September 25.—I sent Goresano before day to the clark of the Privie Seale, to fetch our goshon or prevelegis and to carry hym a present of a peece of black silk grogran. He delivered the present but retornd without the writing, willing hym to retorn anon.
I gave an Englishmans child, called Tho. Flood, a tay in Tagemon[183] plate.
We could not get our ould preveleges againe, and soe we [were] forced to departe without them.
September 26.—I gave the caboque Shezero an ichobe and a silk catabra, and sent the master of them a bar Coban.
We departed towardes Orengagava this mornyng about 10 a clock, and arived at Febe som 2 howrs before night, where we staid all that night, for that Capt. Adames wife and his two children met us theare. This Phebe is a lordshipp geven to Capt. Adames per the ould Emperor, to hym and his for eaver, and confermed to his sonne called Joseph. There is above 100 farmes or howseholds upon it, bisids others under them, all which are his vassals, and he hath power of life and death over them, they being his slaves, and he as absolute authoretie over them as any tono (or king) in Japon hath over his vassales. Divers of his tenantes brought me present of fruite, as oringes, figgs, peares, chistnuttes, and grapes, whereof there is abundance in that place.
The cabokes came out to sea after us in a boate and brought a banket. So I gave them a bar of Coban to make a banket at their retorne to Edo, and gave the boate men which rowed them an ichibo; both which soms Mr. Eaton paid out.
September 27.—We gave the tenantes of Phebe a bar of Coban to make a banket after our departure from thence, with 500 gins to the servantes of howses, and 500 gins to the horsemen (or hankney men) which carid us from thence to Orengaua; the cheefe of the towne accompanying us out of ther presincts and sent many servantes to accompanie us to Orengaua, which is about 8 or 9 English miles, all runing before us on foote, as homegers to Capt. Adames.
I sent a letter to the Admerall that I ment to vizet hym to morrow; but he, hearing of our coming hither, had sent me a letter before to envite me to com to hym, with many kynd offers of frendshipp.
After our arivall at Orengaua, most of the neighbors came to viset me and brought frute and fish and rejoyced (as it should seeme) of Capt. Adames retorne.