; and that vessels were sent in which the admiral,
his crew, and their clothing should be brought to the said city,
which was effected. They brought the news that the storm had been
very heavy and had lasted five days; and that the flagship, being a
more seaworthy vessel, had put to sea and had been seen no more. An
order was sent immediately to the alcalde-mayor of Cagayan to provide
supplies from another ship, and other necessities for the admiral,
so that he could pursue his voyage. It was done as soon as possible,
with new instructions and orders from the governor to follow the
course which Don Luis gave him in his instructions at the time of his
departure; and that if he should arrive at Camboxa before his general,
he was to execute the orders in his instructions for the undertaking,
whereupon he left. Some months before Don Luis Perez Dasmarinas
sailed from the Ffilipinas, Captain Don Joan Camudio had sailed in a
small but well-fitted vessel for China, to purchase iron, saltpeter,
lead, tin, and other very necessary articles for the provision of the
camp at Manila; because, for three or four years, the Chinese have
not brought anything of this kind in their vessels. He encountered
considerable resistance to his entry into China on the part of the
Portuguese from Macao--who, hearing the news of his arrival, set out
to find him, and tried many times to sink or burn his ship, and to
show him other evil treatment. It was their intention to prevent
the Spanish from coming to China or knowing anything about it or
its trade; and this they tried to do with the greatest obstinacy and
enmity. But affairs were managed so well with the viceroy of Canton,
called the _tuton_, and especially with the _laytao_, or chief judge
of that province, that not only were the Portuguese prevented from
uttering their previous calumnies against the Spaniards--namely,
that they were robbers and highwaymen, coming to make war on China,
and other things of that sort--but the Chinese even assigned and gave
to the Spaniards a port eight leagues from Canton, called Pinal; so
that, from that time on, the Castilians of Manila and the Philipinas
Islands, if they wished, could come there freely and securely to trade,
and for any other purpose that should arise. They were allowed ingress
into the city of Canton, and a house was given them there, in which to
assemble by night or day. This very much astonished the Portuguese,
because it was a thing that t