for his sake, if he brought them back to us?  I answered, that the power of pardon belonged to our general, not to me, and that I had no doubt they might easily get free, except one or two of the chiefs in this and other disorders, who richly deserved punishment.  He then said that he wished them all pardoned, without any exception:  to which I answered, that I was sure our general would most willingly do any thing desired by his highness, or the two kings of Firando.  In conclusion, he said, if I would give it under my hand on the faith of a Christian, that all should be pardoned for this time, and that I would procure the general to confirm this at his return, he would then send to Nangasaki for the deserters, and deliver them into my custody, otherwise he would not meddle in the matter, lest he might occasion any of their deaths.  I answered, I was contented with any thing his highness was pleased to command, and so gave him the desired writing under my hand, conditioning that they were all to be sent back.  I then returned to our house after which the Dutch waited upon him with their present, but we were before hand with them.

On the 8th Semidono passed our house, and told me that king Bon-diu had a brother along with him, to whom it would be proper that we should give a present, but not so large as that given to Bon-diu.  On this, advising with the other gentlemen, I laid out a present for him, and on going to deliver it, I found the Dutch before me with theirs, Captain Brower going with it himself.  He accepted it very kindly, promising his interest and assistance to our nation, both at court and any where else.  He came soon afterwards to our house, accompanied by many gentlemen, when they looked over all our commodities, yet went away without making any purchases.  On this occasion he gave me a small cattan, and I gave him two glass bottles, two gally-pots, and about half a cattee of picked cloves, which he said he wanted for medicinal purposes.  I likewise gave him and his followers a collation, with which they all seemed contented.

Soon afterwards, Bon-diu sent a gentleman to me, desiring to have my written promise for pardon to our deserters, to which I consented, after consulting with the other gentlemen.  If I had not done this, we certainly had never got them back, and the Spaniards would have sent them to Manilla or the Moluccas.  Immediately after this, I got notice that Bon-diu and his brother meant to visit our ship, wherefore I sent some banqueting stuff aboard, and went myself to meet them, when they were entertained as we best could.  Bon-diu gave two cattans, and we saluted them with seven guns at their departure.  The brother returned soon after, and requested to have one of the little monkeys for his brother’s children; so I bought one for five dollars from our master-gunner, and sent it to Bon-diu.  He being ready to go on shore, desired to have me