Mr. Row sent me a hat for a new yeares gift.
January 2.—We deliver 2½ brod clothes to the 2 ships, to make men aparell this cold wether, both the whole clothes being much staynd and moughteaten in the begyning or fore end of the cloth for 4 or 5 yardes in each cloth, viz. no. 338 murrey containing 33 yardes, cost sterling £21 : 0 : 0, and no. 23½, a straw clr., 16 yardes, cost £14 whole, £7 : 0 : 0; which cloth and halfe was delivered to the Thomas to Mr. Row and his purcer Colson; no. 524, fawne culler, containing 33 yardes, cost £13 : 15 : 0; which cloth was delivered to Mr. Edward Wilmot, purcer to Adviz, to clothe the naked company.
Capt. Speck and the master of the great Holland ship came to me to request us to cary them 3 men in our ship for Bantam, yf they came not before their great shipp went from hence, which they were determened to send away forthwith, the yeare being overpast. To which demand I answered I would take councell and adviz them.
Also the King of Chicongo[235] sent an embassador to Firando, whoe desired to see our shipps, which he did and had 8 peces ordinance shot out of Thomas at departing.
January 3.—Yt was agreed upon generally to send Capt. Speck word that we would passe his men in our shipps, yf they came in tyme; but that I ment to send away our shipps within this 3 daies, tyme being spent.
January 4.—I gave a fello a tay for nutmegges he gave me, he being a marrener of the Thomas company.
The caboques took Tome prisoner for 15 tais he owed them for lechery, and, not haveing to pay, set his body to sale, or else might take hym for slave, no one geveing the money for hym.
January 5.—The ship carpenters made complaint because the howse carpenters wrought abord our shipps, and got the kyng to warne the howse carpenters not to doe soe no more, although he had formerly geven me leave. So I sent our jurebasso to the secretary, Oyen Dono, to get the kings formor promis performed.
January 6.—Capt. Speck sent me word the greate shipp calld the Black Lyon ment to put to sea to night to goe for Bantam, and that yf I would write a word or 2 he would deliver it. So I wrot a letter to Capt. Jourden, how our 2 shipps were ready, and ment to send away the Thomas to morrow, but to stay the Adviz 10 or 12 daies, in respeck the master, Mr. Totton, was sick and not able at present to put to sea.
We laded 6 chists plate abord the Thomas, being in all 8000 tais, all fyne melted China plate.