ready to goe up to Miaco and soe for Edo with the lead for themperour,
I went and vizeted hym, and carid hym a pottell of strong annis water
distilled with musk, which he took in good parte, and lefte the
company where he was and came into an other roome with me; which som
others took in dogen and used som wordes about it. But this was a
fello, a spie sent per the fathers to pick quarrells against us. Yet I
said littell to it, but gave place, the others saying they staid for
Yasimon.
And this day, in the after nowne, the admerall Johnson, with Capt.
Speck and Capt. Lafevere, came to our howse to know whether our shipp
_Pepercorne_ were ready to goe out or noe, as theirs was; for that
tyme passed and our enemies were ready to gett tyme upon us, and that
their shipp, the _Muyon_, was ready according to composition. Unto
which our comander, Robt. Addams, with the rest of us, answerd that
our shipp was as ready as theirs, and that on Twesday next should be
ready to set seale.
_October 14_ (_Conguach 10_).--I advized Mr. Sayer, at Nangasaque, to
look out for Short, costa que costa, and to speake to [contractors] to
send all away per first, for that our fleet would all be ready to
departe within 20 daies after date hereof, and that the _Pepercorne_ 209
and _Muyon_ were now ready to departe; as also to send noe more barly
at above 8 _gantas_ per _mas_.
_October 16_ (_Conguach 12_).--Mr. Sayer wrot me that, a friggat going
out, they serched her to the verry keele and opened all chistes, to
have fownd Ric. Short, but could not be fownd. [They fownd] above 1000
pikes, _langenott_, and _cattans_, and brought them back, and would
have staid the pilot; but the capt. more standes bound to answer for
all which is taken.
_October 17_ (_Conguach 13_).--I wrot out 2 remembrances for Mr.
Christopher Bogens and Mr. Mathew Moreton, Cape merchant and master of
the shipp _Pepercorne_, she being ready to proceed on a voyage to
Manillias, she and the shipp _Moyon_ in her company, they going before
the rest of the fleete; the coppie of which remembrances I keepe by
me.
Gonrok Dono wrot to the King of Firando in the behalf of the
Portingall capt. moore, to have the ould Portingall which I kept in
howse sent to hym; of which the king sent me word with the letter of
Gonrok. Unto which I answered, I did keepe that Portugez per his
Highnesse leave and lycense formerly geven me, and soe desired to doe
till Ric. Short with our other English runawaies were retorned. Unto
which it seemed the king was content, for I heard nothing afterward.
_October 18_ (_Conguach 14_).--The 2 shipps, _Pepercorne_ and _Moyen_,
put to sea this day in the after nowne; and went abord both of them at
Cochie, and [carid] Mr. Moreton, Mr. Bogens, and the capt. and Cape
merchant of the _Moyen_, Mr Houlden and ,[104] each of them
a bottell of annis water, and 2 bottelles to Hary Dodsworth and
Abraham Smart.
Mr. Thomas Harod departed out of this worlde this day, towardes night, 210
after he had made his will.
[104] Blank in MS.
_October 19_ (_Conguach 15_).--Mr. Harod was buryed this day, and left
per his will his wages in England due per Company, with his howses at
Blackwall, to his doughter, and to his wife 2 groates or 8 pence
starling, for that she should cleame noe parte of his goods in respect
she marryed in his abcense. Also he gave to me a gerdell and hangers
of velvet with silver buckelles and hooks, and also x _taies_ bar
plate to make me a ring; and j C. rialles of 8 betwixt Mr. Edmond
Sayer and his yong doughter Joan, to part eaven, with his great chist
and bible to Mr. Ed. Sayer ditto.
_October 20_ (_Conguach 16_).--The King of Firando went on hunting
yistarday, accompanied with above 3000 men, into the mountayns, and
this day retorned with 7 or 8 fallo deare and as many wild boares or
pigges. And the king sent me a fallo deare, skyn, guttes and all, and
Semidone a wild swine or pigg.
