me to send hym these parcelles following, and he would send money per they which brought them. Soe I delivered them to Semidonos man.

ta. ma. co.

20 pec. white baftas, of 20 R. corg, at 1½ tay 30 0 0

20 pec. tapis Suras, of R. per corg, for 1 tay pe. 20 0 0

05 pec. alleias, of 30 Rs. per corg, for 2 tay pe. 10 0 0

Som totall amontes unto 60 0 0

Skidian Dodo sent a beefe for a present; and Jorge Durois mad account for these thinges following:—

ta. ma. co.

4 jarrs conserves, at 5 tais per jar, is 20 0 0

2 milstones to grind malt or wheate 01 0 0

70 tallow candells, cost 01 0 0

ta. ma. co.

This is for the house, and amont unto 22 0 0 22 0 0

More, 1 pere silk stockinges for Capt. Cop., at 04 0 0

More, 1 pere thrid stock., for hym, at 00 6 0

More, 1 pere gren silk stockings, to Mr. Osterwick 03 5 0

More, 2 pere silk stockinges, at 7 tay, for Capt. Copingdall or Mr. Osterwick 07 0 0

15 01 0 15 01 0

More due to hym per rest of velvettes and sattens com from Amacan, besids profitt 27 2 0

Som totall amontes unto 64 3 0

October 20.—I wrot a letter to Albaro Muños in answer of his, and another to Diego Farnando Rigote to geve 3 or 4 gantos candy oyle to Jorge Durois and sell the rest as he can. Taccamon Dono sent me a beefe for a present and ther was a pece basta Deher, of 17 Rs. per corg, sent to Jorge Durois wife, in respect of frute and sweetmeates she sent to us at divers tymes which was spent in the howse.

October 21.—This night past 2 of the Hollanders prisoners ran away out of great shipp, viz. both Portingales, 1 being capt. of junk they took, and the other a merchant whome they had taken 5 tymes before.

And Sticamon Dono sent me 2 duckes and a dish of peares for a present. He is a comedian or a jester to geve delight to the King.

October 22.—This night past both the Portingalls which escaped out of the Holland shipp were taken and brought back per such as the King of Firando sent out after them.

The servant of Gonrock Dono retorned back 4 pec. tapis Suras of 1 tay peece—thus thise pedling fellows use us—and thinketh to stop the other 2 taies.

Also Capt. Speck sent to buy our junk ould rother[116] with 2 great ores belonging to it, which prise was made of 110 tais per endifferent men on both partes.

October 24.—Capt. Speck came and tould me the carpenters had begild hym about his junk rother, they being good, so that he had no need of ours at 110 tais, but retorned them back againe.

October 25.—I wrot a letter to Capt. Speck to desyre hym to lett us caryne our shipp against their small shipp called the Jaccatra, we finding it impossible to trym her agrownd where she is, we not being able to com to the keele of her without endangering the shipp.

The servant of Calsa Samme, the Emperours youngest sonne, came to the English howse and bought for his master as followeth:—

ta. ma. co.

2 damaskt fowling peaces, at 15 taies peec. 30 0 0

2 peec. buralles 02 0 0

1 pec. alleia Amad 02 0 0

And Nobesane sent us a beefe for a present.

Capt. Speck sent me a letter how they could not lend us the small ship to caryn against, for that they must bringe her agrownd this spring to trym her.

October 26.—I wrot a letter to Mr. Eaton, and advised of the speeches ther is that Fidaia Samme is alive in Shashma, and much provition of barks a making ready, and that it is said the Emperour pretendeth to make warse against a great lorde in the north; wishing them (I mean the English) to keepe this to them selves and look out in tyme to prevent the worst, yf need be, and to send me downe the true accompt of all matters of ould, to the end I may send a true ballance to the Company in respect of our want, as also to avoid danger, whatsoever may happen.

George Durois sent me a present of 2 pottes of mangeas and 20 great peares from Langasaque, but noe letter came with them.

The King envited the Hollanders to dyner to day, and sent me word he would have had the English but that he stayeth for the retorne of Capt. Coppindall.

