And I rec. an other letter frem Alvaro Gonsalves about his caffro, and he sent the like to Hollandes Capt., but they will deliver no caffro.
_Febrary 3_ (_Shiwas 22_).--I receved ij letters from Nangasaque in answer of myne, 1 from Palue (_sic_) Dono, the gunpoulder man, 1 from Yoshemon Dono, Palus father, tuching Man the slave. They write me how Skidayen Dono, Gonrok Donos secretary, having receved my letter, went to Feze Dono and shewed it to hym. Soe they made a comune serche throwe the towne for the theefe Man, and, not finding him, comitted his father, mother, and brother to preson, with an other, his master which sould hym, whoe the ten of the streete are bound to answer for his forth coming, and, in fallt of fynding out the theefe, must answer with their lives or geve us content for what is stolne. And I retorned answer of my ij letters rec. this day from Nangasaque, thanking them for their paines taken to find out the fugetive theefe Man, and that we could not find hym out heare, desiring them to look out theare to his sureties to retorne hym to me, and I would use hym noe worse then he deserved. These ij letters I retorned per Paule the gunpowder man his man, whome he sent expres to me to adviz what hadd past. And I gave hym 5 _mas_, to pay for his boate hier, and a silke coate or _doboque_,[94] an upper garment or Japon cloake.
And I paid the Spanish telier five R. of 8, as followeth viz.:--
For buttons and loopes for a black bay coate, being 31 2 R. 8 136 For making the said bay coate 2 R. For buttons for the sleeves 0-1/8 R. For buttons and loopes for a Portingall cap, or _galtera_[95] 0-3/8 R. For making the said _galtera_ or capp, 4 _mas_ is 0-1/2 R.
Which money I paid in Spanish R. my selfe, being 3 tymes more then was reason; and so an end, etc.
We lent Andrea Dittis, China Capt., viz. 3 murthering peeces, or fowlers, with vj chambers, wherof 2 bras; 3 hargabushes of crockes[96]; and 4 Japon calivers or guns.
And the gouldsmith came to work this day.
[96] Probably the "crook", or rest, for the harquebus.
_Febrary 4_ (_Shiwas 23_).--This morninge cold wether, with a hard frost, with snowe. Hard frost all day, and the like per night following.
_Febrary 5_ (_Shiwas 24_).--Capt. Leonard and Capt. Albartus and Wm. Cuiper went to the kinges brother to take leave of hym, to departe with the junck towardes Bantam; Albartus going capt. and Wm. Cuiper master. And, after, came to English howse for like occation.