Late towardes night, the Hollandes generall, with Capt. Speck and all the cheefe, came to English howse to bid me fare well, the generall meanyng to departe towardes the Molucas to morrow, as they geve it out. The generall drunk a health on his knees to the Kinges Matie. of England, and cauced 7 peces ordinance to be shot out of the Son. And after, we drunk the lyke to the Grave Mouris, and shot 7 more out of the Advize, and 5 for a health to the generall.
December 23.—The Hollandes generall, Jno. Derikson Lamb, went abord his shipp to Cochy to put to sea, and had 11 chambers shot affe at Hollandes howse, with 5 peeces ordinance out of the Son. And we shot 7 out of the Advize, and they answered with 3 after out of Son. I, not being well at ease, sent Mr. Wickham, accompanid with Capt. Adames and rest Englishmen, to Cochy to bid the generall fare well, and sent hym 2 barilles morofack, a hogge, 2 sucking pigges, and 20 loves bread. And, as they were within saker shot of the Duch admerall, she shot affe 5 peces ordinance for a farewell to the Japon bongews who accompanid them, one of which peeces, being a bras demycolverin (being duble charged by mischance), brake and staved 5 or 6 cabbins and as many chistes, and did much shake the generalls cabbin, puting hym in danger of his lyfe, and wounded and meamed 7 or 8 men, but non slaine, and was in greate danger to have fyred all the gunpolder, being 200 barilles; which cauced the fiskall, Mr. Albartus, and the secretary to leape overbord into the sea. Two of them, not being abell to swym, had lyke to have byn drowned, and the therd fell into a Japon boate, and shaken her bottom out, and had lyke to have broken his legges. Yet in the end all turned into a laughter and mocking of those 3 men. And soe gave thenglish kynd entertaynment, with 5 peces out of admerall, and 3 out of Gallias at their departure.
And at Mr. Wickhams retorne, he had notis that the Japon whome I saved the life of the other day, and gave hym to hym for his servant, did yisternight steale a silver cup out of the Hollandes howse, and sould it in the towne for 3 ta. 3 mas. The cup I retorned hom to Capt. Speck, with advize I recoverd it from the theefe which stole it.
December 24.—Our Japon slave had punishment this day, all the servantes in the howse, with others apointed, geveing hym 10 lashes with a duble rope over the naked body and buttockes, till all the skin was beaten affe, and after washed hym in bryne. I wish it may be a warning to the foole, for so I estem hym.
Divers passingers which ment to have gon in our junk against my will (for Syam) went and complayned to Taccamon Dono to have passag perforce, and to that entent he sent me word. But I retorned answer I had the Emperours goshon to entertayne or send whome I listed, in paying them, and, yf he had any other authorety to send passingers against my will, let hym shew it, otherwaies non should goe. Unto which he retorned me answer, he would not meddell in the matter, but bad me doe as I pleased.
December 25.—I envited all the shipp and junk offecers to dyner this day, it being Christmas Day. The China Capt. sent me 10 boxes marmalad, a baskit of pearse, and a fat China capon; and sent a boate for a kyd, but not retorned. The Flushing went out, but, wynd proving contrary, retorned back to Cochy roade.
December 26.—I wrot a letter to Salvador Daravis, in answer of his rec., with the ring of rubis and 2 gars salt mangas. Also I send a scritorio for hym.
The Hollandes generall sent me a barica of Spanish wyne, and after dyner I went abord the Hollandes generall to Cochy roade, and carid hym a langanate, which Safian Dono gave me for a present. At our coming abord (Mr. Sayer, Mr. Osterwick, and Mr. Totton accompanyinge me), he gave us 5 peces of ordinance, and, at our departure, 5 more, and 3 out of the Gallias, viz. admerall, taking my visetation in very kynd part.
I gave the China Capt. a kerymon of silk for his doughter to sleepe in; and after, he sent me a peece black satten and a peece blew damaske.
Capt. Adames bark arived this day late from Languay, having taken greate pains to row it up.