_October 21_ (_Conguach 17_).--Capt. Leonard Camps and my selfe went
to the king to geve him to understand that tyme passed away and Gonrok
Dono came not, soe that it was expedient we departed forthwith to the
Emperours court to doe our dutie and carry our presentes, for that now
winter came on and, yf we went not presently, it was to late to goe
this yeare; soe that we were better to loose the friggatt and all the
goodes in her than encur the Emperours displeasure; yet, if his
Highnesse would, we cout at this instant produce witnesses suffitient
to prove the 2 men, in the Hollanders howse presoners, to be frires or
padres. But the king answered he could do nothing without Gonrok; soe
that this night he would send to hym per expres, to see whether he
would com or noe, and soe, upon his answere, we might departe.
Also Capt. Camps desired to have justis executed against them which 211
did beate Capt. Lafevre. Unto which the king replied, what justis he
would have, for the doars thereof weare yet in preson. Capt. Camps
replied that he did not desire their lives, nether, yf it had byn
offered against hym selfe, would he speake any more about it, only in
respect of the abusse offerd against such a man as Comander Lafevre
was, he desired the same parties which offerd the abuse might be
brought to the place where they did it and be beaten with cudgells. At
which the king smiled and said it could not be, but, yf he would have
them cutt in peeces, he would doe it. But Capt. Camps said he desired
not their lives, yet that he would certifie Admerall Johnson and Capt.
Lafevre what he said.
_October 22_ (_Conguach 18_).--I rec. of Mr. Arthur Hatch, precher,
geven for the making of the buriall place 12 _ta._ 6 _m._; more, 1 bar
plate of Mr. Chapman, 2 _ta._
Cuschcron Dono and Jenqueze Dono came to me and tould me the
Hollanders had lent iij M. _tais_ to the _tono_ (or king) of this
place, and that he expected the like from us. Unto whome I answerd
that they know the booty which the Hollanders had brought into this
place, which we had noe parte of, and therefore might doe that which
we could not doe, having hitherto spent and geven away treble more
then we have gott; yet I would take councell with the rest of the
merchantes and se what might be donne and then geve them answer, for
it was against reason for us to take up money at intrest and lend to
others for nothing, and, besides, many other noble men sent to borow
money, we having non to lend, as they themselves did know as well as
we. Unto which they answerd, it was true, yet, notwithstanding, it was
fyt to lend to the king, he now standing in need, although we lent non
to the rest; for soe it behoved us, being strangers, yf we esteemed
our owne good.
And we sould all our small deare skins at 13 _tais_ per cento, of them
which came in the _Pepercorne_.
_October 23_ (_Conguach 19_).--I receved a quittance from Capt. Robt. 212
Adams, admerall, for 1814 R. of 8, at 5_s._ str. per R. of 8, for the
xvjth parte of priz goodes, to be geven in the fleete, for which Capt.
Adames is bound to make it good, yf the Honble. Company think it not
fyt to pay it. And soe the capt. of other shipps gave quittances to
Capt. Adams in like sort, to be answerable for that they rec. for
their shipps proporsion; and each comander took the like securety from
their shipps companies, that their wages should be answerable for it,
yf it were not alowed per the Honble. Company in England. Yet som
refuced to receve any money upon that termes, but the most parte did
accept of it. God grant those scabbed sheepe doe not in the end spoile
the whole flock.
_October 24_ (_Conguach 20_).--This day is the feast of hors-runing
with archars on horseback to shoute at a mark with bowes and arowes,
the horse runing his full carer.
Mr. Sayer retorned from Nangasaque within night, and brought news that
the _Pepercorne_ and _Moyen_ have taken a Portingall junck which went
out of Nangasaque and bound for Amacou.
_October 25_ (_Conguach 21_).--We and the Hollanders paid 900 _tais_
plate barrs to the King of Firando for the 200 _pico._ lead geven hym
in his present the last yeare.
_October 26_ (_Conguach 22_).--The _bongews_ at Cochie did lay handes
upon our English men and (as the admerall, Capt. Adames, doth tell me)
have taken above 20, and sent hym word it was per order from the king.