October 27.—We set the mastes of our junck the Sea Adventure this day; at the doing whereof were 3 or 400 men persons, all the neighboures, or rather all the towne, sending their servantes, and came themselves (them that were of accointance) and brought presents (nifon catange), after Japon maner, of wyne and other eating comodety, abord the junk, wishing a prosperouse voyag, all the offecers haveing eache one a present of a littell barso of wyne, and should have had lykewaies each one a bar of plate advanced on their wagese, but I referd that till the coming of Capt. Adames.

Sould unto the King of Fushemis servant 40 peeces white baftas of 20 Rs. per corg for 14 mas per peece—amontes unto som of 56 ta.

The King sent me a buck for a present.

October 28.—Goresanos wife brought her doughter of 20 daies ould to the English howse, with a present of a barsoe of wyne, figges, and oringes, desiring a name to be given her, which was per consent Elizabeth.

Calsa Samme tould me he had receaved letters from his master that the Emperour was to retorne to Osekay, and his master with hym, to fortefie the ruenated fortresse and put garrison into it; which is a signe that warse are lyke to ensue. God grant all may fall out for the best.

October 29.—We bought 15 hogges of Bongo Samme, cost all 8 taies plate of barse.

October 30.—The governor of an iland at Goto, he which sent the pilot abord our shipp Hoziander, came this day to see our English howse, and brought a present of a beefe and 10 hense. He is going to the hott bathes in Issue[117] for dollor or greefe he hath in his boanes.

The China Capt. tells me that this night past his brother sent hym a post overland, to tell hym that Gonrock Dono hath staid a small somo, or junk, at Langasaque, which they had thought to have sent to China about our affares, but now is said to carry souldiers into an iland neare unto China called Tacca Sanga;[118] but I rather think it will prove the Liqueas, in which place it may be the Emperour doth think that Fidaia Samme lyeth lurking.

I wrot 2 letters to Langasaque, viz. 1 to Jor. Durois to send sample of pitch, as also making mention of present of mangeas and peares sent; 1 to Melchar van Sanfort with musters of 4 sortes of spikes or neales to be made at Langasaque, viz. 1000 great spikes, 1000 lesser, 1500 lesser, 2000 smallest.

October 31.—In respect the servant of Calsa Samme may doe us good above hereafter, as per words he offers lardgly, I gave hym a fireloct petrenell for a present, which Mr. Hunt formerly gave me.

November 1.—This day was a festivall day amongst the Japons, and the hors runing day, to shewte at markes with bowes and arrowes.

November 2.—I wrote a letter to Mr. Gourney to Syam per way of Langasaque, per a China, advising how Sea Adventure lost her voyag last yeare and put into Liquea, and now is ready to com with a cargezon littell more or lesse as the last yeare, Ed. Sayer and Capt. Adames going in her. Also that the Hozeander arived heare, Mr. Raphe Copindell capt., and Mr. Jno. Hunt master; and he and Capt Adames gon to the Japon court. And how the Duch took a prise at sea, a junk laden with ebony, the Emperour geving them leave to make a good prise both of schipp and goods.

November 3.—The king of Firando banished on of our marenars of our junck, because Takcamon Dono had banished a yong gentelman for geving hym a cut with a cattan. So the gentelman was recalled and the marener banished, and Takcamon Dono checked. Also a yong yewth was cut in peeces for thefte.

November 5.—A servant of Gonrok Donos came from Miaco this day, and tould me Capt. Coppindall was retorned from Shrongo and that he was to com away for Firando forth with.

November 6.—We bought Jno. Donos howse and chawne over the way for 170 taies, and are to pay no rent for it in lending it the last yeare and this yeare lykwaies, it being a great howse standing aparte neare to our howse, over the way, fitt to put shipps store or any thing else. And he is to bring us 30 boates lading of ston on the bargen, to make walls before it.

I receved 2 lettrs from Capt. Coppindall, 1 dated in Miaco le 24th, and the other in Osekay le 28 October; and other 2 from Mr. Eaton, 1 in Miaco le 23th, and the other in Osekay le 28 ditto; wherin Capt. Copindall adviseth me how well the Emperour did receve the present he carid hym, and gave hym an other of 5 kerremons, 10 pike heades, 100 arow heades, and three waccadashes, and hath geven us his letter to the king of Shashman for trad into all his dominions. He also writes he, the Emperour, sent Capt. Adames to Edo to the padres, to know wherefore they are com in to his dominions, he haveing formerly banished all of their coate out of his dominions. He also hath made proclemation, in payne of death, that no Japon shall goe into New Spaine from henceforward. These padres are com now out of New Spaine in a shipp to.

