helped very much--and a great deal of artillery, powder, and
munitions and instruments of war; and they destroyed the enemy to
such an extent that as many of our men as wished to do so entered it
and took the banners and standards and other things belonging to the
enemy, without having anyone appear on it, for they had retired to the
bow. At this point our admiral's ship arrived, and with its artillery
and arquebuses did some damage to the Dutch flagship; and our men on
it, especially Alonso de Mansilla, the sargento-mayor's adjutant,
called aloud, telling the others not to do them any damage, but to
pass on to the admiral's ship of the enemy, because their flagship
had already surrendered to your Majesty; whereupon our admiral's ship
went in pursuit of the Dutch admiral's ship, which was more than two
leguas away. The two flagships remained thus over three hours more,
besides the two during which they had already been together. The enemy
did not fight, and on our ship there was no one to order or govern,
or command anyone to pass to the other ship. Then it was said that
our ship was going to the bottom, and so loudly that the enemy heard
it and took courage again. In our ship there was no one to command
what was to be done, so that it did go to the bottom. There escaped on
mattresses and on shields, and by swimming, Dr. Antonio de Morga and
[_illegible in MS._] other persons; but more than as many Spaniards
again were lost, and more than a hundred Indians and negroes. The best
artillery that there was in these islands, which had been taken from
the fortresses for this purpose, was also utterly lost, besides all
that the vessel carried, which was a great deal. That same day the
admiral, Juan de Alcega, captured the Dutch admiral's ship, and sent
its men to this city.

Then it was that they were found to be Dutch. They called themselves
vassals of Mauricio, Prince of Orange and Count of Nasau; and they
bore a patent, a copy of which is subjoined. The president thought
it well to send after the enemy's flagship, and for this purpose
he ordered that our admiral's ship should go, with Admiral Juan
de Alcega as commander; and that the Dutch vessel should go as
admiral's ship, with Captain Juan Tello de Aguirre as admiral, who
had had the position over the infantry in our admiral's ship. They
went where they were ordered, but did not find a trace of the Dutch
flagship. The commander of this was Oliver van Noordt, and in comma