N.

Nailmakers, petitions of, 306, 329.

-, to serve the East India Company with iron at 16s. a ton.

Nails, 95, 738.

-, three tons of, eaten away with rust, 346.

Nangasaki (Japan), p. 3, 8, 86, 105, 206, 221, pp. 126-8, 282, 566, 739, 747, 819, 916, 930, 967, 1112, 1118.

-, Japon Christians put to death in, 1118.

-, Papist Portugal bishop in, p. 360.

-, parish churches and monasteries all pulled down in, p. 360.

-, Christian martyrs at, 819.

-, bongo or governor of, see Conrok, Dono.

-, the harbour of, the best in Japan, p. 360.

-, Portuguese galliots arrived at, 1112.

-, Spaniards and Portugals in, p. 462, 1124.

-, -, English sailors run away to, 930.

-, letters dated from, 291, 376, 386, 411, 454, 462, 481, 817-820.

Narapoli, 782.

Narrow Seas, the, 241, 1062, 1096, 1116, 1136.

-, the sovereignty of, 1052.

-, charge of the King's ships in, p. 4 451.

Nash, John, 171.

Nassau, Maurice de, Prince of Orange, governor of Zealand. 421, 440, 442, 448, 453, 461, 485, 523, 695, 711, 722, 860, 922-3, 945, 970, 1011, 1021, 1043, 1139, 1148.

-, -, letters from,
-, 1618 : 491, 492.

-, Count William of, 722.

-, the, 814.

-, fort of, p. 8.

Naunton, Secretary Sir Robt., 442, 505, 537, 675, 707, 750, 954.

-, -, letters from-
-, 1618 : 422, 425, 443, 478, 506, 509, 513, 520.
-, 1619 : 527, 530, 555, 565, 647, 716, 733.
-, 1620 : 855, 867, 889, 901, 903.

-, -, letters to-
-, 1618 : 432, 440, 448, 453, 461, 471, 485, 486, 493, 494, 523.
-, 1619 : 544, 561, 636, 640, 645, 655, 660, 673, 698, 708, 711, 722, 727, 729, 773, 784.
-, 1620 : 807, 809, 815, 860, 864, 870, 875, 881, 888, 891, 896, 898, 904, 918, 923, 928, 941, 946.

Navigation, work on, see Wood, Dr.

Navy, Commissioners of the, 631.

Nealson, William, (Firando), 407, 441, 739.

-, -, letter from,
-, 1618 : 279.

-, -, sickness and death of, p. 360, 930.

Neave, John, see Neeve, John.

Nedham, Peter, 114, 127, 246, 445, 482, 816, p. 374.

Needham, - (the Queen's chaplain), 754.

Needlework, embroidered, p. 309.

Needs, Wm., p. 57.

Neeve, John, purser of the Moon, 822, 979.

-, -, letter from,
-, 1621 : 1106.

Negapatam, 515.

Negroes
-, 193
-, see also Blackmen, Slavery and Slaves.

Neira, Isle of, (the Bandas), p. 8, 82, p. 106, 332, 425. I., 623, 746. 997.

-, English factory in, p. 425.

-, English fort at, 623.

-, annual yield of spices in, p. 386.

-, large Dutch fleet and army at, 997.

-, castle, 99, 997.

Nelson, Wm., (Ispahan), 59, 189, 230, 330, 380, p. 200, 466, 480, 489, 499, p. 226, p. 305, 778, p. 407.

-, -, agreement with, for carrying the Company's letters to the Indies, 482.

-, -, petition of, 726.

-, -, sworn a free brother of the East India Company, p. 340.

-, -, saved from burning, 828.

Nepthunires, 355.

Neptune, (Dutch ship) the, 219, 251.

Nereary, governor of Minau, 800, 811.

Netherlanders, the, see Hollanders, the.

Nethersole, Fras., p. 100.

Nethersoll or Nethersall, Wm., p. 302, 789.

Nettles, Wm., p. 502.

