I gave a bar plate containing 2ta. 9m. 0co. to the maky man in respect he gave me a banketing box.
We gave Taffi Dono a present of 1½ tatt. black bayes and 2 tatta fustion, and the oyleman 1½ tatt. blak bayes: they being our money changers.
January 17 (Shonguach 1).—I sent the China Capt. a present of a keremon, a bottell Spanish wyne, and a banketing box Portingall fartes[1], diet bread, and other sweet meates; and to Niquan the China, his kynsman, a keremon; and to Matingas father a kerremon; and to the women 3 boxes of Portingall fartes, etc.; and to China Capt. doughter a keremon, she coming to vizet me and brought a peece damaske.
And many Chinas came to vizet me in a troope together, wishing me a good new yeare. And Tonomon Sama, the kinges brother, passing by, sent his man in his behalfe to wish me a good new yeare, exskewsing his not entring, he being going to his mother.
[1] Farte, a tart.
January 18.—Ther was presentes sent as followeth, viz.:—To the king or tono 2 barsos wyne and 2 fyshes; to Tonomon Sama, his brother, the lyke; to Bongo Sama, his uncle, the lyke; to Sangero Sama 2 barilles wyne and 1 fysh; to Semy Dono, the lyke; to Oyen Dono, the lyke; to Taccamon Dono, the lyke; to Sugeon Dono, the lyke; to his father, the lyke; to Torazemon Dono, the lyke.
And I went and viseted Capt. Adames and his host and carid hym and thother a bottell Spanish wine and a banketing box sweet meates, with 2 little bottells morofack.
January 19.—We gave the mint man a tattamy and a halfe of bayes for a present, and paid him for melting plate, viz.: for fibuk, or once melted, 5 mas per c. tais; for bars twise melted, one per cento; they to find coles and
we lead; as the Hollanders did the like; and yf we melt plate somo, to pay 1½ per cento.
The oyle man, our money changer, brought a present of 10 bundelles money paper and a baskit of mustard seed. And the founders brought a bundell Japon writing paper containing 5 quire. We sent a present of 2 barsos wyne and fyshes to Unagense Dono, and Sugien Donos father came to English howse and brought a present of muchos, wyne, and fysh to me, and the like to Mr. Wickham.