November 7.—I wrot a letter to Syam to Mr. Gurney, as appeareth per coppie, and sent it to Langasaque to Melchar van Sanfort to send it per first junk which goeth from thence, advising Mr. Gurney, or any other in his place, to provid lading in tyme, knowing before of her coming. Also I wrot 2 letters, per Capt. China conveance, to the said Melchar to buy 8000 neales, and to Jorge Durois to buy 5 or 6 piculls rosen.

November 8.—I receved a lettr from Jorge Durois, dated in Langasaque, le 14th of Novembr, new stile, wherin he wrot that the king of Shashma was making ready 400 barkes of warr with all hast, but for what purpose it is not knowne; and that the Emperour had sumond all the kinges or tonos in Japon to be at Shrongo in the moneth of Marche next.

He wrot me of pitch he would buy at Langasaque at 3½ taies per picull.

A Japon called Martin, which Mr. Wickham imploied at Liqueas when he put Jno. Japon away, did steale a wacadash or dagger with 10 gocos or dishes, and being taken was condemned to be cut in peces. Yet the kinge saved his lyfe in respect he was of Langasaque, but banished out of his dominions for ever, in payne of death yf ever he were fownd heare againe.

November 9.—The Portuguese, that was capt. of the junck which the Hollanders took, escaped againe out of the shipp Ankewsen with fetters on his legges, and, as it is thought, could not be donne but the wache must know thereof.

Yt was not the Portingale capt. which escaped, but 10 other slaves, Chinas and Caffros, which did belong to the junck.

Gonrok Dono wrot the King of Firando that he had donne what he could to set Damian and Jno. at libertie, but that the capt. would doe nothing; yet, before the shipp went out, he would goe and fetch hym out hym selfe. This is Gon Rock Donos suttiltie, because he now understandeth the Emperour hath geven order to sett them at liberty; otherwaies he had rather they were hanged, to have Damians goods.

November 10.—The China Capt. receaved a letter from his brother in Langasaque, of a China junck (or soma) which departed from thence for China with 77 or 78 men in her, but were met by theevs at sea, who cutt all their throtes and carid away all that was good, and soe the junk was driven upon the cost of Goto with 7 or 8 dead men in her, the rest being throwne over board.

Gorezon, our jurebasso, pad Pedro five mas on my acco. to buy hym shewes. Oto, Mat[ingas] slave, ran away; but her surties brought her back againe. I enquired wherfore she ran away, and she answered because she wanted occupiing and that she could not endure it.

November 11.—The China Capt. receaved a letter from his brother to buy 200 peeces dutts of us and he would send money for them, and buy them to geve to pore Chinas, to clothe them, that were in two junks which were cast away, one on the Liqueas and the other on cost Shashma, som being drowned, and them which escaped were stark naked. He tells me they will geve these duttis to these Chinas, which dwell most of them neare Lanquin, and tell them it was the gift of the English, because they should speake well of our nation in respeck of the matter they have in hand to procure trade into China. They must pay a tay per pece for these duttis.

And we receaved a rest of a barell gunpoulder, very bad, which remened in Zanzabars howse, and put it into our new lodg. Also Mr. Nealson pad to the scrivano of junck 33 taies 4 mas small plate for marrenis fish for voyage, according to custom; and the rise they had the 9th day, rated, as it cost, 93 : 2 : 4.

November 12.—I went to the King of Firando and tould hym that Mr. Eaton had advised me that Safian Do[no] said that yf the men were not sett at libertye upon sight of his letter, that then I should advise hym thereof, and he would use other meanes. So the king tould me he would send to Gonrock Dono, to know whether they would set them at liberty or no. Gonrok Donos man came to viset me, yet willed me I should not say he was heare. There is duble dealing with them.

November 15.—Figean Samme, King of Firando, sent for 8 damaskt snaphanne fowling peeces, to send to Safian Dono for the Emperour. The price I sett at 20 taies pec., and I wrot a letter to Safian Dono therof, as also to thank hym for writing to Gonrok Dono about seting Damian and Jno. at libertie.

