Also this day a carpenter was cutt in peeces for a muteny he and other xj made, to enter a pedlars house and cutt certen wooden shewes in peeces, they esteeming to have preveledg to make such matters. All xij had died for it, yf the queene mother had not begged their lives.

February 1 (Shiwas 20).—I sent ij taies to the dansing beares, in small plate, they coming to our garden with a banket when we planted our trees. And we began our work to wall in our howse, newly bought to make a gadong in.

February 2 (Shiwas 21).—I paid out xiij tais plate of barrs my selfe unto the founders for a peace of a cheane of gould, and sent the money per Luarance my boy. Also I paid out, in small plate, for divers thinges for Susan, viz.:—

For ij gerdelles for servantes in howse0 3 0
For i bundell of paper, for selfe0 1 5
For ½ catty tobaco, ditto0 0 5
For woamans oyle, ditto0 2 5
For chaw, ditto0 2 0
For i peare wooden clamps, ditto0 1 0

More paid out to Larrance, my servant, to buy hym a coate or kerremon of silke, in small plate, 4 ta.

And I went to Oyen Dono, kinges secretary, to vizet hym, and carid hym a bottell Spanish wine and a greate fish, and took his councell about buying our three neighbours houses, and to aske leave to make our wharfe or kay 3 tattamis further out into the sea. He tould me he would make it knowne to Tonomon Samme and Taccamon Dono, and then would advize me when it was tyme to goe my selfe.

And I rec. an other letter frem Alvaro Gonsalves about his caffro, and he sent the like to Hollandes Capt., but they will deliver no caffro.

Febrary 3 (Shiwas 22).—I receved ij letters from Nangasaque in answer of myne, 1 from Palue (sic) Dono, the gunpoulder man, 1 from Yoshemon Dono, Palus father, tuching Man the slave. They write me how Skidayen Dono, Gonrok Donos secretary, having receved my letter, went to Feze Dono and shewed it to hym. Soe they made a comune serche throwe the towne for the theefe Man, and, not finding him, comitted his father, mother, and brother to preson, with an other, his master which sould hym, whoe the ten of the streete are bound to answer for his forth coming, and, in fallt of fynding out the theefe, must answer with their lives or geve us content for what is stolne. And I retorned answer of my ij letters rec. this day from Nangasaque, thanking them for their paines taken to find out the fugetive theefe Man, and that we could not find hym out heare, desiring them to look out theare to his sureties to retorne hym to me, and I would use hym noe worse then he deserved. These ij letters I retorned per Paule the gunpowder man his man, whome he sent expres to me to adviz what hadd past. And I gave hym 5 mas, to pay for his boate hier, and a silke coate or doboque,[94] an upper garment or Japon cloake.

And I paid the Spanish telier five R. of 8, as followeth viz.:—

For buttons and loopes for a black bay coate,
being 31		2 R. 8
For making the said bay coate2 R.
For buttons for the sleeves01⁄8 R.
For buttons and loopes for a Portingall cap, or galtera[95] 03⁄8 R.
For making the said galtera or capp, 4 mas is0½ R.