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Book XII
Sixth Year of Reign (1397)
7th Month
1st Day (Kyŏngsul)
Yi Sun, assistant navy commander of Right Kyŏnggi Province, captured
five Japanese marauders and presented them [to the authorities].
2nd Day (Sinhae)
The king bestowed saddled horses upon Chŏng Tojŏn, Count of Ponghwa,
and Nam Ŭn, Lord of Ŭisŏng.
3rd Day (Imja)
The king appointed Na Se, former assistant grand councilor of the Chan-
cellery, as chief commissioner for criminal apprehension (to ch’up’osa) of
Kyŏnggi and P’unghae Provinces as well as the Northwest Region; Ch’oe
Yugyŏng, deputy director of the Security Council, as supreme inspector of
Kyŏnggi and Ch’ungch’ŏng Provinces; and Kang Chungnim, director of the
Office of Guest Affairs, as special commissioner of Ch’ungch’ŏng Province.
The king ordered them to take battleships out to capture Japanese marauders
who had invaded the coastal areas, including P’unghae Province and the
Northwest Region. He sent Cho Iksu, chief magistrate of Hansŏng [Seoul],
to bestow royal wine on them and bid them farewell.