He lived in the court of the king. With muskets, swords and bow and arrow. They also have some pieces of artillery. Near every city, which itself is indefensible, there is a fortress or a walled enforcement, most of the time on a high mountain. These always have food and ammunition for three years.
Every city has to maintain a war junk.
Every junk has a crew of 200 to 300 men, oarsmen and soldiers, and is equipped with some small pieces of artillery. They are not at war, but pay tribute to the Tartarians, whose envoy comes three times a year to collect the tribute. They pay furthermore a tribute to Japan. How much is not known to us. They have, we presume, the same religion as the Chinese.