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and Japanese aboard ten ships voluntarily surrendered themselves to our
authorities.
26th Day (Kimyo)
There was frost.
The king bestowed straw hats and jade hat strings upon Cho Chun, left
chancellor, and straw hats upon Chŏng Tojŏn, Count of Ponghwa, and Nam
Ŭn, Lord of Ŭisŏng.
27th Day (Kyŏngjin)
The king left the hot springs to return to the capital.
The king gave instructions to the Privy Council:
“Though it is hard to tell whether the Japanese who are now in Kyŏngsang
Province and begging for surrender are serious in their intention to sur-
render themselves to us, their surrender should be accepted. Even if they
deal with us deceptively, we should not fail to show our trust. However, we
should strengthen ourselves, and if they go back to the old ways of plun-
dering once again, we should not lose opportunities to annihilate them.”
28th Day (Sinsa)
With a falcon perched on his arm, the king went out hunting in the districts
of Kangŭm and Kaesŏng.
4th Month
1st Day (Kyemi)
There was fog. The yellow corvina fish caught for the first time this year
were offered to the royal ancestors at the shrine.
Rakaon, the chief of the Japanese marauders, requested that he be allowed
to surrender with his people, leading twenty- four warships.
3rd Day (Ŭlyu)
There was loud thunder with lightning and rain.