Aprill 19.—Kytskin Dono made me a bill in Japons languadge, wherin he gave me Jeffrey the boy for to dispose of hym hereafter as I would my selfe, to cary hym into England or otherwais. And Taffy Dono was wittnes unto it, in presence of Jno. jurebasso, Mr. Nealson, and Mr. Osterwick, and our Japon vintner whome we buy our wyne of.
Aprill 21.—Jeffrey, the boy geven me the othe day, broke up a chist of Co Jnos. and took out some thinges, and upon his examenation hath confest he had stolne dyvers thinges before. Soe I determen to retorne hym to them which gave hym to me.
Aprill 23.—I sent both Jeffrey and the writing back to Kitskin Dono, whoe gave hym me.
Mr. Nealson tould me this day that Mr. Osterwick reported to hym that he thought I kept 1000 tais in my
handes of the Companies, to make my private benefite thereof. Which being brought in question, he said he thought the China Capt. owed me 1000 taies more then I had put to acco. To which I replied, it had byn better he had told me therof then to speake such matters to others; but that, to burthen me with keeping money of the Companies I took in ill part, and for the China Capt. I esteemed hym such a man as would deale well with me and hym both.
Aprill 24.—I brought the matter in question this day with the China Capt. tuching the 1000 taies that Jno. Osterwick spoke of, noted by me yisterday, and som wordes were about a parcell of money delivered, namely of 2000 taies, at one tyme, which in the end the China Capt. said he thought Niquan his kinsman had receved. I stand in dowbt of 1000 taies more, noted downe in my booke the 11th December, 1616, but blotted out by my selfe this day to bring the rest to rightes. God grant Jno. Osterwick deceave me not.
Capt. Speck sent a man with 3 peece China lynen, with complementall wordes that they had non to sell, but sent them of his owne provition he kept to make hym shertes. I retorned hym thankes per hym which brought them, and bad hym tell Capt. Speck I would send hym money for them, which I did sowne after. But he retorned the money and sent me word he gave them as a present, wishing they were better.
The China Capt. tould me, betwixt hym and me, that Jno. Osterwick reported (or tould to hym) this day that he was out of purce 500 taies, he knew not how, which he had paid out, he knew not how, not having written it downe.
Aprill 25.—I rec. a letter from Capt. Adames per way of Langasaque, dated in Goto, le 28th of Marche last, in the rode (or haven) of Narra, in which he wrot me of the extremety they passed in loosing of their rudder.
Aprill 26.—The China Capt. went to Langasaque with his doughter to vizet his brother Whow, she never having byn there before, as also to contract a marriadge betwixt her and the sonne of an other rich China called Goquan.