I have byn with Capt. Adames at Gonrok Dono, and in thend concluded the price of our lead at 5½ tais the pico. But Gonrok will first speake with themperours bongews or councellors thereof, and, in the meane tyme, will deliver us eight hundred taies in parte of payment, and will send a man to way out all the lead, and leave it in our howse till order com downe to take it and pay the rest of the money. And, as Gonrok tells me, the Hollanders have made prise at 5 taies pico, and waid it all and delivered it into the handes of the King of Firando. But I esteem this but a tale. And so I comit yow to thallmightie, resting
Your loving frend,
Ric. Cocks.
To his loving frend, Mr. Wm. Nealson, English merchant, deliver in Firando. From Nangasaque. This letter should be derected Mr. Jno. Osterwick, etc.
[170] British Museum. Cotton Charter, iii, 13, f. 37.
Richard Cocks to the E. I. Company.[171]
Nangasaque in Japon, the 10th of Marche, 1619[20].
Right worll. Ser and Sers,—
After my humble dutie remembred, may it please yow to understand that, by the indirect dealinges and unlooked for proceadinges of the Hollanders, this is the therd yeare since we hadd any shipping came from England or Bantam to Japan. Neather in all this tyme have we had any conveance to enforme your Worshipps of the manifold abuses