e two vessels--about ninety men, of whom some
were sick; and of his dealings with them, and that they claimed to
be vassals of the king our sovereign. As soon as news of the enemy
reached this city, Don Francisco Tello, governor of these islands,
sent soldiers as scouts along the Camarines coast, with orders to
hide all the provisions, as he was unaware of the generous supply
that the enemy had. It is quite true, as the English themselves said,
that they could have had as much as they wanted, by paying for it.

Captain Pedro de Arseo and Captain Christobal de Arseo Etaminchaca,
both of the infantry, were also ordered to go with a command of men
along the coast to form ambushes, should the enemy land. But this
was all to no purpose, for the enemy, in little more than a month,
came out of the bay and sailed away on one course or another--which
seemed quite impossible to the people here, because they were confident
that the enemy could not get out of the bay in which they lay. But it
finally turned out quite to the contrary; for, as I say, they departed
and laid their course to Capul, until they cast anchor in a harbor,
where they are said to have cleaned the ships and sent men ashore to
burn a small native village. One of the English was left behind there
among the Indians, who seized and brought him to this city. They took
his deposition, in which he told some of the things related above.

Toward the last of November, one of the negroes, named Salvador,
who had escaped by swimming one night near Capul, arrived here. He
reported that the enemy were directing their course toward Maluco,
and that meanwhile they were trying to discover if there were any
plunder among these islands. He said that the capture of the enemy
would be greatly facilitated by attacking them with a fleet; and
his advice was not bad. All this time the enemy were coming nearer,
until they anchored in the port of El Frayle, near Mariveles, where
they lay very much at ease and without any fear, watching for the
vessels coming to this city. They captured a fragata, which they
sank. They took a quantity of flour from a Japanese vessel that was
on its way here. In order to quiet the Japanese, they gave them a
sword, and a few trinkets of no particular value. They captured a
Chinese champan, by which they were informed that the Chinese vessels
would arrive within a few months, laden with silks and merchandise of
great value. This news pleased the enemy so hi