_October 27_ (_Conguach 23_).--Mr. Cockram envited all the princepall,
both of English and Duch, abord the _Elizabeth_, to dyner this day,
where we had good entertaynment and good cheare with healthes of guns
shott affe in good sort.
This night was very stormy wether, like to a tuffon, in which the
_Palsgrove_ broke a cable, and the _Elizabeth_ a cable and a hawser.
We complayned to the justis how our men were taken presoners per the 213
Japons without reason, they fordging debtes upon them which they owd
not, striping our men naked and taking from them all they had, when
they owed them nothing. Unto which, answer was made the king knew
nothing thereof.
_October 28_ (_Conguach 24_).--Capt. Camps and myselfe went to
Torazemon Dono to desire hym to speake to the king that we might go to
themperour with our presentes; and that we might deliver our presentes
to the king before we went up, because the shipps weare now ready to
departe. Also we made knowne unto hym the takeing and keeping our men
presoners, both English and Duch. Unto all which he answered, that the
king desired us to stay till the last of this moone _Conguach_, for
that the 29th day (which is 5 daies hence) he expected Gonrok Dono to
come to Firando, for soe had he promised hym without fayle to doe. And
for the present to be deliverd unto hym before we deliverd our present
to themperour, it was not fitt, and therefore best to lett it rest
till we retorned from the Court. And for our men taken presoners, the
kinge knew nothing thereof, but now he would make it knowne unto hym
and retorne us his answer.
_October 30_ (_Conguach 26_).--I was enformed this day per Capt.
Lennis, Mr. Barrns being the man which tould it, that Mr. Arnold
Brown, master of the shipp _Palsgrove_, hath stolne 5 fardelles of
silke of priz goodes and stowed them under his cabben, whereof Mr.
Trumpeter of _Palsgrove_ is witnesse; of the which I enformed Mr.
Eaton, Mr. Cockram, Mr. Sayer, and Mr. Ostarwick, and all together
made it knowne to the admerall, Capt. Robt. Adames, and Mr. Jno.
Munden. Soe it was agreed to serch his cabben to morow; but Mr. Arthur
Hatch, preacher in the same shipp (whose cabben is next to Mr.
Brownes) tould us that out of dowbt we should now find nothing theare,
it being formerly removed before shipp was upon a carin, yet that 214
he did see 4 or 5 bales brought in by others at sea and stowed theare.
Soe hereupon we staid the serch.
_October 31_ (_Conguach 27_).--We went abord the shipp _Palsgrove_ to
dyner, where all the Duch were envited likwaies.
And Capt. Camps came to thenglish house, where we agreed to sett
forward towardes themperours Court on Munday mornyng, yf the king of
this place did not stay us perforce, which a long time he hath
perswaded us unto.
_November 1_ (_Conguach 28_).--We dyned this day at China Capt., where
we had good entertaynment, both sea men and merchantes, with the
dansing beares.
And towardes night we had news that 3 of our howses at Cochie were
burned, being sett on fire by a retchlesse fello that did seeth the
kettell to neare the howse walle. All the howsing was quite burned to
the grownd, with som 9 barilles of tunny fish and 9 or 10 muskittes
and 20 swordes; but our seales and other matters of worth were saved
by the industry of our men with the helpe of the Hollanders and som
Japons. Yt is said most parte of the fish which was thought to be
burned was stole away per Japons, as also som 6 muskettes and som
swordes.
_November 2_ (_Conguach 29_).--I went to Cochie to see what hurt the
fire had donne, and fownd it as I before discribed, only many of our
truck plankes, with bordes and other tymbers, were much burned or
scubered, but quenched in good tyme.
And the king sent to me to know my answer whether I would pay the
debtes our marrenars owed, that were per the Japons taken presoners.
Unto which I answerd, no, for that they had trusted them contrary to
his Highnesse proclemation to trust non but such as broght money; and
besides they taxed our men to owe them 10 tymes more then was due unto
them, beating them and striking them naked, and per force taking all 215
the money from other men which owed them nothing; of the which I ment
to demand justis from his Highnesse, and that our men might be sett
free, for that the Emperour would suffer us to carry noe Japons in our
shiping, and therefore no reason to keepe our men per force, which
they might do yf they pleased, but I would never consent to pay a peny
of that the Japons demanded. Unto which they answerd that the king
would not keepe our men.
