And towardes night Bonomon Dono came from Tonomon Samma his master, and brought a pike and langenatt for presentes to Capt. Pring and Capt. Adames. And presently after came Semi Dono with 2 Japon guns and 2 barsos morowfack for Capt. Pring and Capt. Adames, and brought a bankett after Japon fation, to drink with them and take his leave, because he had no tyme to envite them to dynner.
Also the king sent 3 men to put us in mynd that he hadd ordayned them serchers, to look out we carid no Japons in our shiping. And I made answer we ment to carry out non but such we would formerly geve his Highnesse notis of, but were loth to consent to a new custom to serch our shipps, never used hertofore, it being against our preveleges granted us per themperour.
December 12 (Shimutsque 28).—We supped all at Duch howse, both Capt. Pring, Capt. Adames, and all the masters
of the shipps and merchantes ashore, where we had greate cheare and no skarsety of wyne, with many guns shott affe for healthes all the night long.
December 13 (Shimutsque 29).—I went downe to Cochie abord the Royall James to seale up my letters, Capt. Pring soe desiringe me. And the Dutch mett us there at supper. And before I departed from Firando I sent our jurebasso to tell the 3 new serchers apointed that I made acco. the Royall James would goe out to morow morning before day, soe that, yf they would vizet her, it were good they went downe this night. I did it because they should take noe advantage against me, being lardg tonged felloes as they are.
December 14 (Shiwas 1).—I delivered all my letters to Capt. Pring for Bantam and England, viz.:—
1 joynt letter to Mr. Tho. Brockedon and Capt. Augustin Spalding, to Bantam.
1 privat letter to Capt. Spalding, with 15 maky skritorios to sell for me.
1 to Mr. Adam Denton in answer of his, and sale of a cloak for hym.
1 to Jno. Beamond, with a cattan from Jno. jurebasso.