May 24.—We had fliing news how our ship the Hozeander with the Hollanders have met with the great Portingall ship of Amacan, and fought with her neare to the Liqueas, and som escaping out of her ashore retorned per way of Xaxma to Langasaque with news, but know not the end of the fight, whether she escaped or no. Of the which I advised Jor. Durois per Skeyo or his cafero in a letter; but I esteem it ordenary Japon news, which are lyes, dowbting (according to the English proverb) that it is to good to be true, yet, according to an other, I wish that there never com worse news to the towne.
Migell our jurebassos wife came and brought me a small jarr of achar[139] for a present, desyring me to exskews her husband in that he abcented hym selfe to take phisik in this tyme of busynes.
And after I was gon to bed, Soyemon Dono sent to have a jurebasso to com to hym about news they had from Ikanoura. Soe I went my selfe unto hym, and he tould me that the King of Fingo had sent a letter to Umbra, wherin he advised that, allthough the English had kild a man of his, he made no reconyng of it, only he was advised that som of Firando that was in company of the English had stolne somthing wherby this quarrell grew. This was the matter he sent to tell me of, and that to morrow they ment to send a man expres to Ikanoura about this matter. So I desyred hym he might carry me a letter to Mr. Nealson.
May 25.—Mr. Nealson retorned from Ikanaura, but Mr. Eaton staid behind till the bongew retorned from Fingo.
The man Mr. Eaton hurt dyed the other night, whereupon they sent for Co John, Mr. Eatons boy, and cut afe his head, for that he began the brute; and thought to have donne the lyke per Skite, because he took Mr. Eatons part when they misused hym, and the lyk of Tome, his jurebasso. All was about a peece of straw cord not worth a farthing.
And I receved 3 letters and a note from Mr. Eaton per Mr. Nealson, dated the 23th and 24th curant, the note manifesting the tymber, boardes, and lyme he had bought, viz.:—
| ta. | m. | co. | |
| 250 cakis, at 13 tais per cnto. is | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 100 rownd postes, or marakis, 3 per mas. | 03 | 3 | 0 |
| 250 nukis, at 5 per mas | 05 | 0 | 0 |
| 004 mombashta, or dore postes | 04 | 3 | 0 |
| —————— | |||
| This paid to bongew at Ika | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| Also 400 saks lyme, at 3½ condrin | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 800 boardes, at 7 per mas | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| —————— | |||
| 70 | 5 | 0 | |
| —————— | |||
Also he writes he receved 100 tallow candelles of Georg Durois at Langasaque, whereof he burned 23 in prison and Mr. Nealson 5 per way. So Mr. Nelson brought 72 to Firando.