are, when they
are to come, how many came out in a fleet from Olanda, and at what
time they set sail--this declarant replied that he was certain,
now that the commerce here had been begun and this fort established,
that vessels would come. He does not know the number, but the said
factor will have an account thereof. When this man who is making his
confession set sail, there set out from Olanda and Jelanda twelve
ships. They were divided after the following manner: Two of them
separated from the others at the Cape of Buena Esperanza [_i.e._, Good
Hope], at the island of Sant Lorenco, and two others at Masanvique
[_i.e._, Mozambique]; three remained in Ambueno, to go to Banda to
be laden with pepper; and the five others came to these islands. It
may be two years since they left Olanda and Jelanda. This declarant
does not know what course they followed, more than as a common sailor
who went on board to get his livelihood.

Being asked of what he knows of affairs in Terrenate, and of the
state in which they are, and of the fort and defenses there--he
answered that the artillery was not inside the fort, but in a house
intended for the sole purpose of protecting the artillery against
the water. The height of the wall is four estados, as he thinks. This
declarant thinks that the city where the fort is contains as many as
two thousand men of war, armed with arquebuses, muskets, campilans,
cuirasses, and helmets. This is his answer and it is the truth, under
the penalty imposed upon him who testifies falsely; and he has signed
this with his name. [Signature is lacking]

The Sangley Insurrection of 1603

_True relation of the Sangley insurrection in the Filipinas, and
the miraculous punishment of their rebellion; and other events of
the islands: written to these kingdoms by a soldier who is in those
islands, and abridged by Miguel Rodriguez Maldonado._ [18]

[_Marginal note at beginning of MS._: "Chinese Sangleys who remained in
this island to enjoy the liberty of the gospel, many of whom afterward
failed in their duty."]

On September 26 of the former year 603, it was reported in this city
of Manila that a negress had declared that on St. Francis's day there
would be a great fire and much bloodshed. Investigations were made in
regard to her statement, and the time passed until Friday, October
3, of the said year, the eve of St. Francis. In the afternoon, Don
Luys de las Marinas sent to Governor Don Pedro de Acuna