November 21.—A cavelero, on of the kinges men, sent me 5 hense for a present, and Skite and a Corean each of them a baskit oringes.

November 22.—Our hostis of Bingana Tome, retorned from Langasaque, came to see thenglish howse and brought a present of pearse. I sent a letter per her to Mr. Eaton, to same effect as my former 5 daies past per kings man. Also I wrot 2 letters to Nangasaque to Melchor van Sanfort and Jorge Durois for the 8000 neales and 8 barill China oyle from China Capt. brother to trym Hozeander, and sent a boate expres for it.

November 23.—The king sent me a letter that he receaved from Gonrok Dono, wherin he advised hym that he wold sett Damian and Jno. de Lievano at liberty.

November 24.—Ther was, to the vallew of 150 cattis wight, lead stolne out of the Hozeander the night past, out of guners cabben, which were the covers for the tucholes of great ordinance and other ould lead rypt of shipp sids in tryminge her. It was taken out of Jno. Clough the guners cabbyn, and dowbtfull he was of consent; yet on Robyn, a Scott, is brought in question, he haveing offerd to sell som before, as also neales which he stole and was taken with them. Ther is, as Mr. Hunt sayeth, above 200 cattis lead more stolne out of store rowme, which this Skot with an other Jocky, his cuntreman, are thought to have at severall tymes made away.

November 25.—We met a knave Japon, a marrener, whoe ran away from junck at Liquea. Soe, seeing hym pas the street in Firando and entertayned into service of the Duch, whoe ordenarely entertayne all they know to have byn formerly entertayned per us (this is Jacob Specks humor), yet I laid hands upon this fellow and brought hym before the justice, and put in sureties to be forth coming to answer to what should be aledged against hym.

November 26.—The king sent for a bottell Spanish wyne, and desird to buy Mr. Osterwickes cloake, being of culler du roy, which he sent unto hym at price of 20 taies. And, as I am enformed, the Portingall capt. is escaped out of the great Holland shipp, swyming abord to 4 barks which had layne secretly attending for hym this monthe; for which it is said Capt. Speck is much offended with Derrick de Vris, the master.

November 27.—About break of day I receaved a letter from Capt. Adames, dated in Cocora, the 17th present, how he hoped to be heare within few dayes, and that he left Capt. Copendale at Miaco not very well, and that he bringeth recardo[119] from themperour to set Damian and Jno. de Lievana free. And I wrot hym answer forthwith, and sent it per Gingro the purcer, with 20 taies in 5 plates bars, to spend, yf occation served, for hym to come overland, becaus he wrot me he had non.

Capt. Adames arived a littell after dyner, and we went to the kinges pallace to have delivered hym the letters came from thempror and Gota Zazabra and Saffian Dono; but the kyng was gon a hawkyng, and so we retorned, leaving the letters with Oyen Dono, his governor.

November 28.—Capt. Adames went for Langasaque, accompand. with Ed. Sayer and Mr. Jno. Osterwick, and carid the Emperours authorety to set Damian Maryn and Jno. de Lievana at liberty.

Capt. Copendall arived heare before nowne.

November 29.—The 2 barrilles morofack, which my host of Osekay wrot me he had sent me, are not to be fownd in the bark that Capt. Coppendall came in, and a chist which Mr. Wickham sent with kerimons and other thinges in it, to the vallew of 20 taies, is lykewaies lost in same bark, or else the one nor other was never put into it.

November 30.—In the after nowne Capt. Adames retornd from Langasaque, and brought Damian Marin with hym; but Jno. de Lievana remeaned at Langasaque, sick ashore, they havyng set both Damian and hym at liberty the day before Capt. Adames arived at Langasaque; but, as Damian tells me, they had condemned them both to die the death, and sent hym word to confesse hym and make hym selfe ready, for dye he must. This passed some moneth agoe, he looking still when he should die, till the instant they set them at liberty. And then the capt. thought to have perswaded hym to have gon along with hym, promising hym mountaynes, and, when he could not preveale, procured hym to sweare he should not goe with the English nor Hollanders.

