By Edward Maunde Thompson
ISBN-10: 0511697686
ISBN-13: 9780511697685
ISBN-10: 1108011594
ISBN-13: 9781108011594
The guides of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made to be had edited (and occasionally translated) early money owed of exploration. the 1st sequence, which ran from 1847 to 1899, comprises a hundred books containing released or formerly unpublished works by means of authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and masking voyages to the hot global, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volumes sixty six and sixty seven of the sequence, edited by way of E. M Thompson and primary released in 1883, include the majority of the diary of Richard Cocks (c.1565-1624), supplemented by way of a variety of letters. Cocks used to be the top of a buying and selling put up validated in Japan by way of the British East India corporation from its beginning in 1613 until eventually 1622, while it went into bankruptcy. His diary describes jap society and tradition within the early 17th century, in addition to the actions of British retailers there.
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But the Duch man desired hym to let it ly in his chamber untill he had made a new chist to keepe both it and other matters in. But in the mean tyme Mr. Nealsou sould it unto an other Hollander, wherat this man took exceptions, having geven it hym before. Of the which I tould Mr. Nealson aparte, in frendly sort; but he took pepper in the nose, calling the Holland ill names, and misusing hym in vild termes, although Ric. King, our butler, were jurebasso betwixt them when he gave hym the staffe, he geving hym as bad wordes as the rest only because he said it was marvell the Hollander would speake of such a matter, yf he had not geven it hym.
Nealson aparte, in frendly sort; but he took pepper in the nose, calling the Holland ill names, and misusing hym in vild termes, although Ric. King, our butler, were jurebasso betwixt them when he gave hym the staffe, he geving hym as bad wordes as the rest only because he said it was marvell the Hollander would speake of such a matter, yf he had not geven it hym. In fine he called the Hollander, dogg, and thenglish as bad, in my hearing, telling me to my face I sett them all one to misuse hym, espetially Ed, Sayer, my vizregent, when God is my judg I have byn taxed with all thenglish in the cuntrey for suffering Mr.
2 m. Ric. Hudson paid 1 tay 3 mas for a vyne tree to be carid to Firando. —Niquansjunk departed towardes Tonkyn this day. I gave Jorges doughter 2 mas, her father (Capt. Adams host) sending me a hare. — Sanquishe Dono, the governors brother, sent me a banketing box, meates, fish, and other matters, vifon pantange, with 2 bottels wyne, with many complementall wordes. The dansing beares came againe, and I gave them a bar plate of 3^ tais. —Tozayemon Dono deliverd Ed. Sayer 41 picidl 39 cattis 6 ta.
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