Saris | Japan 400

Extract from Saris’s Log, 23rd June 1613

Posted on 23 June 2013 at 9:00 am.

in which the bitter rivalries of trade in the region are revealed… “We had newes of two China Iunckes arived at Langasque laden with suger; by him wee vnderstood that the Emperour of China had then latelie put to death … Continued

Extract from Saris’s Log, 21st June 1613

Posted on 22 June 2013 at 9:23 am.

Written by Jenny White

We rejoin the Log to discover the precarious fate that befell female actors of the time… “The oulde kinge came a boarde agayne, and brought with him diverse women to be frolick. These woemen were actors of Commedies, which passe … Continued