December 1.—I receaved back from Capt. Coppendall the sylver salt, the 2 spoones, and 2 forkes of silver, lent hym up, with the 2 littell silver cups or tasters I lent hym. Also he gave me a present of one of the kerrimons the Emperour gave hym, as also a peece of fine casho or chowter.

December 2.—Lues Martin came to Firando and brought me a present of diet bread, with many wordes of complements, telling me that I was praid for of many for the charetable deed I did in setting Damian and Jno. at liberty, and that the capt. of the shipp was in no falt about the matter, but the Castillanos; in fyne, they are all our enymies, deadly yf it la in their powers. I was advised he hath byn 8 or 10 daies in towne, and la in his lodging secretly, but for what occation I know not. I tould hym I heard he had byn in towne some tyme before, which he denyed not, but said it was to sell silk.

December 3.—Betyms in the mornyng the kyng sent to envite us to supper, because he understood our junck was ready to departe towardes Syam. Our entertaynment was good, only the drynking was overmuch. The Englishmen that went were, viz. Capt. Coppendall, Capt. Adames, Mr. Nealson, Ed. Sayer, Jno. Osterwick, and my selfe.

December 5.—I delivered six hundred powndes str. this day to Capt. Adames, wherof forty powndes, ten shilling, was in fybuck of Tushma and the rest in Rs. of 8, which maketh 2400 taies.

December 6.—I sent 20 jarrs bisket and the 500 sheetes paper abord the junck, and delivered letters to Capt. Adames for the Syam voyage, viz. 1 to Mr. Jno. Gourney, agent at Syam; 1 to Capt. Jno. Jourden, agent at Bantam; 1 to Mr. Adam Denton, agent at Cattania; and put into the packet directed to Mr. Jno. Gourney a bill of lading and cargezon of all goodes sent; also 3 jars bisket sent, 1 to Mr. Gurney, 1 to Mr. Sharpe, 1 to Mr. Denton—my owne gifte; with a memoriall delivered Capt. Adames and Ed. Sayer, how to use busynes, yf they canot attayne Syam.

Soe the Sea Adventure went of of roade, and the Duch shot of 6 pec. ordinance at her departure. And presently after Jno. Yoosen went for Miaco; and the Duch shot affe 9 pec. ordinance at his departure. So I went abord the junck to Cochi and carid a barill wyne, a baskit orynges, and an other of pears, and a third of biskit, and so drank to the health of the company, nifon catange, and retorned.

December 7.—The wind and wether being very fayre, the Sea Adventure sett saile from Cochi towards Syam this mornyng. God send her a prosperous voyag.

December 8.—We wayed out the wax which came in the Hozeander, and fownd it want a tonne; and also we waid the pepper, and it wanted above 2 tonne; which out of dowbt the mareners have embezeled and stolne. And I sent Niquan, the China Capt. kynsman, to Tushma, to bring the money for the peper, and wrot hym a letter, I meane to our host, to deliver hym the money, and, yf in case he would not, I sent a letter to the Kyng of Tushma to desyre justice. Also I sent our host a present of 2 peces white basta of 8 Rs. per corg., and 2 peces blew byrams of 15 Rs. corge; and I delivered our host bill unto Niquan for 61 pc. 70 cattis peper and 305 bufflos horns.

December 9.—We got the Hozeander aflote and carid her out, which we could not doe in 2 springs past.

And there was eight rialles of 8 lent to the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, to make hym a silver cup, paid hym per my selfe. We laded 40 sowes lead, 30 bales wax, and 50 bagges pepper abord a bark to send for Osekay.

December 10.—We put abord a bark to send for Osekay to Mr. Eaton, viz.

100 bags peper at 4 23⁄44 pico 0242 3 4⅓

65 bales wax at 24 R. 8 per picull 1163 7 1

40 sowes lead at 6 R. pico 0440 1 6

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Som totall cargezon amontes to 1846 2 1⅓

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The China Capt. sent Mr. Eaton a jar conserves. And we receaved two hundred taies plate bars of Andrea Dittis, China Capt., which 200 taies he delivered to Mr. Nealson to lay out about shipps charges. But he paid Quiamo Dono 10 taies of it, in parte bote hier to cary those goods above to Osekay, the rest to make it up 35 taies Mr. Eaton is to pay at Osekay. The merchant that bought peper last yere offered 6½ taies peco lead, but went from his word and offerd but 6 tais pico.

