June 11 (Gonguach 2).—We had 43 carpenters, 82 laborers, and 5 plasterars, and 1 mason. And there was 12 square stones for steares rec. this day from Nanguay.
June 12 (Gonguach 3).—We had 40 carpenters, 77 laborers, 5 plasterars, and 2 masons.
June 13 (Gonguach 4).—We had 34 Carpenters, 109 laborers, 5 plasterars, and 2 masons. And we receved tymber.
June 14 (Gonguach 5).—This day is a great feast, called Gonguach guench, or the 5th day of the 5th moone called Gonguach.
Having ended our new building, and Tonomon Samma being to goe to Edo, we thought good to envite hym to dyner with other noble men 3 daies hence.
June 16 (Gonguach 7).—We had 9 carpenters, 88 laborers, 5 plastrars, and 1 mason, for the howse.
Here was speeches geven out that both English and Holland shipping ware without, wherupon above j C. barkes went out to meet them, with wyne, frutes, bread, hennse, and other matter. The reason was for that 3 or 4 Englishmen and Hollanders went to passe the tyme at Cochie, and retorning back on horsback in hast, the people thought there
was shiping entred, they English and Hollanders telling them it was true.
June 17 (Gonguach 8).—We had 65 laborers and 5 plasterars, for the howse.
There came to dyner this day, viz. Tonomon Samma, now called Canzemon Samma, kinges brother; Sangero Samma, now called Matzera Crodze Samma; Semi Dono, more then the king; Taccamon Dono, Lord Cheefe Justice of Firando; Ito Stizemon Dono, the poet or singer, a good drinker; Morano Cofioze, a gentelman, singer; Sofo Dono, a doctor of phisik, Japon fation or nifon cantange; Showan Dono, doctor of phisik, eidem; Ishon Dono, doctor, eidem; Shofan Dono, doctor, eidem.