Part 12

_January 23._--I gave 6 _taies_ plate bars to Matinga to provide things against the new yeare. And I paid a bar of plate to Domingo my boy, to buy hym aparell, containing 2 _tay_ 1 _ma_. And I reconed with Jno. Gorezano for 6 _tais_, 9 _mas_, viz.

_ta. ma. con._ Pro 4 peare sheews and slippers for myselfe 01 0 0 Pro a silver touthpicker for my selfe 02 1 0 Pro 2 pere _tabis_[124] for Beecho 00 3 5 Pro strings for Beechos shews 00 0 8 Pro a pere shew for Beecho 00 0 4 Pro a lock for Beechos chist 00 1 2 Pro 2 peare _tabis_ for Jeffrey 00 3 2 Pro string for Jeffres shews 00 0 8 Pro a pear shews for Jeffrey 00 0 4 Pro 2 barrilles wyne I sent to Taccamon with 00 8 4 fish Pro 1 _mas_ paid the shewmakers sonne for roses 00 1 0 Pro 1 _mas_ geven the fisherman of Cochi 00 1 0 Pro 20 _tattamis_[125] for Matingas howse 02 4 0 Pro 20 _cattis_ tobaco sent to Miaco, at 2 _mas_ 04 6 0 3 _con_. Pro 2 Faccata gerdelles for Mr. Eaton 00 6 0 Pro mattes to make up the tobaco 00 0 7 --------- 12 8 4 6 9 0 --------- 5 9 4 ---------

Rests 5 _ta._ 9 _m._ 4 _c._ which Mr. Nealson paid unto hym, and put it upon my acco.

_January 24._--I paid fyftie _taies_ plate bars to Andrea Dittis, China Capt., for reprations to his junk lent to carin our ship _Hozeander_, she haveing broken and spoild the junck that the carpenters asked 100 _taies_ to have mended her. Newes was brought to towne that the Emperour is dead; but I beleeve rather it is a fable and geven out of purpose to see how people wold take the matter. Once the ould man is subtill.

_January 25._--Damian Marin fell out with Jno. de Lievana about comparisons betwixt the English and Duch, Damian takeing parte with the Duch and Jno. with the English.

_January 26._--The king sent Soyemon Dono, Skrayamon Dono, and another to look upon our comodeties, to the entent to buy for 2 or 3000 _tais_ at tyme. Soe we showed them samples of all and set price; but he took lyking only of pepper at 6 _taies pico_, baftas at 10 R. per pies, buxshaws at 9 _mas_ pec., boralles at 9 _mas_ pec., chint at 3½ _mas_ pec., and cader Macoy at 4 _mas_ pec. And tould the China Capt. he would com and vizet me before he went to Miaco, to morrow or the next day.

_January 27._--Capt. Speck came and requested that we would take into our shipp for Bantam as much ebony as we could in not pestering our shipp, and he would pay what fraight we thought fitt. And he sent me a baril _morofack_ and 4 boxes swet meate.

Also the king sent me word he would com to breckfast to morrow mornyng. So I mad the best provition I could, and the China Capt. sent me 2 powderd storkes, and Soyemon Dono a baskit oranges.

And Tome Donos sonne retorned from Miaco and sent me a present of Japan figges. He tells me our bark with the goods is safe arived at Sackay, but brought no letter from Mr. Eaton nor Mr. Wickham.

_January 28._--The King of Firando came to dyner to the English howse, accompanid with 7 or 8 caveleros, and took in good parte the entertaynment he had, and gave me a _keremon_, and a cloake to our _jurebasso_. He said he was to stay 3 or 4 yeares above at Edo; soe I think it is true that the _tonos_ (or kinges) must stay 7 yeares, as I noted som daies past. There was three peeces ordinance shott affe at his entry into the English howse, and 5 at his departure.

