July 9.—Bongo Samma came to thenglish howse to vizet me, and said he was glad it was a Hollander and not an English shipp which was spoild by the Portingales. He said they were ij Holland shipps, and that the bigger ran away and left the lesser to be spoiled; but that I esteem a fable.
July 10.—I rec. iij Japon letters this day, i from Capt. Adams wife, from Edo, an other from Croby Dono, Capt. Adams host at Osakay, and the therd from Tozayemon Dono, our host at Sackay, all complemental, Tozayemon Dono advising that silk was risen to 300 tais pico at Miaco.
And this day came a bark from Tushma, and passed by to goe to Langasaque to adviz the governor of the arivall of a Portingall frigat was there arived with many wounded and hurt men in her, for that they desired barkes to toe them from thence to Langasaque. This is on of them which fought with the Hollanders. The other 3 are allready arived at Langasaque.
July 11.—Ther came a company of players (or caboques) with apes and babons sent from the tono (or king) to play at our house, unto whome was geven iij taies in small plate. They were also at the Hollandes howse in same sort, and had ij barrs plate, is 8 tais vj mas.
July 12.—I receved a letter from Andrea Dittis, China Capt., from Langasaque, of a junck arived from Tacca Sanga with som hides and sappon wood, but no silk at all, non coming thether this year from China.
And I rec. an other letter from Alvaro Munos from Langasaque, wherin he writes ther was but iiij Portingals slayne in synking the Holland shipp, wherin were xxx Hollanders and 8 Japons, all being dead but one Japon which escaped, who telleth the news, and that she came from Bantam laden with cloth and som rialles of 8, with cheese and other matters; and that the junckes which the Hollanders put their men into at sea are retorned to Canton with all the goodes, having kild all the Hollanders.
July 13.—Harnando Ximenes came this mornyng to Firando in a small bark or friggot which came from Macasar and thought to have gon for the Phillipinas, but was cast on the cost of Corea, and all the men dead but 5 before they could get [to] Tushma; and is shee nomenated
before, which we thought had byn on of them which fought with the Hollander which is sunck. He bringeth word that Capt. Copendall is dead, and that the Hollanders misuse our English men in vild sort and take them presoners in all places where they can lay handes on them. He is not now servant of the Company, as he saith, and complayneth much of Mr. Lucas Antonison, of his going away, and that by his meanes he was trayned abord, and shipped away for Macosar, and his chist, aparell, and other matters detayned from hym. So from thence he got hither. He also sayeth that Marten Prin cometh generall of a fleet of 5 good shipps this yeare for Surat and soe for Bantam. Also he saith (to my greefe) that my nephew Jno. Cocks is dead at Bantam, and that he did not hear of the Advices arivall at Bantam, although it were late before he departed from thence.
This Spanish vessell arived at Tushma is a shipp of som 80 or 100 tonns, and, as I understand, was sent from Manillas the last yeare laden with victuelles, to have gon for the Molucas, but never went thether at all, but rather for Macasar, geving it out that they were at Molucos and had in chase by ij Holland shipps, and forced to save them selves at Macasar. But being theare, they took councell together, and agreed to provid them selves of the needfull and to retorne for the cost of Manilla, there to attend the coming out of the China junck with their money, and soe to stripp them of it, thinking they might easely doe it, and all passe under the name of Hollanders. But now, all their people being dead, they are driven to this extremetye and send this Scots man, called John Portis, to the Spaniardes at Nangasaque, to excuse the matter that they were driven into these partes by meanes of fowle wether, not having any merchandiz in the shipp, and therefore needlesse to com to Nangasaque, and to this effect carry a bongew of the King of Tushma with them to certefie as much, thinking (as is should seeme) to provide them selves of men at Tushma
and to goe out againe upon their former pretence of boothaling. This much Harnando Ximenes, being drunk, did discloze.