Captain Brower Sent Me Word That They Had
Taken Various Commodities From Him, Paying Him Just As They Pleased; He
Also Sent An Empty Bottle, Desiring To Have It Filled With Spanish Wine,
As He Had Invited Certain Strangers, And Had None Of His Own.
[Footnote 32:
It was now a great festival among the pagans, which began
on this day, said to be like the Lent of the papists. - Purch.]
I heard three or four guns or chambers discharged on the 13th, which I
supposed had been done at the Dutch house, in honour of the king; but I
afterwards learnt that they were shot by a Chinese junk which was
passing for Nangasaki. Shortly after, the old king sent for me to come
to dinner at the Dutch house, and to bring Mr Eaton with me, and a
bottle of wine.[33] Mr Eaton had taken medicine, and could not go out,
but I went. We had an excellent dinner, the dishes being dressed partly
in the Japanese fashion, and partly according to the Dutch way, but no
great drinking. The old king sat at one table, accompanied by his eldest
son and two brothers of the young king, as the young king had sent to
say he was not well. At the other table there sat, first, Nabesone,
the old king's brother, then myself, next me Semidono, then the old
king's governor, and below him Zanzebar's father-in-law, and various
other Japanese gentlemen on the other side of the table.
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