_January 29._--In the after nowne Soyemon Dono with 3 others came to the English howse, to receve the comodeties which the king would buy upon trust; but they tould me the Hollanders had sould the king pepper at 5 _taies_ the _pico_, and therefor thought I would not aske more. I answerd that, yf the Hollanders set pepper at that rate, they sell other comodetis at a hier, which, it might be, cost them nothing but the suting of a peece of ordinance, as silke at 240 _taies_ the _pico_, etc. And, it might be, in pollecie set pepper loe, to the extent to cros us and soe ether to make us to sell it better cheape then it cost or else to make us fall into dislyke of the king, and by this meanes get themselves favour and us disgrace. But the truth was, I set it at no hier a rate then I sould to others for ready money, and at such a price as I wold promis them to deliver no more at that rate. But for broad cloth, which they set at 14 _taies_ per _tattamy_, and Syam wood at 3½ _taies_ the _pico_, that I would sell hym at same rate, when our shipps and junck arived. Yet, doe I what I could, they said they durst not with their honor geve more then the Duch sould for. Soe we concluded to send the pepper to Osekay to Mr. Eaton at kinges charg, and he to sell it, and then to deliver the procead in money to the king. And so that matter was ended. But we delivered comodety to them for acco. of king as followeth, viz.:--

Baftas, white, 196 pec. of 11 Rs. _corg._ } Eidem, lower, 101 pec. of 20 Rs. _corg._ } Eidem, lower lodg. 201 pec. of 11 Rs. _corg._ } at 1 _tay_ pec. Eidem, lo. lodg, 120 pec. of 15 Rs. _corg._ } _ta. m. co._ Eidem, up. lodg, 100 pec. of divers sortes } 718 0 0 --- } Som baftas, 718 peces divers prises }

Chader Rese Canary, 185 pec. lower of 4 Rs. _corg._ Chader eidem, 090 pec. --- Som chader, 275 pec.

Boralles, 100 pec., lodg beloe } at 1 _tay._ Buxshaws, 100 pec., lodg beloe } 200 0 0

_January 30._--The master, Jno. Hunt, envited us abord the _Hozeander_ to dyner. Mr. Wickham and my selfe retorned sowne after ashore upon occation of busynes, and had 5 pec. ordinance shot ofe at our departure, and the other 3 peeces when they came ashore.

And George Durois came to Firando and brought 2 jarrs of conserves, and he gave me in present as followeth: a box of marmalad, a box of cracknells, a box suger bred, a box of chistnuts, a bottell of Spanish wine.

The Duch junck went out of rode Firando to Cochi, and there came to anker by the great ship _Ankewsen_.

_January 31._--I receved 600 _taies_, I say six hundred _taies_, plat bars of Mr. Ric. Wickham, which he brought from Mr. Eaton, receved in parte of payment for lead sould at Osekay at 74 _mas_ per _pico_.

And in the after nowne Capt. Speck came to the English howse, and tould me that Gonrok Dono had sent hym a letter from Langasaque, advising hym as a frend (as he said) that he should geve the Hollanders warnyng befor their shipping went out, as the lyke to the English, that they should take heed they did not meddell with the greate ship of Amacon, for that the Emperour had much adventure in her. Yet I say I wish we might take her and then make the reconying after.

_Febrary 2._--I gave a present to a merchant of Miaco, whoe gave me a fayre banqueting box before, viz.: 2 pec. byrams, white; 2 pec. byrams, nill, of 15 R. _corg._--these are of the Companis goodes--2 pec. chader Lullawy of my owne. He took it in good parte, and offerd to doe our nation any service he could above at Miaco. Mr. Wickham gave me a _keremon_ of them Sada Dono gave hym at Edo.

_Febrary 3._--The night past, about 11 a clock, there was a house sett on fire by necklegence of the people which made it cleane against the great feast of ther new yeare, which is within this 3 dayis. Soe ther was 7 howses burned downe; and had it not byn for the English and Duch, most parte of the towne had byn burned. For each one stood gazing one and did nothing, and divers brought their goods into our English howse for savegard.

Ther was a present geven to Torasemon Dono, a principall man in this place, which never had any thing geven unto hym since our arivall in Japon, which our frends tould us of. Soe he had geven

3 pec. byrams, white. 3 pec. byrams, nill, of 15 Rs. _corg._ 3 pec. red zelas, of 12 Rs. _corg._ 3 pec. boralles, of 5 Rs. _corg._ 42 _cattis_ pepper.

