14.  It is said that the corsair Limahon tried to force his men to remain, but was unsuccessful, so he retired, embarked in his boats, and set sail with his vessels for the port of Cavite.

15.  It is thought that allowing the Chinese to embark on their retreat without hindrance was a mistake.  Some of the Spaniards did attempt to prevent them, but the corsair, fearing that this might happen, sent some boats by sea to the river, so that the Spaniards should continue their guard, and not hinder the embarkation; and so that they might believe that those in the boats were reinforcements sent to take them in the rear.  Thus it was believed, regarding it casually, that if the corsair had had much force and had taken thought in the beginning to attack in so many different places, he would have done it; but that either he did not understand this, or did not dare to do it.  Therefore he collected his men, without any damage being inflicted on him in his retreat.

16.  As the natives of this place, who are Moros, saw what took place the first day, thinking that the Chinese were victorious, they all rebelled on the second day.  In that short space of time there gathered around the city of Manila more than ten thousand Moros, in their little boats, ready to obey the commands of the corsair.  They say, too, that messengers were sent to Cavite, and the news spread broadcast.  Wherever friars were stationed, the Moros captured and insulted them, threatened them with death, and robbed them of everything.  They defiled the churches, killing goats there; and slew all the Spaniards possible, and their slaves.  It is for this reason, the soldiers say, that they did not leave the fort, in order to prevent the departure of the corsairs, for the Moros surrounded them on all sides.  When the Moros knew that the Sangleyes had gone, and that the Spaniards had been victorious, they set the friars free; and, little by little, they again became submissive—­apologizing for their revolt because of the chiefs who had been slain in prison.

17.  The artillery was badly mounted, and there was no gunner who knew how to fire it.  If the Spaniards had had sufficient artillery, that would have proved very effectual; and, as the vessels neared the city, some of them might have been sent to the bottom.  No damage, however, was done to any vessel, although they were fired upon; so that all the resistance which they made was with lances and arquebuses.

18.  The corsair went to the port of Cavite with his fleet, and did not appear again; and not one ship could be found at the dawn of day.  He departed to Ylocos, whence he came.  He determined to establish himself in this island, settling in the province of Pangasinan, in the vicinity of Ylocos.  There he founded a settlement, consisting of a great fort, in which dwelt all those who had accompanied him; and a counter-fort in the middle with an excellent and well-constructed house for himself, where he was recuperating, forty leagues from this city of Manila.