July 14.—This night past a howse was set on fire, but by good helpe sowne quenched; yet many barkes of other places being in the harbour, the men went ashore, knocking at other mens dores, calling for buckettes, and the dores being opened they rushed in and carid away all they could lay handes on, and undid divers pore men. But whether serch will be made after them, it is not knowne, this justice, Taccamon Dono, being a simple felloe.
July 15.—Jor. Durons writes me that yt is a Holland shipp that the Portingall frigottes burned. Also that the Conde Redondo is com for viz Roy of Goa (or India), and that all in generall have complained against Don Jeronimo de Silva for his covetousnesse, desyring to have hym sent away and an other sent to Phillippinas in his place.
He writes also how the King of Spaine maketh sharp warrs against the Duke of Savoy, and that the Venetians and the Turk take the Savoyans part. Allso that Prince Charles of England hath maried or is made sure to the King of Spaines doughter.
July 16.—Yasemon Dono, Capt. Adames host, came out of Xaxma, and hath bought store of planke and tymber secretly underhand for the Hollanders; otherwaies the King of Xaxma would not let them have any, being noe frend to the Hollanders. Yt is said the Hollanders meane to make a galley of parte of this tymber to set out against the Portingale frigotes.
July 17.—I rec. a letter from Jor. Durons, wherin he writes me that it is of a certen that the shipp the Portingalles sunck is a Hollander and no Englishman, and that they have saved many letters of the Hollanders, which it should goe hard but he would get som of them and send to me to put me out of dowbt of the matter. Also he writes
that ther was above 20000 pezos or R. of 8 sunck in her, which were sent to buy tymber in Xaxma, to make 5 or vj gallis or friggates to set out against the Portingalles and Spaniardes, espetially them which com from Amacou.
The other ij letters were from Capt. Andrea Dittis and Capt. Whow, his brother, that the 3 junckes which went to Taccasanga, wherin the Worll. Company had 600 tais adventure, are all retorned to Langasaque without silk, non being permitted to com out of China, and that they had sent much money into China to buy silk (from Taccasanga), but had noe newes what was becom of men nor money.
I forgot to note downe how Georg Durons advized me that the cheefe Hollander in the Indies is sunk in the shipp that was coming from Bantam by the Portingales, and that the Holland shipp had taken ij China junckes, which the Portingales reskewed, and retorned them to China.
July 18.—A China brought me a present of a cup of abado[13] (or black unecorns horne), with suger cakes.
[13] Span.: abada, the female rhinoceros.