January 28.—The King of Firando came to dyner to the English howse, accompanid with 7 or 8 caveleros, and took in good parte the entertaynment he had, and gave me a keremon, and a cloake to our jurebasso. He said he was to stay 3 or 4 yeares above at Edo; soe I think it is true that the tonos (or kinges) must stay 7 yeares, as I noted som daies past. There was three peeces ordinance shott affe at his entry into the English howse, and 5 at his departure.

January 29.—In the after nowne Soyemon Dono with 3 others came to the English howse, to receve the comodeties which the king would buy upon trust; but they tould me the Hollanders had sould the king pepper at 5 taies the pico, and therefor thought I would not aske more. I answerd that, yf the Hollanders set pepper at that rate, they sell other comodetis at a hier, which, it might be, cost them nothing but the suting of a peece of ordinance, as silke at 240 taies the pico, etc. And, it might be, in pollecie set pepper loe, to the extent to cros us and soe ether to make us to sell it better cheape then it cost or else to make us fall into dislyke of the king, and by this meanes get themselves favour and us disgrace. But the truth was, I set it at no hier a rate then I sould to others for ready money, and at such a price as I wold promis them to deliver no more at that rate. But for broad cloth, which they set at 14 taies per tattamy, and Syam wood at 3½ taies the pico, that I would sell hym at same rate, when our shipps and junck arived. Yet, doe I what I could, they said they durst not with their honor geve more then the Duch sould for. Soe we concluded to send the pepper to Osekay to Mr. Eaton at kinges charg, and he to sell it, and then to deliver the procead in money to the king. And so that matter was ended. But we delivered comodety to them for acco. of king as followeth, viz.:—

Baftas, white, 196 pec. of 11 Rs. corg.
Eidem, lower, 101 pec. of 20 Rs. corg.
Eidem, lower lodg. 201 pec. of 11 Rs. corg. at 1 tay pec.
Eidem, lo. lodg, 120 pec. of 15 Rs. corg.ta. m. co.
Eidem, up. lodg, 100 pec. of divers sortes 718 0 0
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Som baftas, 718 peces divers prises
Chader Rese Canary, 185 pec. lower of 4 Rs. corg.
Chader eidem, 090 pec.
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Som chader, 275 pec.
Boralles, 100 pec., lodg beloe }at 1 tay.
Buxshaws, 100 pec., lodg beloe 200 0 0

January 30.—The master, Jno. Hunt, envited us abord the Hozeander to dyner. Mr. Wickham and my selfe retorned sowne after ashore upon occation of busynes, and had 5 pec. ordinance shot ofe at our departure, and the other 3 peeces when they came ashore.

And George Durois came to Firando and brought 2 jarrs of conserves, and he gave me in present as followeth: a box of marmalad, a box of cracknells, a box suger bred, a box of chistnuts, a bottell of Spanish wine.

The Duch junck went out of rode Firando to Cochi, and there came to anker by the great ship Ankewsen.

January 31.—I receved 600 taies, I say six hundred taies, plat bars of Mr. Ric. Wickham, which he brought from Mr. Eaton, receved in parte of payment for lead sould at Osekay at 74 mas per pico.

And in the after nowne Capt. Speck came to the English howse, and tould me that Gonrok Dono had sent hym a letter from Langasaque, advising hym as a frend (as he said) that he should geve the Hollanders warnyng befor their shipping went out, as the lyke to the English, that they should take heed they did not meddell with the greate ship of Amacon, for that the Emperour had much adventure in her. Yet I say I wish we might take her and then make the reconying after.

Febrary 2.—I gave a present to a merchant of Miaco, whoe gave me a fayre banqueting box before, viz.: 2 pec. byrams, white; 2 pec. byrams, nill, of 15 R. corg.—these are of the Companis goodes—2 pec. chader Lullawy of my owne. He took it in good parte, and offerd to doe our nation any service he could above at Miaco. Mr. Wickham gave me a keremon of them Sada Dono gave hym at Edo.

Febrary 3.—The night past, about 11 a clock, there was a house sett on fire by necklegence of the people which made it cleane against the great feast of ther new yeare, which is within this 3 dayis. Soe ther was 7 howses burned downe; and had it not byn for the English and Duch, most parte of the towne had byn burned. For each one stood gazing one and did nothing, and divers brought their goods into our English howse for savegard.