May 25.—We set men to bale out water and make cleane our small junck, to bring her agrownd and calfret or mend her, to serve to carin our shiping, as the Hollanders doe the lyke with an ould junck of theires.
The China Capt. being sick of the headache extremly, I gave hym a glas bottell roze vinegar I brought with me out of England.
May 26.—Cushcron Dono, our neighbour, haveing made his new howse, envited his kindred and other neighbours Japons to heate his howse (as they terme it), where they drunk themselves drunk for company, with howling and singing after a strang manner, yet ordenary in Japon.
I paid vii½ mas small plate to Matinga for covering or shingling the howse.
I receved a letter from Mr. Nealson from bath at Ishew, dated 4 daies past, wherin he writes to have Robt. Hawley, the chirurgion, to com to hym to let hym blood and purg hym.
May 27.—News is now com to towne that themperour will retire hym selfe into the ould howse his father kept at Edo, and that his sonn (a littell boy of 10 or 12 yeares ould) shall remeane in the cheefe fortresse with the councell to adminester justice. Which reportes doe conferme men in opinion that themperour is dead.
June 1.—We had this day 6 ship carpenters and 13 laborers about tyying our littell juncke to serve to caryn shiping.
Mr. Osterwick is falne sick on a sudden with much paine in head and boanes.
June 2.—This day was 9 carpenters, 7 cawkers, and 18 laborers about junck; and laborers wrought all night to have stuffe in the mornyng for carpenters.
June 3.—This day 10 carpenters, 7 cowkers, and 20 laborers for junck.