October 21.—This night past 2 of the Hollanders prisoners ran away out of great shipp, viz. both Portingales, 1 being capt. of junk they took, and the other a merchant whome they had taken 5 tymes before.
And Sticamon Dono sent me 2 duckes and a dish of peares for a present. He is a comedian or a jester to geve delight to the King.
October 22.—This night past both the Portingalls which escaped out of the Holland shipp were taken and brought back per such as the King of Firando sent out after them.
The servant of Gonrock Dono retorned back 4 pec. tapis Suras of 1 tay peece—thus thise pedling fellows use us—and thinketh to stop the other 2 taies.
Also Capt. Speck sent to buy our junk ould rother[116] with 2 great ores belonging to it, which prise was made of 110 tais per endifferent men on both partes.
October 24.—Capt. Speck came and tould me the carpenters had begild hym about his junk rother, they being good, so that he had no need of ours at 110 tais, but retorned them back againe.
October 25.—I wrot a letter to Capt. Speck to desyre hym to lett us caryne our shipp against their small shipp called the Jaccatra, we finding it impossible to trym her agrownd where she is, we not being able to com to the keele of her without endangering the shipp.
The servant of Calsa Samme, the Emperours youngest sonne, came to the English howse and bought for his master as followeth:—
| ta. | ma. | co. | |||
| 2 | damaskt fowling peaces, at 15 taies peec. | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | peec. buralles | 02 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | pec. alleia Amad | 02 | 0 | 0 |