ht, and availing himself of a chief of Bolinao, one Don Antonio
Dacap, he had obtained from him the recipe for making the antidote;
and he had even prepared a large quantity of it, which he gave to the
general, in order that the latter might distribute it among the men of
the fleet, so that they might suffer no harm from the arrows. Ugalde
asked for some things which could not be prepared in Manila on account
of the haste [of their departure]: namely, bamboo and cowhide for
making parapets, small boats for use in shallow water; rice for the
crew; spears such as the Indians use, and certain shields or bucklers
which are called carazas, in order to make use of them in default of
the firearms. He was provided with all that he asked immediately. After
these arrangements were made, the father prior advised the general,
notwithstanding the forced delay of the army as it was coming overland,
to go immediately with his fleet to the port of Sual; for although
he could not begin operations until the arrival of Esteybar, yet his
appearance with his vessels in Pangasinan in sight of Lingayen, would
be of great use in terrifying the rebels, and in encouraging the loyal.

24. The general did so, and although the prior desired to accompany
the fleet, the former would not consent, alleging as a reason therefor
that since Bolinao was so important a post, its conservation was
considered necessary, and the presence of the father religious was
inevitable for that, and also to provide the fleet with necessities
in the accidents of war. On that ever propitious and sacred day of
the Epiphany, after mass had been said, which was celebrated in the
flagship by the father prior, the fleet left the port of Bolinao. At
five in the afternoon it came within sight of Lingayen, to the joy of
the religious of St. Dominic, who had retired there from almost all
of Pangasinan, as it was the least exposed place. Until that moment
they had been besieged by constant frights. The general did not
dare to go ashore, as many crowds of people were seen on the beach,
who appeared to be hostile; as well as because he had yet no news
of the army, without which he had orders not to do anything, and he
had no forces for that. On that account the fleet kept tacking to
windward on one tack and another for the space of three days. But at
the end of that time, a felucca was seen to cross the bar of Lingayen
headed toward the flagship. The father vicar of the said village ca