On the nineteenth of November the two vessels reappeared; and Martin de Goyti was sent to talk to them, and if they “were in need of anything,” to invite them to anchor in the port.  The Portuguese said that they had become separated from the rest of their fleet by a storm.  They were bound from India to the Moluccas, and thence to Amboina to take vengeance upon the natives for various depredations.  After a mutual salute with the artillery, the Portuguese vessels withdrew.  Each carried about thirty-five or forty Portuguese soldiers and crews of Indians from Malabar.  Legazpi despatched the same captain with a letter to the Portuguese captain, Melo, expressing his regret that they had not stopped to accept his hospitality, because “at this port they would have been well received and aided with whatever was necessary for their voyage; for his majesty’s command was that, wherever he should meet Portuguese, he should give them every protection and aid.”  He sent presents of food and wine, etc., to the Portuguese, who expressed their thanks verbally, saying “they had no paper or ink.”  They promised to do no wrong to the natives, at the request of Goyti, “because they were vassals of his majesty, and our friends.”  A comet seen next day “nearly above the town of Zebu,” was taken by the soldiers as an omen of war and bloodshed.  Affairs with the natives continued to improve steadily, and several chiefs came to offer themselves as vassals to the governor, promising to pay tribute.  The Moro interpreter, his wife, and one child received baptism, a conversion that was of great moment because this Moro had much influence with the natives.  The ship “San Geronimo” was judged totally unseaworthy; and, in a council called by Legazpi to consider the question, it was decided to take the ship to pieces, and to construct a smaller vessel from what could be saved of it.  The carpenters and others having made an examination of the vessel announced that it was so rotten that no smaller vessel could be made from it.  Legazpi ordered also a large frigate to be built, as there was a great necessity for it to bring provisions to the settlement.  The deaths of the Mexican Indian and a sailor and the sickness of several others, were attributed to poison, and Legazpi called Tupas to strict account, telling him that his treatment of the Spaniards was the reverse of what was to be expected for such good treatment on their part.  Finally it was discovered that a woman had poisoned wine that had been sold to these men.  She was executed, after having made a full confession and embraced the Christian religion.  In consequence a stringent order was issued by the governor that no one should buy the native wine.  On the same night of the execution of this woman one of the chiefs implicated in the murder of Pedro de Arana was captured upon information furnished by Tupas; he was executed on the following day, in the place of the murder.  Expeditions sent out to explore and gather provisions,