And I sent Mr. Sayer abord the junck of Jno. Yosen with a barill wyne and 3 hense, to bid the master welcome and know whether we had any letters com in them.
And Jubio Dono, servant to King of Crates, came to vizet me and brought a barrill morofack; and an other gentelman of that place came in company with hym, and he envited me and the rest of thenglish to dynner ij daies hence.
And within night Capt. Speck sent me a packet of letters which came in their junck from Syam. Wherin one Richard Pittes writes of the death of Jno. Johnson that was in place before hym, and sent an other letter which he receved from Mr. Adam Denton, dated in Meslapotama, the 20th August,
1617, wherin he writes Mr. Gurney died betwixt Bantam and that place, coming to have byn agent for the Cost; and that Generall Josephe met with a Portingale carick bound from Portingall to Goa, and fought with them ij daies about the Iland of Comora, beating her mastes overboard; soe in the end they fired her them selves, and, as it seemed, escaped ashore at Camora, Bengamyn Josephe hym selfe having byn slayne at first with a peece of ordinance, and Capt. Pepwell suckceaded in his place.
Also he adviseth that the King of Callecut detayneth all in his handes that Capt. Keeling left theare, so that the Unicorne going thether carid away all our men.
And that from Suratt we have setled a new factory in the kingdom of Pertia, not far from Ormus, to the greate hartbreach of the Portingales of that place.
Mr. Pitt hath sent in the Hollandes junck from Syam, viz.:—
| cat. | tale. | m. | |
| Silck 71½ cattis, cost | 3 | 11 | 08 |
| Callemback, 39½ cattis, severall sortes; iij fardelles lifas, or fish skins, cost | 0 | 05 | 14 |
| With charges of all, cost | 0 | 01 | 04 |
[12] A marginal addition runs as follows: “The pilot of Yosens shipp told me it was an untruth that Mr. Savidg would have kild hym selfe, but rather, going a burding his peece would not goe afe at first, but, turnyng the mouth towardes hym, it went afe, etc.”
June 30.—I receved a letter from Miaco from Gonrok Dono, to keepe all the lead and gunpoulder we have for themperour when our shiping cometh, and the lyk he wrot to the Hollanders.