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examined when this arrives. In case my sheets may have been lost,
duplicates of them will go with this.

In that despatch I informed your Majesty that I was considering
sending a ship to China with information of the event, so that if
any ship belonging to the rebels should arrive there and try to place
on us the blame for their loss and ours, they might be made aware of
the truth. This was done, although with some opposition, and was of
so much use that when certain captains learned that this ship was in
Macan they determined to come, although with little merchandise--for
they came with some hesitation, as they afterward said, as they do
not wish vengeance to be executed upon them for the loss which the
others had caused by the said uprising. I had the property which
was deposited returned to them (which I think amounted to more than
[_MS. defective_] pesos), which was to them a strong proof of our
innocence; this was done that they might not credit in China what
those rebels who arrived there had published, for they said that,
in order to seize the property for ourselves, we had taken the lives
of those Sangleys. These goods deposited belonged to quiet Chinese
merchants, reputable persons, who were not in the uprising--and even
for the most part had hanged or suffocated themselves, at seeing
what a plight those of their own nation had put them in, and that
their own countrymen were robbing and maltreating them, as is told
in the relation of this affair. From the said deposited property
had been appropriated, by my order and that of the Audiencia and the
council on finances, a sum amounting to more than thirty-six thousand
pesos, to aid the troops; and when the affair was over I was quite
unprovided and embarrassed, as there were likewise other expenses for
fortification and for the exigencies of the service of your Majesty,
and there was no other place whence it could be supplied. We cannot
satisfy the Chinese at present, as we have not the means to do so;
this troubles me much, as I should wish to be able to fulfil the
offer I made to the viceroys of China by my letters, which was the
restitution of this property, which would remain on deposit until it
was surrendered to the owners. As the necessities have been so great
since then, we could not avoid deferring this; it appeared best to
carry out our agreement with these people by giving them the money,
since they had the cloth to sell, but it has not been possible