And I sent a bar plate to caboques for bringing a banket and coming per water to Cochie, when wee went to measure grownd.
I rec. 5 R. of 8 of Capt. Speck, delivered hym on a wager before.
Aprill 29 (Sanguach 18).—We had 28 carpenters, 46 laborers, 1 plasterer, 1 caneman, for howse, and 4 tillors and 25 laborers for buriall place. And there was 600 tyles ordenary rec. from Tabola.
The China Capt. envited both us and the Hollanders to dyner this day, where we had greate cheare with dansing beares.
Aprill 30 (Sanguach 19).—We had 26 carpenters, 42
laborers, 1 plasterar, and i caneman, for howse all day; and for buriall place, 4 tylors and 34 laborers for halfe a day.
And I paid unto Chubio Dono, our host of Bingana Tomo, for 8 pico 35 cattis shething neales at 5 tais pico, 44: 2: 5; and for xx barsos morofack, at 1 tay barso, 20: 0: 0. And advanced upon a bargen of 50 pico neals more, 35: 7: 5. And gave a peece black satten to Chubio Dono upon bargen.
May 2 (Sanguach 21).—We had 32 carpenters, 86 laborers, and 1 caneman, for howse: and 1 plasterer and 23 laborers for buriall place.
I bargened this day of Tobio Dono to make a ston walle at Cochie before our howsing, of 1 tatta long, vj tatta broad, and 1½ tatta deepe towardes sea, to be greate stonnes ½ a tatta. to seaward and at end, and the rest small, to have ij C. tais in money, and one peece black satten.
This night, within night, the King of Xaxma passed by this place, retorning from themperours Court. Soe we and the Hollanders went out to meete hym, and carid a present as from both Companies, viz.:—