_Marche 30_ (_Ninguach 18_).--We had 39 carpenters, 132 laborers, 2 plasterers for 1/2 day, for howse, and 82 laborers, halfe day, and 50 laborers, whole day, for howse; and 10 carpenters and 4 laborers all day for buriall place.
_Marche 31_ (_Ninguach 19_).--We had 50 carpenters, and 32 laborers, for howse, and, for buriall place, 7 carpenters and 4 laborers, all day.
_Aprill 1_ (_Ninguach 20_).--We had 50 carpenters, 20 laborers, for howse, and, for buriall place, 4 carpenters, 4 laborers, all day.
Mr. Eaton retorned this night from Nangasaque.
_Aprill 2_ (_Ninguach 21_).--We had 53 carpenters, 172 laborers, 1 plasterar 1/2 day, and one cane man 1/2 day, the rest all day, for the howse, with 12 carpenters and 12 laborers for the buriall place.
And Mr. Eaton delivered these papers in Japons unto me, viz.:--
1 coppie of a writing sent to Cochinchina per Mr. Eaton per Capt. Chimpan, to recover in what he can, the one halfe of which he is to have for hymselfe, and thother for the Company, of all he can gett ether of that lost per Mr. Peacock or Mr. Sayer; for beter somthing then nothing.
1 writing in Japons, fermed per Itamia Migell Dono named Ziemon, Soude Giemon, his boteswaine, and Shobioye Dono, his purser or scrivano, wherin they are bound upon payne of livse and goodes not to tuch at Amacon nether going out nor retorning home, but to goe directly for Cochinchina, and noe place else.
Yt is reported that the King of Goto hath cutt his belly at Miaco by 154 comand of themperour, by reason he put away his wife, which was of the blood royall (he being made king by marying of her), and took an other woaman of basse degree in her place. This is the generall report, yet som say he is not yet dead, but in greate danger to die, the matter having been in plito the space of 4 or 5 yeares.
_Aprill 3_ (_Ninguach 22_).--We had 70 carpenters, 33 laborers, and 1 caneman, for howse, and ij carpenters and iiij laborers for buriall place.
I gave Coa Jno. _jurebassos_ wife a bar plate with a _barso_ of wyne and box sweet bread, she going to a new howse, and brought her child to me to geve it a name, which I did call Coa Jno., as his father.
Tonomon Samma, Taccamon Dono, and Semi Dono did retorne from Ishew, where they were to take pleasure. Soe I sent our _jurebasso_ to bid them well home in my name, and to offer them my service. But Taccamon Dono (before the _jurebasso_ spoake with hym) sent a man to tell me of his retorne, offring me all frenship wherin we had occation to employ hym, either toward Tonomon Samma or else where.