aving the ship entirely unmanned. On receiving
this account of the Spaniards, I thought it best not to let them enter
my ship.

On the 3d of August, king _Foyne_ sent to know what was the size of the
present from our king to the emperor, as also the number of people I
meant to take along with me to the court, that he might provide
accordingly for my going up in good order, in regard to barks, horses,
and palanquins. This day likewise I caused the presents to be assorted,
for the emperor and those of chief consideration about him, of which
presents respectively the values were as follow:--

For _Ogoshosama_, the emperor, ---------------------L87 7 6
_Shongosama_, the emperor's son, ----------------43 15 0
_Codskedona_, the emperor's secretary, ----------15 17 6
_Saddadona_, secretary to the emperor's son,----14 3 4
_Iccocora Juga_, judge of _Meaco_, ---------4 10 6
_Fongodona_, admiral of _Orungo_,-----------3 10 0
_Goto Shozavero_, the mint-master, -------------11 0 0
________
Total, L180 3 10

Sec.7. _Journey of Captain Saris to the Court of the Emperor, with his
Observations there and by the Way_.

The 7th August, 1613, being furnished by king _Foyne_ with a proper
galley, and having taken leave of him, I went aboard ship to put all
things in order for my departure.[13] This galley rowed twenty-five-oars
of a side, and was manned by sixty Japanese; and I fitted her out
handsomely in our fashion, with waste cloths, ensigns, and all other
necessaries. Leaving instructions with the master of the Clove and the
cape merchant, for the proper regulation of the ship and the house on
shore during my absence, and taking with me ten Englishmen and nine
other attendants, as the before-mentioned sixty were only to take charge
of the galley, I departed from Firando on my voyage and journey for the
court of the Japanese emperor. We rowed through among various islands,
all or most of which were well inhabited, and had several handsome towns
upon them, one of which, called _Facata_, has a very strong castle built
of freestone, but without any cannon or garrison. The ditch of this
castle is five fathoms deep and ten broad, all round about the walls,
and is passed by means of a drawbridge, and the whole is kept in good
repair. The tide and wind were here so str