And the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, went with me to viset hym, and carid hym a great jar of biskit. And I gave a _kerimon_ to Matingas father, which Mr. Eaton gave unto me.

Paid 6 _mas_ small plate to the fownder for 2 pans for Matinga.

And the kinge sent to have a gathering throughout Firando towardes the releeving the pore people whose howses were burnt; towardes which we gave a _tay_ in plate.

And paid the carpenter for mending Matingas howse

Pro 26½ dais carpt. work or wagis 3 7 2 Pro 30½ days work laborers 1 5 2½ Pro neales 1 0 9 Pro bordes and tymber 1 9 8 ----------- Som totall 8 3 1½ -----------

And I delivered 25 _tais_ plate bars more unto the fownders, upon acco. of bras shivers which are waid out this day, being 6 _picos_ and 42 _cattis_.

Mr. Nealson, being drunck (as very often he is the lyke, to my greefe), fell a brawling with the chirurgion, Morris Jones, and cut his head with his dagger.

Soyemon Dono came late and brought the kinges bill for three thousand _taies_ plate of bars, to be paid within this yeare for merchandiz sould hym. And I delivered hym in the King of Firando's bill for 1000 _tais_, lent at Edo 2 yeares past.

I gave 2 falling bandes with lace to Mr. Wickham, cost me 2 _tais_.

_Febrary 4._--Mr. Wickham fell into his ould humours of comparisons, misusing me. I think it is because he would goe for Bantam in the _Hozeander_, which I am well contented of. He presumeth the more, because Capt. Jourden wrot hym a letter he would geve hym preferment.

_Febrary 5._--I mad acco. this day with Oyen Dono and Shoske Dono for ould debt of the kinge, which they say is 950 _ta._ 1 _m._ 0 _co._; but I find it to be but 898 _ta._ 6 _m._ 3½ _co._

Cushcron Dono, a box _muches_[126] } new Yasimon Dono, a barill _morofak_ } years And his father in la, a _barso_ wyne and a salmon } giftes. Jno. Japon, a bundell figges }

And we waid out the shot for ordinance.

And Mr. Nealson made recept for 25 _tais_ pad the fownders, and he paid them to ballance 14 : 5 : 5.

_Febrary 6._--The fownders reconyng was as followeth:--

_ta. m. co._ For 641 _cattis_ in bras shivers, at 12 _tay_ per _pico_ 76 9 2 For 296 rownd shot sacar and mignion, at 14 _cn._ 04 1 3 per _catty_ For 230 crosbar and langrell shot, at 25 _mas_ per _pico_ 05 7 5 ---------- Som totall amonts unto 86 8 0

The fownders brought present, 2 iron pans with wyne and fysh.

And Mr. Nealson receaved 76 _ta._ 5 _m._ 0 _co._ of Keemon Dono, for acco. of Kyng of Crates, wherof 56 _tais_ was good and rest Shrongo. More, he receaved of the servant of Semidone, for acco. of the King of Crates, fyfty _tais_ plate bars, wherof 1 bar Shrongo.

_Febrary 7._--Mr. Jno. Hunt, master of the _Hozeander_, delivered me a draught of his voyag from Bantam to this place with all the sownding.

_Febrary 8._--Receaved in plate bars of China Capt., Andrea Dittis, fowre hundred and fyftie _taies_; and sowne after eight hundred _taies_ in melted plat more of hym.

And we had a generall counsell this day, wherin it was noted downe that Capt. Raphe Coppendall was ordayned by generall consent to goe up to the Emperour with a present. Also that Mr. Richard Wickham should have an alowance of 150 _taies_ per anno., to fynd hym aparell and other necessaries from our first arivall in Japon untill the last of August, 1615, we ariveing the 12th June, 1613. And that Mr. Jno. Osterwick should stay to keepe the bookes, and be alowed 20_l._ per ano. to fynd hym aparell and other necessaries, to begyn in Aprill last at his coming from Bantam. And that Jno. Coker, an Englishman, should stay for cooke in the English house, which is donne by his owne consent. And Mr. Wickham to goe up to lye at Miaco or Osekay, till other occation busynes be to employ hym in. And Mr. Eaton to com to Firando and goe to Tushma, to cleare in that place.

