d by the fleets of Mindoro
which they completely filled with blood and fire. But at the same time
they showed a very great simplicity, which was carried to so great an
extreme, as is mentioned by father Fray Gaspar de San Agustin, that
when they saw the Europeans with clothes and shoes--a thing unknown
among them--they imagined that that adornment was the product of nature
and not placed through ingenious modesty. [35] That simplicity produced
in them the effect of their not applying themselves to the cultivation
of the earth, but of contenting themselves with wild fruit and what
they could steal as pirates, or better said, robbers. The sequel of
that so far as their laziness is concerned, has lasted even to our
own times; for as says father Fray Juan Francisco de San Antonio,
all who have discussed the matter, agree that they are the laziest
people and the most averse to work of all the inhabitants in those
islands, notwithstanding that they are corpulent enough. [36] However,
my experience of the Philipinas obliges me to say that so blamable
a peculiarity is only too common to all of them, almost without any
distinction of more or less. Neither could that courage of theirs
save them from subjection to Espana, and if they earlier considered
that subjection unfortunate in the extreme, now they regard it with
the light of the faith as their greatest fortune.

787. A beginning in its conquest was made on the Mamburao side in the
year 1570 by Captain Juan de Salcedo. [37] That conquest was completed
so far as the seacoasts are concerned from the cape of Burruncan
to that of Calavite at the beginning of the following year by the
adelantado, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The balance of the island has
been subdued gradually by dint of the evangelical laborers with the
exception of the mountains which are located in its center. From that
time, then, the seacoast Indians of that island have been subject to
the mild yoke of the Spanish crown, and have given signs of extreme
loyalty. For, although the great Chinese pirate Limaon attacked the
Philipinas in the year 1574, in order to seize them if possible,
there were some signs of insurrection in Mindoro, which was put down
very quickly, even before one felt its effects which are generally
very painful in popular uprisings. That good fortune was due to the
moderation of the natives and to the temperance of Captain Gabriel de
Ribera, who knew how to sweeten with very pleasing acts of ki