Febrary 17.—Niquan, the China Capt. kinsman, retorned from Langasaque and brought 370 cattis pitch or rozen, cost 14 tais; and 310 cattis gunpoulder, cost 64 tas. 1 mas; and for the bark 02 tais. And Capt. Speck sent the 2 barilles gunpolder which he promised.
Febrary 18.—We waid out the pepper to day for the king, and had much adoe with the 10 men of ward who crinched[127] for wight; soe it must be waid over to morrow againe. 77 bags this day did way 49 pico 96 cattis, and 80 bags out of China Capt. lodg, 57 pico 35½ cattis. And I gave my case China bottelles of 12 to Capt. Coppendall.
Febrary 19.—We cleared acco. of the 3,000 tais this day with the King of Firandos bongews, and delivered them merchandiz for 121 : 3 : 5.
Unagense Dono sent me a present of 2 barsos wine, 2 Japon cakes (or muchos), and 2 mallardes. And we receaved 49 coks of bras of fownder.
Capt. Speck wrot me a letter, desyring to have the master or purcer of Hozeander to make a bill lading of the ebony sent in Hozeander, being 927 loggs (or sticks), containing, as he said, 929 picos. Soe the purcer, Rowland Tomas, made hym 2 bills of the number of loggs, but not of wight, to deliver it to the Duch present at Bantam.
Febrary 20.—I wrot a letter to Capt. Speck to will hym send a note under his ferme to pay fraight for the ebony, as shall be thought fyting betwixt the 2 agents, English and Duch; as also to send the price and wight of the 2 barrilles of polder, which Jacob Swager tould me waid 200 cat. nett. And after, Capt. Speck sent word it cost him 16 tais per pico, is 32 : 0 : 0.
The Hozeander went out to Cochi, and shot offe 5 pec. ordinance; and the Duch shot ofe 7 or 8 chambers at Holland howse. And I went abord Derick de Frize, and had 3 pec. ordinance shot of at my going away, and at retorne from Hozeander, 3 more. And Capt. Speck sent Jacob Swager abord the Hozeander as we went out, with a present of 3 barrilles wyne, 4 greate fishes, and 6 hense. And I gave a peece of watcht[128] damaske to Rowland Tomas, purcer of the Hozeander, in requitall of a small rough diamond in a ryng of gould he gave me the other day, esteemed worth som 4 or 5 taies. Also I gave the chirurgion, Mouris Jones, a peece red damaske and a R. of 8 in money for his payns taken in howse, and for a bag of synomond and a box of mace he gave me.
Febrary 21.—I delivered to China Capt. a bag of rialles of eight, containing 500 R. of 8 in it, is 400 tais; and receaved 300 tais in plate of bars of hym. And I waterd and new packed up the amber greese in 2 leaden pots, same as before, and the musk in an other, marked as followeth:—
| catt. | ta. | m. | ||||
| 32 | A. | 5 | 4 | 2 | } | is 9 catt. 14 tay wt. amber gris. |
| B. | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| C. | 4 | 0 | 0 | musk in 86 cods, cost 048 0 0 | ||