[16] He thus spells his name in his early letters. At a later period he wrote “Cock” with a flourish, which would be equivalent to “Cockes”. His contemporaries sometimes call him Cock, but more generally Cocks, Cox, or Coxe.
[17] Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, East Indies, China, and Japan, 1513-1616, nos. 256, 281.
[18] Ibid., no. 98.
[19] Calendar, 1617-1621, nos. 315, 792.
[20] Incorrectly named Edward Sares in Saris’s narrative (Purchas, i. 379).
[21] Rundall’s Memorials, p. 67.
[22] His actual term of service was from 24th November, 1613, to 24th December, 1616. In the interval between the latter date and his death he was engaged, sometimes in trading on his own account, sometimes as agent or interpreter to the English or Dutch.
[23] Purchas, i. 369.
[24] Purchas, i. 377.
[25] He is said to have died from the effects of a wound received at the storming of Ozaka. See Titsingh’s Annales, ed. Klaproth, Paris, 1834, p. 406.