embarked, he was already two days on his
way after leaving port, when the ship began to leak in the stern,
so that at considerable danger he was obliged to make port again,
where he was scarcely able with great risk to arrive, The ship being
of no use, he asked the governor to send him assistance in men, arms,
and munitions, and also a ship from the islands, in order to prosecute
his voyage. The governor, being suspicious of Japon, and having few
men and arms, wrote to Don Luis, with the approbation of the royal
Audiencia, that he was himself in great need of the things requested
from him, and at present more than ever. Therefore he requested and
counseled Don Luis, that since he found himself so exhausted, and
with a so inadequate supply of all things to continue his expedition,
and with no prospect of help now or afterward from the Philipinas,
he would advise him to return to Manila and abandon the enterprise,
since the voyage had turned out so unfortunately; and that besides
that, there was great need of his men in the islands. Don Luis was
not ordered strictly to do this, as he had spent so much money on this
expedition. This message is being sent him by Captain Joan Tello, who
will leave in about a week for Pinar, to continue the good beginning
made by Don Joan de Camudio in the province of Canton. I believe that
for that very reason of having spent so much, Don Luis may wish to
investigate the state of the kingdom of Camboxa. This may be done
in such a way that we may attain what we so much desire, namely,
the establishment of the holy gospel in that kingdom, which will be
of so much importance. May our Lord direct this matter.

_Don Francisco Tello_

[_Endorsed_: "Relation of the condition of the kingdom of Camboxa,
as regards the Phelippinas Islands, cited in section 11 of the letter
on the war, July 12, 1599"]

Depositions Regarding the King of Chanpan

_Testimony_: In the city of Manila, on the thirtieth day of the month
of September in the year one thousand five hundred and ninety-three,
Gomez Perez Dasmarinas, governor and captain-general in these islands
for the king our lord, declared before me that he has been informed
that the infidel king of Chanpa is responsible for many wrongs,
assaults, and thefts committed at sea by his men and fleets, and by his
orders, upon the persons and property of both Christians and Pagans,
on the route to many trading-places of Christians--as, for instance,
Malac