Soyemon Donos bark was set on fyre per neclegence of his servantes, beeing drunk and feasting abord according to Japon fation, this day, but by good helpe was sowne quenched.

Capt. Speck came to the English howse and offred to make a consort to have their small shipp and ours to stay to take the Amacon shipp and the great shipp to goe for Bantam; but it was not thought fyt soe to loose our monson.

_Febrary 9._--I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois to send stockinges and candells, and sent it per bark sent per China Capt. to buy gunpolder and pitch or rosen for _Hozeander_. We laded all the bras shivers and shot abord the _Hozeander_ this day.

The bedell of the ward had 1 sack rise.

_Febrary 10._--We laded 14 _picos_ copper and 3 _picos_ iron abord the _Hozeander_ this day.

Shezque Dono, Sugien Donos father, came to the English howse and brought a present of _mushos_, wyne, and redish, _nifon catange_, with many words of complemento. And the sea _bongews_ brought presentes.

_Febrary 11._--Gonrock sent me money for 155 _catts_ Priaman pepper for Emperors accompt, at 7 _tais_ per _pico_, is 10 _ta._ 8 _m._ 5 _co._ As also 30 _tais_ for chaders, cambias, and buxshaws, which one of his men bought on trust. All which money I receaved.

_Febrary 12._--Torasemon Dono came hym selfe to the English house, and brought a present of a _barso_ wyne and 2 faisant cocks.

_Febrary 14._--The king departed this day to goe to the Emperour, and had 13 peces ordinance shot out of the _Hozeander_ and 5 out of the Duch barke, with 8 or 10 chambers out of Duch house. I went out with a banket of sweetmeate, 2 barilles wyne, a jarr of biskit, and 30 wax candelles; which he took in very good part, and after sent me word by a servant that it had sufficed to have sent any one in the howse, and not to have com my selfe.

Mr. Hunt, the master of the _Hozeander_, fell into termes with Capt. Coppendall about Rowland Tomas, the purcer, telling hym he did hym not right about the abuse was formerly offred, and that the said Tomas should find it when they were at sea. These were bad wordes, and were because the said master might not keepe the kayes and domenere over the purcer in matters of hold. But it is thought that the wax was gon out of hold per lyke meanes.

_Febrary 15._--Mr. Nealson paid Jno. Cokora the cooke ten _tais_ and a halfe in great plate, upon acco. of his wagis, to cleare with them he is indebted unto.

And Capt. Speck sent me word he would let as have 2 _picos_ poulder, yf we stood in neede. Of which offer I accepted. And Capt. Speck lent us 50 sheetes paper.

Mr. Hunt desired to have a councell assembled tuching the abuse offred to hym per Rowland Tomas; which was donne. But more falt to be imputed to the master, Jno. Hunt, then the other. Soe we made them frendes.

_Febrary 16._--Moris Jones the chirurgion had 12 _tais_ plate bars paid hym per Mr. Nealson, agreed upon per councell for his pains. And Jno. Cocora the cooke, upon acco. his wagis, 11 _tais_.

_Febrary 17._--Niquan, the China Capt. kinsman, retorned from Langasaque and brought 370 _cattis_ pitch or rozen, cost 14 _tais_; and 310 _cattis_ gunpoulder, cost 64 _tas._ 1 _mas_; and for the bark 02 _tais_. And Capt. Speck sent the 2 barilles gunpolder which he promised.

_Febrary 18._--We waid out the pepper to day for the king, and had much adoe with the 10 men of ward who crinched[127] for wight; soe it must be waid over to morrow againe. 77 bags this day did way 49 _pico_ 96 _cattis_, and 80 bags out of China Capt. lodg, 57 _pico_ 35½ _cattis_. And I gave my case China bottelles of 12 to Capt. Coppendall.

_Febrary 19._--We cleared acco. of the 3,000 _tais_ this day with the King of Firandos _bongews_, and delivered them merchandiz for 121 : 3 : 5.

