They Embarked In A Barge Or Galley Belonging To The King,
Which Rowed Twenty Oars Of A Side, And We Fired Thirteen Pieces Of
Ordnance At Their Departure.
The old king sent 100 tayes of Japanese
money to our general before his departure, for his expenditure on the
way, which I placed to account, by our general's order, as money lent.
[Footnote 26: This subdivision is taken from observations written by
Richard Cockes, Cape merchant, or chief factor at Firando. These
observations are a separate article in the Pilgrims of Purchas, vol.
I. pp. 395 - 405, and in Astley's Collection, vol. I. pp. 509 - 517; but
are inserted in this place as calculated to render this first account of
the English trade in Japan a complete and unbroken narrative. - E.]
[Footnote 27: John Japan seems a fabricated name; perhaps a Japanese
Christian named John, and the addition of Jurebasso may signify that
he acted as interpreter. - E.]
Next day, I went to wait upon the two kings, as from our general, to
thank them for having so well provided for his journey, which they took
in good part. I suspect the old king had notice that some of our men had
behaved ill last night; as he desired me to remind the master to look
well to the people on board, and that I should look carefully to the
behaviour of those on shore, that all things might go on as well in the
absence of the general as when he was present, otherwise the shame would
be ours, but the dishonour his.
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