After sailing northwest for two days, they arrived at the island of Zibuyan, a high and mountainous land known to possess gold-mines.  Without talking to any of the natives, they left that island, which is situated about fourteen leagues from the river of Panay, and went to the island of Mindoro.  Among other islands passed was that of Banton, where lived certain Spaniards, who had gone there in vessels belonging to friendly Indians.  The island of Banton is about fifteen leagues from Cibuyan.  It is a small circular island, high and mountainous, and is thickly populated.  The natives raise a very large number of goats here, which they sell in other places.  The natives of this island of Banton, as well as those of Cibuyan, are handsome, and paint themselves.  From the island of Banton to that of Bindoro there is a distance of about twelve leagues.  The master-of-camp reached this latter place, and anchored there with all the vessels in his charge.  Mindoro is also called “the lesser Lucon.”  All its ports and maritime towns are inhabited by Moros.  We hear that inland live naked people called Chichimecos.  As far as could be seen, this island lacks provisions.

News reached the master-of-camp that, in a river five leagues from the place where the ships had anchored, were two vessels from China, the inhabitants of which these natives call Sangleyes. [23] Seeing that the weather did not permit him to send the large ship, because the wind was blowing south by west, he despatched Captain Juan de Salzedo, with the praus [24] and rowboats to reconnoiter the said ships, and to request peace and friendship with them.  This step had scarcely been taken when the southwest wind began to blow so violently, that our people were compelled to put into a harbor, and to find shelter for that night behind a promontory.  Four praus and the frigate, unable to do this, found shelter farther away; and, keeping always in sight of the shore, these vessels looked for the ships all that night.  The next morning they were overtaken by five of the other vessels and the frigate, which were searching for them.  The master-of-camp and captain Juan de Salzedo were still behind, with the large junk and the other praus.  At break of day, the praus which had preceded the others reached the river where the Chinese ships were anchored.  The Chinese, either because news of the Spaniards had reached them, or because they had heard arquebuse-shots, were coming out side by side with foresails up, beating on drums, playing on fifes, firing rockets and culverins, and making a great warlike display.  Many of them were seen on deck, armed with arquebuses and unsheathed cutlasses.  The Spaniards, who are not at all slothful, did not refuse the challenge offered them by the Chinese; on the contrary they boldly and fearlessly attacked the Chinese ships, and, with their usual courage, grappled them.  This was certainly a rash move on their part, for the Chinese ships were