Unagense Dono sent me a present of 2 barsos wine, 2 Japon cakes (or _muchos_), and 2 mallardes. And we receaved 49 coks of bras of fownder.

Capt. Speck wrot me a letter, desyring to have the master or purcer of _Hozeander_ to make a bill lading of the ebony sent in _Hozeander_, being 927 loggs (or sticks), containing, as he said, 929 _picos_. Soe the purcer, Rowland Tomas, made hym 2 bills of the number of loggs, but not of wight, to deliver it to the Duch present at Bantam.

_Febrary 20._--I wrot a letter to Capt. Speck to will hym send a note under his ferme to pay fraight for the ebony, as shall be thought fyting betwixt the 2 agents, English and Duch; as also to send the price and wight of the 2 barrilles of polder, which Jacob Swager tould me waid 200 _cat._ nett. And after, Capt. Speck sent word it cost him 16 _tais_ per _pico_, is 32 : 0 : 0.

The _Hozeander_ went out to Cochi, and shot offe 5 pec. ordinance; and the Duch shot ofe 7 or 8 chambers at Holland howse. And I went abord Derick de Frize, and had 3 pec. ordinance shot of at my going away, and at retorne from _Hozeander_, 3 more. And Capt. Speck sent Jacob Swager abord the _Hozeander_ as we went out, with a present of 3 barrilles wyne, 4 greate fishes, and 6 hense. And I gave a peece of watcht[128] damaske to Rowland Tomas, purcer of the _Hozeander_, in requitall of a small rough diamond in a ryng of gould he gave me the other day, esteemed worth som 4 or 5 _taies_. Also I gave the chirurgion, Mouris Jones, a peece red damaske and a R. of 8 in money for his payns taken in howse, and for a bag of synomond and a box of mace he gave me.

_Febrary 21._--I delivered to China Capt. a bag of rialles of eight, containing 500 R. of 8 in it, is 400 _tais_; and receaved 300 _tais_ in plate of bars of hym. And I waterd and new packed up the amber greese in 2 leaden pots, same as before, and the musk in an other, marked as followeth:--

_catt. ta. m._ 32 A. 5 4 2 } B. 4 9 8 } is 9 _catt._ 14 _tay_ wt. amber gris. C. 4 0 0 musk in 86 cods, cost 048 0 0

being marked with the Companis mark. And packed up all three in one chist under same marke without number, and put abord the _Hozeander_.

And I receaved a letter from Jorge Durois with a baskit containing 120 tallo candells of 6 for a _mas_, with 4 pere silke stockings, viz. 2 peare at 9 _pezos_ or R. 8, 2 peare at 7 _tais_ plate bars, and 4 peare cuffes and 1 band, cost 1 _tay_.

_Febrary 22._--Capt. Coppendall had a runlet of pery I gave hym. And I delivered in three bills to Semidone, viz.:--

1 bill of 70 _tais_, due of ould. 1 bill of 50 _tais_, for merchandize sould. 1 bill of 20 _tais_, for a gun.

And he gave me a new bill of 250 _tais_, wherof 116 : 5 : 0 was owing upon ould acco., and 133 : 5 : 0 goodes delivered at Miaco per Mr. Eaton, is 250 : 0 : 0 now owing, to pay at a yeare.

And Andrea Dittis, China Capt., sould a boy called Mats to Capt. Coppendall for 10 _taies_.

And the China Capt. had 4 _mas_ wight Paraman gould at 14 per one in plate, upon acco.

And I gave Mr. Jno. Hunt, master of the _Hozeander_, 2 Japon buck skins and a peare silk stockings for a present, in respect he gave me a case bottell.

There was a great eclips of the moone this night, began about 9 a clock. But the wether proved overcast that we could not observe no star, which we thought to have donne, to find out the true longetude of this place.

_Febrary 23._--The China Capt. sent 2 barrilles _morofack_, 2 jarrs biskit, and 2 barrilles pickeld tunny for a present to Capt. Jourden for Bantam. I gave Jno. de Lievana 2½ Rs. of 8 in Spanish money, and Françisco Carnero one riall of 8; and passed my word to pay a _tay_ in Japon plate to Tome Dono for Jno. de Lievanas housrowme.

