the interests of the Sangleys;
and that between the scruples of prudence and justice [on the one
hand], and the boldness of the counsels given by all the rest of the
military men [on the other], the piety of so just a vengeance would
have strongly prevailed. But the corpse was quickly buried--either
by the father's assailants, repentant; or by the peaceable Sangleys,
in fear--and, detected either by the odor or by the signs made by
some servants who, hidden in the convent of the Parian, witnessed the
occurrence, the body was found that night. The news, which quickly
ran through the Parian, filled all with horror and caused some of the
Sangleys to flee from that quarter. Accordingly, by morning affairs
assumed a worse aspect, and the more influential personages and the
military leaders became less friendly to the Sangleys. All directed
their efforts to persuading his Lordship to have the heads of all the
Sangleys cut off, commencing at the Parian and conducting a campaign in
pursuit of the rest of the fugitives. His Lordship, seeing that they
had allotted the Sangleys but a short respite, that they had the day
before left the settlement of matters with Father Francisco Mesina
and that more time than this was necessary for securing the proper
degree of order, resolved to hasten the negotiations for peace and
to go to see the father with the Sangleys in company with a Sangley
named Raimundo, an agent of Cot-sen in this city.

At this time so many lies were current against the behavior of the
Sangleys, and these were so well received by those who desired to
destroy them--persons who were actuated more by avarice and selfishness
than by interest in the welfare of the community--that they caused
hesitation among even the most cautious and prudent. On one hand they
said that a battalion of Sangleys had entered the village of Tondo
(which is distant a cannon-shot from the city) and had already set
fire to the church. Again, the fugitives had retreated upon Sagar, and
had fitted up many forges in order to make weapons, and were working
these eagerly day and night. But his Lordship--who was well informed
regarding the available forces, and knew that he could send hardly
one hundred strong men into the field out of the six hundred whom
he had in the city, and how important it was to reserve his entire
strength for the greater danger; and who very correctly judged that
inconsiderate desires for an assault [on the Parian] had fabric