December 11.—There was sould unto the Kyng of Crates, viz.:—

60 pec white baftas of 11 R. corg for 90 0 0

5 pec. tapis Suras 05 0 0

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95 0 0

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December 13.—We paid Jno. Dono seventy taies in plate of bars, in full payment of the fee symple of the gadonge over the way, to westward of English howse, wherof one hundred taies was paid before. Derick de Fries, the master of Duch shipp, being ready to departe, envited us to dyner to morrow. Our bark with goodes for Osekay retorned.

December 14.—We dyned abord the great Holland shipp and had 3 pec. ordinance shot of at our retorne ashore. Capt. Speeck came not to dyner. He is over great in conceate.

December 15.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois by a China, to send me of all sortes of garden seeds.

December 16.—Capt. Whaw, the China Capt. brother, sent me a barrell of figges or jar of Japon green figges for a present. We envited the masters of the Hollander shipps and juncks to dyner to morrow, they being now ready to goe to sea with first good wind.

December 17.—We envited the Duch to dyner, I say they came to dyner, and were Derick de Frize, master of great ship, Wm. Johnson, a merchant, Piter Johnson, master of a junk, the pilot of the greate ship, and Mr. Fredrick the chirurgion. I would have delivered an open letter to Derick to have carid, but he tould me he thought that Capt. Speck would be content to let hym carry our sealed letters, in respect our ship broght his and delivered them. Yf not, that then he would cary both our open and also our shut letters.

I receaved two letters from Mr. Eaton from Miaco, 1 of the 23rd November in Miaco, and the other of the 30th ditto in Osekay, with an acco. of such matters as he hath donne in Edo, Shrongo, and Osekay, as also a note what presents Capt. Coppendall gave away above.

Damian retorned from Langasaque with Jno. de Lievana, and Damian sent me a barill morofack and a dish of peares for a present. Also our host of Osekay sent me a Japon standish for a present.

December 20.—I wrot a letter to Bantam to Gapt. Jourden of what accorrantes have passed since tharivall of the Hozeander, as apereth per coppie, as the lyke for Syam, to Mr. Jno. Gourney, agent, and a third to Mr. Adam Denton at Pattania, and 2 others to Capt. Wm. Adames and Ed. Sayer: the first letter to Bantam sent per the ship Ankewsen, under covert from Capt. Jacob Speck, and the other 4 per Piter Johnsons junck for Syam, under covert as above said, Capt. Speck offring to send our letters the one or other way, in respect we brought their letters and delivered them. And 1 letter enclozed to Bantam from Capt. Coppendall.

December 21.—There was 350 tais plate bars receaved of Andrea Dittis, China Capt., wherof 50 taies delivered to Skidayen Dono with a bar of Oban gould of 55 taies, to goe to buy a mast for our ship Hozeander, but 50 taies was bad money and turned back.

December 22.—About breake of day the Hollanders discharged much ordinance and small shott, it being their new yeares day. The Duch junck that they took prize went out of rode of Firando towardes Syam this day before nowne. And I wrot 2 letters to Mr. Wickham and Mr. Eaton, dated the 18 and 20th present, but kept till this day, and sent per the servant of Safian Dono, with a letter in Japans to his master in answer of recept of his per Capt. Adames and seting free of Damian and Jno.

December 23.—This day a boy of 16 yeares ould was cut in peeces for stealing a littell boate and carying it to an other iland. I sent to the kyng to beg his lyfe, which he granted me, and in the meane tyme sent a man after the execusoner to stay a lyttell; but he would not, but put hym to death before the pardon came, cuting hym in many mammocks to try their cattans upon hym.

I sent Piter Wadden out to Cochi, with a barill wyne, 10 loves of bread, and a baskit of oranges, to Piter Johnson, master of the junck which goeth to Syam, which stayeth there to make acco. with Japonnars about the reparing of her, the Hollanders haveing emploid a knave about it which hath deceaved them, as Capt. Adames scrivano hath donne us, and carid 50 taies with hym which was paid the carpenters upon acco. of Hozeander, and receaved the full payment of junck besids.