_Febrary 24._--I delivered twenty and five _tais_ plate bars to Mr. Osterwick, to pay twenty _tais_ to Yayemon Dono and Tayamon Dono, the two carpenters, geven ten _tais_ a peece for a present for payns extraordnary about shipp.

The great Holland shipp, called the _Ankewsen_, went out to sea this day, and the junk in compa. with her.

And I went with Capt. Coppendall to Hollandes howse to offer Capt. Speck to carry his letters to Bantam, as their shipp did ours, shee being ready to put to sea to morrow; but fownd Capt. Speck was gon out with shipp.

Jacob Swager brought Capt. Coppendall a bottell of wyne and a cheese for a present.

Divers Shashmas came to see the English howse, whome I used kindly. They said the King of Shashma ment to goe to the Emperour the next moneth.

Capt. Speck sent word to desire us to carry 6 Japon marreners along in our shipp for Bantam that were left behind out of their junck.

_Febrary 25._--I sealed up my packet letters for England, viz.:--

1 to the Wor. Company } 1 to Ser Thomas Smith } all enclozed to Worll. Compa., 1 to Mr. Edward James } with 1 from Mr. Eaton. 1 to Capt. Jno. Saris } 1 to my brother Walter }

And in that packet the letters[129] which went per junck per way of Syam the last yeare both to my Lo. Treasurer, the Worll. Compa., Mr. Wilson, Capt. Saris, and others; as also the ballance of the books.

More, I wrot letters for Bantam as followeth, viz.:--

2 to Capt. Jourden, with journall ballance and 4 books petty charges, all in a box left open, delivered to Capt. Coppendall; with a packet containing 2 pere silk stockinges, 2 bandes, and 1 per cuffes.

1 to Mr. Ric. Westby, with a Japon standish.

1 to Jno. Beamont, with a Japon standish and a peare clamps.

1 to Piter Turner, with a jar biskit.

1 to Francis Sewall, with a jar biskit.

1 to Harnando Ximenes, with a pere silk stockings.

All which matters I delivered to Capt. Coppendall, and went with hym abord shipp to Cochi and carid as followeth:

To Mr. Jno. Hunt, master, a bag bisket containing 55 _cattes_, and a box marma[lade].

To Mr. Dorington and Mr. Carpenter his mate, 1 bag biskit containing 50 _cat._

To shipps company, 3 barrilles wyne and 4 hoggs.

The China Capt. acoompanid us abord. We had 1 pec. ordinance at entry, 6 pec. for healths, and 5 at going away. Capt. Speck brought a letter to deliver to Duch president at Bantam.

_Febrary 26._--I wrot a letter to Pattania to Mr. Adam Denton, and Bent it per small Duch yaught, with a jar biskit and a letter to Mr. Gurney, Syam.

A slave of the Admeralls did run away and gott secretly abord our shipp; of the which I advised Capt. Coppendall. So, when they had waid ancor and were under seale, they came to an ancor againe and sent hym back per shipps boate. Soe, after midnight, wind vering northerly, they set seale. God send them a good voyage.

The chirurgion of the _Hozeander_ used speeches that Mr. Nealson had not geven hym satisfaction for paines he had taken with hym in his sicknes, and to that effect got Capt. Coppendall to write me a letter, and sent a note per Mr. Wickham of _dares_ and _tomares_.[130] Soe, at the same instant, Mr. Nealson sent all the chirurgions _dares_ back to hym, with a note of what he had geven hym. The chirurgion is a prating fello, and I think sett on per others.

_Hozeander_ put to sea at midnight.

_Febrary 27._--I had conference with the carpenters to build a new gadonge per water side, which, according to the note they put in, will cost for tymber and other stuffe, besides workmanshipp, 681 _tais_.

And Oyen Dono and Soyemon Dono sent in plate of bars upon the kinges acco. 519 : 2 : 3½, and upon acco. of China Capt., Andrea Dittis, 28 : 3 : 0.