September 16 (Fatchinguach 11).—We had a comunion
this day at English howse adminestered per Mr. Arthur Hatch, prechar of the ship Palsgrove.
Also an Englishman, one of the Pepercorns companie, named Wm. Barker, having layne on shore 3 wicks, never going abord to look to ships busines, and being drunk yistarday in a carpentars howse would have layne with a woaman per force, and against her will took 4 rings of silvar of her fingars, and drunk 2 ma or xij d. in wine, and in the end would have gon away and pay nothing and carry the rings along with hym; and, because the good wife of the howse laid handes on hym, he did beate her. Whereupon the neighbors coming upon hym did bynd hym, and sent me word therof; and I, going to the howse, fownd the rings in his pocket, which I restored back againe and made hym pay the ij mas, and brought hym to thenglish howse, where, at the whiping post, he had first 60 lashes with a whipp, and then washed in brine, and, after, 40 more lashes.
And after nowne one Beedam, a master mate of the shipp Elizabeth, being drunk, did fall out of the shipps sterne over the reales, 5 fathom hie, and fell into a junck at her side, where he broke his skull, and is meamed in one legg and an arme and in danger to die.
September 17 (Fatchinguach 12).—I sould Mr. Munden a rapiar and daggar for 48 R. 8, with gerdell and hangers all plated over with silver.
The Hollandes shipp, called the New Sealand, arived at Firando in Cochie roade toward night.
And we waid out 460 pico. of lead this day.
And Mr. Eaton, Mr. Osterwick, and my selfe went to the Duch howse, and, with Capt. Camps, sett downe the presentes to be geven to themperour and his nobillety, littell more or lesse then it was the last yeare; as also we had speeches whether it weare fitting to geve themperours sonne a present, he being at mans estate, and we by frendes
at court put in mynd thereof. Soe we concluded to put in Japon writing the presentes we ment to geve this yeare, and to ask the King of Firandos councell whether he thought good to have us to add or deminish any thing therein, as also whether we should geve a present to the yong prince, themperours sonne, or any other his Highnesse thought fitting.
We rec. 5000 taies in bar plate, per Gonrok Donos apointment, for lead.