Neve, John, surgeon of the Globe, 146.

Neville, Sir Henry, 347, 717.

Newall, Rich., 508, 671, 1145, p. 504.

Newboll, Stephen, 480.

-, -, widow of, 480.

Newfoundland, 422.

Newgate, p. 109, 775.

-, prisoners in, 505, 553, 924.

Newman, -, 391, 717, 720.

Newmarket, 505, 559, 778.

-, letters dated from, 616, 919.

Newport, Capt. Christopher, 127, 257, 442, p. 476.

-, -, his death, p. 476.

-, -, Master of the Trial, 1052, 1057.

Newrode, Dutch factor in Siam, 1074, 1099.

Newse, Capt., 217, 270.

New Year's Gift, the, 670, 747.

-, master of,
-, see Salmon, Nath
-, Hatch, John.

-, letters dated from aboard, 611, 846.

New Zealand, the, 883.

Nicholas, Edward, letter to,
-, 1621 : 958.

Nicholls, Capt. Simon, p. 499, 1175.

-, John, 252.

Nicolls, Wm., chief factor at Acheen, chief of the factories of the Moluccas, 118, 119, 120, 184, p. 106, 360, 611, 663, 755, 767, pp. 374-5, 879, 933, 1035, 1075, 1093, 1112, 1122, 1165.

-, -, illness of, 136.

-, -, his departure for England, 663.

-, -, sent to Acheen, 763.

-, -, his instructions as one of the Council of Defence, 1019.

-, -, letters from-
-, 1617 : 134, 136.
-, 1618 : 257, 285, 365, 384, 388, 515.
-, 1619 : 590, 760.
-, 1621 : 1050.

-, -, letters to-
-, 1617 : 6, 51, 94.
-, 1619 : 592.
-, 1620 : 932.
-, 1621 : 993, 1026, 1027, 1034, 1045, 1047, 1071, 1089, 1109, 1127, 1131, 1141, 1142, 1153, 1155, 1157, 1162.

-, -, appointed chief agent of all the factories in the Moluccas, 932.

Nieuwrodd, N., 847.

Nixon, Wm., p. 98.

Noble, John, 356, 1173.

-, -, Eliza, wife of, 356.

-, Andrew, p. 504.

Noble of Rotterdam, 1090.

Nocada, Amye 257.

Noghoda, Capt. of a Dabul junk, 856.

Noialls (French cannon), see Noyalls or Noyaux.

Nokada Secua, 1070.

Norcott, Lawrence, 161.

Norden, -, 428.

Norenberg, letter dated from, 897.

Norfolk, co., p. 340.

Norgrave, Rich., 754, p. 339.

-, -, his accounts, 829.

North, Lord, brother of, 455.

-, Henry, p. 502.

-, John, p. 226.

North Holland (Dutch ship), the, 1108.

North-east Passage, the, 233, 1179.

North-west Passage, the, 16, 24, 169, 179.

-, Japanese opinion of the English attempts to discover the, p. 2.

-, doubtful whether the Japanese will assist in any attempts to discover, 12.

-, the discovery of, again attempted by the Dutch, 244, p. 126.

-, reported discovery of, by the K. of Denmark, 839.

-, offer to join in the patent to attempt the discovery of, 249.

Northampton, Earl of, see Compton, Wm.

Northfleet, 829.

Norton, -, 635.

-, -, wife of, 635.

Norwich, sheriffs of, letter from,
-, 1621 : 1081.

Norwood, Valentine, p. 230.

Nottingham, Earl of, see Howard, Chas.

Nourmahal, Queen, wife of the Great Mogul, 45, 172, 173, 186, 193, 209, p. 259, 786.

-, "the Queen Mother" of, p. 121.

-, robbery of the junk of, 217.

Nova Guinea, p. 127.

Noyalls or Noyaux (French cannon), 157, 480.

Nutmegs, 127, 243, 330, 344, 518, 643, p. 495.

Nutt, Thos., 455, p. 229.