mouth of the said port a number of Bornean warships, in his judgment numbering some twenty or twenty-five.  When these were seen by the said governor and by the fragata of the said fleet, the said governor ordered the said flagship and all the other galleys and ships to anchor, which they did, anchoring in the open sea, without any shelter.  This witness saw that the flagship was flying a white flag of peace, so that the natives of the island might understand that the Spaniards desired not war, but all peace.  And on this same day, this witness heard from Bornean Moros captured in a small boat on that day while on their way from the said river of Borney to their villages, that the said king of Borney had heard that the said fleet of his Majesty was going to Borney; and in order to defend himself and fight with them, he had gathered as large a fleet as possible, and for the purpose of war had come to the island of Mohala (distant about one league from the port of Borney), where his Majesty’s fleet was about to anchor and take in water.  The said Bornean Moros told this witness, as being the interpreter, that they had been captured on the said day, in the said boat.”]

Testimony Regarding the Naval Battle when the Port was Captured

After the above events, on Monday, the fourteenth of the said month of April, one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight, about noon, the said governor having seen that the said Borneans had returned no answer to his letters, nor had they sent back the two above-mentioned chiefs and six Moros from Balayan (his Majesty’s vassals, who accompanied the chiefs), and because his Majesty’s fleet was in great danger, as it had not made port; that a number of vessels belonging to the said Borneans were on the point of beginning hostilities, and that the Borneans showed by certain tokens that they were anxious for war and not peace—­for this reason commencing to fire and discharge many pieces of artillery at his Majesty’s said fleet and soldiers:  therefore he ordered that the said fleet, disposed in good order, enter the said port, placing at the bow of the said flagship a white flag of peace, that, if the said Borneans wished peace, he might make it with them.  And at the coming of the said fleet of his Majesty, thus arranged, the Borneans in the said port—­to the number of fifty ships, large and small, rather more than less—­began to resist the entrance into the port of the said fleet, firing many pieces of artillery at the said fleet of his Majesty and the Spaniards in it, until, after some time, the fleet of his Majesty entered the said port, when the said Borneans retired and fled toward the said river of Borney with many ships in pursuit of them.  Thus did the said fleet anchor in the said port against the will of the said Borneans.  Of all the above, I, the said notary, testify herewith.  These things took place before me, as a person aboard the said fleet; and I herewith testify to the same—­Andres de Villanueva, the ensign Francisco Banon, Hernan Ramirez Plata, Juan de Argumedo, and others, being witnesses.