he Chinese had never done for them. Don
Joan Camudio and his men lay in this harbor of Pinar with their ship,
busy supplying their needs, when they were informed that Don Luis
de las Marinas, with the flagship of his fleet, had run before the
storm spoken of above, had made the coast of China, and had landed
near Macao; that the ship was so weakened that it sprang a leak there,
and foundered, the crew, artillery, and munitions being saved, with a
small part of the clothing that they carried. They also learned that
the Chinese mandarins there gave the Spaniards a kind reception, from
whom the latter procured a few vessels with which to get to Pinal,
where they were informed that Don Joan and his men were; and that
the Portuguese of Macao not only refused to help them in this matter,
but also contrived to subject them to considerable inconvenience and
ill-treatment, in order to complete their destruction. After this,
Don Luis himself arrived at Pinal with his men and the remains of
the shipwreck, by the vessels given them by the Chinese, avoiding the
Portuguese of Macao who were the enemies of the Castilians. Don Luis,
upon finding himself and his men in the harbor of Pinal, in company
with Don Joan de Camudio and his men, made known the particulars of
his past loss, but did not lose his courage for continuing his Camboxa
expedition, thinking that the other two ships of his fleet had gone
on. Therefore he immediately sent to Canton to ask permission of the
laytao to buy a ship in which to continue his journey. The Portuguese
again opposed them, showing greater assiduity and uttering greater
fabrications than they had done before with Don Joan de Camudio--saying
that they were corsairs, and that they had followed Don Joan to join
him and make raids on China. But it profited them little, because
the laytao of Canton ordered Don Luis and his men to enter the harbor
of Pinal, where the other Castilians were, where they would be given
whatever they needed. Don Luis de las Marinas was very much pleased
and comforted at this, and continued in his determination, especially
in securing a ship which he needed. He could not buy, nor anyone sell
him one without the permission of the laytao, on account of strict
laws against it. There was an abundance of cloth in this country,
with which they immediately provided themselves, besides supplies and
munitions. Don Joan de Camudio accommodated him with some artillery,
and other things that