o the villages of Santa Cruz
and Binondo, or as his Lordship should command. This they carried
out in the time which they asked, which was two days.

Their resolution was much aided by the one which his Lordship had
taken ever since May 26, when he ordered that one of the champans
should be made ready for the voyage, promising its captain beforehand a
thousand Sangleys, whom he must without fail transport. He commanded
one of the three champans that were at Cavite to come to Manila;
this was to open the door wide in the face of their mistrust, and it
showed that his intention was only to make the country safe and not
to avenge on them (as they had believed) the insolence of Cot-sen.

The fugitives thereupon came down in all haste and especially on the
day that had been set, June 4; yet notwithstanding this, so great
was the anxiety to feed on the wretched Sangleys that [some people
attempted to] persuade his Lordship that the whole arrangement was a
sham; that all the Sangleys were still in the field, and that they only
came down from their camp on this pretext, in order to search for what
they needed and to carry away the few who remained in the Parian. His
Lordship, giving another day of vigilance, apparently yielded to
the importunate outcries of the many who clamored for the punishment
of the Sangleys--who had committed no crime except their terrified
flight; and ordered the soldiers to be made ready in order that he
might freely select the troops who were to go out for the campaign.

The bowmen of Master-of-camp Don Juan Macapagal had already arrived,
also the 200 Pampango veteran soldiers in charge of Master-of-camp
Don Francisco Lacsamana. He [i.e., his Lordship] commanded them to
be mustered on June 6; and when all were expecting [that he would
select] a strong battalion of Spaniards, Pampangos, Mardicas, [49]
Japanese, and creoles, he left them all mocked and humiliated who had
attributed to cowardice the forbearance dictated by his prudence. He
set aside only the regiment of Pampangos, arquebusiers and bowmen;
and committed the exploit to the Pampango master-of-camp, Don Francisco
Lacsamana--leaving in the lurch those who attached so much importance
to the enterprise, and who attributed his delay to fear. Unaffected
by considerations of mere policy, his Lordship moved in accordance
with right and the light of truth which belongs to those free from
prejudice; he had carefully considered the enterprise and saw