December 24.—Our carpenters came and tould me that yf they might not have the 50 taies paid them which Mr. Nealson paid the scrivano of junck, or rather the scrivano deseaved the carpenters and tould them it was of the junckes acco., when the truth is it was of shipps. Soe we are forced to pay this 50 tais againe and keepe it upon acco. till the junk retorne.

There came 3 Spaniardes to our English house, which were of the shipp which came from Aguapulca. They tould me it was true that 7 or 8 shipps were in the S. say, and had donne som hurt one the cost of Peru, so that all was up in armes; and that the Spaniardes in New Spaine had made proclemacon, in payne of death, that all strangers were to avoid out of New Spaine and never retorne to trade theare any more.

December 25.—Chrismas Day. Taccamon Dono sent 2 barilles wyne and 2 fishes for a present; the king 2 pec. wale fyshe; the China Capt. a jarr of China wine; and other neighbors other trifles per reason of Chrismas.

December 26.—I sent our jurebasso to thank the king and Takamon Dono for the presents they sent, according to Japon order.

The Hollanders had a demi cannon of bras cast this day, po. 5,000 wight, a very fayre peece.

December 27.—Towardes night Soyemon Dono, the kinges steward, came to English howse, taking it in his way (as he said) going to the king. The China Capt. met hym. And his errand was about the money the king oweth the Wor. Company, which, as he sayeth, the king will now pay in, and take up comodeties of us to pay next yeare at a resonable rate, as the Duch have geven it hym, whoe have now sould hym upon trust for 10,000 taies. The king, he saieth, taketh this course by littell and littell to bring hym selfe out of debt, which his granfather left hym to pay, and so, once getting an even hand, will so hould hym. The merchandiz he taketh up he geveth to Japons at Miaco, of whome Foyne Samme took up money in tymes past, which still runeth on at intrest, and yf it should so contynew would undo hym. So I referd this matter ofe till to morrow, because I would take counsell, and in the meane tyme desird him [to say] I was as willing as Capt. Speck to doe the king any service I could.

Nicolas Grant, a marener, being drunk, stabd hym selfe thorow the arme, because Mr. Osterwick would not lend hym 12d....

December 28.—The China Capt. built or reard a new howse this day, and all the neighbours sent hym presentes, nifon cantange. So I sent hym a barill morofack, 2 bottells Spanish wine, a drid salmon, and halfe a Hollands cheese; and after, went my selfe with the nighbours. Where I saw the seremony was used, the master carpenter of the kinge doing it, and was as followeth: First they brought in all the presentes sent and sett them in ranke before the middell post of the howse, and out of eache one took something of the best and offred it at the foote of the post, and powred wyne upon each severall parcell, doing it in greate humilletie and silence, not soe much as a word spoaken all the while it was a doing. But, being ended, they took the remeander of the presentes, and soe did eate and drink it with much merth and jesting, drinking themselves drunken all or the most parte. They tould me they beleeved that a new howse, being hallowed in this sort, could not chuse but be happie to hym which dwelled in it, for soe their law taught them, ordayned by holy men in tymes past.

The shipps company came to the English howse in a maske, and after plaied Christmas ule games in good sort and meryment.

December 29.—I gave Matinga a pece satten, cost 5 taies, and a peece of taffety, cost 1 tay, to make her a kerremon, and 2 kerremons of zelas to Oto and Fuco. And ther was sould and deliverd 10 cattis Priaman pepper to the kinges doctor of phisick, rated at 8 condrins per catty, or 8 taies picull.

And I thought good to note downe how Mr. Hunt, the master, came in a fume ashore, and broake Jno. Cocora the cooks head, at instigation of Jno. Shipperd, he having first misuesed and beaten hym without reason.

December 30.—We bought 732 bags white lyme at 3 condrins per bagg, it being good cheape. And I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois to look out for morofack and cows shewet for shipps use for chirurgion. God send health.

A China of Lankyn brought me a present of a barill of Lankyn wyne and a dozen of China cakes.

December 31.—I paid therty taies for a howse for Matinga, that shee was in being for the Company.

And the Japon barber Rappado sent me a present of a basket of oringese.

I forgot to note downe how I wrot a few lynes to Mr. Jno. Hunt, to have had hym com ashore about Compa. busynes, to have had his advice about bras shivers;[120] but he retorned me a snapish answer.

