And in consideration of the frenship the China Capt. brother hath shewd as to procure as money, 3000 tais at intrest, and would let Mr. Wilmot nor his followers pay nothing for their diet at Langasaque, they lying theare above a month at a Chinas howse, we gave to the China his host 1 tatta black brod cloth, and to Capt. Whaw 2 tatta stamet bays, 7½ tay wight best amber beades, being 130 beades, 2 tay 9 mas worst amber beades, being 10 beades.
Yasimon Donos littell doughter came to vizet me and brought me a present of oringes, and I gave her a perfumed fan, a perfuming bras balle, and a bundell of paper.
December 28.—I wrot two letters (per Andrea Dittis, China Capt., his direction) unto 2 greate China lordes, viz. to Fiokew, secretary of Estate, with 200 tais plate bars, delivered to his servant Liangowne, for to provid charges per way; to Tykam Shafno, concellor of Estate; and that I delivered 10 bars gould Oban to same man for purpose afforesaid. The 200 tais bars plate Mr. Osterwick delivered to China Capt., but put them upon his accompt; but the 10 bars Oban, containing 24 tay wight gould Capt. Whaw delivered of hym selfe, amounting unto 550 tais plate, all going for their proper accompt, yet they them selves have wrot I sent it (or gave it), as apereth to them in my 2 letters. God grant good suckcesse.
Also I wrot 3 letters in Japon, viz. 1 to Safian Dono, and an other to his secretary, to desire Safian to geve me a letter of favor to the King of Cochinchina, for payment of such soms money as he bought goods for of Mr. Peacock. I say, to pay the money to Capt. Adames and adviz me how Mr. Peacock came to his end and what became of Water Carwarden. And the 3rd letter was to our host, Tozayemon Dono, of Sackay, to buy 50 picos goco copper, to send me per first, with such money as he made of our goodes.
Also Mr. Totton being very sick, I put hym in mynd to make all matters stright, which he promised me to do.
I paid the China sumaker 18 mas my selfe for 6 peare pantables, slippers and pomps, at 3 mas pec., for my selfe.
December 29.—Mr. Jno. Totton, master of the Adviz, fynding hym selfe weake, sent for me, and in the presence of Mr. Edmond Wilmot tould me he ment to make his will and set matters in order, asking my opinion to whome he were best to make over his estate, that it might com to his son, his ould mother, and a sister he had, in respect he was now in these forren partes of the world of Japon and they in England; so that, yf he should put it into my handes or Mr. Wilmots, we were mortall as well as hym selfe; so that he thought it best to make over his estate to the Honorable Company, our employers, leaving us heare for witnesses of what past; unto which his adviz I gave comendation, so that he went on and took an inventory of his estate of goodes and monies.
And I wrot 5 letters in Japon to severall men, viz. 1 to host at Osakay, Cuimon Don; 1 to host at Miaco, Menguayemon Dono; 1 to Neyemon Dono and his partner at Edo; 1 to Capt. Adames wife; 1 to Cacoyezamon Dono, secretary to Oyen Dono.
December 31.—I was geven to understand that Tome our jurebasso, whome I ment to send for Bantam to have done hym good and have geven hym 4½ years tyme he was to serve me—I say I was enformed he owed 15 tais to the caboquis for whoring, with other wild trickes he had don, as pawnyng his fellows weapons and aparell. So I delivered hym up his papers and turned hym away, he having beaten his owne father the day before, who came to vizet hym.
January 1, 1616-7.—Capt. Adames departed yisternight toward Langasaque, to buy cables and seales for his junck, I meane our junck in Shashma (falne to the Company), sould to hym for 750 tais Japon plate, but cost Company 1289 tais, Capt. Adames now being resolved to make a voyage into Cochinchina in the said junck.