_November 3_ (_Conguach 30_).--I sent the _caboques_ 4 _tais_ small
plate for _fannos_ at China Capt. howse.
I wrot a peticion this day to the king, making knowne the taking our
men presoners with other abuses offerd to our nation, requiring our
men to be sett at libertie.
_November 5_ (_Junguach 2_).--Gonrok Dono and Feze Dono arived at
Firando this day; and Gonrok Dono sent me a present of 2 silk
_kerremons_, and Feze Dono sent me 500 egges, 30 hense, and 25 drid
netes tonges.
_November 6_ (_Junguach 3_).--I paid in small plate as followeth,
viz.:--
To the glover or shewmaker, Jenchero Dono, for--
_ta. m. co._
5 peare pumps at 2 _mas_ pear 1 0 0
2 peare gloves, at 3 _mas_ peare 0 6 0
3 peare garters and 4 roses, making 0 5 0
More, paid the gouldsmith--
For making a silver cover for mack jack[105] 0 2 0
For making furneture of a gerdell, silver 0 7 0
For making a head of silver or cap for staffe 0 1 0
More, paid to cooper for Susanna, viz.--
For 2 tubbs to wash bodies in 0 3 0
For 4 bucketts to cary water 0 3 0
For a tub to put rise in 0 1 0
For 4 small buckettes or tubbs 0 1 0
And we and the Hollanders were called before the king, where we found 216
Gonrok Dono, Feze Dono, and others, which caused the 2 padres,
presoners in the Hollands howse, to be brought before them, with the
capt. of the friggatt and others, where all our papers were perused,
and amongst the rest a letter or ordinance from the Bushopp of
Manillia, authoresing frire Pedro de Sunega to be prior and vicker
generall over all Christians in all provinces of Japon, with other
letters to conferme it. Yet this frire did utterly deny it, and that
he was a merchant and noe frire. Soe then we produced 2 witnesses, the
one a Portugez, called Ravelles, and the other an inhabitant of the
Manillias; both which confessed they knew frire Pedro de Sunega to be
a padre of the order of St. Augustin, and Ravelles said he had seene
hym say mas in the howse of Alvaro Munios at Nangasaque, and that
Harnando Ximenes did see the like. Soe for this tyme the king and
Gonrok Dono did dismis us, and gave noe sentence, but willed us to
produce more witnesses. Unto which we answerd we could produce noe
more, and willed them to make an end of it, as God should put it into
their mind, to thentent we might procead on our voyage to vizet the
Emperour. But they replied they would call us to morow or next day and
make an end yf they could.
[105] Perhaps a jack, or large flagon, of _makiye_ or lacquer.
_November 7_ (_Junguach 4_).--We and the Hollanders went to the
pallace, being called per the king to dispute our matter about the
frigatt; where we found Gonrok Dono, Feze Dono, and the rest, of
Nangasaque, and shewed other writeinges to prove this Pedro de Suniga
to be a father and prior and vicar generall of all the Cbristians in
Japon. And the king sent for Harnando Ximenes and Lues the telor to
reade over the letters in Spanish, but nether the one nor other would
doe it. And soe late we retorned; it being ordayned to make an end to
morow. But the king, with Semi Dono and others, sent us word secretly
to stand to that which we had spoaken, and then we needed not to 217
feare to get our processe, for that 7 of ten had allready geven their
voices on our sides.
_November 8_ (_Junguach 5_).--We and the Duch made our selves ready to
have gon to the pallace, to have made an end of our processe of the
frigat; but after nowne word was sent us to stay till to morow, for
that Feze Dono was sick. But the matter was, for that they were
envited to the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, to dyner. And the China
Capt. tould me that the King of Firando sent for hym in secret, and
asked hym whether he knew this Pedro de Sunega to be a padre or no.
