class="day">Marche 7.—News came to Langasaque that they should make very dilligent search for padres (or pristes) and in whose howse they were fownd, not only to kill all that famely, but allso all the street in which they are fownd.

I sent a bar plate, containing 3 tas 9 mas, to the China musitions which plaid at Capt. Whows when we weare at dyner. Also I sent the rest of a pece of straw culler baies

for a present to a China called Lanquin Niquan, he coming the other day to vizet me with a present, and is of the place neare unto that we hope to enter for trade.

And I paid the China notory for translating the kinges letter x tais iij mas.

The China Capt. went late at night towardes Firando, per whome I wrot a letter to Mr. Nealson and Mr. Osterwick that I ment to follow within 2 daies. His going was to put money into the 2 junkes afforsaid.

Marche 8.—Ric. Hoodson paid Georg Durons for sope and candelles, viz:—

Marche 9.—I gave the dansing bears 4 ta. 5 m., and ther servant 4 mas. And I paid the shew maker, for 2 peare clampes and 2 peare pumps, 1 ta. 2 m.

Ric. Hudson paid 1 tay 3 mas for a vyne tree to be carid to Firando.

Marche 10.—Niquans junk departed towardes Tonkyn this day.

I gave Jorges doughter 2 mas, her father (Capt. Adams host) sending me a hare.

Marche 11.—Sanquishe Dono, the governors brother, sent me a banketing box, meates, fish, and other matters, nifon cantange, with 2 bottels wyne, with many complementall wordes.

The dansing beares came againe, and I gave them a bar plate of 3½ tais.

Marche 12.—Tozayemon Dono deliverd Ed. Sayer 41 picull 39 cattis 6 ta. goco copper, which he laden abord Fingo Shiquans junck for voyag to Cochinchina, at 65 mas picull.

A China, which was capt. of junck which goeth to Cagellon, died on the sudden this day, as they think being blasted.

Marche 14.—A Portugez called Garçia Machado, a Portugez of Amacau, came to me at such tyme as a Japon was about to sell me a rapier and dagger, which he laid cleame to, as being stolne from hym per a silvere smith with 15 tais of plate he had deliverd hym to plate the sword and dagger. The dagger hilt was plated, but not the rapier. Soe he rec. it out of the Japons owne handes, and gave me a recept to save me harmlesse, yf in case it were brought in question.

There was an extreme storme or tuffon this day, which drove one of the China junckes on shore; and, had it not byn for good helpe, she had byn cast away. Wynd vering to N.W.

Marche 16.—I delivered iij C. tais plate bars to the China Capt. to goe in adventure for Tacca Sanga or Isla Fermosa, and Mr. Osterwick paid hym iij C. tais more at Firando, in all vj C. tais, and goeth for accompt of Right Honble. and Worll. Company, our emploiers, to be disbursed for silke. God send a prosperous voiage.

I envited Capt. Adames, Yasimon Dono, Mr. Sayer, and Robt. Hawley, and had the dansing beares, which cost ij tais plate bars, and two mas small plate geven their boy, all paid my selfe.

Shoyemon Dono, the master of dansing beares, came and brought me a present of 2 barsos wyne and 16 loves bread.

Ghiquans junck went downe to Facondo; soe Capt. Adames, Ed. Sayer, and Robt. [Hawley] took ther leave and went abord.

Marche 17.—I gave dansing bears one bar plate containing 3 tais, and 4 mas to neremonnears[7] brought them.

This night about son seting the junck of Fingo Shiquan put to sea, wherein Capt. Adames went pilot, and Ed. Sayer

and Robt. Hawley for Worll. Company, Chimpow a China being capten.

Tachemon our cooke had 3½ small plate, which he paid to Jor. Durons to reedeme his son, and the money goeth on his wagis.

[7] The bearers of the sedan chairs or neremons.

Marche 18.—I delivered 30 tais plate bars to Andrea Dittis, China Capt., for our diet since we came to Langasaque; but he would have taken nothing, it being in a howse of his slave where we la. Also I ment to have geven the good wife a bar plate of 4 ta. 4 m., and an other bar to servantes of 3 ta. 1 m. 8 co., and a therd to the children, containing 2 ta. 4 m. 3 co.; but he would not suffer me to geve nothing to wife nor servantes, but the 2 ta. 4 m. 3 co. to the children.

Albartus the Hollander came to Langasaque this day and came to vizet me, and tould me he ment to have sent 1000 or 2000 tais plate in the junck where Capt. Adames went, yf she had not departed from hence before he came. So now he menes to send it in the junck of Barnardo.

Marche 19.—I rec. 2 letters from Mr. Osterwick and Mr. Nealson, dated in Firando, le 17th currant, sent per a Japon, advising of the needfull, namely, how the King of Firando had geven a streete of above 50 howses joyning to their howse, to pull it downe and build their howse larger with 2 new warehowses (or gadongs). I wish we had our howse at Langasaque, and then let the Hollanders domener at Firando, for out of dowbt they pay for it.

Phesemon Dono, a kinsman of Sugian Dono of Umbra, came to vizet me, being an inhabitant of Langasaque, and had built a howse (second to our lodging), reared but 2 dais past, offering me greate frendship, enviting me to his howse, he having maried a frend of Gonrok Donos, governor of this place, she being a Christian, whoe urged me much to know our principles of religion, and whether we had churches in our cuntrey. Unto all which I answered in particular that

we had both archbushopps, bushops, and other sortes of church men, but not mas pristes which said service in Lattin, but in our owne language, etc.

Palle the bozes father, called Yoshiemon, came and brought me a present, 2 fyshes; and I gave his littell doughter he brought with hyme a peece of two single Rialls.

Marche 21.—I bought a catabra for Tango Dono, cost in plate bars 6 tais.

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