January 1, 1615[6].—Mr. Hunt, the master of the Hozeander, remenyng still in his extreme humours (as I have fownd hym allwaies the same man ever since he came into Japon), wrot a letter to Capt. Coppendall, he being sick in bed (as he hath byn most an end ever since he retorned from Miaco), and I verely think that the unruly company of the shipp to be the cheefe occation—I say he advised Capt. Coppendall he would com ashore to morrow and geve direction how to cast bras shivars and shot for ordinance, aledging the guner knew nothing for shott, nor no man else but hym selfe for the rest. Yet, for my parte, I rest dowbtfull whether it be soe or noe, only I wrot hym before in frendly sort to com ashore and assist me in these matters for the service of the Wor. Company, our emploiers, because the Duch sent away shipp after ship yerly full laden with shot, powlder, ordinance, victuells, and munision, and I would in som sort geve a reason or tast to our emploiers of these matters and send them samples with price. But, as it should seeme, the master disenableth all but hymselfe, and others hould back, I know not whether upon sutteltie to leave the other in lurch, as debasing all but hym selfe. But be it the one or other, the Companies busynes rests undon, etc., and the very truth is, here doe I confes before God and the world, I never did see a more unruly compa. of people, and are far worse then they in the Clove, allthough they were bad enough.

And yisternight, very late, came on Jno. Shippard, a tapstar as I understand, and in very deed a shuffling fello, not worthy water for his hier. He is a turbulent fello, a make bate, and sett the master at odds with others per meanes of his smouthe tong, and yet a drunken fello, as most of the rest are the lyke; and came againe into the kitchin to quarrell with our cooke at supper tyme, I desyring Mr. Osterwick to put hym out of the howse and send hym abord the shipp; but he fell upon Mr. Osterwick, and puld his clothes afe his back, and misused hym, for which I put hym in the bilboes to cowle his feete till mornyng.

January 2.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois to buy 100 or 200 tallo candelles and bring them with hym. And Matinga went into her new howse this day. And Gorezan, our jurebasso, removed his howse, and came with wife and famely and dwelt in the Companis howse over the way, to keepe the shopp or shew rowme.

January 3.—This mornyng very cold wether, being a greate snowe, the greatest I saw since our arivall in Japon, with a stiffe gale wind northerly, rack from W. all day, and snow per fitts all day, but littell or non per night. The King of Firandos host at Osekay came againe and brought a present of figges, telling me he was to retorne to his howse, the king haveing rewarded hym well, as all the caveleros in his kingdom did the lyke, towardes the setting him up a new howse, his ould being burned in the wars with all that ever he had. Soe, with consent of Capt. Coppendall and the rest, ther was a bar of plate of 4½ taies and a bag of rise of 51 gantes geven hym and sent after hym to his lodging.

There was delivered to the fownder for formes as followeth: 1 bras shiver of the boate; 1 rownd shot of saker; 1 langrell shot of saker; 1 crosbar shot of minion; 5 braz of severall sortes—to make others by. And I agreed with hym as followeth: to make 5 greate bras shivers of 35 or 86 cattes per shiver; 5 others of a lesser sise: 3 others of sise of that of boate; 2 others of bigger sise; 1 quintall bras of severall sortes—and to pay 12 taies per pico for all, on with an other, ready made, the fownder finding all stuffe. Also 100 saker shott, ½ round and other ½ crosbar; 100 minion shot, ½ rownd and other ½ crosbar; 50 saker langrell shott, all iron—price made at 14 mas per pico or 100 wight Japon. I was forsed to put out these at hazard per ould shott and shivers, the master, Jno. Hunt, not coming to geve direction, nether at my request and writing, nor at sending for of Capt. Coppendall, refusing ever to enter againe into the English howse. I could say much of this frantick master, Jno. Hunt; but I leve it to other men to tell.

Also the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, had a littell brod cloth, pink culler, to make his littell doughter a peare of stockinges or bowtes this cold wether.

And there was 3 sackes rise, of 50 gantes per sack, geven to 3 pore Chinas which lost their junck per tempest of the cost of Shashma and came to the China Capt. for releefe, he geveing eche of them a sack rise and a tay in plate. And upon good consideracion I gave them, per generall consent, each one a sack, as above said.