Also I sent my Turkish History per the bearer of this letter to Capt. Cop., to passe away the tyme per the way.
September 12.—We landed yisternight and this day all the cables and cordage of Hoziander in our yord under a shed. And wee receved peper ashore yisterday in 4 boates, and this day 218 bagges peper in cloth sacks made.
Also Soyemon Dono sent a present of 2 pewter cups and 10 Japon sequanseques (or dishes), looking for greater matters, which needes must be retorned to hym and others which are in place.
And towards night our carpenters that wrought upon the junck came to Firando from Cochi, to-morrow being a festivall day, as also to receave more rise. I find Gingro, Capt. Adames scrivano, left to look to our workmen, to be but an eypleasing prowd knave. They thought to have pickt a quarrell to fall out, yet I gave them content.
September 13.—Yaimon Dono, the master ship carpenter, brought me a present of pears, and, in the end of many complementall speeches, took exceptions that land carpenters were sett to work abord our shipp. I answerd hym, he and others were occation thereof, in using me out of reason heretofore and making me to pay them what they list, etc.
And we carid Tome Samme, the King of Firando, a present as followeth, viz.:—
September 14.—The King of Firando compassed in most parte of the harbor with nettes and hedges to ketch fish to morrow; and sent me word to com and drink with hym to night, which I exskewsed till to morrow mornyng.
And towardes night Mr. Jno. Huntt, the master of the Hoziander, came and tould me that 2 of the shipps company had byn abcent 2 daies, viz., one Doughtie, a quarter master, and an other called Wadden, a rich mans sonne of Plymouth, whome is fownd to be a very cheater. And at very instant I had notis of Doughtie, where he was drunken in a howse; soe I took hym and sent hym abord with a letter to the master, etc.
The master sent me word that one Piter Waddon was ashore and had byn the lyke 2 daies and nightes together, and that he had stolne and pawnd his companions aparell, and laid it to pawne in whorehowses, and was gon upon the score in divers howses, and determened to run away to som other place. So I laid out to look for hym.