December 5.—I delivered six hundred powndes str. this day to Capt. Adames, wherof forty powndes, ten shilling, was in fybuck of Tushma and the rest in Rs. of 8, which maketh 2400 taies.
December 6.—I sent 20 jarrs bisket and the 500 sheetes paper abord the junck, and delivered letters to Capt. Adames for the Syam voyage, viz. 1 to Mr. Jno. Gourney, agent at Syam; 1 to Capt. Jno. Jourden, agent at Bantam; 1 to Mr. Adam Denton, agent at Cattania; and put into the packet directed to Mr. Jno. Gourney a bill of lading and cargezon of all goodes sent; also 3 jars bisket sent, 1 to Mr. Gurney, 1 to Mr. Sharpe, 1 to Mr. Denton—my owne gifte; with a memoriall delivered Capt. Adames and Ed. Sayer, how to use busynes, yf they canot attayne Syam.
Soe the Sea Adventure went of of roade, and the Duch shot of 6 pec. ordinance at her departure. And presently after Jno. Yoosen went for Miaco; and the Duch shot affe 9 pec. ordinance at his departure. So I went abord the junck to Cochi and carid a barill wyne, a baskit orynges, and an other of pears, and a third of biskit, and so drank to the health of the company, nifon catange, and retorned.
December 7.—The wind and wether being very fayre, the Sea Adventure sett saile from Cochi towards Syam this mornyng. God send her a prosperous voyag.
December 8.—We wayed out the wax which came in the Hozeander, and fownd it want a tonne; and also we waid the pepper, and it wanted above 2 tonne; which out of dowbt the mareners have embezeled and stolne. And I sent Niquan, the China Capt. kynsman, to Tushma, to bring the money for the peper, and wrot hym a letter, I meane to our host, to deliver hym the money, and, yf in case he would not, I sent a letter to the Kyng of Tushma to desyre justice. Also I sent our host a present of 2 peces white basta of 8 Rs. per corg., and 2 peces blew byrams of 15 Rs. corge; and I delivered our host bill unto Niquan for 61 pc. 70 cattis peper and 305 bufflos horns.
December 9.—We got the Hozeander aflote and carid her out, which we could not doe in 2 springs past.
And there was eight rialles of 8 lent to the China Capt., Andrea Dittis, to make hym a silver cup, paid hym per my selfe. We laded 40 sowes lead, 30 bales wax, and 50 bagges pepper abord a bark to send for Osekay.
December 10.—We put abord a bark to send for Osekay to Mr. Eaton, viz.
| 100 | bags peper at 4 23⁄44 pico | 0242 | 3 | 4⅓ | |
| 65 | bales wax at 24 R. 8 per picull | 1163 | 7 | 1 | |
| 40 | sowes lead at 6 R. pico | 0440 | 1 | 6 | |
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| Som totall cargezon amontes to | 1846 | 2 | 1⅓ | ||
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