June 29.—I am enformed how the King of Fingo hath sent to Ikenaura and caused the man to be cut which began the brute with Mr. Eaton.
Sugen Dono sent a present of frute, and came and vizeted the English howse.
And Yayamon Dono, kinges shipwright, had 4 blocks or pulleis lent hym to make others by.
June 30.—The king sent me word that a nobleman of Xaxma was com to Firando and desired to vizet our English howse and to goe abord our shipp, and that he was a man of acompt, and therefore wished me to use hym respectively; which I did in showing hym the howse and making him a colation, as he had the lyke abord and 5 peces ordinance for a farewell.
I send Albaro Munois and Gil de la Barreda, the Alpheris, each of them a gallon bottell oyle and a quart bottell Spanish wyne, glasse bottells and all for a present.
The nobleman of Xaxma sent to have a sample of gallie pottes, jugges, tuns, podingers, lookinglasses, table bookes, chint bramport, and combarbands,[141] with the prices.
July 1.—Upon good consideration we sent these thinges following for a present to the 2 noblemen of Xaxma, understanding they are kyn to the king and greate men in those partes, viz:—
- 2 looking glasses, 1 square and 1 8 square.
- 2 pere tablebookes.
- 2 gallepottes, flat, of 6 cattis.
- 2 gallepottes, flat, of 4 "
- 2 galepottes, flat, of 1 "
- 2 gallepottes, high, of 6 "
- 2 gallepottes, high, of 4 "
- 2 gallepottes, high, of 2 "
- 2 green jugges.
- 2 green posset pottes.
- 2 gren tunns.
- 4 single comberbandes harer.
- 2 single peeces chint bramport.
Which present they tooke in good part, and retorned me answers per Mr. Eaton that, yf we would have any busynes with the King of Xaxma, we should fynd they were men that could doe something and would not be forgetfull both of their entertaynment at English howse as also abord the shipp; and that which bownd them the more, the sending these presents unto them of thinges they had neaver seene the lyke before, and therefore would not want to signifie so much to the king their master. And sowne after they sent me thankes per 2 of their men, and eather of them sent me a present of a banketing box with furneture of trenchers, dishes, and other mattrs, for 5 men to eate with, after Japon fation.
Mr. Rowe went to Duch howse with a present of a runlet of wyne, a jarre conserved nutmegs, and som conserved ginger, and was frendly entertaynd.