Our host, Magazayemon Dono of Miaco, and Maky Dono came to vizet me, as the King of Firandos host and others did the lyke bring presentes of figges, peares, and other frute.
September 9.—We departed this mornyng from Osakay towardes Miaco, where we arived this night, only to speake with the King of Firando before we came to Fushamy, where the Emperour la. So, late towardes night after our arivall, the King of Firando sent me a present of 4 barsos morofack, and 20 bags or paper packets of fyne white beaten rise; and Semi Dono a banketing box stuff, nifon catange (or Japon fation), with many complementall wordes of offers of greate frendshipp, and in som sort complayning of the Hollanders proceadinges, attributing all to the folly of Jno. Yosson.
September 10.—I wrot a letter to Firando to Mr. Nealson and Mr. Osterwick, and sent it per Magazemon Donos man, advising of our arivall heare, and the report the Hollanders did look for their dispach yisterday, and that the Castillanos had theirs the day before.
We went to the Tono or King of Firando, and carid hym a present as followeth, viz. halfe a peece of Denshier kersie, halfe a peece of blak broad perpetuano, halfe a peece of fustion; and to Semedone, viz. a vest black perpetuano and ½ pec fustion.
I had much conferrance with hym about our busynes, namely, how we should procead to have our previlegese enlarged that were shortned the yeare past; unto which he promised his assistance, willing us, as Semi Dono did the lyke, to geve out the worst speeches we could of the Hollanders, that it might com to themperours eares.
And towardes night we retorned to Fushamy, I geveing our hostis of Miaco 2 musk cods, with 3 picturs, as afforesaid.
At our arivall at Fushamy, I sent our jurebasso to adviz Safian Dono of our coming; as I did the like to Cacayezamon Dono, secretary to Oyen Dono, and Torazemon Dono of Firando, whome only of the 3 was in howse, and afterwards sent me a barrell wyne for a present, and word that he would com to me in the mornyng to consider about our busynes.
September 11.—I sent our jurebasso againe to Cacayezamon Dono, to tell hym I would gladly speake with hym. And, sowne after, he came, being accompanid with Torazemon Dono, and, after many wordes of complemento, he tould me that he thought themperour would lett us have any thinge that in reason we would demand; and that the Hollanders had their dispach, and was that, notwithstanding the petitions put up against them, both by Spaniardes, Portingals, and Chinas, to have them banished out of Japon as pirattes and sea rovars, he gaine said it, and tould them his cuntrey was free for all strangers, and that, yf any private quarrell weare betwixt them, they might seeke remedy at their owne princes. But the Chinas replid, and said they had no private quarell with them. “Well”, said themperour, “where took they your goodes from yow?” And they answered, at Manillias. “Whie then” said he, “goe to the Manillias for your redresse. But yf they come within my jurisdictions, I will see yow righted.”
Capt. Adames came to Fuxamy this mornyng, haveing byn first at Miaco, and spoak with the King of Firando, who used hym respectively in extraordenary sort: the reason he gathered was for fear we should complaine against hym, as the Hollanders had donne, which yf it happened, he would be shifted out of his government or heritage; but, considering he oweth our honble. employers so much money, it is better to beare for a tyme.
Albartus and Matias, the Hollanders, came to vizet me at my lodging at same tyme when Cacayemon Dono and Torazemon Dono weare with me, but staid not, only tould me they ment to departe towardes Firando within a day or two.