Unto which he answered he knew hym to be a padre, as his sonne
Augustin did the like, being at Manillas; yet, in respect he lived at
Nangasaque, and that Gonrok Dono was his frend, he did not desire to
be seene in the matter. And towardes night Torazemon Dono went to
Hollands howse and sent for me thether, and tould us that of 10 which
were of the councell proving them fathars, 7 weare on our side, and
the rest could stand upon nothing but to ask us what was the occation
that these two denied themselves to be fathers, all the rest
confessing them to be such at first demand; to the which we should
take councell how to answer, when we were to com before the king and
Gonrok Dono. Also, at same tyme, the 3 Japon _jurebassos_, which came
with Gonrok Dono from Nangasaque, came to Hollands howse to demand
lycense to have private conferrence with the 2 fryres, presoners; but
the king sent us secret adviz not to consent unto it. Soe answer was
made unto them that they should not com to speech of them except it
were in presence of the king and Gonrok Dono and the rest of the
justices.
_November 9_ (_Junguach 6_).--The king with Gonrok Dono went a fishing
this day; soe we had noe audience about our plito. Yet the king sent
us word to stand to that we formerly proposed, and to answer to certen
demandes as he gave us the forme how to doe, and not to think any 218
ill, yf he were sharpe in speeches against us, which he would doe of
purpose to blind our enemis.
_November 10_ (_Junguach 7_).--I paid in plate of barrs to Jno. Japon:
for Susannas slave Ita, 12: 0: 0; for a sett of _gocas_ for her,
6: 5: 0.
The China Capt. gave me a silver tastar and a silver dish to sett it
upon, poiz both 4 _ta._ 4 _ma._[106]
The shipp _Palsgrove_ went out this day to Cochie roade.
I staid all this day attending to goe to Court about our plito; but,
as I am enformed, Gonrok desireth the king we should stay till som men
com from Nangasaque, which he hath sent for. And, as it is said, this
Gonrok Dono did report in themperours Court that we and the Hollanders
did of mallice accuse these Spaniardes to be fathers, which he knewe
were non such, and that upon payne of his life he would prove it to be
soe. But now, finding our testemony to be such as it is and canot be
denied, he knoweth not what to doe, but useth all _trampas_[107] and
fetches he can to delay tyme and bring it to nothing per all meanes he
may.
[106] In the margin called a "silver cupp and sawser".
[107] Span., traps, tricks.
_November 11_ (_Junguach 8_).--Gonrok Dono and others sent both us and
the Hollanders word that they would send to call 10 padres or frires
which were presoners at Umbra, and that we should make choise of any 3
or 4 of them to be wittnesses whether the 2 prisoners at Hollandes
howse were fathers or no. But we retorned answer that we knew not
whether those 10 men they spake of were fathers or noe; nether would
we have to doe with them nor put the matter to their discretion, which
we had soe manifestly proved allready.
_November 12_ (_Junguach 9_).--I went to Torazemon Dono to tell hym
againe of the abuses daylie offered to our English marrenars, at 219
Cochie espetially, desiring to have redresse; and that I would send
one of our _jurebassos_ to the admerall, Capt. Adames, at Cochie, to
look out in all howses where our men were thus abused and to take true
notis hereof, as his Highnesse (the king) had ordayned. The which he
answered me was well donne, and that this day he would put the king
againe in mind therof and tell hym what I said. But sowne after he
sent his man unto me to tell me the king would take order that our men
should all be set at libertie, whether they owed money or noe.
_November 13_ (_Junguach 10_).--The Duch shipp _Trowe_ went to Cochie
road, and I sent 4 barkes to helpe to toe her out.
