I receved 5 letters from Edo, viz. 1 from Mrs. Adames, 1 from her sonne Joseph, 1 from her sister Magdalena, 1 from Andrea, Mag. husband, 1 from Tome, the jurebasso of Massamoneda. Mrs. Adames writes that Neamon Dono is coming downe to bring money for all our goodes sould.
July 25.—I wrot a letter to Gonrok Dono about my processe with scrivano, and sent Mr. Totton with it, accompanid with Harry Shank and Co. John for jurebasso.
Also I wrot another letter to Jorge Durois in answer of his two, and sent hym 30 tais per Mr. Totton, paid out per Mr. Jno. Osterwick, viz.:—
| ta. | ma. | co. | |
| Pro 2 cattis almandes for Mr. Totton, cost | 01 | 0 | 0 |
| Pro 1 peare cotton yorne stockinges for myselfe, cost | 01 | 0 | 0 |
| Pro 20 pigions to put into dufhowse, cost | 02 | 0 | 0 |
| Pro tallo candelles for howse expence, cost | 01 | 5 | 0 |
| Pro 1 peare russet silk stocking for Mr. Totton | 02 | 5 | 0 |
| Pro 2 peare cotton yorne stocking for Mr. Totton | 01 | 2 | 0 |
| Pro 1 pec. black satin for my selfe | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Pro 33 sarsages (or langusas) for howse expence | 00 | 8 | 0 |
| Pro 12 drid neates tonges for howse expence | 00 | 5 | 0 |
| Pro a jar green ginger, containing 55 cattis, for howse expence | 06 | 5 | 0 |
| Pro 1 peare russet silk stocking for my selfe, cost | 03 | 0 | 0 |
| Pro 1 peare cotton yorne stockinges for my selfe | 00 | 7 | 0 |
| ——————— | |||
| Som totall amontes unto | 30 | 7 | 0 |
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Mr. Totton carid Henry Shank and Co. John with hym for jurebassos, and Andrea Dittis wrot a letter to his brother to helpe Mr. Totton in our affares.
I rec. a letter from Capt. Whow, China Capt. at Langasaque, with 10 pots sett with trees and slowers [flowers?], and 4 gilden fyshes, for a present.
I forgot to note downe how Soyemon Dono made a fishing over against English howse with cormorants made fast to long cordes behind their winges, and bridles from thence before their neckes to keepe the fish from entring their bodies, so that when they took it they could take yt out of their throtes againe.
This day one George Dowry,[247] an English gentleman which serveth in the Holland shipp (whose father, as I understand, is a Devonshire man and a justice of peace and dwelleth at Dowry house), he tould me that there is much hould and keepe amongst the Holland councell heare. Som would have the comander to goe up, and others no, espetialy Capt. Speck is wholy against it. Soe it is thought the fiscall shall procead in that voyage. Also he sayeth the comander, Jno. Dirickson Lamb, is much blamed for his proceadinges at Manillas, his comition being to keepe his fleete togeather to defeate that of Don Juan de Silva; but he unadvisedly seperated them, and so was set upon at an unadvantadg, by which meanes he was overthrowne.
He also tould me they took a small junck, wherin they fownd all Don Jno. de Silvas designes, emprinted in the Spanish tong in the Manillias, which was to have joyned his forces of the Manillias, which were 10 gallions, to those which he thought to have fownd at Malacca com from Goa and other places, which, with gallies and other vessells of war, might be as many more, I meane 20 seale in all. With which forces he first thought to have gon directly for the Ilands of Murises[248], there to have met with such Holland shipps as were bound homwards, and after the spoile of them to have retorned by the cost of Sumatra, and so for Bantam, to have destroid all, both English and Duch, not letting any one remeane alive, generall nor other. But, as I noted heretofore, his forces he ment to have met at Malacca were destroid and 4 gallions Portugezes burned, one per the King of Achin and the other 3 per the Hollanders. So, Don Jno. dying at Malacca, his fleet was dispersed, one gallion being cast away in a storme at Malacca, and other 2 sent for New Spayne. So 7 retorned for Manillas, where they wintered and were brought agrownd, most of them being halfe full of water and all unrigged when the Hollanders first came on the cost, which they saw with their eyes; yet the gridines of pilling China junks made them to abstayne from that they ought to have donne till it was to late to be amended.
July 26.—I wrot a letter to Capt. Whow, to thank hym for the present he sent me; and I gave his men which brought it in a boate, they being xij men, a bagg of rise, a barill of wyne, and one tay in small plate. Capt Whow sent an other present to Capt. Speck with an other letter; but he did not vouchsafe to thank hym for it, nor to write a letter in answer of his, nor gave any thing to them which brought the present.