The China Capt. sent Mr. Eaton a jar conserves. And we receaved two hundred taies plate bars of Andrea Dittis, China Capt., which 200 taies he delivered to Mr. Nealson to lay out about shipps charges. But he paid Quiamo Dono 10 taies of it, in parte bote hier to cary those goods above to Osekay, the rest to make it up 35 taies Mr. Eaton is to pay at Osekay. The merchant that bought peper last yere offered 6½ taies peco lead, but went from his word and offerd but 6 tais pico.
December 11.—There was sould unto the Kyng of Crates, viz.:—
| 60 | pec white baftas of 11 R. corg for | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | pec. tapis Suras | 05 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 95 | 0 | 0 | |||
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December 13.—We paid Jno. Dono seventy taies in plate of bars, in full payment of the fee symple of the gadonge over the way, to westward of English howse, wherof one hundred taies was paid before. Derick de Fries, the master of Duch shipp, being ready to departe, envited us to dyner to morrow. Our bark with goodes for Osekay retorned.
December 14.—We dyned abord the great Holland shipp and had 3 pec. ordinance shot of at our retorne ashore. Capt. Speeck came not to dyner. He is over great in conceate.
December 15.—I wrot a letter to Jorge Durois by a China, to send me of all sortes of garden seeds.
December 16.—Capt. Whaw, the China Capt. brother, sent me a barrell of figges or jar of Japon green figges for a present. We envited the masters of the Hollander shipps and juncks to dyner to morrow, they being now ready to goe to sea with first good wind.
December 17.—We envited the Duch to dyner, I say they came to dyner, and were Derick de Frize, master of great ship, Wm. Johnson, a merchant, Piter Johnson, master of a junk, the pilot of the greate ship, and Mr. Fredrick the chirurgion. I would have delivered an open letter to Derick to have carid, but he tould me he thought that Capt. Speck would be content to let hym carry our sealed letters, in respect our ship broght his and delivered them. Yf not, that then he would cary both our open and also our shut letters.
I receaved two letters from Mr. Eaton from Miaco, 1 of the 23rd November in Miaco, and the other of the 30th ditto in Osekay, with an acco. of such matters as he hath donne in Edo, Shrongo, and Osekay, as also a note what presents Capt. Coppendall gave away above.