And I parted the _coshon_ money of Tozemon Dono, being 96 _tais_ 5
_mas_, amongst our servantes as followeth, viz.:--
_ta. m. co._
To ould Jno. _jurebasso_ 20 0 0
To greate Tome _jurebasso_ 20 0 0
To Coa Jno. _jurebasso_ 20 0 0
To Migell, Corean _jurebasso_ 05 0 0
To Coa Domingo 10 0 0
To Lawrance 06 0 0
To Paule 05 5 0
To littell Tome _jurebasso_ 05 0 0
To ould Domingo 05 0 0
_November 14_ (_Junguach 11_).--Capt. Camps and my selfe having made a
writing in the Japon languadg, per councell of the king of this place,
directed to Gonrok Dono and the king, wherin we advized that, our
proves against the padres being made, we would say noe more in that
matter, but left it to their discresions to doe therein what they
pleased, we attesting we took them as our enemies, and did not know
they weare padres till they confessed it themselves; nether would we
have to doe with any padres they brought from Umbra or Nangasaque 220
to be judges in our affares tuching that matter, nor would not beleeve
nether them nor any other Spaniardes nor Portingales they should
produce in that matter, houlding them parsiall and our enemies in that
matter. Soe we desired leave to departe towardes themperours Court to
doe our duties; and sent this writing per our 2 _jurebassos_ to Gonrok
Dono. And he caused them to cary it to the King of Firando,
accompanied with one of his owne men.
And the ambassadors of the King of Syam, which are now retorned from
themperours Court, where they were royally receved, did com to vizet
our English howse, accompanied with Capt. Yasimon Dono of Nangasaque
and a man which themperour sent with them from Edo to accompany them
to Nangasaque. The ambassador gave me a barrill of wyne for a present,
and the Japon which accompanid hym from Edo an other. And the
ambassador requested me to geve hym a letter of favour with an English
flagg, yf in case they met with any English or Hollandes shipps at
sea; and Capt. Yasimon Dono did desire the like: which I promised to
them both to performe. And I sent a pottell glasse bottell of annise
water for a present to the ambassador, which he took in very good
part.
_November 15_ (_Junguach 12_).--We were sent for to the Court to make
an end of our processe with the padres, where we found 4 padres of the
presoners of Umbra, one being a Japon, as also Lues Martin, Balthazar
Martin, Alvaro Munios, Pinta a woaman, with divers others, brought in
by Gonrok Dono to doe what in them la to witnesse against us; where
many speeches passed, but non would confesse they knew them to be
padres, but our two witnesses stood still to their word, although
foule mouthed Munios did revile them. And so we were remitted till to
morow. Yet I was secretly advized it would goe on our side, and that
the capt. of the friggat was to suffer death with others; but Yochian 221
Dies, the capt., desired that I or Capt. Camps might suffer death with
hym, according to the use of Japon, that he which causeth an other man
to die must goe the same way hym selfe.
_November 16_ (_Junguach 13_).--I sent Domingo _jurebasso_, with the
boteswaine and pursers mate of the shipp _Moone_, to look out in every
Japons howse at Cochie where they kept our Englishmen presoners, where
they fownd som with boultes and shakelles, others with cheanes, others
bownd and pineoned with ropes, som owing nothing to the Japons, and
others tormented because they would not confesse they owed 4 or 5
times more to Japons then was due to them. All which I put up in a
writing and delivered it to the King of Firandos councell to have
redresse.
And Oyen Dono came and tould me that we were sure to get our processe
of the friggat; and Cushcron Dono tould me the like, and that he
thought divers others weare like to suffer death about it.
_November 17_ (_Junguach 14_).--Within night the Hollanders and we
were sent for to the Court about our plito with the padres (or frires)
which also were sent for. And we remeaned theare till 11 or 12 a
clock, and came not to sight of the king, and then had leave to
departe; only in that tyme they sent for 2 letters directed to frier
padre Tomas, a Japon padre, presoner at Umbra, and now brought to
Firando, as I noted heretofore. And, as we are secretly enformed, this
frire hath confessed that the 2 presoners at Hollands howse are
padres, for he was all day in company with the king and Gonrok Dono in
secret conference, and, as it is said, will turne gentell againe, or
at least renege his pristhood, to save his life. And, as som say,
Gonrok Dono is suspected to be a Christian.
_November 18_ (_Junguach 15_).--The shipp _Elizabeth_ went out of
Firando to Cochie.