The sargantes, corperalls, and other Duch officers came to thenglish howse, with Georg ——[271] an English man, to thank me for being the meanes to get the 3 souldiers pardoned. Yt seemes Capt. Speck was much against it, and urged the generall to tell hym he was thoccation of that had happened in leaving open the windoes, otherwise no such matter had byn attempted; and, yf he well bethought hym selfe, these men had spent their blood in getting those goodes, and lost all they had when thadmerall ship was sunk, so that a more charetable mynd were better; “and yet (said he) I am no man that will mentayne theft. And had it byn any of your merchandiz sent out of Holland I should esteem the falt more greater.”
December 12.—Capt. Barkhout, Mr. Albartus, and an other merchant came from the Hollandes generall to envite us to dyner on Sonday next.
We delivered the 10 pico sapon to the Tono of Firando, geven hym in present.
December 13.—The rendadors made ready the place to refyne our plate, and Croby Donos partner delivered me one thousand tais in ould plate bars, chosen per rendador, it being better to melt then thother, and goeth upon accompt of sappon, he which bought it haveing promised the one halfe.
The Hollandes generall sent me a Hollandes cheese per Albartus, puting me and rest in mynd to com to morow to dyner. Yt seemeth they had not greatly cared yf we had not promised to com to dyner, in respect the world might have esteemed they respected us not yf they had not don it, which made me to goe, not for a dyner, etc.
December 14.—The thunderbout light upon the mastes of the 2 Hollandes shipps, the Flushing and Sonne, the night past, and did them som hurt, but not much.
We dyned at Hollandes howse, where we were kyndly entertayned, etc.
December 15.—The kyng dyned at Hollandes howse this day, where there was healths drunk and much ordinance shot affe, both at the howse and abord the shipps.
We dyned abord our junk, she being now ready to set seale for Syam. God send her a prosperous voyage. We had 3 peeces at our going abord, with other healths, shot affe for Kynges Mt. of England, with 7 at our departure, and 5 out of Defence.