Marche 31.—Harry Shank retorned from Langasaque, and brought 3 vyne trees with 14 other frute trees, dyvers sortes, with some garden seeds, and a little franincense to perfume the piginhowse.
I sent Mr. Osterwick to Semidone to tell hym the price I ment to geve for the tymber; but he entred into a passionate humor. He is a proud, beggerly, presumptious fello.
Aprill 2.—We bought 2 frute trees, 1 oreng and the other peares, for 4 mas.
Ther was a junck of China, which went out of Langasaque and bound for Cagallon in the Phillippinas, put back to Firando in the roade of Cochi per meanes of bad weather at sea.
Aprill 3.—I paid the gouldsmith 1½ mas for making me a silver instrument for my salvatory.
Capt. Speck sent Jacob Suager to vizet me. But I take it to be underhand, to know whether I would have acepted of his offer to have byn umper in the price of my tymber; but I said nothing to hym, nether did he speake of it to me.
A China shewmaker died on a sudden, being well not halfe an hower before.
Aprill 4.—Thomas the cook, lefte to attend on Mr. Totton, being a harebreand felloe, threw a kitchen knyfe at Balle, the kynges dogg, which we kept in the English howse, and stuck hym to the hart that he fell downe dead presently. He hath beaten many of our Japon servantes, and had lyke to have kild one of our neighbors servantes the other day. He ys not the man I took hym for, and wrot the Worll. Company in his behalfe more then he deserveth. Yf this had hapned in the tyme of Foyne Samme, who esteemed this dogg much, yt might have cost us all our lives. I sent our jurebasso to exskewse the matter to the kyng, who sent me word he esteemed that the English man did it not of purpose, and therefore willed me not to punish hym, for the deede being donne could not be undon, etc.
Aprill 6.—There is news geven out that an embassador from Corea is to goe to the Emperour and is expected shortly to passe by Ishew.
Aprill 7.—I sent our jurebasso to Semidone to tell hym that, in respect he took the matter in hand, I was content to geve 50 tais more in the whole for the tymber, that is, whereas I offred but 270 taies before, I will make it up 320 taies to geve the king content, etc. And he retorned me answer that I did offer well, and cowncelled me to goe to the king. I think the Hollanders play the jemenis, and goe underhand to buy the tymber when it is at the lowest.