_Marche 16._--I delivered iij C. _tais_ plate bars to the China Capt. to goe in adventure for Tacca Sanga or Isla Fermosa, and Mr. Osterwick paid hym iij C. _tais_ more at Firando, in all vj C. _tais_, and goeth for accompt of Right Honble. and Worll. Company, our emploiers, to be disbursed for silke. God send a prosperous voiage.
I envited Capt. Adames, Yasimon Dono, Mr. Sayer, and Robt. Hawley, and had the dansing beares, which cost ij _tais_ plate bars, and two _mas_ small plate geven their boy, all paid my selfe.
Shoyemon Dono, the master of dansing beares, came and brought me a present of 2 _barsos_ wyne and 16 loves bread.
Ghiquans junck went downe to Facondo; soe Capt. Adames, Ed. Sayer, and Robt. [Hawley] took ther leave and went abord.
_Marche 17._--I gave dansing bears one bar plate containing 3 _tais_, and 4 _mas_ to _neremonnears_[7] brought them.
This night about son seting the junck of Fingo Shiquan put to sea, wherein Capt. Adames went pilot, and Ed. Sayer and Robt. Hawley 24 for Worll. Company, Chimpow a China being capten.
Tachemon our cooke had 3-1/2 small plate, which he paid to Jor. Durons to reedeme his son, and the money goeth on his wagis.
[7] The bearers of the sedan chairs or _neremons_.
_Marche 18._--I delivered 30 _tais_ plate bars to Andrea Dittis, China Capt., for our diet since we came to Langasaque; but he would have taken nothing, it being in a howse of his slave where we la. Also I ment to have geven the good wife a bar plate of 4 _ta._ 4 _m._, and an other bar to servantes of 3 _ta._ 1 _m._ 8 _co._, and a therd to the children, containing 2 _ta._ 4 _m._ 3 _co._; but he would not suffer me to geve nothing to wife nor servantes, but the 2 _ta._ 4 _m._ 3 _co._ to the children.
Albartus the Hollander came to Langasaque this day and came to vizet me, and tould me he ment to have sent 1000 or 2000 _tais_ plate in the junck where Capt. Adames went, yf she had not departed from hence before he came. So now he menes to send it in the junck of Barnardo.
_Marche 19._--I rec. 2 letters from Mr. Osterwick and Mr. Nealson, dated in Firando, le 17th currant, sent per a Japon, advising of the needfull, namely, how the King of Firando had geven a streete of above 50 howses joyning to their howse, to pull it downe and build their howse larger with 2 new warehowses (or gadongs). I wish we had our howse at Langasaque, and then let the Hollanders domener at Firando, for out of dowbt they pay for it.